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A giant rectangular (usually a square or cube) piece of ice. They can be walked across or pushed around.
A box that holds weapons in Kart Racers that can be collected whence the player typically drives through one.
Jello is a low opacity dessert that comes in a wide variety of flavors. Jello molds are notorious...ly bad.
Used to open doors, or anything else that is locked. In any game where the player has an inventory, it's a safe bet that a key will appear at some point.
Lava is molten rock, usually from the interior of a planet, and in games is often used as a hazard to players, or as a visible gameplay-area boundary.
A decorative illumination source. made entertaining by the 'lava' floating up and down a glass container.
Wood from trees that is cut and prepared for use as building material.
A transport trolley locked on a rail. Often used to bring coal and other mined materials from inside mines to the surface.
This be a ship owned by pirate scum, usually with skull 'n' crossbones flags and cannons. Arrrrrgh!
Used in many different mini game collections and others.
Cross large bodies of water safely. Hey, at least it's safer than swimming.
Rail tracks, which are also known as Train tracks, railway, or simply tracks, are the rails which guide trains. There are many types of tracks that are used for different types of trains around the world.
Rocks are the hard objects found randomly scattered across the ground all over the Earth's surface. They're not good for much more than smashing stuff or being made into other things. Handily crushes Scissors but cannot defeat the mighty Paper.
Sandwiches are usually meat, cheese and/or vegetables placed between two slices of bread. They are featured in many video games, usually to replenish health.
Slime can be defined as any thick or viscous liquid. It can be made up of a wide variety of chemicals, be of various thicknesses and is often green in color.
A spherical mass of snow designed to be thrown at at people in snowball fights.
A snow sculpture of a person.
Spikes are dangerous and often deadly obstacles that can line the floor, walls, or ceiling of any given room or passageway. They are an extremely common form of environmental hazard, particularly in side-scrolling games.
Colored glass that is mainly used to decorate church windows.
Usually a Button, lever, or computerized scanner used to open, close, power on, turn on, or unlock something. Found common in most games that involve puzzle solving as well as shooters.
No matter what game you're playing, if a bad guy shows up with these hanging from him, you know you're in mad kinds of trouble.
The headwear of a distinguished gentleman. Top hats can be associated with classical renaissance as well as modern Gothic subculture.
A train is a series of connected vehicles that move along a single or double railed track.
Trampolines are useful for allowing video game characters to jump great distances. They even make a funny sound effect sometimes.
A tree is a perennial woody plant. Trees are often used in games as a natural wall, providing a barrier as well as cover. Many games also use them to make their environments looks more natural and attractive.
A trident is a weapon generally seen in fighting video games.
An open container, usually used to hold flowers.
A vine is a plant that climbs or trails a flexible stem. In video game usage, they are plants that the player can climb or use to swing across something. They are most commonly used in jungle settings.
A fortified freestanding structure, used mainly to scout surrounding areas.
Even though water in games tends to bring about death, we all still hold it near and dear to us. After all, the human body is comprised mostly of it.
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