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Games that allow the player to choose which level to play next, rather than a fixed linear order.
Lock On is a game mechanic that allows the player to automatically center the character's aim on a target, usually done with a toggle or a press of a button.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
A game where you eventually receive a map of an area. Like in Metroid Prime you have map download stations to get a map outline of the area. This is the same concept in the exploring Castlevania games.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
Entering in-game menus like quest logs or inventories does not pause the gameplay.
A nocturnal insect closely related to the butterfly.
A post processing effect that blurs and streaks the entire frame. Loosely based on the behavior of real-world optics.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Options menus give you the option to change anything the game lets you change. Whether you want subtitles or not, sound effects or not, the game to be harder or not, anything you want that the game lets you change, you can change in the options menu.
A common type of bug where players can leave the intended confines of the game world or map. Exploited in many multiplayer games for easy kills.
An advanced shading model, including diffuse, ambient and specular shading, with per-pixel lighting. Developed by Bui Tuong Phong, it was introduced to gaming with the Sega Hikaru arcade system in 1999. Since the mid-2000s, it has been the most widely used shading model in modern 3D video games.
PhysX is a realtime physics engine middleware originally developed by Ageia and now maintained by nVidia. It is the only currently available physics engine that supports hardware acceleration.
Pigs are pink, oinking mammals with a button nose and curly tail. They are rumored to eat a lot and be dirty. They don't fly, but they do bring home the bacon.
A piledriver is a professional wrestling move in which the wrestler grabs his opponent, turns him upside-down, and drives the opponent's head into whatever happens to be below.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
In games, punctuation marks, especially question marks and exclamation marks are used for a number of reasons, including locating quest givers and indicating surprise.
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
Scaleform is a software development kit used to integrate Flash based user interfaces with game engines.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
Quests that aren't necessary for game completion. They typically offer side-stories or specific rewards.
Sidekicks, different from partners, are less powerful, less important characters who support the main protagonist and generally stick by their side.
A gameplay mechanic which allows the player to move faster than the normal speed. Usually for a set amount of time.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Steam Trading Cards is a built in feature in the Steam client. It lets users collect cards from certain games and trade them and receive rewards for complete sets.
Like a critical hit, this is a special action invoked from certain attacks in games or caused randomly on attacks by a character's statistic. It causes opponents to lose the ability to attack back for a certain period of time, and usually invokes the hit character to go into a special animation.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
Whether with a button press or menu, taunts destroy friendships and can even make the computer go crazy.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
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