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Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
Legendary, stealthy assassins from Japan's feudal era, who are well-trained in the art of the sword, and who may or may not have access to magical powers.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Characters that are overweight have more body fat than normal for their race, or at least look it. A character that is overweight may or may not have great strength.
Parallax scrolling is a scrolling effect used in video game graphics, employing multiple scrolling layers to create the illusion of depth, for a pseudo-3D effect in an otherwise 2D scrolling game.
Enemies rushing off cliffs in order to get the protagonist or enemies that are sent to the abyss by the protagonist.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
Rain can heavily increase the atmosphere of a video game. Some games use it to add detail to an environment, while other games use it to make it difficult to see.
Games with randomly (or rather, procedurally) generated environments create new levels from predetermined pieces each time the game is played.
A boss that players fight multiple times throughout the game. They usually follow the player as they progress.
Games on Xbox Live that are no longer available for purchase on the Xbox Games Store.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Samurai, or Bushi (literally, "warriors") were a social class in feudal Japan, equivalent to Western aristocracy, knights.
An object that instantly kills all enemies / destroys everything on the screen. Example: The Serious Bomb from the Serious Sam games.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
Side-scrolling games present the world as viewed perpendicular to the direction the characters are facing on screen. With a heavy focus on lateral movement, objectives are often met by moving from one end of a stage to the other.
A mode in the game, often an unlockable, allowing players to listen to individual music tracks, voice clips and/or sound effects.
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.
An evil overlord or generally bad guy who sits on his throne while watching others fight to the death for his own amusement.
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.
The Suplex is a well-known wrestling maneuver where the attacker grabs hold of their opponent, lifts them off the ground, then uses both of their bodies to drive the opponent into the mat.
People who are aged during the growth period of adolescence, traditionally between 13 and 17 years old.
Game titles that are three words long, and have a conjunction or a preposition. These games usually take the form of "X of Y" or "X & Y".
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
Three games that are individually complete but are closely related in theme or sequence
Vertical scrolling is when the screen scrolls along the y-axis. In a vertical scrolling game the player usually starts from the bottom of the screen and moves up. They are also almost always presented in a top-down perspective.
A person who goes outside of the law to punish those who have committed an act of injustice. Their methods usually cause them to be perceived as criminals.
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