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Black-and-white predators of the sea. Despite being colloquially called killer whales, these marine mammals are actually dolphins.
Who loves you and who do you love?
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.
A concept commonly used in pinball machines that nets players extra points.
Games in which the infrared pointer is used for gameplay purposes, like aiming for instance
Video games developed in Japan but based on Western IPs.
Roadblocks are used to prevent the transit in that road. They're used in videogames either to prevent the player to go in that direction or as a challenge the player must overcome.
The ability to perform a dedicated dodge while mid-air, this makes the player untouchable for a brief period of time.
When stomping on someone causes the character to bounce upwards, often to a greater height than normal.
Often used to show their dominance over those tiny creatures called insects, and sometimes just for fun!
The Sharingan is an ability that allows the user to copy an enemy's technique simply by viewing it. It is an important ability in the Naruto world.
The ability to generate, move, and shape soil, dirt, and rock with little to no physical contact.
When a picture just can't get the point across, teach with videos.
The Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their six Super Bowl victories are the most for any NFL franchise.
RMT's are the concept of spending real money, for items within a game, common to the free to play market
Videogame bosses, generally enormous ones, that take up the entire background of the screen you fight them on, usually only extending the body parts they attack with (and for some reason, their weak point) into the foreground where the player can interact with them.
Remote Play allows users access to a PS3 wirelessly via a PSP or PS Vita
The Vietnam War was a military conflict, fought in Indochina between 1955 and 1975. It led to the reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in July 1976.
When the humor is caused by the lack of logic.
In auto racing, standing starts have the cars or go-karts stationary in the starting grid as the race begins. To commence racing in a standing start, a set of red lights is needed before the green one goes off to start the race.
Zabrak are a humanoid race from the Star Wars galaxy.
A common location in games, specifically RPGs. Usually inhabited by ghosts and other creatures from the beyond.
A futuristic way of racing where the race crafts hover over the ground and race at extreme high speeds.
The character kicks his feet while he jumps to increase horizontal movement.
The Titans were the first generation of deities in Ancient Greek mythology. They were a powerful race of divine beings, ruling during the Golden Age. Their reign was ended when their progeny, the Gods, overthrew them during a bloody battle for control of the heavens.
According to greek mythology, Hydra was a many-headed serpent; the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. For each head that got cut off, two new heads would grow in its place. It was eventually slain by Hercules.
Fauns and Satyrs are woodland spirits, seemingly composed of a man and a goat. Goat parts and human parts tend to vary from game to game.
A female warrior from the Amazons, an all-female nation in Classical and Greek mythology.
Optional conversation-based cutscenes that are unrelated to the main narrative. These conversations are often humorous or provide insight into the game's setting.
The ability to combine different schools of magic or spells to create a new or enhanced effect. Sometimes this can be done with a partner.
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