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Extraterrestrials appear in many video games in a variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes they're benevolent, and sometimes they're very similar to humans.
Alternative blood is blood other than the usual red variety.
Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
When blood will splash textures on walls or floors and even roofs.
This concept is for when the blood type of characters is included in the game, often to allude to personality traits in Japanese games.
Although some servers have specifically taken note of this issue and instead use blue, white, or green crosses where possible, many still feature red crosses in a medical context on various sprites.
A roleplay-oriented engine and game client created in the early-2000s. While host to a large number of original and fan-made roleplaying games, BYOND is primarily remembered for Space Station 13.
A professional cook. Chefs are often overworked and very sensitive about their cuisine.
A character in a game who uses unorthodox moves, and who likes to play 'practical jokes' on opponents. This makes losing to him/her all the more humiliating.
Attitudes towards the Clown vary from person to person. Some find entertainment and humor, others feel really creeped out by their overly flamboyant nature. Ultimately, games tend to take the path of a more horrific presentation to stimulate the atmosphere of a particular setting.
The act of building something. Using resources to build units, buidlings, structures of any kind.
Either a force of over arching evil or a parody of the real world. The corporation is a common concept found in Video Games.
Cults don't necessarily have to be evil or out to destroy the world, but in video games it's usually safe to assume so.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
When an on-screen character gets low on health, their movement is slowed or they walk with a visible limp or slouch.
The severing of limbs is a good way for designers to make every battle a bloodier, gorier mess. Or sillier in the right situations.
Your friend in medicine. Mostly.
Life altering and potentially dangerous, drugs come in a large variety of forms. In most games, drugs can have significantly different physical and social effects on video game characters.
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.
Farming is the act of growing plants and raising animals for food.
A fictional language and/or script created exclusively for the world in which a game is set, such as Tolkien's Elvish or the language of the Talan in Outcast.
In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
Freeware games are those which have their full versions legally free to download or otherwise obtain.
Gravity is a physical phenomenon, specifically the mutual attraction between all objects in the universe. In a gaming setting, gravity determines the relationship between the player and the "ground," preventing the player or game objects from flying off into space, and hopefully acting in a predictable/realistic manner.
Grid-based movement limits players, and other entities in a game, to moving through the game world in increments of whole squares on a grid. It has been a common staple of turn-based strategy games since the earliest board games of antiquity. It was also used by early RPGs.
A hostile artificial intelligence, or "rogue AI", is a synthetic being that has turned on its creators. Among the most famous rogue AIs from video games are SHODAN (System Shock) and GLaDOS (Portal).
A systematic style of growing vegetation. typically more organic due to unique soil deprivation.
“Indie” or “independently developed” games are video games which are developed by a studio without the support of an external publisher.
The ability of a player to interact with items or geometry in the game world, whether for story or gameplay reasons or simply for immersion.
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