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Video games contain a lot of activities for players to do underwater, from exploration to combat. Sometimes games treat water as simple low gravity movement, while other games treat underwater more realistically.
Radiation is energy in the form of waves or moving subatomic particles emitted by an atom or other body. Radiation in videogames is typically represented as a field, inside of which units will take damage.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
These prehistoric behemoths cause chaos amongst many. Unfortunately, they are extinct.
Alternate realities are worlds that exists next to, in parallel of, or in place of our own.
A broad spectrum of games can be described as remakes, from straightforward graphical overhauls to extensive revision of gameplay and story elements. In the most basic sense, a remake keeps the original's core gameplay and plot but makes significant changes to peripheral aspects.
Nuclear war is a conflict in which nuclear weapons are used.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
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.
Spies are the masters of espionage. They're also (usually) quite adept at the art of stealth, disguise, and assassination.
Some games have inspired the creation of literature.
Games that are based upon books or novels.
Plotting and scheming, usually for wealth or power.
A game that depicts the future similar to what the retro era (1920s to 60s approx) would have envisioned or a game that takes place in modern/future times with style or references from the retro era. Also, games with technology or culture that would be considered outdated by the time the game takes place.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
They may be good or evil, but mad scientists are always performing experiments that are on the outer fringes of science. Ever since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, they've been in the scene.
A way of attempting to control a population via media.
Referencing a TV show, celebrity, song, trend, historical event, etc. is one of the easiest ways to get a laugh. This can be either a throw-away gag, like the name of an achievement, or the main subject of the game.
Gadgets are given to someone to help them out in situations, or to just look cool.
The act of a noble, just, or otherwise good or heroic figure becoming evil through either external manipulation or an internal shift in beliefs or desires.
Games that have been used as the basis for motion pictures.
Any game that represents a society noticeably worse or less desirable compared to those in the present. This can relate to kinds of political and economic organisation, excessive human suffering, social problems caused by technology, or as a result of an apocalyptic event.
The ability to influence and control the thoughts of others.
A lead character who never says a word, despite being spoken to.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
Games with stories that involve aliens invading another planet.
The period between 2100 and 2199.
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