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Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
A means of controlling a game (other than with a gamepad, mouse, or keyboard) without direct input. The player has no direct control on objects in the game, but instead programs an AI Routine to perform the task needed.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
Episodic games that were left incomplete due to the project being halted or cancelled before the final episode could be released.
When you have a code number or a password to type to use a device, you have to type the code
A system allowing players on different gaming platforms to play together.
Games that have been removed from sale from various digital store fronts.
A destructible environment means the player has the ability to destroy his/her surroundings. This allows players to use the environment to their advantage.
Carefully exploring a large, labyrinthine area full of enemies (i.e., a dungeon) in the hopes of finding treasure, leveling up, or completing a specific task. Having their roots in tabletop games, video game dungeon crawls are found almost exclusively in RPGs.
The nineteenth annual Electronic Entertainment Expo took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 11-13, 2013.
Some game environments feature certain areas that allow for special kills outside a player's normal cadre of moves. These kills usually feature unique animations such as slamming an enemy's head through a television or sticking their head in a trash compactor.
A puzzle where you have to use your surroundings, i.e. "environment" in order to progress.
Free to Play titles allow a user to play a version of the game without paying an initial purchase fee, but generally require the purchase of microtransactions to access additional content.
Gamescom 2013 was held at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany, on August 21st to 25th, 2013.
Goblins are irritable, evil and mischievous creatures in folklore. They can range in size from halfling to average human size.
An in-engine cinematic is a type of cutscene that is rendered in real time using the game's graphics engine.
Map Makers or Editors are built-in tools that allow the average gamer to tweak or fully customize a map of their own, with no mod or programming skills required.
The ability of a player to interact with items or geometry in the game world, whether for story or gameplay reasons or simply for immersion.
Kinect is a camera and depth sensor-based peripheral for the Xbox 360 that allows users to interact with and play games using their whole bodies, rather than using a standard controller.
Small payments made with actual money which result in an in-game bonus, such as an extra item, character, etc...
The fifth annual PAX East took place April 11-13, 2014 at the Boston Exhibition & Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
The tenth annual PAX Prime took place August 30-September 2, 2013 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. It was the first 4-day PAX.
The eleventh PAX Prime took place August 29-September 1, 2014 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
Player versus Environment, commonly abbreviated as PvE, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against computer controlled creatures or characters.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Games that have an open gameplay structure that allow players to interact with the world as they choose.
Survival is a concept that signifies that the player's life is constantly in jeopardy.
A feature in select games in which the player can control the goings on in the game using select voice commands spoken into a microphone.
The word "voxel" is a portmanteau of "volumetric" and "pixel" (which in turn is a portmanteau of "picture" and "element"). Essentially a three-dimensional cube, they are used to build objects in a virtual space, especially terrain.
World Building games focus on the ability of the player to created his own little world just as he wants it. Good examples, are The Sims, Black and White, and Spore.
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