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A popular concept from the 1990's that let players get more of a taste for a game than a mere demo.
A common enemy in the Doom series, these dudes will not hesitate to introduce the player to their shotguns.
Showing half a face on box art is often used to give a sense of power or mystery.
A lead character who never says a word, despite being spoken to.
Games that for some reason or another, include a slip cover. Usually Collectors Editions or first run games.
Source port is a general term for any modification created through the use of a game engine's source code, usually with the intent of expanding or improving its functionality in some way. Source ports commonly add features such as high resolution support and compatibility with newer operating systems.
A reversed thumbstick layout for left-handed players. The option isn't default, but is available in most games.
Typically representing the elite of humanity's Space Forces, Space Marines have appeared in numerous games such as the Doom series and Warhammer series.
They are just like Demons, except invisible.
A speedrun describes the action of a player attempting to complete a game in the fastest time possible. The rules of speedruns can vary, but generally allow glitching and sequence breaking as long as the player does not cheat with external devices/tools or tampering with the game.
This was originally the boss of Doom's Episode 3. It's a huge spider brain that shoots a machine gun at the player.
Splash damage is a term used in several types of games, most notably in first-person shooter and real-time strategy games, to refer to damage taken by players or objects in the area surrounding a point of weapon impact.
Sometimes, you want to play games with a real person who's sitting right next to you. These games have you covered.
Spray and Pray refers to a tactic found in shooter video games in which a player uses guns with either high rates of fire or high bullet counts and shoots with reckless abandon.
A squad is a group of military personnel who work together as a group. Popular in both single-player and multiplayer games, the other players within the squad can be either AI or other people.
The first weapon that is acquired in a game. It's usually a handgun or melee weapon, is unbreakabe and carries unlimited ammunition. It's also the perfect "emergency weapon".
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.
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.
Sticky grenades are a type of explosive that is thrown and sticks a surface such as the body of an enemy, thus making the explosive damage inescapable.
A trickjumping technique used to increase a player's speed.
Moving to the left or right without rotating the body axis. The technique, also called side-stepping, is useful in FPS games to avoid incoming fire without turning away from a target.
A supersoldier is a soldier artificially given abilities far beyond those of normal humans. These include increased strength, speed, stamina, intelligence, the ability to fly, the ability to create fire with their mind, etc.
When a video game suddenly presents the player with a room full of health and ammo, perhaps a powerful weapon or two, it's a good bet that an especially challenging enemy encounter or boss fight is soon to follow.
Propelling oneself with kinetic usage of limbs while submerged in liquid (or otherwise fluid material).
A Multiplayer game mode where two or more teams fight against each other to the death. The team with the most kills wins.
The act of killing a fellow teammate in a game, to boost score or just for fun. This often results in being booted from games, and several games allow the server to do this automatically.
The act of killing a living being by teleporting directly into them.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
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