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Betrayal is when a person breaks the trust and faith that others have placed in them.
The usually self-appointed leader of a region with totalitarian control. Usually will come into power through violence and will stay in power until he dies or is killed.
FMVs are pre-rendered videos used in place of real-time graphics. Using FMV was an attempt to make videogames look "more like movies", sometimes with CGI animation and others with live-action actors speaking directly to players. The downside is that FMV requires a lot of disk space, and live-action FMV in particular can look terrible by comparison.
House Harkonnen is a powerful noble family in Frank Herbert's Dune books.
Cutscenes involving real actors on a set or in front of a chroma key screen.
Characters that are overweight have more body fat than normal for their race, or at least look it. A character that is overweight may or may not have great strength.
Many games and stories involve a character usually the main protagonist having to kill their fathers. This device is used most frequently in RPGs
A form of level transition, mainly used in the early 90's. The act of travelling from one planet to another.
Simulating the effects of a great variety of poisons, toxins, venoms and nerve agents can lead to many unique and interesting mechanics. A classic trope in games, Poison usually deals small amounts of damage to health over time.
The political thriller is a story, often action-oriented, that tends to revolve around two or more nations struggling to gain power. Outcomes are usually found through military confrontations, covert wars, and back alley negotiating.
Monarchs and their families.
Anguish of body or mind. Can be used by authority figures to extract sensitive information that would not be given under normal circumstances.
Someone who illegally seizes and holds the property of another, e.g the sovereignity of a country. This is mostly done by close advisors or greedy relatives.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
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