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When a game incorporates trivia questions into it, even if it's not a trivia game.
Time Stopping is the ability to stop the flow of time, stopping all movement from everyone but the person who used the ability.
The Style Meter acts as multiplier to the score/currency earned through combat and even rewards non-damaging actions like evades or taunts while discouraging repetitive moves and stalling. A frequent feature in the Devil May Cry series.
Weapons with multiple functions or combinations of different weapons that can be used at the same time.
The form a character takes when they have undergone a fundamental physical or psychological change. This is usually the result of training, magic, or a specific event.
Damage modeling added to a character throughout a game that lasts through the duration of the game.
Woe be to the football player that makes the cover of Madden, for he is doomed.
Sleeping is a common trope for many games, but this page is dedicated to those who take the time to put a character under the covers where they belong.
Games that for some reason or another, include a slip cover. Usually Collectors Editions or first run games.
The original protagonist of a game becomes an antagonist in the sequel.
In fighting games, Super Armor is a property that prevents a character from flinching when hit by an opponent's attack, though he or she still suffers damage of some sort.
The ability to see in the dark without mechanical means.
Using a 2D sprite that always faces the camera within a polygonal 3D environment to fake a 3D effect.
The men and some women tasked with commanding and ordering the Empire's many footsoldiers and other resources. Most are incompetent, corrupt, cruel, or some combination thereof.
By and large, a hick is an uncultivated person living rurally. Hicks are known to shoot at livestock-abducting aliens, produce moonshine, and marry their cousins.
In some video games one is allowed to scale a fence.
The ability to buy property.
A foggy door that usually reveals a boss fight. Players are advised to be prepared before stepping through.
The third annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb.
Leopards are a species of cat most recognizable by the rosettes that cover their fur. They are similar to jaguars, but smaller.
A promotional program for downloadable games on PlayStation Network that began in 2011.
A service started by Nintendo in 1997 that allowed customers to purchase digital Super Famicom and Game Boy games at an in-store kiosk that would be written onto RAM cartridges available for each system.
Some people just have to have all the power.
The player must restore color to a monochromatic game world by overcoming certain tasks or enemies.
Fighting games which include a roster that consists entirely of women.
The Avengers are Marvel Comics' premier superhero team, a team of Earth's Mightiest Heroes banded together to stop threats no one of them could fight alone. there have been several teams of Avengers over the years, including the New Avengers, Young Avengers and Secret Avengers.
Yetis are a race of mythological creatures. They are typically large, white-furred humanoids with sharp teeth and claws.
The 19th annual D.I.C.E. Awards celebrate the best games of 2015, as voted by industry professionals.
Similar to parallax scrolling, parallax mapping shows the illusion of depth in a texture.
During boss battles, sometimes the boss kills their own henchmen. This concept is often used as a way of demonstrating a boss' wrath.
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