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The political thriller is a story, often action-oriented, that tends to revolve around two or more nations struggling to gain power. Outcomes are usually found through military confrontations, covert wars, and back alley negotiating.
A way of attempting to control a population via media.
As time progresses, the character ages. A boy one moment, a man the next, soon the character is so old he's on the brink of death...
Experienced soldiers that often feature as mentor characters.
Many games feature storylines about wide, sweeping combat between three radically different factions.
Nothing helps set a game in a specific point in time more than having a few famous faces from history drop by to say hi.
Two or more factions, either with the same or completely different goals, that constantly try to one-up each other. The player is sometimes forced to pick a side to root or work for during the struggle. Other times the rivalry is only mentioned in the plot.
A turbulent period of Chinese history following the fall of the Han Dynasty. Although it officially began in AD 220 with the founding of the kingdom of Wei, its starting point is often considered the Yellow Turban Rebellion that began in AD 184.
The PlayStation TV is a media streaming device based on the PS Vita. It can play many (though not all) Vita game cards, as well as supporting some PSN games and PS4 Remote Play.
PSone Classics are titles that were initially released for the original PlayStation, and re-released digitally for later PlayStation hardware.
Main characters in games who hold leadership positions for a nation, world or planet.
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.
The act of killing a living being by teleporting directly into them.
A lead character who never says a word, despite being spoken to.
Oftentimes developers will release the tools they used to create a title to the fans that play it. This Mod Support allows normal gamers to re-define their gaming experience and share their work with the public, promoting creativity and community.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
Demons are generally creatures of evil, usually from Hell, who are often totally untrustworthy even when they're not murdering everyone and destroying everything in their path.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
This was originally the boss of Doom's Episode 3. It's a huge spider brain that shoots a machine gun at the player.
Everything you need isn't always spelled out for you on the map. Sometimes even the map is not there till you go explore it.
A common enemy in the Doom series, these dudes will not hesitate to introduce the player to their shotguns.
A powerful demon from the pits of Hell which specializes in spewing ball lightning from its cavernous maw.
Extreme violence pertains to excessive amounts of blood, gore, or violent acts. These include decapitation, mutilation, dismemberment, amputation, defenestration, disembowelment, torture and much more.
Typically representing the elite of humanity's Space Forces, Space Marines have appeared in numerous games such as the Doom series and Warhammer series.
A popular concept from the 1990's that let players get more of a taste for a game than a mere demo.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
Sometimes, things are just meant to happen the way they do. Usually triggered by a timer, or by the player crossing a checkpoint.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a woman.
When monsters in a game can turn on each other after an accidental injury and fight to the death instead of focusing on the player, or when some of the player's enemies also hate each other, and will attack each other on sight.
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