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These achievements are not official Xbox or Steam Achievements, nor PlayStation Trophies; however, they are designed to encourage the player in the same manner.
In-Game Advertising is the placement of advertisements for real-world products within the game, sponsored by companies external to the developer.
The 1999 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games and software of 1998.
The 2003 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games of 2002.
The 2011 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games of 2010.
A lap is one circuit around a race track. This is featured in many, but not all racing games.
The act of breaking the law.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
Games that obtained permission to feature real-life licensed car brands.
Games that incorporate licensed music from popular bands and musicians for their soundtracks.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
Some games will give the player hints and tips on how to play while the game loads.
A post processing effect that blurs and streaks the entire frame. Loosely based on the behavior of real-world optics.
Start doesn't mean "A". Start means "start", son. Kids these days...
New Purchase Incentives is a business strategy established by publishers to encourage consumers to buy games new. It is also primarily used as a means of profiting from used game sales where they otherwise could not.
The Nissan Motor Company is a Japanese automotive manufacturer, well-known in gaming for its variety of sports, luxury and civilian cars.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
A digital distribution platform owned and operated by EA.
The 2010 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) took place at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington from September 3-5.
These are games that support the PlayStation Eye.
The online service used on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
A Common mode in a lot of driving game's where players race from point A to Point B against a either a clock or other drivers
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
The police chase consists of the police chasing someone; usually by car. Sometimes the player plays as the guy getting chased and sometimes as the police.
The sound of police communicating amongst themselves via radio to co-ordinate attacks, often heard by the player so they can react to the attacks.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Games usually have numbered sequels, like Final Fantasy I through XIII, but some series like to stop numbering their sequels, then number them over again. This is the concept of games that had a numbered series, then stopped, then got numbered again.
Games that have art on the inside of the game case, to double the decoration.
Roadblocks are used to prevent the transit in that road. They're used in videogames either to prevent the player to go in that direction or as a challenge the player must overcome.
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