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The Nintendo 3DS has a system-level currency called Play Coins, which are earned for walking while the system is in sleep mode and can be spent in a variety of ways.
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.
In some games, total immersion is helped along by allowing players to purchase and customize their own housing.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
A poltergeist is a soulless spirit that is invisible to the human eye. It manifests itself by moving and manipulating objects.
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!
Referencing a TV show, celebrity, song, trend, historical event, etc. is one of the easiest ways to get a laugh. This can be either a throw-away gag, like the name of an achievement, or the main subject of the game.
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.
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
A public testing period is, or has been, offered for the general public prior to sale or general availability. Access is generally granted through giveaways, preorders, or crowd-funding rewards.
Pregnancy is the term for when a female of a species is carrying a new, developing member of the species within her body.
Therapy is treatment for people with either psychological or psychiatric problems who seek help.
Rabbits, or bunnies, are smallish mammals with long ears and a cottony tail.
The raccoon is a medium-sized mammal native to North America.
Radial Menus are menus that appear in a circular pattern to display the options the player has.
Enemies that appear out of nowhere and force the player into a battle.
Games where players are given material to read; this includes books, newspapers, and emails.
RMT's are the concept of spending real money, for items within a game, common to the free to play market
Games that feature this concept require the player to wait for a certain amount of real time.
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.
A character that appears in many games, often unrelated. For an example, Cid from the Final Fantasy series.
Ability to see a character's body in mirrors, water, or other surfaces.
Games that allow the player to give custom names to characters in the game, most often the protagonist.
RenderWare is an API and graphics rendering engine made by Criterion Games.
The act of repairing damaged items or weapons.
How non-playable characters or factions perceive the player character based on their actions or choices in the game world.
A joke phrase that was originally coined by Will Wright for a loading screen in SimCity 2000.
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.
The Sanity Meter gives the player insight on exactly how close their character is to losing their mind. Doubled with strange effects when the meter is low, the Sanity Meter can really start messing with you.
Games that have seasons have their environment change depending on the time of the year.
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