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Games often use letters like X and Z in the title to make their game seem more edgy, blatantly misspelling the title of their game in the process.
An advanced movement mechanic in fighting games which allows quick and relatively safe grounded movement by either sliding due to momentum from a movement option from the air (like an Air Dodge) or cancelling dashes by crouching.
The ability to break a combo at either the auto-double or linker stage. Most commonly found in the Killer Instinct series. Also a famous internet meme.
Possibly the greatest advancement in shirt technology since the invention of the button, the half-tuck shows one has class and simultaneously doesn't give a damn.
Games that prominently employ fictional clothing brands into the game world. Some games utilize such as a gameplay element.
A Random Number Generator (hence RNG) is a system designed to randomize a sequence of numbers. Most games technically use a table of 'random' numbers, simulating random chance.
Characters who at some point possess the ability to shrink in size.
Ammo which does fire damage to an enemy by burning and/or setting them ablaze.
Games that have had television shows based on them.
A group of Superheroes from the DC Universe
A now discontinued video game software engine.
The place of origin for ninjas. Their location is mostly known throughout the ninja world and very nearby localities with some sort of ties in between them (commercial or cultural in nature).
Some cooperative games let the players pick up and toss each other around. Sometimes this serves a purpose, like killing an enemy or leap over a gap but most of the time it just serves as an aspiration to great assholery.
While completely normal from the neck down, these characters seem to be lacking a bit of skin up top. Creepy.
The power of projecting searing hot beams of energy from the eyes, a power made famous by Superman. Using it to incinerate or bi-sect people is a favorite tactic for evil Superman figures.
So you made a fighting game, and the direct sequel is a hack 'n' slash action game? Wait, what?
The goddamn bugs whacked us, Johnny.
Falling Debris, rocks, or other items that may possibly cause damage to the player character.
Canines that assist the player.
RMT's are the concept of spending real money, for items within a game, common to the free to play market
In some first person games, the map is an object the players interact with in-game. Players press a button and the map comes up in front of the character's point of view.
A person who herds cattle on ranches. Cowboys are emblematic of the early 19th century in the American southwest, and became conflated with gunslinger types in the public imagination.
Giraffes are the tallest mammals that live in Africa and have brownish spots.
A popular yellow flower that resembles the sun
One of the world's oldest board games, using eight pawns, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, a queen and king.
When a game lacks the ability to "Pause" Game Play by pressing Start on a game console controller (or some other button on a keyboard/mouse).
Archaic words borrowed from middle to early modern English. Many Role-Playing Games of the 90's implemented this. Examples: Hither, tither, yonder and lo.
An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head and return.
Asynchronous multiplayer is a term applied to online interactions in video games where players participate in shared activity, but not concurrently. The oldest form of asynchronous multiplayer is turn-based multiplayer gameplay between two or more players that can check in and play their turn when it's convenient. Similar to play-by-mail games and, more electronically, play-by-email or play-by-post forum games.
Unicorns are mythological creatures, usually thought of as magical, intelligent horse-like entities with a single horn on their forehead. They can be fierce forest protectors and are a symbol of chastity and moral pureness.
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