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Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
The police chase consists of the police chasing someone; usually by car. Sometimes the player plays as the guy getting chased and sometimes as the police.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Porting is a term used when a game designed to run on one platform is converted to run on a different platform. Quality varies, though some titles are packaged with extras.
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
Punks are part of a subculture (stereotypically) recognized by their mohawks, piercings and spiny attire.
The foil of almost every early RPG lover, these rodents often live in sewers. While most rats are simple targets, games like Ratatouille make them the hero.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Dialogue from NPCs that constantly repeats.
Revenge is an act of violence, financial ruin, or emotional torment that one person or group carries out against another, in response to some perceived wrongdoing.
A page about different rivals seen in video games, such as Shadow the Hedgehog, the numerous rivals from Pokemon games, and so on.
A widely popular music style, originating from a fusion of blues, R&B, country, and jazz. Includes sub-genres such as punk, heavy metal, synth rock, and pop rock, among others.
Romance in video games can either be interactive, in which the player attempts to woo another character, or an unchangeable part of the story of a given game.
Games that have an open gameplay structure that allow players to interact with the world as they choose.
Satire is a form of humor that ridicules aspects of real-world society and culture, usually making a serious but indirect point about the subject that the player is allowed to infer. Games such as Metal Gear, EarthBound, Grand Theft Auto, and Fallout, for example, satirize American culture.
Humor which relates to feces, urine, or flatulence; also known as toilet humor.
Games that have seasons have their environment change depending on the time of the year.
A hairstyle, sans hair.
Taking an established control scheme and changing it, often to the games detriment, in order to fit a game on a console.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
The act of pushing one's way forcibly with the use of one's shoulder. One of Wario's signature moves.
Quests that aren't necessary for game completion. They typically offer side-stories or specific rewards.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
A skateboarding technique where the skateboarder holds on to the bumper of a moving car in order to go faster.
Whether it's to restore your health, save your game, just for the hell of it, or all of the above, sleeping in games has numerous uses.
When a character grabs a ladder and slides down it instead of climbing down.
Eliminating a target with a long-range rifle.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
A gameplay mechanic which allows the player to move faster than the normal speed. Usually for a set amount of time.
In auto racing, standing starts have the cars or go-karts stationary in the starting grid as the race begins. To commence racing in a standing start, a set of red lights is needed before the green one goes off to start the race.
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