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The 2008 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) took place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Washington on August 29-31.
The 2009 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) took place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Washington on September 4-6.
Many online games, particularly MMORPGs, require a monthly payment to pay. This fee goes towards upkeep for the game, such as maintaining servers or the salaries of customer support,etc.
A persistent world is a game environment that is permanent and dynamic. This is seen in many MMO's.
Some games include pets you can either ride on, battle with, or simply enjoy spending time with.
Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Public quests are area-specific, ongoing quests that are automatically assigned to each player that enters the area. All players are automatically working on completing that same quest (if they choose to do so).
Yet another mage class, the Pyromancer specializes in harnessing the destructive domain of fire.
In MMORPGs and similar games, a raid is a (generally large) group of people working together to accomplish a goal.
Bipedal rat-like creatures, common in fantasy games. Prone to trickery and backstabbing, unless they're ninja.
The main character is a humanoid rat.
You and your allies (faction/realm) fight against a common enemy.
A rune is normally an ancient letter or symbol, often carved into a stone or gem, infused with mystical power. In many games they confer new abilities on a character, or add effects to an item.
Dwarven healer of Warhammer Online
Shaman are mediums between the mortal and spiritual realms. In games, they are often priests with the ability to heal via magic and crafted potions.
A race of rat-people found in the Warhammer universe. They are fully sentient, with their own religion, society, and technologies.
Skeleton Warriors are comprised of the animated bones of the dead. Often brought to life to do the bidding of an evil master as mindless and indefatigable soldiers and guardsmen.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
A set of skills and abilities displayed in a branching path. Skills in the tree open up after completing required prerequisites.
Squigs are aggressive bipedal omnivores, and closely affiliated with greenskins. They, too, grow from spores.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Supply and Demand are the two fundamental forces that guide an economy. Many games feature these two forces in either a self-contained or player-driven fashion.
A person more than adept in the art of sword fighting.
A tank is a role in an MMO game whose objective is to hold the enemy's attention and protect group members from harm. A defensive-natured class such as a warrior, barbarian, or paladin is typically suited for this role.
Whether it has voice over or not, text bubbles are a way of reading the dialog that a character on screen is saying and or thinking.
The Tomb Kings is an army in the Warhammer Fantasy setting. Once proud rulers of Nehekhara, the Kings, along with their entire civilization were subjected to a fatal curse by Nagash the Black, the Father of Necromancy.
Anguish of body or mind. Can be used by authority figures to extract sensitive information that would not be given under normal circumstances.
Trolls are a mythical race of creatures that have been interpreted many different ways in games.
The Undead is an umbrella term describing creatures that do not exhibit the key fundamental attributes that are associated with life, such as respiration, and blood circulation. They are divided into two main categories: Ethereal and Corporeal, depending on whether or not they have a body.
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