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Aasimar is a half-human, half-celestial race in D&D.
Games where one or more of the player's antagonists are a law enforcement officer. This can be because the player is a criminal, or any other number of reasons, including corrupt/dirty/prejudiced cops.
The proprietary game engine(s) used by the indie games designed using the RPG Maker series of game development software.
Items in a game that exist for the purpose of being purchased by the player and then sold for a profit within the game economy, but do not otherwise affect the gameplay. Trade Goods usually imply that the inhabitants of the game world both produce and consume these goods in limited quantities.
S.T.A.R.S. is a police group from the Resident Evil game series. Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, stars of the original Resident Evil, are two famous former members.
Humanoids with canine characteristics.
Who loves you and who do you love?
A recurring type of B.O.W. (Bio-Organic Weapon) that is fought throughout the Resident Evil franchise.
The player goes to an ordinary, seemingly benevolent small town, only to find that there are some very strange things afoot there...
Google Play game services is a collection of gaming services for Android, iOS and the web. Features include achievements and multiplayer matchmaking.
When someone takes someone else's soul or life essence. They may do it to get more health, power-ups, or just because they are just plain evil!
A simple dance pose which became popular in the late 2010s. Similar poses have existed in the tokusatsu genre since the 70s.
The International Contract Agency (ICA), also known simply as "The Agency", is Agent 47's employer. It is a worldwide, well-funded clandestine operation organization, with underlying connections to the foreign legion, providing assassination and mercenary services.
By and large, a hick is an uncultivated person living rurally. Hicks are known to shoot at livestock-abducting aliens, produce moonshine, and marry their cousins.
Police officers can "borrow" a car if they need it.
Strategic dismemberment allows players to separate an enemy's limbs from its body without killing it, disabling limb-specific functions.
They beep when you walk through them!
RMT's are the concept of spending real money, for items within a game, common to the free to play market
The men and some women tasked with commanding and ordering the Empire's many footsoldiers and other resources. Most are incompetent, corrupt, cruel, or some combination thereof.
While screenshots were possible in many games using third-party programs, many games have official use for screenshots. Whether that be being able to take them, and have them uploaded to the internet or your hard drive, or have them serve in game purposes.
The concept of establishing colonies and/or maintaining them either as resource nodes (as in civilization) or as part of the general game concept (Anno series, Colonization)
Hostile Territory is defined as being within enemy control. Hard to find a friendly face here.
Similar to parallax scrolling, parallax mapping shows the illusion of depth in a texture.
A concept commonly used in pinball machines that nets players extra points.
In the Marvel Comics universe, the Sentinel is a type of mutant-hunting robot.
Terraforming describes the process of altering an environment in order to sustain human life. This is commonly seen in science fiction, where terraforming adds oxygen to the environment, flora and fauna, and even water.
Ammo which does fire damage to an enemy by burning and/or setting them ablaze.
When a game lacks the ability to "Pause" Game Play by pressing Start on a game console controller (or some other button on a keyboard/mouse).
With the introduction of voices comes a whole new dimension in showing players just how truly bored video game characters can get.
A game mechanic popularized by Epic's Gears of War. The player while in cover shoots "blindly" at the enemy. Used in conjunction with suppressive fire to stop the opposing team in their tracks.
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