Concepts

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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).

First appeared in Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
Trade Federation

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

First appeared in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
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.

First appeared in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Rodian

First appeared in LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Quarren

First appeared in Star Wars Battlefront II
Duros

First appeared in Star Wars Battlefront II
Sullustan

First appeared in Star Wars Battlefront II
Mon Calamari

First appeared in Star Wars Battlefront II
Sega Card

Also known as the "Sega My Card", Sega Cards are an alternate cartridge format for Sega's earliest game consoles. While they were cheaper to produce, they could only hold smaller more-limited games.

First appeared in Monaco GP
Gamescom 2018

The tenth annual trade fair, held in Cologne, Germany. It took place in August, 2018

First appeared in Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
Floramon

A vegetation species digimon

First appeared in Digimon World 2
Falcomon

A bird digimon species

First appeared in Digimon Survive
Labramon

A beast digimon species

First appeared in Digimon Battle
Tokyo Game Show 2018

TGS2018 is held September 19-23.

First appeared in Monster Hunter: World
SEGA×CHUN PROJECT

A partnership between Sega and Chunsoft that lasted from 2006 to 2008 where Sega funded and published eight games with Chunsoft.

First appeared in Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
SWAT

A paramilitary special force of police used to handle exceptionally dangerous criminals.

First appeared in SWAT
Sound Novels

Originally the title to a franchise created by Chunsoft, the term "sound novel" is now used to describe a genre of games that simulate reading a novel enhanced with sound.

First appeared in Otogirisou
Photosensitivity Warning

A warning to players that might get seizures from certain patterns, lights, or images.

First appeared in The Evil Within
Mixer Integration

In-game integration with the Mixer live streaming service.

First appeared in Graveyard Keeper
PAX South 2019

The fifth annual PAX South will take place January 18-20, 2019 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Fronk

Small creatures from the WarioWare series.

First appeared in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
First Person Editing

First Person Editing occurs when a player can edit the world geometry from a first-person point of view. A game which features First Person Editing as a core mechanic could be termed a First Person Editor, or FPE. Earliest examples of FPEs are Avoyd and Cube, followed by Infiniminer, Minecraft and many voxel games. The world editing properties should extend to the entire game environment, and optionally to avatars. A good test to identify an FPE is if players can write in-game by carving or building.

First appeared in Avoyd
FunOrb

A platform from Jagex which hosted numerous casual games.

First appeared in Miner Disturbance
Giant Boss Sprites

Frequently used in 16-bit and 32-bit era JRPGs, this is when an NPC is rendered at a height similar to the player's character(s) while not in combat, but when transitioning to combat they become huge.

First appeared in Final Fantasy IV
Kuroko

In traditional Japanese theater, the kuroko are stagehands dressed in full-black garb to imply that they were "invisible" on stage. It is widely believed that they influenced the archetypal ninja outfit.

First appeared in Samurai Shodown
Commandeering a Vehicle

Police officers can "borrow" a car if they need it.

First appeared in True Crime: Streets of LA
Trade Union

A trade union is an organized group of workers from specific professions who collectively work together to represent the concerns of their members.

First appeared in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Spam Games
The Gentlemen

First appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King
Scooby Gang

The Scooby Gang is a team of people including Buffy Summers that operate at Sunnydale to slay vampires and encounter other mythical activities.

First appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dronkeys

Dronkeys are hybrids of dragons and donkeys. They are seen in the Shrek universe as the children of Donkey and Dragon.

First appeared in Shrek SuperSlam
Contextualized Player Death

Contextualized Player Death is when a game includes the player's death in its fiction instead of just treating it as a thing that didn't happen. Mario, for example, doesn't canonically die when the player jumps in a pit, but Destiny's Guardians die and are resurrected constantly, as a core aspect of their identity.

First appeared in Planescape: Torment
E3 2019

The 25th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo will take place June 11-13, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.

First appeared in Corpse Killer
PAX West 2018

The fifteenth PAX West took place August 31-September 3, 2018 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.

First appeared in Grandia
Frostbite 4.0

First appeared in Battlefield V
Elevator to the Final Boss

The boss is always on the top floor.

First appeared in Streets of Rage
21:9 Ultrawide Support

Games that support Ultrawide 21:9

First appeared in Batman: Arkham Asylum
Origin Access

A subscription service from EA for the PC. Similar to EA Access, users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles published with additional incentives.

First appeared in Ultima
EA Access

A subscription service from EA for the Xbox One. Users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles published by EA along with additional incentives.

First appeared in Zuma
Xbox Game Pass

A subscription service from Microsoft for the Xbox One console. Described as "Netflix for video games", users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles.

First appeared in Dig Dug
Sega ST-V

Also known as the "Sega Titan Video", the ST-V is a mid-'90s cartridge-based arcade system by Sega. As it is based on the Sega Saturn hardware, many of the games released were quickly ported to that home system.

First appeared in Virtua Fighter
Closing the Eyes of Dead People

Games with characters who close the eyelids of dead characters, often used to indicate respect for the deceased.

First appeared in Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh
Tyrannomon

A tyrannosaurus Digimon. Champion/Adult level.

First appeared in Digital Monster Ver. S: Digimon Tamers
Togemon

A boxing cactus Champion/Adult Digimon.

First appeared in Digimon Adventure: Anode Tamer

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