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Athletes are people that play sports, anything from baseball to football to track and field. Athletes in video games typically give gamers a chance to hit that home run or kick the winning goal that normally would take years of training to do.
A rare case were a spin-off takes place during the series' timeline.
Character Creation refers to characters created by players themselves, rather than developers.
Some characters get drunk off of alcohol - often this is portrayed with blurred vision, impaired movement, or slurred speech.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
Picking the gender of your character can help immerse you in the game world. Sometimes this leads to different abilities in-game, sometimes it means nothing at all.
A characteristic present in game characters with a superior state of mind reflected in how they solve problems and their way of approaching situations.
A status of decreased cognition caused by a substance such as alcohol.
The ability for the player to become unseen, from basic camouflage to fully vanishing from sight.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Music based games may be growing in popularity now, but there have always been musicians in games. Whether they're in a band, play an instrument, or just sing into a hairbrush, these characters live for music.
Sometimes we will go a whole game without knowing the true name of a protagonist. Oftentimes, this is remedied by unique references being made towards the protagonist, such as "The Wanderer," "The Kid," or "The Man With no Name."
Radiation is energy in the form of waves or moving subatomic particles emitted by an atom or other body. Radiation in videogames is typically represented as a field, inside of which units will take damage.
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
An intimate physical activity between two or more individuals.
A lead character who never says a word, despite being spoken to.
Stealth kills are special kills in video games that usually occur when the AI is not aware of the threat of the player.
Strength beyond normal human bounds, i.e. lifting cars, bending metals, shattering a street with one's fist.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
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