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Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Feb 08, 2011
Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Apple's Game Center service brings matchmaking, achievements, and friend lists to games that choose to support it.
Avatar Awards are items or clothing that are unlocked for Xbox Live avatars by completing certain tasks within the game.
Sometimes the writers will deliberately slip the title of the game into dialogue to show off how witty they are.
Game titles that make a statement of fact or opinion.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Downloadable Content adds new features and content to already-distributed video games via the Internet. Examples include new maps for FPS games, new songs for rhythm games, and new cars for racing games.
Advertisements sometimes appear in game as a spoof on real-life advertisements, or to further envelope the player in the video game world.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
Known for their flashy appearance and superficial charisma, game show hosts in video games are often not to be trusted - outside of game show adaptations, at least.
An Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live feature that lets you purchase and download full Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games through the Live Marketplace.
An interesting revelation. While some games will only accept a START button press, many other games aren't as strict.
A software used for video compaction on Nintendo handheld games.
A movie reference in a game, is where a game references a film. This can be done in many different ways.
While most games feature achievements with gamerscore values in multiples of five, not all games do so.
Some games actively taunt the player, through screen text, voice, or changes to the game itself. It's a form of authorial voice that can lead the player to really question their relationship to the developer.
Games that feature quiz questions, often in the form of multiple choice responses.
When a franchise tries to start over by releasing a game with the same title as the first game in the series, or the name of the series in general.
Scaleform is a software development kit used to integrate Flash based user interfaces with game engines.
Most achievement systems allow developers to hide certain achievements, obscuring details about them until a player has earned the achievement.
The use of separating portions of a games story into separate chapters that have definitive beginings and ends, similiar to a serial dramas on television.
Showing half a face on box art is often used to give a sense of power or mystery.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
When a game incorporates trivia questions into it, even if it's not a trivia game.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
Originally recorded in 1951, this sound effect has appeared in numerous films and video games.
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