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The act of hiring qualified people for a job or enlisting them for warfare purposes.
Sometimes a character will come up on your HUD to tell you an important piece of information. This usually consists of voice acting, occasionally Full Motion Video, and is pretty useful when you need to learn about things like doing barrel rolls.
This is a list of PC games which support connecting an Xbox 360 controller to your computer and using it to play the game.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
Originally the title to a franchise created by Chunsoft, the term "sound novel" is now used to describe a genre of games that simulate reading a novel enhanced with sound.
Eurogamer's digital distribution service.
When they don't *quite* think a game name through.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
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.
Using a 2D sprite that always faces the camera within a polygonal 3D environment to fake a 3D effect.
Earning an extra life, either by collecting a 1up or by hitting a certain score.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
People that make games are crazy, that's been evident since the 70s. Like a lot of crazy people they look at too much H.R Giger and realize that the human body is a truly disturbing thing.
A draw occurs when two or more players end a versus match where no player is determined to be the winner. This can be caused by a double knock out, or when players have an equal point value at the end of a set period of time.
Running at 60 FPS is standard for arcade & PC games, but hardware restrictions of consoles often force developers to aim for lower framerates in order to preserve visual detail or allow greater scale. 3D console games hitting 60 FPS are thus uncommon, though the trend of re-releasing games on newer hardware has technically resulted in more 3D console games hitting 60 FPS.
A person who goes outside of the law to punish those who have committed an act of injustice. Their methods usually cause them to be perceived as criminals.
Games where the player character is constantly running.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
Some games, despite being on platforms whose default controller is a gamepad, allow the player to move a mouse-style cursor around freely in order to select menu options or perform gameplay actions.
The process of fighting, but with dance.
A soccer slide tackle is a sideways slide that attempts to knock the ball away from your opponent's feet. It can also be used in a non-sports setting - e.g. to slide tackle an enemy to the ground or simply pass through a narrow gap.
An eight legged arachnid. Some make webs to catch prey and some are poisonous. None have made a web grand enough to be called a parlor, though.
The meter which is used to gauge how much power there is left to use magic abilities.
Criminals banded together with a common goal in mind. Can range from a band of thugs to the Mafia.
Falling Debris, rocks, or other items that may possibly cause damage to the player character.
In many platform games the protagonist will die instantly when falling off the bottom of the map, but in some situations there are places where the protagonist can still scroll down. When it's not possible to tell which are which, it is a Leap Of Faith.
A winged creature from Greek mythology with the body of a bird and the head of a woman. Generally depicted as a winged woman with grotesque features with a mind full of bad habits.
Games involving characters that round up local hoodlums for the good of the community.
More effective than any hospital. These games let you heal damage; ranging from a black eye to a gunshot wound, just by having a snack.
Kill Stealing involves a player killing another player's target in order to gain his or her "prize". These include loot, experience points, a point score, etc.
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