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A primitive race of four-armed humanoids in Unreal universe.
A user developed game mode in many online first person shooters. Turns a shooter like Unreal Tournament or Enemy Territory into a pure platformer where one must master the physics and controls of the game to succeed.
A collectable power up which increased the damage output of the player. Has become a staple of the entire Unreal Tournament franchise.
In many games, a player will move faster if they hold down two keys that move in directions perpendicular to one another. This happens because many games would process non-cardinal movement by simply performing a vector addition, meaning the player would go square root of 2 faster when moving diagonally.
IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. Some developers use this technology as a chat functionality in their games.
The Necris are the technologically-resurrected undead race of the Unreal universe.
Tracker music, or module/MOD music is a digital music format that was popularized in the late 80's and became the de facto standard for video game music on the Amiga, as well as in the Demoscene, and is still in wide use today.
IGF is the Independent Games Festival, an annual gathering of Indie developers. The term also refers to the associated awards.
Not all games are made by dev teams with massive budgets. In fact, some games were made in Adobe Flash before becoming a commercial product.
The third annual PAX East took place from April 6-8, 2012 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Graphics in games whether backgrounds or characters that are hand drawn whether using a pen graphics tablet or a scan of a physical drawing.
The fourth annual PAX East took place March 22-24, 2013 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
The tenth annual PAX Prime took place August 30-September 2, 2013 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. It was the first 4-day PAX.
The fifth annual PAX East took place April 11-13, 2014 at the Boston Exhibition & Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
The fourteenth PAX West took place September 1-4, 2017 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
The tenth annual PAX East took place March 28-31, 2019 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the second PAX East to span four days.
The sixteenth annual PAX West took place August 30-September 2, 2019 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
A variant on regular poker in which instead of losing chips players lose clothing items.
When a character is naked, but does not have nipples or any form of genitalia.
A type of autonomous robot that has appeared in The Sims games.
A joke phrase that was originally coined by Will Wright for a loading screen in SimCity 2000.
A Slice-of-Life game portrays the mundane day-to-day existence of a fairly unremarkable person. Note this is the game's entire focus, and not simply setting things up before the main story starts.
Social work is a profession concerned with helping individuals, families, groups and communities to enhance their individual and collective well-being.
Down syndrome (DS or DNS) or Down's syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21.
A race of slug-like creatures in the Star Wars universe.
Wireframe describes any 3D model or shape that has no covering texture or "skin" and can be seen through. It can also be a visual effect to make a 2D image appear 3D.
A movement that was popularized in the 1960s; it is typically associated with psychedelic colors, heavy drug use, and spreading the message of peace and freedom.
Nocturnal beetle with luminescent abdominal organs.
Though they were renwowned as "High Men", not all Númenoreans remained true to the Forces of Good. Black Númenoreans are those who have given their allegiance to Sauron.
The indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.
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