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Some games let you coordinate with party members to unleash special attacks through precisely timing your attack efforts.
You're never NOT having fun with these games.
Games that have a different kind of cover system that allows players to fight upwards
Loose sand mixed with water. Don't struggle...you'll only sink faster.
Various franchises release "versions" of the same game. These games are basically the same, but each one lacks something the other has.
Games where pressure sensitive buttons play an important part.
This concept applies to any game protagonist who through the course of the game's story becomes physically and permanently maimed in some way (by losing an eye, an hand or other body part). They may receive an artificial replacement but the character remains physically changed through the course of the game.
Developed in the early 1950s, the Fulton Extraction System is a method of retrieving personnel on the ground via an MC-130E aircraft.
Popularized by Splinter Cell: Conviction during its development, this technique involves projecting information, such as objectives and controls, onto the surfaces of a virtual environment.
Echo found in games when a character dies or gets KO'd. Particularly popular in fighting games such as Street Fighter 2, Tekken, Soul Calibur, and etc.
Games that include a previous installment of the game's series. Usually, this extra game can be accessed via a menu or can be found within the game world.
Sometimes the best way to get past security is to find your nearest barrel or cardboard box and hide in it
Pirates who are also undead.
The enemy you will find in Harry Potter games. Bad guys with masks who want to kill you! Because they hate Muggles and Muggle-borns. And Harry Potter.
Monotheistic religion practiced by the Hebrew, or Jewish, people. Its major scripture is the Tanakh, which is referred to as the Old Testament by Christians.
Insects of the order Diptera, Flies (sing. Fly) are common household pests. The Housefly is considered one of the most widely distributed insects.
When weaponry consumes a player's currency, typically in place of expending regular ammunition.
Toys that come to life, whether in the form of lovable action figures with personalities of their own, or psychotic dolls possessed by the souls of deceased serial murderers.
Developers can't seem to resist filling video game graveyards with interactive tombstones full of witty sayings and inside jokes, particularly in fantasy RPGs.
Making console controllers work with Windows, half a year after release and wired only initially.
QR codes, short for quick response codes, are a type of barcode that can contain much more information than the traditional barcode.
A frameup, or framing, is when someone tries to convince people someone else committed a crime. It could be in the form of leaving false clues or giving out false information.
Illuminati or the "The New World Order" the evil religious cult that's hell bent on controlling the world.
Large, semi-aquatic, scaly lizards. Not to be confused with crocodiles.
A concept found in many puzzle and casual games. Matching blocks of the same color or type to gain points and/or erase the blocks.
Space is usually empty, but sometimes it's filled with virtual death machines.
The power of projecting searing hot beams of energy from the eyes, a power made famous by Superman. Using it to incinerate or bi-sect people is a favorite tactic for evil Superman figures.
Duality discusses the conflict between two opposite forces and their struggle. Those two forces may also complement each other or are the two sides of a scale and must be balanced.
A popular feature in many games, specially in sci-fi themed ones, in which a character's helmet retracts and folds up into their armor.
A variation on the comic cutscene, motion comic is used as a more streamlined narrative medium reaching an effective balance between static comic panels and full blown CG.
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