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Aquatic creatures with eight tentacles covered with suction cups. They often appear as boss enemies.
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.
Game bundled with gaming hardware (usually a console) in order to boost sales. Most often these games are first party titles, meaning that the hardware and software are products of the same company.
A Palette Swap is when two or more characters share the same style sprite or character model with only minor color or cosmetic changes. Although visually similar, palette swap characters may have very different moves and personalities.
A partner is someone in a duo that shares the same status and/or billing. In video games, you often switch from one to the other because they have different strengths and weaknesses.
The inaugural Penny Arcade Expo East took place at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts on March 26-28, 2010.
A species of carnivorous plants that reside in pipes. Some specimens can spit fireballs.
A place to fall, often bottomless, usually resulting in death.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
The PlayChoice-10 was an arcade console released by Nintendo containing ten Nintendo Entertainment System games per unit.
The love we share for games that made our childhoods happier ones, has now helped to make other children happier.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
Podoboos are living fireball enemies usually found in Castles in the Mario games. The original ones would only jump out of lava in simple patterns.
The ability of a character to jump from pole to pole. An example being in "The Incredible Hulk" where you can earn an achievement for jumping on all the poles at the World Trade Center without touching the ground.
Porting is a term used when a game designed to run on one platform is converted to run on a different platform. Quality varies, though some titles are packaged with extras.
Games that you could control with the Power Glove.
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
These games take the select button literally. Pushing up and down (or any other button) to select an option will do nothing.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
Games that are marketed with sports,energy, soda, and other types of drinks
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.
Veteran cannon fodder that have made appearances in more than one game, often with a small cosmetic change each time.
Romance in video games can either be interactive, in which the player attempts to woo another character, or an unchangeable part of the story of a given game.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
Plants that have at least some rudimentary thoughts or intelligence. They may be rooted or mobile, beneficial or dangerous.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
A route shorter than the usual one.
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