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Military term, indicating that a spotter is requesting fire support in close proximity to friendly forces. Players are ill-advised to linger in such areas.
An event in a video game in which the screen is split up into multiple frames to give the player better overview of everything that's going on.
Nova-6 is an experimental biological weapon originally developed by the Nazis in World War II that the Russians get a hold of in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
A deadly game where the loser faces instant death.
A framing device for storytelling in which the main character is recounting the events of the game's plot (the actual gameplay) to someone as a flashback while they are being interrogated.
The Napalm Strike is a killstreak reward in Call of Duty: Black Ops, as well as a weapon in the Worms Series.
A political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War
In the context of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Communists were referred to as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA).
A Token Minority is a concept in games, television, movies, and books wherein a single character of a different ethnicity is added to a cast of characters who all share the same--or very similar--ethnic background. It's often used to add the pretense of diversity to an otherwise homogeneous set of characters.
Regular difficulty not difficult enough? Enable hardcore mode for a more brutal gaming experience.
The usually self-appointed leader of a region with totalitarian control. Usually will come into power through violence and will stay in power until he dies or is killed.
Decontamination is the process of removing hazardous materials from a person or object. In games, this is usually achieved by lasers, rather than water as in the real world.
The Vietnam War was a military conflict, fought in Indochina between 1955 and 1975. It led to the reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in July 1976.
Tracking is a skill or ability used by classes such as Rangers which allows the player to quickly locate an NPC.
A male deer
Games about, or with science in them.
A location where the player character is relatively assured to avoid patterns of incoming fire or enemy movement.
Envisioned by the prominent science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein and popularized by the movie Aliens, the Female Dropship Pilot is always ready to pull your bacon out of the fryer.
Ubisoft's proprietary engine based on a heavily modified CryEngine. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal.
In which players can enjoy looking at some facial models before even starting the game.
Videogame bosses, generally enormous ones, that take up the entire background of the screen you fight them on, usually only extending the body parts they attack with (and for some reason, their weak point) into the foreground where the player can interact with them.
A villainous group from Dragon Ball comics, cartoons and video games.
Gorgons are mythical female creatures known most notably for their hair of living snakes and ability to turn anyone into stone with their gaze. While the most famous depiction of a gorgon is Medusa, they have been depicted in various other ways in literature, film, and games.
Valkyries are maidens who serve Odin. They take slain warriors to Valhalla.
A concept common in MMORPGs, a debuff weakens a foes abilities or stats making combat easier.
Enormous legendary bird(s) of prey.
Well after a game's release, a developer will patch in a different ending to the game.
A crab-like robot that fires energy orbs from its claws. Crabmeat is a recurring enemy in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Leaping fish-bot foes of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Content such as modes, characters, maps, ect. that are exclusive to a single platform in a multiplatform game.
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