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Game » consists of 12 releases. Released Feb 07, 2012
Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
A Christian holiday widely celebrated in the western world. It is often associated with festive spirit and presents.
A person serving time in prison or an escaped criminal on the run from the law.
Games that are divided into daily (or nightly) chapters.
A pervasive feeling of sadness, perpetual boredom, or both, which can dramatically affect a person's life.
Some games portray cutscenes as portraits of characters talking to each other.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
A concept that has been popularized since the days of the European colonial empires. The main bad guy is seemingly old, white, although not always human.
Women in Refrigerators (or "Fridging" for short) is an unfortunately popular plot device in storytelling where female characters are killed off or brutally harmed for the sole purpose of having an impact on a male character. The term was coined by comic book writer Gail Simone.
A particularly faithful female assistant, especially in noir stories. They typically tag along with the protagonist and aid them as needed, while occasionally serving up some sass to keep their bosses in check.
HD collections are multiple games in a franchise that have been remastered to comform to HD standards and then put on a single disc.
An in-engine cinematic is a type of cutscene that is rendered in real time using the game's graphics engine.
A plot device where innocent characters are killed. Sometimes players forced to watch it happen and can do nothing to prevent it.
The ability of a player to interact with items or geometry in the game world, whether for story or gameplay reasons or simply for immersion.
An uninterrupted speech mostly given by a narrator or the main character. May include useful hints, interesting backstory, or character-related viewpoints.
The ninth annual PAX Prime took place between August 31-September 2, 2012 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
The political thriller is a story, often action-oriented, that tends to revolve around two or more nations struggling to gain power. Outcomes are usually found through military confrontations, covert wars, and back alley negotiating.
Games that allow items to be rotated; this can be used to reveal information about certain objects for the purpose of puzzle solving.
This is an event that occurs when a player is presented with a set of dialogue options with one of the results being an automatic death or game over.
The limitations of early gaming hardware, especially in the 8-bit and 16-bit days, made animated story sequences impractical for many games. One popular alternative was to convey the story through a series of still images, often with text and music alongside them.
The supernatural power is often used by an Eastern wizard, miko, Taoist, exorcist... and so on.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Adventure games set in a tribunal.
The big bad is defeated, the world is saved, and any last minute moral decisions are made, but what happens to all your favourite characters after the credits roll? Some games leave that thread hanging, while others use slideshows, cutscenes, or text to explain what life had in store for them.
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