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Strategy games which encourage users to eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate.
Alternate realities are worlds that exists next to, in parallel of, or in place of our own.
Instrumental music, often electronic, that does not follow conventional music structures, instead using various sounds to create a mood. Ambient music can evoke many different feelings in the listener, from tranquility to creeping dread.
Anarchism is the rejection of all government authority.
Asynchronous multiplayer is a term applied to online interactions in video games where players participate in shared activity, but not concurrently. The oldest form of asynchronous multiplayer is turn-based multiplayer gameplay between two or more players that can check in and play their turn when it's convenient. Similar to play-by-mail games and, more electronically, play-by-email or play-by-post forum games.
The absence of belief in the existence of gods.
Barbarians in games are often known for their brute strength, large size compared to normal humans, appetite for meat and ale, general crudeness, and prowess in melee combat.
Whether it's from a soon-to-heroically-die priest or a religion-crazed cultist, a good Bible quote can make any dramatic moment a bit more eschatological.
A proprietary video codec (.bik/bk2 extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and used in a very large number of video games.
The era between 3300 and 1200 BC where a civilization makes tools and weaponry out of bronze. The bronze age sits between the stone age and the iron age
A philosophical and religious system based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.
A capital city is the center of trade, commerce, and government for a nation. Capital cities can be found in many strategy games.
Capitalism is an economic system that supports private property and financial gain.
Christianity is a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. It is also the largest religion in the world.
The concept of building a single city and its respective houses/institutions (e.g. Sim City) or building cities as part of an extending empire (e.g. Civilization).
Global Warming is the rising of the Earth's temperature. As temperatures rise, ice caps melt, ocean levels rise, and climates are drastically altered.
The concept of establishing colonies and/or maintaining them either as resource nodes (as in civilization) or as part of the general game concept (Anno series, Colonization)
Trading systems allow players to trade items, money and other objects between each other.
Communism is an economic and political ideology which (at least in theory), seeks to eventually achieve a classless society that promotes equality in gender, racial, and/or social terms. Despite this, most Communist regimes are often dictatorial rather than utopian.
The act of building something. Using resources to build units, buidlings, structures of any kind.
An in-game application that allows the user to edit or create new content. Including character customization, items customization, artwork etc...
Cooperative play in games allows humans to play together as a team to accomplish a task. Instead of playing against a human opponent, the team must defeat an AI. Cooperative Play in some games also means 2 human versus 2 human, this occurs in some Billiards games. (Scotch Doubles / Doubles)
Crabs in all forms and sizes, not just the giant enemy variety.
Games which the creative minds, or rather their marketing departments, saw fit to put their name on the box.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae.
When developers and publishers can't resist putting themselves in their games, either in the title or actually within the game itself.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
A game mechanic in which you can interact with another country/civilization. Usually games allow you to declare war, offer peace, trade, etc. using diplomacy.
Digital distribution method for PC games. Direct2Drive is maintained and owned by Gamefly Digital Inc.
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