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The first subscription based video game serviced offered through your cable company.
An instantreplay is a gameplay element typically associated with sports games, and widely made popular with the Madden Franchise. Instant replays allow players to go back and view gameplay footage, occasionally from varying points of view.
A place to fall, often bottomless, usually resulting in death.
A professional cook. Chefs are often overworked and very sensitive about their cuisine.
The third annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb.
A game that has holiday themes was either initially designed as a game for a holiday, or one that has holiday elements in a level, or as an additional unlockable feature, either through the use of the system clock, or an additional download.
Reindeer are a type of deer that live in extreme cold climates.
A Christian holiday widely celebrated in the western world. It is often associated with festive spirit and presents.
Parallax scrolling is a scrolling effect used in video game graphics, employing multiple scrolling layers to create the illusion of depth, for a pseudo-3D effect in an otherwise 2D scrolling game.
They crash when they're supposed to drop you off, they get assailed by RPGs when they come to pick you up. Sometimes, they're eaten by huge monsters. Why do video games hate helicopters so much?
Brøderbund Software often used this Empire as the antagonist for several of their games. Most notably this was used in Will Wright's Raid on Bungeling Bay, but it was also the hostage-taking force in Choplifter, as well as their debut as the enemies faced in Lode Runner.
Games in which vehicles do not have infinite fuel and that may require the player to refill the gas tank in order to continue driving or piloting.
Sega System 1 is a Z80-based arcade architecture that Sega used from 1982-1987.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
A Knock out or KO is when, example being a fighting game, one of the players is sent into a state of unconsciousness.
Easily emasculating the puny jab, this devastating technique is associated with crimson geysers and leveled Piston Hondas. Favored by undead ninjas and diminutive boxers alike.
A Jab is one of the common fist fighting moves and is seen in many fighting games.
Games which have nothing to do with each other, but have the same title.
It's not just for airplanes anymore: Game mascots and MMO players alike have taken to the skies. Players can use flight to quickly navigate large levels, find hidden items, or take opponents down.
Some game characters just cannot swim. This usually means automatic death as soon as they hit the water.
Characters that are initially portrayed as evil, but eventually turn out to be good or not as serious of a threat. This also includes villains who remain evil the entire game, but contain some sense of moral goodness or ambiguity.
Just as heroes sometimes fall from grace, occasionally someone who works for the forces of evil will turn their life around and become a good guy.
Drowning in games occurs when a being (not suited to be in water) runs out of oxygen, time, power, or barely even touches the water surface. Further complicated by the local sea-life that can knock the air out of you, should you get close.
Everyone that is born has parents. These games feature adults with children of their own.
Player characters that are infants, children, or adolescents.
In a franchise, it entails the second game that takes on a gritty and dark tone to distinguish it from the first.
It's all in the family.
The inverse of an anti-hero. An anti-villain is a villain that portrays him/herself as someone who is just and altruistic while is secretly working towards an otherwise nefarious and villainous goal. Common archetypes of anti-villains are politicians and religious figures who craft a wholesome and good-natured image to hide their evil intentions; this may even sometimes include doing good deeds, but only as a temporary measure to potentially further their true ambitions.
The original protagonist of a game becomes an antagonist in the sequel.
When Nintendo dropped the price of the 3DS a couple months after release, those early adopters who bought the system before the price drop and registered it by signing into the eShop became the Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors.
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