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A practitioner of alchemy; the brewing and making of substances with unusual properties.
Argonians are a reptilian race from the Elder Scrolls series who come from the province of Black Marsh.
Attributes are a numerical representation of a character's abilities who have their roots in RPGs. Today, attributes have spilled over to a wide range of game genres.
An atmospheric phenomenon that causes a fantastic natural light display.
Short one-line audio clips spoken by the NPCs that populate the game world. Can be random or in reaction to the player or events.
In computer games - especially rpg - they're a great source of booze and often information.
Yet another mage variant, Battle Mages prefer to hone their magic skills on the battlefield.
Betrayal is when a person breaks the trust and faith that others have placed in them.
A proprietary video codec (.bik/bk2 extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and used in a very large number of video games.
Bats, hammers, wrenches, maces, staves, or even brass knuckles. These are weapons intended for blunt trauma rather than cutting or slicing.
Not all bosses can handle the player by themselves. Many use waves of lesser enemies to fight for them while they rest, and some even let these minions do all the work.
The Bretons are a human race in the Elder Scrolls series who specialize in magic.
An insect with broad colorful wings.
Trading systems allow players to trade items, money and other objects between each other.
Conjuration is the magic school of manifesting objects such as weapons out of thin air. In some settings, conjurers are also responsible for summoning creatures.
Create-A modes allows the player to create the skate park of their dreams, their own action hero, or the next champion of wrestling.
A sight placed on the HUD used to aim and provide a point of reference to the player when looking and interacting with the game world. Although they often aim weapons, they have a variety of uses and have appeared in many games in many different forms.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
A gameplay feature that offers players the option to listen to their own music instead of the game's original soundtrack. This allows for a more personalized listening experience.
Some games let players customize their character (or characters). Degree of customization may vary, with some games simply allowing to choose between different types of clothes, while others provide more detailed tinkering of features such as the distance between a character's eyes or hair color.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
Elves who have often been corrupted in some manner, changing their skin tone and leaving them with a predisposition towards evil. Sometimes called "Drow".
Daedric servants of Sheogorath. They are the polar opposites of the Golden Saints.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
The concept of decay is best known in video games when an item or a being is of a degrading quality. When the item is degrading, players or the game itself refer to this matter as decay.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
The controversial practice of incorporating "access control technology" into digital media so as to limit what owners of that media can do with it, most commonly for the stated purpose of preventing piracy.
Digital distribution method for PC games. Direct2Drive is maintained and owned by Gamefly Digital Inc.
Diseases are medical conditions that have a negative effect on one's body. Some games revolves around a disease.
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