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Game » consists of 9 releases. Released Oct 17, 2006
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.
Digital distribution method for PC games. Direct2Drive is maintained and owned by Gamefly Digital Inc.
Your friend in medicine. Mostly.
A character working for an agency or organization who is, in reality, working in secret against the organization for a rival agency.
Downloadable Content adds new features and content to already-distributed video games via the Internet. Examples include new maps for FPS games, new songs for rhythm games, and new cars for racing games.
The 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 10-12.
Often referred to as an EMP, an electromagnetic pulse is a short burst of high-intensity electromagnetic radiation, most commonly used to short out electrical devices.
Enemy distraction is a mechanic that allows the player to make enemies change their attention elsewhere by creating a diversion.
When the player's actions cause enemies to say specific lines of dialog, such as "He's here!" or "Who turned out the lights?"
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
When the main character at some point has to escape from a confined area, be it a dungeon, a prison cell, or a penal colony.
An evil organization is a group of super-villans who are hell bent on world domination or something of a similar nature. Usually defeated by a single Spy/Superhero/Average Joe/small child.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
Receiving damage or dying as a result of falling.
A scripted sequence or even an entire level where the player character is falling from a great height. Gameplay typically includes avoiding debris or battling enemies (or sometimes both).
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a woman.
Fireworks are a form of incendiary rocket designed to explode "gently" in bright colours and cause no damage, traditionally set off to mark festive or historic events.
Some rooms have faulty lights that flick on and off. Often this is used in horror games to help build an unsettling atmosphere.
FreeLC is free downloadable content. It is a sub-category of DLC which encompasses only free downloadable content.
In many games that feature team-based competition, "Friendly Fire" is the ability shoot or somehow directly impair ones own teammates.
A listing of games that have functional mirrors inside the game. An in-game mirror must display the character as they move in order to qualify.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
An Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live feature that lets you purchase and download full Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games through the Live Marketplace.
A characteristic present in game characters with a superior state of mind reflected in how they solve problems and their way of approaching situations.
A grief beard is facial hair that appears on a character after something tragic happens to them in a storyline. The amount of tragedy and how the character is handling it can often be seen in the beard itself.
Games in which players are guided through the game by characters via radio communication. Extremely popular narrative device and game mechanic in the current generation of video games.
Hacking is done by interacting with a computer to perform a minigame. In the minigame, you must select the numbers that don't move to win. If time runs out or if you select a still moving number, the minigame ends, and an alarm is sounded. You can also hack with an unlockable tool that hacks for you.
Any stealth operative or athletic character knows this ability. Necessary if you're hanging on a ledge and don't want to fall.
Havok Physics (Havok) is a physics API developed by Irish company Havok and released in 2000. It is used in video games as a physics engine, allowing for realistic interactions between in-game entities.
Most modern shooting games add the realistic touch of rendering shots to the cranium instantly fatal. Glorious for the shooter, kind of a bummer to the shootee.
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