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The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
A personality archetype with a name that arose from Japanese fandom. It describes a person with cold, aggressive, or confrontational exteriors that are rather soft or kind deep down inside.
A spell or special ability which is used to either repel the undead or outright destroy them.
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
The Umber Hulk is a massive insectoid creature in the Dungeons & Dragons universe that can cause confusion with its gaze.
A dragon that has been resurrected after death. Undead Dragons are often weaker but more terrifying than their living counterparts.
A mod is a user-created patch that alters any part of a game, or adds new content to it. At the extreme, "total conversion" mods can change the game so much that an entirely new experience is created.
User Generated Content describes any content the end user produces to add onto the content given by the developer. User Generated Content has grown in popularity, with LittleBigPlanet, Forza Motorsport 3, ModNation Racers and Spore being great examples.
A video game concept in which plainly valuable items, weapons, and even hard currency are routinely found in trash cans and roadside dumpsters.
Items found in video games that serve little or no use to the player, other than to be sold to NPC vendors for money.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
In games they're often described as being masters of the dark arts. Basically, wizards gone bad.
An individual who specializes in armed combat.
Originally recorded in 1951, this sound effect has appeared in numerous films and video games.
Being learned scholars and masters of the arcane arts, wizards wield great power by manipulating magical energy for the forces of good and evil.
Wolves are mammals closely related to dogs and are known for howling in moonlit forests and hunting in packs to pester players in numerous RPG games.
Xfire is a downloadable instant messenger client and Digital Download Store for Windows. It is targeted at gamers and has many features related to gaming.
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