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Water that defies gravity by being suspended in the air.
Games often feature working light switches that allow the player to manually switch on and off the lighting in a room.
Multipliers award players for playing well continuously. Racking up multipliers is crucial in any point based game in which they are featured.
One of the most successful NFL teams of the new millennium, the Seattle Seahawks were the 2013 NFL Champions. The Seahawks are supported by the 12th Man.
Warping allows the player to take a shortcut, bypassing part of a game.
QuickLoad allows the player to rapidly load their progress in a video game, generally is most seen in computer games.
Battle system associated with Final Fantasy series. First introduced in Final Fantasy IV.
No longer just a pastime for bored individuals, the simple act of whistling has played an integral part in games such as the Splinter Cell series.
A sacrifice is the act of offering something (item, health, creature, blood, etc.) to a higher power or a greater good. In games, this often guarantees some sort of favor in return.
A gunslinger is to guns what a swordmaster is to swords.
Often appearing in role-playing games, the reluctant hero starts out not wanting to fight, but ends up getting drawn into the conflict nonetheless. If not forced into it against their will, they are often motivated by love, honor, or a sense of righteousness.
A Fencer; a person who fights with a sword. Swordsmen are common in medieval strategy games.
Cactuar is a fast-fleeing foe from the Final Fantasy franchise. Killing one usually gets you a lot of gil or exp.
Small marine fish that have a horselike head and swim in upright position.
A fanfare played at the end of a battle in which the player is victorious.
A character in a game who has acted professionally, in movies, TV, or the stage.
This is an ability that requires input from the user to be used.
This page is titles that allow you to manually reconfigure the control scheme. A title that only lets you swap/invert sticks, adjust stick sensitivity, or limits you to preset configurations, does not qualify for this list.
A character model standing straight up, arms stretched out (IE the character looks like the letter T). Usually the result of an animation error.
The police force of Gotham City. Because they are often corrupt, they frequently clash with Batman, though sometimes they are legitimate and act as (reluctant) allies to him.
Various fish species that fall under the Salmonidae family, known for traveling to the ocean from riverbeds upon hatching and returning to the freshwater beds to spawn.
Easily emasculating the puny jab, this devastating technique is associated with crimson geysers and leveled Piston Hondas. Favored by undead ninjas and diminutive boxers alike.
Video games that include a physical cloth or paper map in their packaging.
Dust is a particle effect that usually occurs when an object or character impacts/rubs/scrapes along another object, character, or surface, creating a dust effect.
Enchantment is the process of infusing mundane items with magical properties, or manipulating your enemies minds with magic.
Throwing a fireball or zapping your foes with chain lighting are both great examples of evocation magic.
Designed as non-fictional, relating to real or known history, and to claim or reveal that these events actually happened, but were deliberately forgotten long ago.
Half-orcs are a race that is half human, half orc.
Vultures are large scavenging birds. They are not highly regarded by humans.
A concept in which a player is assisted physically by another human or AI controlled player. Examples of this are getting help to climb over a ledge or disabling a laser grid.
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