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A futuristic way of racing where the race crafts hover over the ground and race at extreme high speeds.
A region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity. In video games this is usually an attack that either stun or pushes enemies away.
An Arcade-style racer is a game which shoots for a fun and fast-paced experience over trying to simulate real life physics and racing protocol.
Nuclear war is a conflict in which nuclear weapons are used.
Genies, which originated from Arabia, are supernatural creatures that are magical and many can grant wishes. Some have a lamp or bottle and the owner of said item has power over them, including forcing them back into it and making them stay there.
When a game has you picking flowers or plants as part of the game mechanic, such as for alchemy components or quest items.
A barrel roll is a maneuver in which an object makes a complete rotation on its longitudinal axis while following a helical path, approximately maintaining its original direction.
The Vietnam War was a military conflict, fought in Indochina between 1955 and 1975. It led to the reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in July 1976.
Cows are four-legged ruminant mammals, bred for milk, meat, or leather.
A protagonist who lacks some or all of the qualities traditionally seen as heroic.
These games have an agenda - social, political, or otherwise. The message is hard to miss.
Violence doesn't solve everything - in these games you have the option to arrest perpetrators instead of killing them outright. Often a bonus is attached to taking suspects in alive.
Sauron's most terrible servants. The Nine were once mortal men who one by one succumbed to the power of the One Ring.
The cutscenes are nothing but the pages of a comic book. Audio is usually dubbed over to give them a little more life.
Illusion magic excels in trickery and deception.
Superpowered or super intelligent bad guys who fight superheroes.
A distribution of power depending on the accuracy of timed button presses.
Game endings that are meant to be absurd and that fly in the face of a dramatic storyline. Joke endings are often included as bonuses that require the player to beat the game a certain way in order to be seen.
A process by which one player/creature's health points are transferred to another, particularly via a spell, technique or item.
The act of traversing space while attached to a piece game geometry. Sometimes via a rope, or other grapple like object.
A religion of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing many different traditions. It is the largest third religion in the world, and also one of the world's oldest religions still in practice.
A level or sequence where the player must ride in a mine cart, and has some meaningful control over the character or the cart. The Donkey Kong Country series popularized these sequences, and gave them the stigma of frustrating difficulty at the same time.
Emulation is the means by which games intended for one platform are rendered playable on another. Emulation is used for various purposes, ranging from allowing older games to be playable on newer hardware to software development for various platforms.
A feature (or features) is advertised on the box or in the game manual, but due to the game being rushed or not tested the feature is not there. Fixed with patches or DLC in newer games.
There's nothing cooler than planting a bomb, turning the camera around, and walking away nonchalantly as it blows up behind you. As everyone knows, true heroes don't look at explosions.
Content such as modes, characters, maps, ect. that are exclusive to a single platform in a multiplatform game.
Immersing the player using sound directed from 5 speakers and a sub-woofer, surround sound is the way of choice to hear game audio.
Early game consoles were unable to produce complex objects nor different colors. To make the games more enjoyable, the developers included a translucent overlay that players could physically place on the television screen.
Baditude is being "edgy" in an obviously forced or fake manner. Games with baditude often feature excessive swearing, gratuitous violence, and content meant to shock or offend.
For games that feature a mission briefing before gameplay.
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