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A secondary function for a single weapon, such as launching a grenade from a rifle.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
A derivative form of Cyberpunk which heavily revolves around biological technology.
Because you'd never expect a banana to be an undercover cluster grenade.
Bats, hammers, wrenches, maces, staves, or even brass knuckles. These are weapons intended for blunt trauma rather than cutting or slicing.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
Glass that can be broken and destroyed in real-time.
The deliberate animation of breasts, meant to titillate as a means to conform to more realistic physics.
When you have a code number or a password to type to use a device, you have to type the code
Games involving characters that round up local hoodlums for the good of the community.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
Some games just won't settle for laughs. Some games make you want to cringe as you're busting a gut.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
A gameplay mode that pits two or more players in a fight to the death. John Romero is credited with coining the multiplayer term "deathmatch."
A destructible environment means the player has the ability to destroy his/her surroundings. This allows players to use the environment to their advantage.
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.
Removing a weapon or item from another person/creature so you can make use of it. Useful for stealth based games.
The severing of limbs is a good way for designers to make every battle a bloodier, gorier mess. Or sillier in the right situations.
When the player's actions trigger a change in the game's soundtrack. This adds a cinematic quality to the gameplay.
The 1998 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia on May 28-30.
An Easter Egg is an intentionally hidden cheat or hidden content in a video game, also known as a "secret".
Any weapon that shoots laser and plasma beams or energy bolts rather than conventional bullets.
An evil organization is a group of super-villans who are hell bent on world domination or something of a similar nature. Usually defeated by a single Spy/Superhero/Average Joe/small child.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a woman.
Using physical force to damage an opponent, with or without an equipped weapon from a first person perspective.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
These faucets are functional.
Toilets that can be used in-game. Neat, but easily abused, which seriously impacts virtual water conservation.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
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