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Artificial life-forms ("robots") specifically designed to mimic the appearance of human beings. Although this is a male-specific term, with female-looking machines actually being "gynoids", the term "android" is generally used universally in video games.
Technology based on biology.
A powerful demon from the pits of Hell which specializes in spewing ball lightning from its cavernous maw.
A clone is a being created as a perfect genetic duplicate of another being, right down to the DNA.
The Core-X is what emerges from bosses in Metroid Fusion. When defeated, they provide Samus with suit upgrades.
Decontamination is the process of removing hazardous materials from a person or object. In games, this is usually achieved by lasers, rather than water as in the real world.
Your friend in medicine. Mostly.
Life altering and potentially dangerous, drugs come in a large variety of forms. In most games, drugs can have significantly different physical and social effects on video game characters.
Games that feature enemies that were at one point unconscious in a sealed glass or metallic chamber (generally full of goo). Most of the time, the enemies break through the chamber to attack the player or are activated by an outside force.
When will those crazy scientists learn? Be it killer robots, invasions from outer space, sentient computers or mutations; they always seem to have the habit of leaving a big mess behind for you to clean up.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
Some rooms have faulty lights that flick on and off. Often this is used in horror games to help build an unsettling atmosphere.
Short for forensic science. Refers to the use of scientific methodology when solving a crime. Often involves carefully gathering evidence at the scene of a crime and analyzing the evidence in a laboratory setting.
Frankenstein's monster is the creature inspired by the Mary Shelley novel, Frankenstein. Usually creatures inspired by this theme are made from different body parts and almost always have bolts through their necks. They're usually naive and destructive.
The highly mutated virus developed by the Umbrella Corporation.
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 systematic style of growing vegetation. typically more organic due to unique soil deprivation.
The insects have stolen our crops! Are you a bad enough dude to commit insecticide?
One who invents, preferably stuff that no one have thought of before.
They may be good or evil, but mad scientists are always performing experiments that are on the outer fringes of science. Ever since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, they've been in the scene.
Some substance, organic or other wise that alters perfectly normal creatures into something else. Often times the agent in question is some form of virus or parasite.
Genetically evolved humans, animals or aliens.
Spawned from Nanotechnology research and Micro Electro Mechanical Systems technology, nanomachines are mainly centered around Medicine and Biology. "Nanomachine" is the term for nanite machines that use the nanometer (one-billionth of a meter) to measure it's size.
A science that focuses on atomic and molecular scales.
Necromorphs are the enemies in the Dead Space franchise. The Necromorph infection uses deceased bodies as hosts and forms hideously mutated shapes to adapt to more effective killing styles. Originally encountered on deep-space mining colony Aegis VII, it is believed that the infection originated from the Red Marker.
The act of mimicking a dead body in order to fool an adversary.
A top-secret program run by Armacham Technology Corporation(ATC) with the objective of endowing normal individuals with psychic abilities.
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.
Research involves spending resources to create new items or unlock upgrades.
An energetic and extremely destructive event which tears at the dimensional fabric of universes.
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