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PlayStation Plus is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
Professional gaming is the world where players make a salary by playing games for a professional eSport organization. The professional gaming scene is built upon tournament managing organizations like TheCGS, ESWC, WCG and their sponsors.
Used in fighting games, projectiles are objects that a fighter can launch at another fighter to attack from a distance. While they can be used to simply inflict damage, projectiles are often used to maneuver opponents into disadvantageous positions.
A balance mechanic in fighting games that reduces the damage of an attack each time it is
This feature allows players of the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3 versions of a game to play competitively or collaboratively.
A designer can use a racial stereotype to make a character easier to understand, though in the process the character may come across as offensive and hurtful.
Games that allow the option to let the computer to pick the player's character.
The option of allowing the computer to pick the stage/map, seemingly at random, for play.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Games that make records. Often records like most played game, or critically acclaimed. There have been gaming records since the says of Pong and the Magnavox Oddysey.
Health lost, but recoverable if certain actions are performed, such as swapping characters in a fighting game.
Rekka is an archetype in Fighting Games that had 2-3 district hits and it moves in the each hit with little to no pause. but the first part is on block and you'll continue into the later parts as hit confirms.
Characters that are designed to be scantily-clad.
Scaleform is a software development kit used to integrate Flash based user interfaces with game engines.
A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object.
Men too tough to cover up their chest.
Shoryuken is the move made famous by Ryu and Ken Masters of the Street Fighter franchise. Shoryuken translates to "Rising Dragon Fist" but most English speakers simply refer to it as the "Dragon Punch."
A fighting game archetype where characters with a significant similarity in fighting style to Street Fighter's Ryu & Ken.
Akuma's signature super move in the Street Fighter series.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
The phenomenon of time, or at least a character's perception of it, moving more slowly. Bullet time is an enhanced version of slow-mo.
Featured mainly in fighting games, special attacks usually require more than just pressing a button to activate. They are usually unique or at least varied between characters.
In fighting games, some characters have special moves that are counterattacks. In order for the attack to work, the player must enter the proper command and then allow for the opponent to strike when the player's character is in the move's "wait" position.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Steam Trading Cards is a built in feature in the Steam client. It lets users collect cards from certain games and trade them and receive rewards for complete sets.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
In fighting games, Super Armor is a property that prevents a character from flinching when hit by an opponent's attack, though he or she still suffers damage of some sort.
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