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A postal service transports and delivers letters and packages from one place to another often for a fee.
Mummies are lumbering undead corpses wrapped in bandages. They are often associated with ancient Egypt and may have magical powers or be immortal.
A boxer is someone who participates in the sport of boxing.
An air pirate or sky pirate is a pirate who operates in the air or sky, as opposed to seafaring pirates or space pirates.
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
Cyberpunk is an aesthetic choice that is employed in many different media, it focuses on technology and how that technology encroaches on our natural, daily lives.
A character in the game actually increase in size. This may be a temporary or permanent transformation.
A chicken is a small, domesticated flightless bird that can be white, yellow, brown or black. A female is a hen, a male a rooster, and a baby a chick.
Foxes are wolf-like mammals, many having red fur. They are thought of as tricksters, underdogs, or for women, if you're foxy, then you're sexy.
A platypus is a semi-aquatic, egg laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, venomous mammal native to Australia.
Marine mammals that can grow to be among the largest animals on earth. Whales are sometimes hunted for their meat, oil, and ambergris; this has left many species seriously endangered.
Ants are small insects that live in nests and work together for a queen. Can be gene-modified to grow huge.
A movie reference in a game, is where a game references a film. This can be done in many different ways.
The ability to draw or paint in a game, whether as a gameplay mechanic or just a fun bonus.
These are games where the primary or secondary goal is to deal in the stock exchange. Players take control of a character that has the ability to deal stock (i.e. stock broker).
Farming is the act of growing plants and raising animals for food.
The act of acquiring resources for the purpose of building structures and/or unit construction. Resource gathering is a staple of the RTS (Real Time Strategy) genre.
A type of video game where the player plans out what their character does on a daily basis; filling in their agenda and developing them the way they want.
Vehicles that can talk, think and feel.
Multiple fighters/people ganging up to fight another fight/group of fighter.
Yet another type of stage included in lots of games. Nefarious tin soldiers, deadly domino rows and letter blocks of death are some of the perils one might encounter in a Toy-Box Stage.
A level in which everything is displayed on-screen at once, with no scrolling, flip screen, or 3D movement. Many '80s games consist entirely of single-screen levels.
Chameleons are lizards noted for their ability to change skin color.
Games that involve the racing of horses.
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.
A winged creature from Greek mythology with the body of a bird and the head of a woman. Generally depicted as a winged woman with grotesque features with a mind full of bad habits.
Wraith are apparitions clad in dark robes. They are often in possession of scythes, making them somewhat akin to Reapers. Some have magical abilities.
Giant Insects are insects and other 'bugs' that are far larger than in the real world. Some are about half the size of a human, others are bigger than buildings. Larger than life or gigantic insects are a common element in many video games, especially those of the RPG Genre.
A massive mutant frog which vexes the Ninja Turtles in their NES/computer game.
It is believed that Frank Herbert's Dune books were the first to popularize the concept of a giant worm that is capable of devouring a person whole without even noticing it.
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