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Whether they're getting in the way while you're walking or driving, you always feel the need to trample them.
The permanent existence of one's body after death.
Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
Referencing a TV show, celebrity, song, trend, historical event, etc. is one of the easiest ways to get a laugh. This can be either a throw-away gag, like the name of an achievement, or the main subject of the game.
A master of ceremonies who performs religious duties. A common character class in RPGs.
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
A public declaration of disapproval, often an excuse for dissidents to cause riots and damage public property.
A line of waiting people or vehicles.
A designer can use a racial stereotype to make a character easier to understand, though in the process the character may come across as offensive and hurtful.
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
Randomly spoken lines, usually used for comedic purposes.
The act of forcing someone to engage in sexual activity against her or his will. Generally considered one of the worst things one human being can do to another.
Games that feature this concept require the player to wait for a certain amount of real time.
Regenerating ammo indicates that rapid fire will result in ammo running out temporarlily, rather than permenantly. If the player stops firing the ammo stock will begin to increase, usually stopping once a certain number is reached.
Reloading is the action of replacing the ammunition magazine inside a gun. It adds a touch of realism to most modern shooters, and a certain amount of tension when a player is forced to reload while under fire.
Projectiles that once fired can be retrieved again, either from the corpse of victims or, more likely, from the environment around it.
Sometimes a game is so great that the developer has to go back after the game's release to add achievements.
Characters that are designed to be scantily-clad.
When many disgruntled people choose to go haywire on the system. Usually involves torches and pitchforks.
Larceny by threat of violence. In video games you either plan and executes such robberies, or your job is to prevent them.
Satire is a form of humor that ridicules aspects of real-world society and culture, usually making a serious but indirect point about the subject that the player is allowed to infer. Games such as Metal Gear, EarthBound, Grand Theft Auto, and Fallout, for example, satirize American culture.
Humor which relates to feces, urine, or flatulence; also known as toilet humor.
Sometimes, things are just meant to happen the way they do. Usually triggered by a timer, or by the player crossing a checkpoint.
So you made a fighting game, and the direct sequel is a hack 'n' slash action game? Wait, what?
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
The phenomenon of time, or at least a character's perception of it, moving more slowly. Bullet time is an enhanced version of slow-mo.
A cloud of fine particles.
Eliminating a target with a long-range rifle.
Newspapers that rapidly twirl towards the screen, eventually slowing down and delivering narrative-related information.
Water vaporization usually represented in video games as a particle effect.
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