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Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Jul 18, 2012
Skateboarding move/trick.
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Games that integrate support for Xbox Live Avatars.
Determines how long a player should keep their balance on an object.
An ability with which a person can uphold exceptional equilibrioception. In other words, not falling over.
Games prominently featuring celebrities, who either endorse the game or act as the focus of the story. Games with characters who happen to be played by celebrities are not always tie-ins.
Any game where players progress through difficult challenges that usually provide points or medals based on performance.
One of the main objectives found throughout the entire Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series.
When collectibles in a game are arranged to spell out a word, usually related to the game or the company that made it.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
Games that have been removed from sale from various digital store fronts.
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.
Dolby Digital is an audio compression technology codec first used in movie theaters. It's now commonly used in many modern day audio/video media formats, including video games.
The 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 5-7.
Faceplant occurs when a player tripped while running thus slammed his face on the floor.
The ability for an athlete or character, especially in extreme sports or platforming games, to rotate their bodies in a frontal or backward motion, creating inertia that propels them into a flipping motion.
The idea of taking an existing franchise and starting over from scratch, overhauling the gameplay and sometimes going so far as to remove it from any connection to previous games in a series. Such is sometimes done when attempting to revitalize a franchise that is showing its age and has fallen into disfavor.
An interesting revelation. While some games will only accept a START button press, many other games aren't as strict.
Gaps are extra points players earn for pulling off a trick on or over an object. They are generally found within extreme-sports games.
A technique used in most extreme sports that allows the athlete to twist their bodies while still maintaining possession of their board. Applicable to both snowboarding and skateboarding.
Gravity is a physical phenomenon, specifically the mutual attraction between all objects in the universe. In a gaming setting, gravity determines the relationship between the player and the "ground," preventing the player or game objects from flying off into space, and hopefully acting in a predictable/realistic manner.
Grinding is the ability to slide along the edge of an object, usually a rail of some kind, with the trucks of a skateboard, the sole of a rollerblade, or the pegs of a BMX bike, in addition to grind boots or simply the character's feet.
HD collections are multiple games in a franchise that have been remastered to comform to HD standards and then put on a single disc.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
A console game is high definition if it operates at a resolution of at least 720p, or 1280x720. A console able to achieve this resolution is HD-capable. For a variety of reasons, the term does not apply to PC games.
Complete move list for character actions that are already in the game itself. Usually accessed via pause menu.
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.
Games that incorporate licensed music from popular bands and musicians for their soundtracks.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
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