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Game » consists of 22 releases. Released Nov 15, 2011
A hand gesture with a long and controversial history.
Who loves you and who do you love?
A Game of the Year Edition is any video game that has been repackaged and advertised as having earned either one or many Game of the Year awards from any number of recognized publications or websites, often times with a discounted price and additional content.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
GamersGate is a client-free digital distribution service.
An Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live feature that lets you purchase and download full Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games through the Live Marketplace.
An interesting revelation. While some games will only accept a START button press, many other games aren't as strict.
May 16th, 2014.
The 2011 Gamescom takes place at the Cologne Trade Fair Center, Germany from 17-21 of August.
The head honcho of a group of miscreants
A gang isn't just two crude dudes, it's a whole mess of them. There's all kinds of different gangs represented in games: street gangs, organized criminals, and even high school cliques.
Picking the gender of your character can help immerse you in the game world. Sometimes this leads to different abilities in-game, sometimes it means nothing at all.
The fourth annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb.
Gimps, or Gimp Suits often appear in games as an unlockable costume, and occasionally as a character.
A digital distribution platform that focuses on providing DRM-free computer games, both old and new.
When a developer begs and pleads and offers to do laundry for even a tiny guest appearance, sometimes those famous characters will still flake on them. At least they still have their laundry.
Games that feature characters whose hair movement is governed by a physics engine.
A type of parachute jump. HALO stands for High Altitude Low Opening
"Hand to hand. It is the basis of all combat." -Gray Fox
A quest in a game where the protagonist awakes after drinking the night before and has to piece together what shenanigans they got up to.
Havok Physics (Havok) is a physics API developed by Irish company Havok and released in 2000. It is used in video games as a physics engine, allowing for realistic interactions between in-game entities.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
A console game is high definition if it operates at a resolution of at least 720p, or 1280x720. A console able to achieve this resolution is HD-capable. For a variety of reasons, the term does not apply to PC games.
Hip-Hop is a type of urban culture that has been featured in many videogames to varying extents, in movies, and in all around pop culture. Hip-Hop includes Rap music/Emceeing, graffiti art, DJ'ing, and breakdancing.
Vagabonds, tramps, and transients. Unfortunate individuals who live on the streets because they can't afford a proper home.
"Horde" is a type of multiplayer game mode in which players battle co-operatively against increasingly difficult waves of computer-controlled enemies.
A Human Shield is a form of cover in which a player uses a body to absorb damage like that of a shield. It's usually found in first and third-person shooters.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
With the introduction of voices comes a whole new dimension in showing players just how truly bored video game characters can get.
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