Jeff Grubb and friends make a meal out of today's top stories in video games.
FINALE
Blight Club
Fallout: New Vegas | 002
Giant Bomb Plays
Game Mess Mornings 04/24/24
GrubbSnax
837: R1 to Brood
Giant Bombcast
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.20
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.13
Community Endurance Run XIV - April 12-14
Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Feb 15, 2007
Some television shows are ripe for interactive adaptations. Like Grey's Anatomy, or The Young Ones.
The ability to perform a dedicated dodge while mid-air, this makes the player untouchable for a brief period of time.
Arieal grapples are performed by pressing two of the three attacks buttons at the same time.
Anime Fighter is the theme genre of Fighting Games. Either regular FGs (i.e Guilty Gear and BlazBlue) or anime licensed fighting games (i.e Dragon Ball, JoJo, One Piece) that had fast-paced action, put in emphasis on offense over defense and different fighting systems.
Ban-Kai is a zanpakutou's final form. It means "Full Release'"
Cartoon characters are personas from cartoons, which are animated moving sequences that are usually drawn but can be computer animated and can come from television, movies, anime or even the web. They can be humans, animals, or even things usually not thought of as living.
Also referred to as block damage, chipping takes place when characters take damage even when blocking. Most commonly associated with fighting games.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
Comic book or manga characters who are also in video games. There are tons of games with superheros such as Batman and Spider-Man out there.
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.
You can dash by double tapping the direction you want to go. It is also possible to do a aerial dash.
A divekick is a gravity-defying move found in many fighting games that allows an airborne fighter to propel themselves downward at their opponent at a high rate of speed.
The ability to dodge an attack, making the player untouchable for a brief period.
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.
The last two words of many DS games abbreviate to "DS".
The 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on July 15-17.
The Espada are Aizens personal squad of super powered hollow who are as strong as a captain.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
A game based on an anime.
Translated to "Illusion Techniques". It is said that in order to be handy in creating illusions, one must be very intelligent, in order to have the focus to maintain these type of techniques and modify them as the user sees fit at the right time. Used to manipulate others.
The Gotei 13 consists of 13 squads that each posses death gods the leaders of these squads are the captains who make up the Gotei 13.
You can throw a opponent by pressing 2 attack buttons on the same time while standing next to him. Aerial grapples are also possible.
A precise button press while guarding from a combo that allows you to cancel that combo and counter attack.
The health bar is also called soul gauge in Bleach: Dark soul.
Human spirits who have given in to despair, rage and hate. Its an obligation on Shinigami to vanquish them and let the human soul within to move on to Soul Society.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
The story in Bleach Dark Souls is about a Mod soul who managed to survive and who is out for revenge.
A list of common "steps" that take place in every heroic story. Joseph Campbell proposed that it is a metaphor for the transition into adulthood.
When a game uses multiple planes instead of one on which the game play occurs.
Nintendo's online service. It supported the Wii and Nintendo DS.
This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Use your keyboard!
Log in to comment
Log in to comment