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Farming is the act of growing plants and raising animals for food.
A ball of energy fired from the palms.
Vertical scrolling is when the screen scrolls along the y-axis. In a vertical scrolling game the player usually starts from the bottom of the screen and moves up. They are also almost always presented in a top-down perspective.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
A double K.O. is a rare event when in an 1-on-1 fighting game both fighters reduce each others health to zero simultaneously. The methods used to score a Double K.O. as a round win or loss varies from game to game.
Some games actively taunt the player, through screen text, voice, or changes to the game itself. It's a form of authorial voice that can lead the player to really question their relationship to the developer.
A technology that allows a game to continuously load information off a disc while the player is in game to prevent loading screens.
A large omnivorous mammal that can be white, brown, or black. Despite their ferociousness, they are also associated with being soft and cuddly, as in teddy bears. Bears are also known to eat stairs. Scientists say that because "bears eat stairs" rhymes the bears are naturally inclined to do so.
An evil organization is a group of super-villans who are hell bent on world domination or something of a similar nature. Usually defeated by a single Spy/Superhero/Average Joe/small child.
Fog plays an important role in many games. In games like Silent Hill, it's an atmospheric element. In other games, it's artificially added to reduce draw distances to save memory and increase framerate.
The act of preparing food by applying heat, often cooking in games produces items which yield some kind of benefit towards your character.
The ability to fling oneself around an environment gracefully. Wall-running, jumping, massive drops, climbing, and other physical activities are what acrobatics is all about.
Graphics in games whether backgrounds or characters that are hand drawn whether using a pen graphics tablet or a scan of a physical drawing.
A special challenge mode offered by some games in which players test themselves against a predetermined scenario, which changes each day.
Protagonists that have gravity defying hair styles and often appropriately spikey personalities.
Voice actors don't always get an NPC to represent them. Sometimes voices have no visible speaker.
Each real-world day, an often competitive piece of content unlocks itself for play. This can be a specific seed for an otherwise procedurally-generated level as in Spelunky, or a wider multiplayer community challenge a la the community goals in Halo Reach.
Those creatures that go 'baa' and grow wool on their backs.
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.
Despite it being mathematically impossible, some games allow players to go beyond 100% completion.
Archers are marksman that practice the arts of archery. Archers specialize in picking enemies off from a distance one by one. using bows and arrows to deliver precise shots to unsuspecting opponents. it's a class base or a unit for a strategy game, archers are lightly armored and have less hitponits. but has moderate speed, longer range and highest damage of them all.
Broken English is English with improper spelling, grammar, or syntax, and is most commonly found within older video games as a result of poor English localization.
The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon. Followed by Twilight.
A mouse is a small rodent with a tail and whiskers.
Game within a game. Can either have no effect on other portions of the primary game or have drastic impacts. In order to qualify as a meta game it must be outside the normal experience and have seperate rules that govern it.
Infinite Pockets are a system of inventory often found in adventure games. The player character's pockets seem to be of an infinite size, capable of holding anything from peanuts, to garden rakes, to spare tires, yet none of this is reflected on the character.
An optical effect formed by beams of light contrasting against areas of shadow in the atmosphere. They are often simulated in video games through volumetric lighting.
Maids are female domestic servants or cleaning staff.
A fighting game character whose move set is based around charging (holding back for 30 frames, then forward + attack)
Attitudes towards the Clown vary from person to person. Some find entertainment and humor, others feel really creeped out by their overly flamboyant nature. Ultimately, games tend to take the path of a more horrific presentation to stimulate the atmosphere of a particular setting.
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