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An AI companion is a computer-controlled ally who follows and aids you through your adventures or who requires your protection. The AI companion's survival is often essential to game and story progression.
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Present in most action games, where people can say cheesy stuff and get away with it. Usually spoken by the hero, before or after wasting a dude.
When Jimmy is being hunted by prefects and/or police for misbehaviour, an alert meter signifying the severity of his crime (and thus, the intensity of the search) will appear in the top right corner of the screen.
Characters either begin with multiple outfits, unlock them through play, or purchase them as in-game items. These costumes are sometimes integral to play.
A protagonist who lacks some or all of the qualities traditionally seen as heroic.
An applause is the act of a crowd or group of people clapping their hands, usually in response to something awesome that happened.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
A location or scenery that is reminiscent of fall. Autumnal settings involve trees shedding their leaves and usually feature yellows, browns and reds.
The setup for Bully's story involves Jimmy Hopkins' mother leaving him at Bullworth Academy so she can go off on a year-long honeymoon with her new husband. That's pretty bad parenting.
Games that have been banned, or refused a rating for one reason or another.
Begging various NPCs can sometimes earn the beggar a few pieces of silver, but other times it will simply draw the ire of the NPC.
In Bully, Jimmy is betrayed by Gary fairly early on. Gary lures him into a pit/fighting area beneath the school called The Hole, and squares him off against the school bully, Russell. Gary also taints Jimmy's name by spreading rumors in an attempt to turn the whole school against him.
Every school has a king or queen. They might be a star athlete or just the coolest guy around, either way they're the most popular student at school.
The ability to stop or reduce the damage from an oncoming attack.
Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
Bats, hammers, wrenches, maces, staves, or even brass knuckles. These are weapons intended for blunt trauma rather than cutting or slicing.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
Boxing features in Bully as a mini-game, and also plays a part in one or two story missions
A condition in which two male characters are socially close, but not sexually or romantically, and are often partners.
The event of a suspect being apprehended by law enforcement.
Buzz cuts are modernly popular in some games. This is a type of hair that is shaved very short.
In Bully, Jimmy Hopkins is able to jack bikes and scooters in order to enable faster travel through the town of Bullworth
Whether it's a hero's turn to the dark side or a villain becoming a hero, it's usually unexpected and will bring a whole new moral dimension to the story. Sometimes, they change they sides more than once.
Games that feature cheerleaders. Whether they be girls with pom-poms or burly Japanese men, they know how to get people motivated.
One of the six available classes in Bully, Jimmy can attend Chemistry classes. These classes are effectively rhythm mini-games, and entail pressing the correct button as the corresponding icon passes through the box in the middle of the screen. Completing Chemistry classes gives Jimmy the ability to make several different "weapons" such as fire crackers and stink bombs once a day using the chemistry set in his dorm room. Passing Chemistry removes the limit, allowing Jimmy to use his chemistry set at any time.
A Christian holiday widely celebrated in the western world. It is often associated with festive spirit and presents.
Climbing is a common tradition in games, particularly platformers. There is often a particular type of surface that can be climbed, and it has a recognizably different look than other surfaces in the game. Climbing ladders or stairs doesn't count.
Attitudes towards the Clown vary from person to person. Some find entertainment and humor, others feel really creeped out by their overly flamboyant nature. Ultimately, games tend to take the path of a more horrific presentation to stimulate the atmosphere of a particular setting.
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