Variations

Variations are a series of three alternate movesets and appearances for every character in Mortal Kombat staring with Mortal Kombat X.

Sindacco Family

The Sindacco Family is a mafia family in the Grand Theft Auto series.

Chow Mei

The Panda King's chimpanzee guards in Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus.

General Tso

The Panda King's gorilla guards in Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus.

Kung Pao

The Panda King's mandrill guards in Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus.

Game Developers Choice Awards 2019

The 2019 Game Developers Choice Awards celebrate the best games of 2018.

Paranormal

Denoting events or phenomena such as aliens or psychic abilities that are beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding.

High Five

A high five is a gesture where two or more people simultaneously raise a hand and slap palms with each other. Jumping is optional.

22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

The 22nd annual D.I.C.E. Awards celebrate the best games of 2018, as voted by industry professionals.

Kinetic Novel

A term used by fans to describe a visual novel that contains a linear storyline with no player choice or gameplay. The name originates from VisualArt's KineticNovel brand which began in 2004 with the release of Planetarian.

Zen

Inspires a state of relaxation, meditative or zen feelings in the player, allowing them to switch off and zone out. The entire game can induce those contemplative feelings, for instance Proteus. Other games have a Zen Mode where the immersion breaking elements are removed.

Cursed Chest

A masochistic treasure chest in the game Dead Cells. Rewards the player with valuable items and gold, but also places a one-hit kill curse on the player who opens it.

Amphisbaena

The Amphisbaena is a two-headed beast featured in the Castlevania series

Death Drive

A fictional video game company appearing in multiple Grasshopper Manufacture games.

Pomeranian

The Time Keeper

The second boss encountered in the Clock Room in the game Dead Cells. Violently slashes at the player, throws ninja stars, and has a chain used to pull players in for the kill.

The Concierge

The first boss encountered on the Black Bridge in Dead Calls. Lunges at the player and throws out waves of fire.

Protector

An enemy resembling a scarecrow in Dead Cells. Does not attack, but gives creatures in its vicinity invulnerability.

United Galaxy Space Force

A branch of the United Galaxy military, the UGSF also represents the elaborate backstory linking together countless Namco-Bandai games, such as Galaxian, Galaga, Bosconian, and even Dig Dug.

Los Santos Vagos

Mexican gang from Los Santos.

Varrios Los Aztecas

Mexican gang from Los Santos. Friends with the Grove.

PAX East 2019

The tenth annual PAX East will take place March 28-31, 2019 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the second PAX East to span four days.

Lanmola

A centipede-esque creature that made its debut in The Legend of Zelda. Attacking its tail first is recommended to defeat it.

Know-It-All Brothers

Triplet Kokiri brothers that introduce the player to the basic mechanics in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Normal-type Pokémon

A non-elemental or gimmick affiliated Pokémon type.

Bird-type Pokémon

A scrapped Pokémon type (presumably which later became Flying-type) which still made its way onto two well-known glitch Pokémon.

Flying-type Pokémon

Pokémon which usually have an affinity for the wind/air element and/or can fly.

Steel-type Pokémon

A type representing metal-affiliated Pokémon. It was introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver.

Melmetal

The evolved form of Meltan.

Moefication

Anthropomorphization of an inanimate object, animal, character, or concept to give it cute, human-like traits.

Meltan

Meltan is a Steel-type "Hex Nut" Pokémon which debuted as a transformation of Ditto in Pokémon Go. The actual Meltan will be catch-able in Pokémon Go and can be transferred to Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee.

Brotherhood of Mutants

The Brotherhood of Mutants are a group of mutants who believe that mutants are superior.

X-Men

The X-Men are a group of mutants that support their rights as people and are a significant team of the Marvel Universe.

X-Force

The X-Force are a militant division of the X-Men.

Famicom Computer – Nintendo Switch Online

As part of the Switch Online subscription, Nintendo offers a selection of Famicom games through the downloadable Famicom Computer application.

Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online

As part of the Switch Online subscription, Nintendo offers a selection of NES games through the downloadable Nintendo Entertainment System application.

Triforce

A mid-00's arcade board based on Nintendo's GameCube architecture. It was developed as a collaboration between Namco, Sega, and Nintendo.

Sega Chihiro

A mid-00's arcade board by Sega, based on the architecture of Microsoft's Xbox console. It is the last hardware board by Sega that was based on a particular console (as all later boards are based on PCs).

Trade Federation

The Trade Federation are a trade imposing group in the Star Wars universe. They have initiated the Battle of Naboo.

Battle Droids

Battle Droids are special droids made by the Trade Federation and the Confederacy of Independent Systems to fend off the Galactic Republic before and during the Clone Wars.

Rodian

Quarren

Duros

Sullustan