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Ammo which does fire damage to an enemy by burning and/or setting them ablaze.
Traffic courses are racetracks in which drivers have to race each other whilst avoiding oncoming traffic. Most commonly associated with illegal street racing.
The ability to float through the air without the aid of a mechanical device such as a jetpack, or the usual biological aids, such as wings.
Some games require players to accept a terms of service agreement before playing or connecting to online services.
The 2002 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 22-24.
Honda manufactures vehicles such as the Civic, S2000 and the NSX. Honda is featured in racing game franchises such as Gran Turismo, Forza and the Need for speed series.
The ability to shoot the helmet off your enemies.
Time Stopping is the ability to stop the flow of time, stopping all movement from everyone but the person who used the ability.
QuickLoad allows the player to rapidly load their progress in a video game, generally is most seen in computer games.
Ad-chievements are achievements based on in-game product placements. They can be either advertisements in the actual achievements (like the "Ridiculously Long Lasting" achievement in Shaun White Skateboarding) or achievement earned doing something with in-game product placement (like the "Boob Tube" achievement in Alan Wake.)
Crying babies are often used as a scare tactic in horror games such as Silent Hill, Dead Space, or Haunted House. The pitch of their cries is naturally designed to be unsettling.
The Glacier 1 engine was created in 1998 by IO Interactive, and have been running most of all IO Interactive's games since. The Glacier 1 engine is by 2011 retired through the announcement and upcoming release of the newer and stronger Glacier 2 engine, in the latest franchise Hitman: Absolution.
A safety is scored in American Football when the ball becomes dead in the end zone of the offense. The defense is awarded 2 points for a safety.
An innate ability to control the behavior and direction of the air. This ability can also be used to create and control bursts of wind.
There's a lot of special ops to be done out there. If they aren't in a city or a desert, most likely they're in a jungle.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional basketball team that competes in the NBA.
When players must fight all of the bosses of the game at once. This can either be an optional mode, or a required sequence. Boss Rush can also mean a game where the player only fights bosses.
A Boss fight that can only be won by climbing onto the enemy.
Games on Xbox Live that are no longer available for purchase on the Xbox Games Store.
Bethesda's proprietary AI system that provides NPCs with procedurally generated scripts to complete their tasks in-game.
Games that allow in-game recording and uploading to YouTube.
Earning an extra life, either by collecting a 1up or by hitting a certain score.
Games that are divided into daily (or nightly) chapters.
A physics simulation or manual animation of a character's stomach
A member of the protagonist's group who is spontaneous and unpredictable. This is usually for comedic reasons or shock value.
As seen in the Rock Band franchise, a drum fill is a section of the drum chart of the song taken out and replaced by a fill section.
First person hugs are a design challenge. How do you communicate a hug in a first-person game without it being super awkward?
From the Rock Band franchise, overdrive is basically the same thing as star power in Guitar Hero. The main differences are that the overdrive notes are glowing and not star shaped and that more overdrive energy may be gained while actually in overdrive.
The Spike Video Game Awards recognized the best games of 2009.
Somehow, one of the characters has changed their race.
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