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A weapon with a heavy metal ball attached to a chain. The ball may or may not have spikes.
A barrel is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron hoops. In video games, it is used in many ways to fill up a level or even be used in one. They also may explode. Use caution when around barrels.
Bear Traps are intended for capturing bears and other large creatures.
An object that allows obstacles, such as rivers or gorges, to be crossed. Bridges can be made of a variety of materials like wood or steel.
Cages are often used to house prisoners or animals. Other cages are used to confine combatants.
Used to take photographs with.
Crates sometimes contain things!
Crystals come in many varieties, although typically they're somehow magical in games. Especially central to the Final Fantasy franchise.
Doors are a common object in most video games, as well as the keys and objects needed to open them. From role playing to shooters, doors are an important component of many games.
Similar to exploding barrels. Found in many action games and platformers, usually explode when hit, shot, or smacked.
Sometimes, the only weapons you can trust are your bare hands.
Plants bearing petals that are often fragrant and vibrantly colored.
To some the humble frying pan may appear to be a humble instrument of home cooking, but to those who count these Teflon coated beauties are a valuable aid to assault and battery.
Framed pieces of glass or plastic that are worn in front of the eyes and on the bridge of the nose usually to correct vision or as identity statement.
A hovering board, the sci-fi equivalent of a Skateboard.
Frozen water that can be a hazard to the player or used as a weapon.
A popular musical object that has graced many video games including Shenmue and Moonwalker.
A ladder is used to gain access to higher or lower ground. Also used as a weapon in most wrestling games.
Long rope with a hoop at its end, used to grab objects from a distance.
Lava is molten rock, usually from the interior of a planet, and in games is often used as a hazard to players, or as a visible gameplay-area boundary.
Lily pads are the floating leaves of a water lily. Froggers use them as platforms.
A lum is a unit of energy. Rayman collects them to replenish his health and to progress in his quest.
An explosive ordinance propelled by a rocket engine designed to blow an object to smithereens. A missile is often guided, in some way, to its target. For example; by laser, remote control, or computer/GPS.
The manliest type of facial hair.
A small structure separate from the main building were you crap through a hole in a bench. When visiting an Outhouse, beware of hazards like bugs, stinging nettle and splints, as well as the additional smell left by previous visitors.
It's a pencil
This be a ship owned by pirate scum, usually with skull 'n' crossbones flags and cannons. Arrrrrgh!
Plums are a staple of the Rayman series, used to travel through harsh liquids or rest on posts.
A plunger is a spring loaded rod used in pinball games to shoot the ball out into the playing field. The harder it is pulled, the faster the pinball will be.
A common hand tool that uses suction pressure to clean clogged drains.
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