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You're halfway through the game or more, everything's going great. You've got tons of weapons and crap and BAM! Flash grenade! You wake up later captured, off to either be executed, interrogated, etc. Often, you've lost all of your weapons as well. You sir, have just woken up captured.
Source port is a general term for any modification created through the use of a game engine's source code, usually with the intent of expanding or improving its functionality in some way. Source ports commonly add features such as high resolution support and compatibility with newer operating systems.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
Cutscenes that do not take into account the specific gear that the player has equipped.
Sometimes, a company will promote its game by offering prizes to players who can complete certain tasks. Prizes can range from a shirt to a million dollars.
Aiming with no ever-present marking of where a shot will hit.
When one type of ammo fits all.
The foil of almost every early RPG lover, these rodents often live in sewers. While most rats are simple targets, games like Ratatouille make them the hero.
Fascism is a extremist totalitarian, nationalistic political ideology. Within video games, various fascist regimes are often portrayed as the enemy within the Second World War.
Games in which, instead of playing on "Easy" or "Hard", players play on "Marine" or "Way of the Samurai".
An achievement that is unlocked for completing a game on a certain difficulty level, sometimes granting the achievements for all lower difficulties, and sometimes not.
Buzz cuts are modernly popular in some games. This is a type of hair that is shaved very short.
Usually the room before a boss battle, filled with ammo, health and other goodies for players to stock up on.
A proprietary video codec (.bik/bk2 extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and used in a very large number of video games.
Why are bad guys on so many game covers? Perhaps the developers secretly think they're cooler than the good guys.
Using physical force to damage an opponent, with or without an equipped weapon from a first person perspective.
Hot, high pressure gases released from the muzzle of a firearm when fired.
Sick 'em, boy!
When you try to quit a game, the game will pop up with a message or picture to try and make you play some more.
Flouting well-known laws of mathematics, some games allow the player to possess over 100% health. Typically, the surplus amount cannot be restored in the same way as standard health.
The army of Germany during the period of 1935 to 1945 under the reign of the Nazi party and Adolf Hitler.
The Wolfenstein 3D engine is the first in a long line of FPS engines by id Software that was used for several games between the years of 1991 and 1995.
Controller Overlay is a technique developers used to help communicate to the player what each of the buttons on the console's controller did. With today's tech and evolution of gaming, this concept is accomplished by on-screen guidance.
The usually self-appointed leader of a region with totalitarian control. Usually will come into power through violence and will stay in power until he dies or is killed.
Games which contain secret areas that are hidden within other secret areas.
Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that have been approved to run on the Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature.
The boss is always on the top floor.
Using the Red Cross in an entertainment product is expressly forbidden by the Geneva Convention and international law, however some games don't realise that.
Games where the characters are 2D bitmap images (sprites), but the environment and scenarios are made in a 3-Dimensional space. This technique was commonly used on consoles like the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Nintendo DS. Many 90's First-Person Shooters also used this technique. Some used it as a stylistic choice like Paper Mario and Rakugaki Showtime.
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1940 and 1949.
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