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In-Game Advertising is the placement of advertisements for real-world products within the game, sponsored by companies external to the developer.
Sending or receiving fake email inside a game.
Map Makers or Editors are built-in tools that allow the average gamer to tweak or fully customize a map of their own, with no mod or programming skills required.
Complete move list for character actions that are already in the game itself. Usually accessed via pause menu.
An instantreplay is a gameplay element typically associated with sports games, and widely made popular with the Madden Franchise. Instant replays allow players to go back and view gameplay footage, occasionally from varying points of view.
The 2002 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games of 2001.
The 2005 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games of 2004.
The 2007 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games of 2006.
With the internet in full swing, some games reflect its leak into popular culture by making references to the World Wide Web.
A parallel projection technique used in 2D sprite-based games to fake the appearance of 3D depth.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
The legendary Konami code, any who knew it were rewarded in many classic Konami games. UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A (SELECT) (START)!
These are the very last games officially released for a major console in North America.
Games released coinciding with new hardware.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
Some games replace letters or words in a title with numbers or symbols, usually to add more of a "badass edge" to them.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
Games that incorporate licensed music from popular bands and musicians for their soundtracks.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
Some games will give the player hints and tips on how to play while the game loads.
Games that feature support for Nintendo's Mii avatars.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Much like a map editor but with the ability to design ones own missions; first seen used in Operation Flashpoint series
A post processing effect that blurs and streaks the entire frame. Loosely based on the behavior of real-world optics.
Using gestures with the controller to control on-screen actions. Alternatively, these gestures can also be detected by motion-sensing cameras.
"LAN" is short for "Local Area Network," which is exactly as it sounds. Setting up a LAN allows players to join together locally in multiplayer games through a small, computer network rather than through the internet.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
The Natas Spin is achieved when a skateboarder spins on the spot whilst perched on a narrow object.
An act of Mother Nature that brings hardship on humanity and the world.
Nintendo's online service. It supported the Wii and Nintendo DS.
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