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Death From Above.
A feature in many curtain fire games, the point where a character can be hit is a different size than the character itself. Whether this zone is visible or not (it varies from game to game), it allows players to dodge bullet patterns that would otherwise be impossible.
Hostile Territory is defined as being within enemy control. Hard to find a friendly face here.
A school of game design often associated with Looking Glass Studios, in which the player is free to act as they choose in a richly simulated world. The term was coined by Warren Spector in his Deus Ex post-mortem.
A status of decreased cognition caused by a substance such as alcohol.
Whether it be a close up shotgun blast, far away sniper rifle, explosive, or backstab, the "one hit kill" is a popular kill strategy. Usually hard to master and even harder to avoid, the instant kill is loved and hated by gamers everywhere.
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.
A game mechanic where the player's possessions occupy a certain amount of space on a matrix; inventory items can be manually manipulated to fit within the grid.
Jamming is when a gun malfunctions and will not fire.
Leaning is a concept that allows a character to angle their body. Often used to look around corners. Primarily found in First Person Shooters.
One of the smaller innovations in the gaming industry was making the player's targeting reticle change colours depending on the situation.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Entering in-game menus like quest logs or inventories does not pause the gameplay.
When monsters in a game can turn on each other after an accidental injury and fight to the death instead of focusing on the player, or when some of the player's enemies also hate each other, and will attack each other on sight.
PC games that support the use of two or more monitors.
The presence of different kinds of ammunition that pose advantages depending on situational needs. They vary on a per-game basis, but popular types include incendiary and armor-piercing.
Murder is the act of ending the life of another living thing against its will without the sanction of a higher governmental authority, such as the casualties that result from acts of war. It is generally intentional, at least in a legal meaning, but not necessarily.
Genetically evolved humans, animals or aliens.
Normal mapping is an integral part in making believable visuals. Using advanced surface information in conjunction with light information, an artist is able to define an incredible amount of detail on any low polygon model.
Radioactive particles in the air released by a nuclear explosion.
Non-linear level design where the player is able to freely traverse the game world and choose where and when to visit certain areas in the game.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Overpressure or "plus P" ammunition is an offshoot of the Magnum concept, wherein standard cartridges are overloaded to make them more powerful without requiring specialized weapon designs. Plus P will upgrade the stopping power and penetrating power of a firearm, as long as it's strong enough to handle the load.
Similar to parallax scrolling, parallax mapping shows the illusion of depth in a texture.
Physics play an important part in this game in solving puzzles and/or combat. Notable examples include the Gravity Gun from Half-Life 2, and the Force Powers from Star Wars: Force Unleashed.
Third-party developers and publishers occasionally engage in the practice of releasing a title or piece of DLC on only one platform for any number of reasons. Sometimes these are permanent while others are only platform exclusive for a certain window of time.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
A follow-up to a game or movie that takes place before the events of the previous installment or installments.
Radiation is energy in the form of waves or moving subatomic particles emitted by an atom or other body. Radiation in videogames is typically represented as a field, inside of which units will take damage.
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
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