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Game » consists of 7 releases. Released Jan 28, 2010
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.
Games centred around Barbarians. A barbarian is usually recognised by his/her long flowy hair, loincloth and animal skins, lack of clothes and sword (not the same as cavemen).
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
A cyclops is any race of creature that is born with only one eye.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Dwarves are a short, stout race that appear in any number of fantasy games and stories. They are almost always depicted as short with bushy beards similar to vikings. They can also be identified by their love for ale and gold. Other common trends for Fantasy Dwarves include being proud warriors, favoring axes as their weapon of choice, and being gruff sticklers for tradition and honor.
An interesting revelation. While some games will only accept a START button press, many other games aren't as strict.
A humanoid construct given life through magic. The materials used to create a golem vary greatly.
Rooms that are either invisible or extremely hidden. Players are rewarded with health, easter eggs, weapons or traps.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
Many games allow you to buy stuff, these are the dudes who help sell it to you. Typically they also engage in light conversation.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Mummies are lumbering undead corpses wrapped in bandages. They are often associated with ancient Egypt and may have magical powers or be immortal.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
Some games include pets you can either ride on, battle with, or simply enjoy spending time with.
Puzzle games that also feature some kind of narrative.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Forced labor, indentured servitude, humans relegated to property. One of the greatest affronts to individual freedom. Some games employ this as a gameplay mechanic or a major story point.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
An aesthetic sub-genre of fantasy, focusing on brutal barbarians and arcane wizardly magic.
Sometimes it's hard to resist the urge to accumulate a vast amount of valuables.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
Vestigial items may have had a use at one point in time, but now occupy a permanent inventory space and cannot be removed due to their special status.
Being learned scholars and masters of the arcane arts, wizards wield great power by manipulating magical energy for the forces of good and evil.
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