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The inferred primary antagonists of Half-Life 2 and its Episodic expansions.
Most games based on this mythology adapts the One Thousand and One Nights tale.
Argonians are a reptilian race from the Elder Scrolls series who come from the province of Black Marsh.
Ayleids, also known as the Wild Elves or Heartland High Elves, are a race in The Elder Scrolls who were the first to establish an empire on the continent of Tamriel. They are now an extinct race, but their are many shrines and other structures still standing throughout Tamriel.
An alien race featured in the Mass Effect franchise. The Batarians are a disgraced race mostly isolated in a lawless area of the Galaxy known as the Terminus Systems. Conflicts with the human race have put them at odds with the Citadel Council.
Caesar's Legion is an organization of slavers found within the Fallout universe
The Chaos Dwarfs, known in their own tongue as the Dawi-Zharr (literally "Fire-Dwarfs" in Khazalid), are an industrious, malevolent counterpart to the Dawi. Turning their backs on the ancestor gods, they pledged themselves to the minor Chaos God Hashut.
Child labor is seen as an exploitative practice in commerce and industry, involving children and adolescents who are pressured into employment. While almost no game would ever endorse the practice, it can occasionally be portrayed as an element of the historical and societal world the game is set in.
The most 'human' in appearance among the chimera, Menials are meant for labor rather than combat.
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)
The act of building something. Using resources to build units, buidlings, structures of any kind.
Video game controversy revolves mostly around the psychological effects that games with graphic violence or sexual content in them can have on players. Other sources of controversy can range from racism, sexism, politics, or religion.
Pirates from lands to the south of Gondor who raid it continuously, and were willing to aid Mordor in sacking the city of Minas Tirith.
Elves who have often been corrupted in some manner, changing their skin tone and leaving them with a predisposition towards evil. Sometimes called "Drow".
One or more events from someone's past that negatively affected them. Plenty of video game characters have such pasts.
The Dynarri are an alien race from Star Control II. The Dynarri race initially enslaved the Ur-Quan.
Any game that represents a society noticeably worse or less desirable compared to those in the present. This can relate to kinds of political and economic organisation, excessive human suffering, social problems caused by technology, or as a result of an apocalyptic event.
Fanatically loyal to Sauron and long-time enemies of Gondor, the cruel Easterlings have marshalled to war in the Dark Lord's name, revering him as a vengeful deity.
People of a different race or skin color, that are chastised and frowned upon for being different in culture or appearance.
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 race enslaved by the Hutts.
The Galactic Empire was the galactic government established by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in the Star Wars Universe.
Genocide refers to killing on massive scale, often systematic and for political or religous reasons.
The Gerudo are a tribe of thieves that live in the desert. This group is primarily female.
A human servant to a vampire allowed to drink their blood, giving them some of the vampire's power.
In the Brütal Legend universe, a society that where raised in the mines to do all their work with their thick skulls. They can be spotted by their massive necks developed from the constant head banging.
A warlike civilization in the Killzone universe. Once human colonists on the planet Helghan, they faced hellish conditions that killed many; only those who adapted survived, later overthrowing the human government and taking control of Helghan.
The evil color sucking corporation in de Blob. They enslave the people of Chroma City and take their color away.
In the forty-one-thousandth century, Humanity has been united into the vile, zealous, and destructive Imperium of Man, a vast galaxy-spanning empire encompassing countless planets. It was founded by the God-Emperor at the end of the Age of Strife.
A plot device where innocent characters are killed. Sometimes players forced to watch it happen and can do nothing to prevent it.
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