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Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
The process of rapidly moving the joystick from side to side, usually to build up speed or power in a game. This breaker of joysticks was often features in early sports games such as the Daley Thompson games.
Kaiju is the Japanese term for monster or strange beasts, commonly associated with giant monsters such as Godzilla. Kaiju appear as enemies in games, but just as often they are controlled by the player.
Oversized pests such as rats or bugs are often used as low level enemies in role playing games. They can be found in most any Western RPG, especially ones that use the Dungeons and Dragons rule set.
Video game controversy revolves mostly around the psychological effects that games with graphic violence or sexual content in them can have on players. Other sources of controversy can range from racism, sexism, politics, or religion.
Satire is a form of humor that ridicules aspects of real-world society and culture, usually making a serious but indirect point about the subject that the player is allowed to infer. Games such as Metal Gear, EarthBound, Grand Theft Auto, and Fallout, for example, satirize American culture.
A comedian (male) / comedienne (female) is a performer whose goal is to make you laugh. It can be anything from a slapstick routine to social commentary.
Prostitution is the exchange of money, drugs, favours, or other incentives for the performance of sexual acts.
Somebody wrote or drew a message on the wall, maybe it was in blood, maybe they had a marker handy; but now here you are, reading it.
Make sure you respect nature, or else! Note: This only concerns *protagonists*.
Written words that are used to describe sounds, sometimes used in comic book—inspired games, like XIII.
You want an example? Know what I mean? See what I did there? *Wink wink, nudge nudge*
Sexual behaviour that deviates from the norms of society.
Puzzle points are found in many adventure games from the 80s and 90s. They are used to gauge the player's progress through the game and how thorough they have been in the game.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
A mascot is an iconic character heavily used in the advertising and marketing of a product, franchise, business, or company. Notable mascots include Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ulala, Mickey Mouse, and the Big Daddies.
Gnomes are a race of mythological creatures, which are usually much smaller versions of humans.
Being learned scholars and masters of the arcane arts, wizards wield great power by manipulating magical energy for the forces of good and evil.
Unicorns are mythological creatures, usually thought of as magical, intelligent horse-like entities with a single horn on their forehead. They can be fierce forest protectors and are a symbol of chastity and moral pureness.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
All dogs go to heaven? Nobody told these.
Any practitioner of magic (wizard, sorcerer, mage, necromancer, etc.) who casts spells. Even unlearned scholars can throw a mean magic missile every now and then.
Having made an appearance in almost all of the Final Fantasy games, the Bomb is a fearsome-looking creature, resembling a levitating ball of fire with a twisted grin.
Dating back 5,000 years, this game of skill and chance has featured in many video games.
Video games contain a lot of activities for players to do underwater, from exploration to combat. Sometimes games treat water as simple low gravity movement, while other games treat underwater more realistically.
Mythological creatures with the body of the human and the head of a bull. They are often found in video game dungeons, waiting for foolhardy players to stumble upon their lairs. Sometimes they're mindlessly violent, other times they're oddly peaceful and in tune with the world around them.
Space is usually empty, but sometimes it's filled with virtual death machines.
Larceny by threat of violence. In video games you either plan and executes such robberies, or your job is to prevent them.
A rogue character who doesn't obey the law, bandits are known to steal from people for their own selfish gain.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
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