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Police officers can "borrow" a car if they need it.
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It's not easy to motion capture accurate drumming into a cutscene.
An organization formed by the US Government with the purpose of investigating and ultimately putting an end to Bio-Organic Weapons.
A mechanic in which saying/shouting a character's name is added to the control scheme.
Games whose menus feature a book-like motif. Often this is featured in games with a fairy tale—style narrative.
Oversized pests such as rats or bugs are often used as low level enemies in role playing games. They can be found in most any Western RPG, especially ones that use the Dungeons and Dragons rule set.
Tips are usually used throughout the game as a way of showing players features.
In many RPGs, especially those made in Japan, magic is categorized as black or white. Black magic spells deal damage or inflict negative effects.
The period in world history between 1800 and 1899. It saw some interesting events play out, including the Industrial Revolution, the height of British imperialism under Queen Victoria, the American Civil War and westward expansion, the Napoleonic Wars, and the end of Japan's feudal era, all of which have been depicted in video games.
Necromancers are spell casters who specializes in conjuring and controlling the undead.
An atmospheric phenomenon that causes a fantastic natural light display.
When your character is saved in one game and is usable in other games.
A practitioner of alchemy; the brewing and making of substances with unusual properties.
Projectiles that once fired can be retrieved again, either from the corpse of victims or, more likely, from the environment around it.
Magic or divination involving the dead and departed. One that practices necromancy is generally referred to as a necromancer.
An uninterrupted speech mostly given by a narrator or the main character. May include useful hints, interesting backstory, or character-related viewpoints.
Killing Two people in a certain amount of time. generally a close time frame. Found in many games but most commonly fps games. Often referred to as Sage-Killing (similair to Sage-Camping) after the player Sage320 who used to play Gunbound and receive many double kills.
Games that feature two teams; one red, one blue.
All dogs go to heaven? Nobody told these.
There's a lot of special ops to be done out there. If they aren't in a city or a desert, most likely they're in a jungle.
Iconic blaster fodder which appear in any good Star Wars game, having origins with the Republic's Clone troopers. Come in a wide number of different variants.
Games that have been offered to players free of charge, from a publisher or distribution platform, as a form of apology for a service issue.
Popularized by Splinter Cell: Conviction during its development, this technique involves projecting information, such as objectives and controls, onto the surfaces of a virtual environment.
Carnivorous animal of the Hyaenida family, most known for their distinctive laugh and the assistance in the assassination of Mufasa.
Having the main protagonist(s) and foreground appear only as silhouettes against an often colourful background has become a popular art aesthetic for 2D games in the last few years.
The film grain effect gives games a cinematic feel by simulating the grainy visuals that are present in some movies.
An iconic Dark Side Force power made famous by Emperor Palpatine that entails generating blasts of lightning from one's fingertips.
Some versus/multiplayer modes had fighting game elements in non-fighting games.
Various franchises release "versions" of the same game. These games are basically the same, but each one lacks something the other has.
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