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These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
A system in which the player is allowed to control multiple characters. Most commonly seen in role playing games. Can also be used to describe party systems in the MMORPG genre, which brings a group of players together to accomplish various tasks.
The 2008 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) took place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Washington on August 29-31.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
Being able to fire bullets in quick succession. In earlier video games, often acquired as a power-up.
A turned based battle system that has a reactionary component.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
Humor which relates to feces, urine, or flatulence; also known as toilet humor.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
Featured mainly in fighting games, special attacks usually require more than just pressing a button to activate. They are usually unique or at least varied between characters.
The company run by Tycho Brahe in the Penny Arcade videogame series "On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness". Its headquarters serves as a base of operations for the player's party.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
A series of Steam features related to cross-platform play, including cross-buy, cross-play, and Linux compatibility layers.
Multiple fighters/people ganging up to fight another fight/group of fighter.
Whether it has voice over or not, text bubbles are a way of reading the dialog that a character on screen is saying and or thinking.
Video games that, for better or for worse, are based on an existing non-video game franchise. Usually drawn from movies, tie-in games have also been made about TV shows, novels, and even one-hit wonder pop bands.
Popular, low cost game engine developed by Garage Games.
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.
Don't believe anyone. There's more going on here than is immediately apparent.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
A video game concept in which plainly valuable items, weapons, and even hard currency are routinely found in trash cans and roadside dumpsters.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
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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