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Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Nov 30, 1996
Games that have been banned, or refused a rating for one reason or another.
When blood will splash textures on walls or floors and even roofs.
Games that are little more than extensive cinematic sequences in which the player has little interaction with what is happening onscreen. This notion of a cinematic game is epitomized by laserdisc arcade classics such as Astron Belt, Dragon's Lair and Bega's Battle.
Games with characters who close the eyelids of dead characters, often used to indicate respect for the deceased.
Video game controversy revolves mostly around the psychological effects that games with graphic violence or sexual content in them can have on players. Other sources of controversy can range from racism, sexism, politics, or religion.
Digitized sprites, popularized in the early 90s, were a form of graphics that used footage of real actors, Stop-motion frames of a figure/clay model or 3D renders of characters that were then made digital and put into the game.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
A hand gesture with a long and controversial history.
The floppy disk is a symbol for saving data that originated back when floppies were still the dominant format for computer games, but has persisted long after the technology became obsolete.
FMVs are pre-rendered videos used in place of real-time graphics. Using FMV was an attempt to make videogames look "more like movies", sometimes with CGI animation and others with live-action actors speaking directly to players. The downside is that FMV requires a lot of disk space, and live-action FMV in particular can look terrible by comparison.
Sending or receiving fake email inside a game.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
Inventory items that are living creatures.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Nudity is qualified as either exposed buttocks, breasts, or genitalia or general lack of clothing. Video game nudity is largely a rarity outside of the PC market.
The concept of operating a computer inside a game via its own operating system. The player might have access to a virtual desktop or console commands to reach the desired information.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
Static background images that are not drawn in real time.
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
Puzzle games that also feature some kind of narrative.
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.
An intimate physical activity between two or more individuals.
The act of taking one's own life.
Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.
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