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The door code of Looking Glass Studios, often used in their and other studios' games as an easter egg.
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
In games, the player is usually the ambushee, not the ambusher, but certain multiplayer, stealth and open-world games give players a chance to try this sneaky tactic themselves.
Audio logs are short voice recordings that a player comes across within a game that helps inform the player of the game's story and characters.
The game automatically saves for you when you reach certain points. Implemented in order to reduce frustration for forgetful savers.
Short one-line audio clips spoken by the NPCs that populate the game world. Can be random or in reaction to the player or events.
Be it an “unopenable” door, a sprawling fence, a sudden outcropping of land, an ocean, a cliff (often a deadly ocean/cliff combo,) a broken-down car, an “invisible wall,” or large trees; barriers in video games manifest themselves in a variety of forms (physical and otherwise).
When the player character (re)visits a certain area or location that was also present in a previous game, or visited later on in the same game, with some alterations.
A beggar is a pauper who resorts to begging. Some nobles are known to grow weary of their antics.
A proprietary video codec (.bik/bk2 extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and used in a very large number of video games.
Winged, usually flying creatures, many of which enjoy perching on branches and defecating on unfortunate victims below.
The Black Market is a concept wherein players may buy or sell items through alternative means. This is often a way to make more money but can often land the player into trouble.
Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
This shows you how long you have until you start wishing you had gills. When your breath runs out, you may take damage, or you may expire right there, depending on how sadistic the game designers were!
An insect with broad colorful wings.
Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions.
Climbing is a common tradition in games, particularly platformers. There is often a particular type of surface that can be climbed, and it has a recognizably different look than other surfaces in the game. Climbing ladders or stairs doesn't count.
A clone is a being created as a perfect genetic duplicate of another being, right down to the DNA.
When you have a code number or a password to type to use a device, you have to type the code
A form of game item that is only useable a limited number of times (typically once) before being discarded or destroyed.
Crafting allows players to create their own items with the correct ingredients. It is used mainly in MMOs and RPGs.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
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.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
Decapitation is the removal of the head of a person or animal.
It's all in the family.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
Your friend in medicine. Mostly.
A double jump is the ability to jump while already in mid-air to get some extra lift. In reality, double jumps are not possible and violate fundamental laws of physics.
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