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Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Strategy games which encourage users to eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate.
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.
Advisors are experts (in their respective fields) whose job is to offer advice regarding everything from city planning to world domination.
Alternate realities are worlds that exists next to, in parallel of, or in place of our own.
Instrumental music, often electronic, that does not follow conventional music structures, instead using various sounds to create a mood. Ambient music can evoke many different feelings in the listener, from tranquility to creeping dread.
Animals and Creatures that serve to populate levels and give the world life. Usually passive and may try to avoid or runaway from the player, But some may become hostile to the player once attacked/provoked. Some may not be able to be interacted with at all either being in the background/foreground or too far away.
The revolution of British colonists in North America that led to the creation of the United States. The war lasted from 1775 to 1781.
Anarchism is the rejection of all government authority.
Whether making pinatas do the dance of love or breeding two Pokemon together, making fictional creatures make the fictional creature with two backs is a popular game concept.
First starting out as simple machines throwing stones, artillery has evolved greatly and is an important weapon in war.
Asynchronous multiplayer is a term applied to online interactions in video games where players participate in shared activity, but not concurrently. The oldest form of asynchronous multiplayer is turn-based multiplayer gameplay between two or more players that can check in and play their turn when it's convenient. Similar to play-by-mail games and, more electronically, play-by-email or play-by-post forum games.
The absence of belief in the existence of gods.
Barbarians in games are often known for their brute strength, large size compared to normal humans, appetite for meat and ale, general crudeness, and prowess in melee combat.
A proprietary video codec (.bik/bk2 extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and used in a very large number of video games.
The era between 3300 and 1200 BC where a civilization makes tools and weaponry out of bronze. The bronze age sits between the stone age and the iron age
A philosophical and religious system based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.
A capital city is the center of trade, commerce, and government for a nation. Capital cities can be found in many strategy games.
Capitalism is an economic system that supports private property and financial gain.
Cavalry Troopers are warriors the specialized in mounted combat.
Christianity is a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. It is also the largest religion in the world.
The concept of building a single city and its respective houses/institutions (e.g. Sim City) or building cities as part of an extending empire (e.g. Civilization).
Global Warming is the rising of the Earth's temperature. As temperatures rise, ice caps melt, ocean levels rise, and climates are drastically altered.
Limited editions of games that include extra "perks" like Making of DVDs and a nice and shiny tin with extra box art
The concept of establishing colonies and/or maintaining them either as resource nodes (as in civilization) or as part of the general game concept (Anno series, Colonization)
Trading systems allow players to trade items, money and other objects between each other.
Communism is an economic and political ideology which (at least in theory), seeks to eventually achieve a classless society that promotes equality in gender, racial, and/or social terms. Despite this, most Communist regimes are often dictatorial rather than utopian.
A Multiplayer game mode where two opposing teams battle for flags, bases, or outposts
The act of building something. Using resources to build units, buidlings, structures of any kind.
An in-game application that allows the user to edit or create new content. Including character customization, items customization, artwork etc...
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