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Humanoids with feline characteristics. Feline humanoids are most commonly seen in Japanese games.
A general term to describe a race or species that predates the civilisation/setting that the game takes place in, usually used in the game to provide hints or clues to the protagonist to help solve some sort of grand mystery or defeat an enemy through the help of relics left behind. Occasionally, there may still be traces of them, either through technology or lone survivors that have somehow managed to live to the present day.
Sometimes, you want to play games with a real person who's sitting right next to you. These games have you covered.
Kart racers are cartoon-like racing games that often feature fantastical power-ups.
Options menus give you the option to change anything the game lets you change. Whether you want subtitles or not, sound effects or not, the game to be harder or not, anything you want that the game lets you change, you can change in the options menu.
The Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA, is an arm of the US government devoted to espionage activities. The Agency plays a significant role in plenty of games.
Farming is the act of growing plants and raising animals for food.
Experienced soldiers that often feature as mentor characters.
Rubber Band AI is an infamous hidden feature in racing games that allows computer-controlled opponents to catch up no matter how far behind they are. It is intended to keep challenging the player, but can also give AI opponents an unfair advantage.
An option that makes the physical character models in the game have enormous heads, and occasionally equally oversized arms. Usually accessed through a cheat code.
Nippon Professional Baseball is the highest professional baseball league in Japan.
Characters that intentionally resemble a member of the game's development team.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team that competes in the NBA.
The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that competes in the NBA.
The San Antonio Spurs are a professional basketball team that competes in the NBA.
A position in basketball, generally played by someone of great height.
The fourteenth annual PAX East took place March 21-24, 2024 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
An AI companion is a computer-controlled ally who follows and aids you through your adventures or who requires your protection. The AI companion's survival is often essential to game and story progression.
No HUD games are ones that either lack a Heads Up Display, or find a way to integrate it into the game environment. Many games do this to add a sense of immersion or artistic quality to their games, or to reduce screen clutter.
Charging is the action of pressing & holding down a button or particular direction on the controller. Its purpose is to build up a powerful blast or burst of energy to take out an opponent or cause critical damage.
Survival is a concept that signifies that the player's life is constantly in jeopardy.
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.
Often appearing in role-playing games, the reluctant hero starts out not wanting to fight, but ends up getting drawn into the conflict nonetheless. If not forced into it against their will, they are often motivated by love, honor, or a sense of righteousness.
Often in games striving for mysticism the player gets thrown into the game without being given a clear objective or any objective at all for that matter. This is often accompanied by vague introductions and confusing circumstances.
Placing the player in an environment and making them feel alone. Games often use this for atmospheric effect.
People of a different race or skin color, that are chastised and frowned upon for being different in culture or appearance.
Corpses disappear immediately or after a short delay. Often done to help maintain game performance, especially when physics are involved.
Water vaporization usually represented in video games as a particle effect.
Tank controls refers to a movement style in third person games where the character, not the camera, is used as the point of reference when choosing which control moves them in a given direction.
These ideas stick to the one or very few gameplay mechanics or appear very barren but usually try to invoke an emotion from the player.
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