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Never 'just' a nosebleed. Nosebleeds in video games have stories behind them, indicating symptoms of serious illness, drug abuse, the onset of mysterious psychic powers, or (in Japanese games) sexual arousal.
A fictional band featured prominently in the story and soundtrack of Alan Wake.
Over-the-shoulder is a camera view point popularized by Resident Evil 4 that is featured in most modern third-person shooters and third-person action games.
A Palette Swap is when two or more characters share the same style sprite or character model with only minor color or cosmetic changes. Although visually similar, palette swap characters may have very different moves and personalities.
The tenth annual PAX East took place March 28-31, 2019 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the second PAX East to span four days.
The sixteenth annual PAX West took place August 30-September 2, 2019 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
An in-game mode which allows players to pause the action on screen and manipulate the camera to take a screenshot. First seen in Gran Turismo 4.
A place to fall, often bottomless, usually resulting in death.
Many games feature the concept of alternate dimensions. These can include the Physical, Astral, Elemental, and Ethereal among others depending on the theology. RPG's sometimes utilize these planes as the realms of gods.
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Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Referencing a TV show, celebrity, song, trend, historical event, etc. is one of the easiest ways to get a laugh. This can be either a throw-away gag, like the name of an achievement, or the main subject of the game.
Games nowadays take a long time to make and often they aren't the only things developing during the process. It has become common to list the babies that have been born during the development of any game.
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
A way of attempting to control a population via media.
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
Random Loot is a popular concept for dungeon crawler and MMO style games. In essence, monsters or objects drop something that is considered valuable to the player with random qualities.
Ray tracing is a method of graphical rendering that realistically simulates the way light interacts with the world, objects, and characters.
Not all scientists are mad and/or hell-bent on dominating worlds. Some are just your ordinary egghead with a coat.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
Shoulder Swapping Aim is when players can push a button to change which shoulder the player is aiming over with a weapon.
A 3D optimization middleware.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Games officially verified by Valve to be fully playable on Steam Deck.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
The ability to manipulate objects with one's mind. Telekinesis is often displayed as an incredibly powerful ability.
Terrain Deformation is the idea of allowing the geometry of the world to be changed in dynamic, non-scripted ways. For instance, in the game Sacrifice you can cast many spells (like Volcano) which alter the terrain's elevation permanently.
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