Crypt Creeper

Crypt Creeper is a tile-based puzzle dungeon crawler game played in Sludge Life.

First appeared in Sludge Life

Veganism

People who only eat vegetables and fruits.

First appeared in DreamWorks' Shark Tale

Stop, Drop, and Roll

When rolling in a game helps extinguish a burning status, just like in real life

First appeared in Unworthy

Tokyo Game Show 2020

Due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo Game Show 2020 featured exclusively of online events.

First appeared in Daikoukai Jidai IV: Porto Estado

Textcalibur

Popularized by Square Enix's Dragon Quest series, a Textcalibur is when a sword (or other weapon) appears in the game's title in place of one of the letters, usually the T or the I.

First appeared in Dragon Buster

Cliffhangouter Ending

A type of video game ending common in the 8-bit era where characters are just... hanging out on a cliff, usually looking into the distance in a resolute manner.

First appeared in The Battle of Olympus

PlayStation Plus Collection

PlayStation Plus Collection gives PlayStation 5 owners access to download and play a selection of PlayStation 4 classics as part of their PlayStation Plus subscription.

First appeared in The Last of Us

Tour Guide

In which an (often scripted) virtual tour is given by a non-playable character.

First appeared in Grand Theft Auto IV

Kamaitachi

A yōkai from Japanese folklore. It's a weasel with sharp sickles on its appendages (sometimes just front legs and tail) and thought to cause windstorms.

First appeared in Ghouls 'N Ghosts

MyTEAM

A mode in the NBA 2K games that allows players to build a team throughout NBA history with different cards.

First appeared in NBA 2K13

Gelfling

A race of creatures in The Dark Crystal universe.

First appeared in The Dark Crystal

Skeksis

A species of creature in The Dark Crystal universe.

First appeared in The Dark Crystal

Nurloc

A creature in The Dark Crystal universe.

First appeared in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics

Learning Languages

The player character learns one or more additional languages to their own. This may affect the way the player can interact with or view the game world.

First appeared in EverQuest

Platform Exclusive Content

Content such as modes, characters, maps, ect. that are exclusive to a single platform in a multiplatform game.

First appeared in Soulcalibur II

Coyote Time

Extra time given to the player after running off a ledge and before actually falling.

First appeared in Donkey Kong Country

ALL.Net P-ras MULTI

Sega's digital distribution system for arcade games in Japan, utilizing the ALL.Net online service.

First appeared in Melty Blood: Actress Again: Current Code

Cross Generation Multiplayer

Games which allow players to play online with consoles of multiple generations.

First appeared in Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online

WarMech

A legendarily tough and rare enemy in the Final Fantasy series. Even though in some incarnations its appearance differs wildly, in most cases it resembles its initial incarnation from the original game.

First appeared in Final Fantasy

Battery Gauge

A gauge that fills mainly by striking enemies, and can be used to heal or use special attacks

First appeared in Hollow Knight

Vault-Tec Corporation

Vault-Tec Corporation was the company contracted by the United States to built the nuclear bunkers known as Vaults in the Fallout games.

First appeared in Fallout

Four in a Row

A series of two-player board games where players take turns stacking a piece on one of several chutes, attempting to connect a chain of four pieces in any direction. While it is known by other names and existed since the early 20th century, it is best known for the Milton Bradley version known as Connect Four.

First appeared in Connect Four

Battleship

A series of two-player pencil-and-paper games where players take turns calling shots on their enemy's concealed fleet of ships on a grid. While it is known by many names, it is best known for the Milton Bradley board game version known as Battleship.

First appeared in Battleship

Gomoku

Short for "Gomokunarabe" (or "line-up five pieces"), this board game of Japanese origin uses the same pieces and board of the game of Go as players take turns attempting to form a five-stone connection in any direction.

First appeared in Gomoku Narabe Renju

Mancala

A series of two-player board games involving capturing small stones by "sowing" them on a board filled with holes. It is one of the oldest known games that are still played worldwide, with the modern common variant being "Kalah".

First appeared in Ultimate Board Game Collection

Barista

Specialists in production of coffee-related beverages.

First appeared in Coffee Crisis

Onryō

A traditional Japanese vengeful ghost. Common appearance tropes include long, stringy black hair (which usually obscures the face) and a white dress or kimono.

First appeared in The Ring: Terror's Realm

Dab

A simple dance pose which became popular in the late 2010s. Similar poses have existed in the tokusatsu genre since the 70s.

First appeared in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Franchise Subtitle Identifier

Games that have a (usually) unique title, but then identifies that it is a sequel, spin-off, or other affiliation to a pre-existing franchise via its subtitle.

First appeared in Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II

Paramedics

A health care professional who responds to calls for emergency medical assistance outside of a hospital.

First appeared in Operation Blood

Stolen Box Art Elements

A testament of the truly lazy or thrifty box artists. This is for straight-up re-use of someone else's art elements, not for traces/reillustrations/homages.

First appeared in Jumpman

Enemy Name Callouts

A feature where enemies shout out the name of a person the player just killed, with the intent to humanize the opponents.

First appeared in Grand Theft Auto V

Lego Mini-doll

An alternative for Lego Minifigures that are typically found in sets aimed at a female audience.

First appeared in LEGO Friends

Capybara

The largest living rodent in the world.

First appeared in Island Saver

Red Panda

An endangered mammal.

First appeared in Kung Fu Panda

Antstream Arcade

An online retro gaming streaming platform.

First appeared in Rogue

Slow Motion Menus

Activating certain menus like weapon selection slow down gameplay but do not fully pause, incentivizing the player to hurry up their choice

First appeared in Doom

Ubisoft Club

A reward system for Ubisoft games.

First appeared in Assassin's Creed II

Concentration

A series of card games where players flip cards over in an attempt to match pairs. As cards are flipped back over on non-pairings, it requires players to remember where each card is. Known by a variety of names (including "Pairs" and the brand-name "Memory").

First appeared in A Game of Concentration

Pachisi

A genre of board games involving players racing their pieces around a cruciform board. Originating with the Indian game of the same name, more common variants include Ludo and the branded variants Aggravation, Parcheesi, Sorry!, and Trouble.

First appeared in Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 3

Chinese Checkers

A board game for 2-6 players involving moving color-coded balls along a star-shaped board. Despite the name, it is not a variant of "checkers" nor is it of Chinese origin.

First appeared in Chinese Checkers

Dominoes

A series of board games using special rectangular "domino" tiles, in which players must add matching tiles from their hand to an ever-expanding layout on the table. The term is commonly used for either the "Block", "Draw", or "Muggins" variants.

First appeared in Hoyle Official Book of Games: Volume 3

Checkers

Also known as "draughts", checkers is a group of board games involving making diagonal moves on uniformed game pieces on a checkerboard. While different variants of the game exist, the term is commonly used to describe the "American straight checkers" (or "English draughts") variant.

First appeared in Checkers