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Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
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 heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
The tenth annual PAX East took place March 28-31, 2019 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the second PAX East to span four days.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Games with language selection allow the player to choose which language is displayed or spoken in the game.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
SpeedTree is a software toolkit that generates realistic forests on the fly.
At E3 2013, Microsoft announced their Games with Gold campaign. The campaign offered two downloadable games a month for free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers for a limited number of months. On October 18, 2013, Microsoft stated they were extending the promotion indefinitely.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
Sometimes, things are just meant to happen the way they do. Usually triggered by a timer, or by the player crossing a checkpoint.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
The fifteenth PAX West took place August 31-September 3, 2018 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
Non-linear level design where the player is able to freely traverse the game world and choose where and when to visit certain areas in the game.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
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.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
Some first-person games that wish to immerse the player in the experience more will go as far as to include full body awareness, or the ability to see the player character's body when looking down.
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.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
A screen where players can adjust the luminance value of a game's visuals. This is common in horror games.
The twenty-fourth Electronic Entertainment Expo was held June 12-14, 2018 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
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