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When the player's actions cause enemies to say specific lines of dialog, such as "He's here!" or "Who turned out the lights?"
The accent of someone traditionally from England. Not to be confused with Welsh or Scottish, which are totally different despite being sometimes referred to as simply "British" accent.
People of a different race or skin color, that are chastised and frowned upon for being different in culture or appearance.
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
EVE is effectively the mana of the BioShock universe. Injected via hypodermic needle, or gained via consumables, it is used to fuel plasmid powers when fighting in Rapture.
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.
An environmental hazard that can be exploited to inflict massive areal damage, exploding barrels are one of the most ubiquitous objects to be found in games. The most common methods of ignition include shooting and throwing. Exploding barrels are usually distinguished from the non-exploding kind by a conspicuous red tint.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
Either through a concealing helmet, keeping the whole game in first person, or using clever camera work, the player character is kept faceless throughout an entire game.
Advertisements sometimes appear in game as a spoof on real-life advertisements, or to further envelope the player in the video game world.
When a character appears to have died a horrible death, but is then eventually revealed to have somehow survived or was never really dead to begin with, often serving as a plot-twist.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a woman.
The last boss you face in a game, usually representing the final climax of the game.
In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
The ability to create, shape, and control fire at will. This is a common and well known power in fiction, its appearance dating back to ancient literature.
Nocturnal beetle with luminescent abdominal organs.
Using physical force to damage an opponent, with or without an equipped weapon from a first person perspective.
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.
The First-Person Regain Consciousness is regularly seen in First-Person-Shooters.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
Flashbacks take a player into a flashback sequence. Often playable, but not always.
Some games want to stand out on the retail shelf, and being shiny is one way to do that. Sometimes the foil is simply shiny and other times they stand out even more by being holographic.
Footprints are visible marks left behind by a character walking.
A rare few console games will provide a setting that allows players to lock the frame rate at 30 frames-per-second. This is typically for console games where the frame rate is able to rise above 30 but isn't consistent. However turning the setting on may also sacrifice vertical-synchronization in the process.
FreeLC is free downloadable content. It is a sub-category of DLC which encompasses only free downloadable content.
Weapons that use a freezing effect to damage opponents, slow them up, or freeze them solid.
Toilets that can be used in-game. Neat, but easily abused, which seriously impacts virtual water conservation.
Bet a little or bet the house. How much you win depends on how much you wager.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
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