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The act of bending at the knees from a standing position. Crouching is an essential part of many shooters and platformers, and can be used by players to stay behind cover or avoid incoming projectiles.
Depending on the country, a song enters public domain after a certain number of years after release or after the death of the writer. In the United States, it is 95 years after release.
A type of gameplay mechanic, where the objective is to indirectly guide one or multiple entities to safety. Not to be confused with 'Escort Mission'.
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
A mode in the game, often an unlockable, allowing players to listen to individual music tracks, voice clips and/or sound effects.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
Genetically evolved humans, animals or aliens.
PlayStation Plus is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service.
A circumstance in video games where the player will defeat large numbers of enemies without any assistance from AI or other players. This may occur for part of a game or the entirety of it.
The Undead is an umbrella term describing creatures that do not exhibit the key fundamental attributes that are associated with life, such as respiration, and blood circulation. They are divided into two main categories: Ethereal and Corporeal, depending on whether or not they have a body.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
In-Game Advertising is the placement of advertisements for real-world products within the game, sponsored by companies external to the developer.
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.
A movie reference in a game, is where a game references a film. This can be done in many different ways.
Games that could be controlled via the PS1 mouse.
An organism consisting of both natural and artificial systems.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
The little green-haired creatures that players command in the Lemmings games. They have a variety of skills, but independent problem-solving is not one of them.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
A viewable map that displays the entire game world. The map also usually shows the player's location in the world.
A stereotypical prehistoric human, usually clad in animal skins and rather violent. Does not always live in a cave.
Snails are molluscs that leave a trail of mucus. Slugs are snails without the shell.
Extraterrestrials appear in many video games in a variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes they're benevolent, and sometimes they're very similar to humans.
Side-scrolling games present the world as viewed perpendicular to the direction the characters are facing on screen. With a heavy focus on lateral movement, objectives are often met by moving from one end of a stage to the other.
A situation where the player-controlled character loses their life immediately. The quickness of that demise is often a stark departure from the balance of power, and sometimes the rules, established by the developers during the rest of the game.
Missions during which players are tasked with protecting a non-playable character or object from harm until a certain goal is met.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
An eight legged arachnid. Some make webs to catch prey and some are poisonous. None have made a web grand enough to be called a parlor, though.
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.
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