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A standard in nearly all competitive online shooters, the Kill Feed is the live on-screen update of the kills in an multiplayer game, providing updates as to whom is killing whom, as well as other important events.
The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
Machinima is the concept of making a movie out of a video game. Popularized by the series, Red vs Blue.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
MLG (Major League Gaming) is the most successful and well-established competitive gaming league in the world. Encompassing many competitive multiplayer games, from Super Smash Bros Brawl to Halo 3, becoming a professional gamer through MLG is the goal of aspiring players all around the world.
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
An online multiplayer grouping system that allows players to join a party and "travel" from match to match together automatically.
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
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.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Radial Menus are menus that appear in a circular pattern to display the options the player has.
Reloading is the action of replacing the ammunition magazine inside a gun. It adds a touch of realism to most modern shooters, and a certain amount of tension when a player is forced to reload while under fire.
The concept of reviving somebody who is dead or down.
When a franchise tries to start over by releasing a game with the same title as the first game in the series, or the name of the series in general.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
Eliminating a target with a long-range rifle.
A reversed thumbstick layout for left-handed players. The option isn't default, but is available in most games.
The recording of data related to player performance or progress in a game. This feature is commonly found in RPGs or competitive multiplayer games. It does not include statistics in sports games, unless related to player performance.
Also known as corpse-humping, tea-bagging is a slang term in video games when after a player has slain another player or NPC, they move their character over the dead character's body and crouch up and down repeatedly, adding a humiliating, and often humorous, factor to the character's death.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
Trolls are a mythical race of creatures that have been interpreted many different ways in games.
TrueSkill is a matchmaking system for the Xbox 360. It tries to match gamers up with comparative players based on each player's average performance.
You don't know how to play our game, so we'll teach you how.
Unlockable gamerpics are a form of reward for completing certain tasks in Xbox 360 games.
An achievement/trophy that a player can only get by interacting with another player online who has already earned the same achievement/trophy.
A common cheat in multiplayer first-person shooters that allows people to see and/or shoot through solid walls and objects.
WASD, or WADS, is the most common and often the default setting to move the player character in computer games with a first or third person perspective.
A female mechanic, usually an attractive one.
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