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Software providing high fidelity facial data for AAA video games.
Jumping straight into the story without pressing a "new game" button or even seeing a main menu.
Modify the height of your created character.
Some games focused on bloody battle can become rather tedious when you get surrounded by people that yell and curse ceaselessly.
A Scottish goblin that soaks its cap in the blood of its victims.
Strategic dismemberment allows players to separate an enemy's limbs from its body without killing it, disabling limb-specific functions.
When a venue in a fighting or wrestling game is enclosed around the combatants. This generally prevents ring-outs.
A gunslinger is to guns what a swordmaster is to swords.
A Game Jam is a gathering of game developers from various disciplines (Programmers, Artists, Audio Engineers, Writers, et cetera) to develop a game in a short period of time.
A game that takes place between the events of two previously-released entries in a series, whether those be games or other media like films.
When characters largely go by code names or call signs to protect their identities during their missions. They are also adopted for conveniences sake.
Geomancers use their magic to interact with and alter nature and the world around them, destroying their enemies with the power of Mother Earth.
These games include musical instruments where the player has the freedom to play a melody of their choosing.
Games that involve the player saving a president from being killed, kidnapped, or otherwise harmed.
The United States Air Force was created in 1947 after WWII ended and they first saw combat in the Korean War. They are the main airborne force for the US Military.
Sometimes a character will come up on your HUD to tell you an important piece of information. This usually consists of voice acting, occasionally Full Motion Video, and is pretty useful when you need to learn about things like doing barrel rolls.
An Air Combo differs from a Juggle in that the character jumps up to meet his enemy. Instead, they launched them and then attacks their opponent in the air.
In some games, the differences between the difficulty settings are more significant than tweaked health, damage and currency. This could be new or changed enemies, boss battles, mechanics or items
High-tech exoskeleton wearing, sword wielding warriors featuring prominently in the Metal Gear and Mortal Kombat franchises. Several characters assume the identity of a Cyborg Ninja throughout several console generations.
Sometimes the best way to get past security is to find your nearest barrel or cardboard box and hide in it
Games that either are or look like they are made from paper
The Rule of Three dictates that a certain action must be repeated three times, usually when fighting a boss battle, in order to complete an objective.
The 2011 Gamescom takes place at the Cologne Trade Fair Center, Germany from 17-21 of August.
Video games that include a physical cloth or paper map in their packaging.
Crawling is a form of locomotion in which a person lies down and uses the hands and knees to move around, or by dragging the body along the ground.
Real-Time Polygonal Tessellation is a method of drawing polygonal models. A dynamic process, tessellation renders and dumps triangular polygons in proportion to distance and level-of-detail. It is a flagship feature of DirectX 11 and OpenGL.
Squirrels that glide between trees.
These big'uns would love to smash you into a pulp by charging full-speed in a perfectly straight line, but if you take two steps to the right you'll be safe and sound ... for a few seconds at least.
Proprietary game engine developed by Crystal Dynamics.
A system where bonuses are unlocked based on the amount of users that pre-purchase a particular game via Steam. This system was first introduced for XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
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