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Strategy games which encourage users to eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate.
In game terms alchemy is typically an item creation system. Centuries ago it was the pursuit of changing normal metals into gold, unsuccessfully.
Whether making pinatas do the dance of love or breeding two Pokemon together, making fictional creatures make the fictional creature with two backs is a popular game concept.
Archery is the practice of propelling arrows with use of a bow. Throughout history, archery skills have been used in both hunting and warfare. Today, it is also a sport and recreational activity.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
An immature childish person. It wears diapers and whines a lot, much like old folks. Babies are considered cute by most people.
Players can design a base or dungeon for their characters to inhabit.
Usually yellow and black striped, these flying, flower loving loving insects can come singly or in a swarm. A major producer of honey and stings.
A proprietary video codec (.bik/bk2 extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and used in a very large number of video games.
Brewing is the production of alcoholic beverages through the process of fermentation. It is most closely associated with beer, but can also include wine, tea, cider, mead and other liquids.
Often used as a catch-all term for any game's main story-driven mode of play, campaign mode usually refers to a linear sequence of levels with a continuous story and a definite conclusion, playable single-player and sometimes co-operatively.
A chicken is a small, domesticated flightless bird that can be white, yellow, brown or black. A female is a hen, a male a rooster, and a baby a chick.
Games that ask the player whether they are sure about the decision that they have just made.
The act of building something. Using resources to build units, buidlings, structures of any kind.
The act of preparing food by applying heat, often cooking in games produces items which yield some kind of benefit towards your character.
Cows are four-legged ruminant mammals, bred for milk, meat, or leather.
Crafting allows players to create their own items with the correct ingredients. It is used mainly in MMOs and RPGs.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
Druids were pre-Christian priests in Celtic culture and feature prominently in Irish mythology. In games they are generally nature-based healers and spellcasters.
Ahh, eating... We can't live without it, and, apparently, neither can some characters. From snakes to dots, games have odd ways of dishing out their dishes.
Everything you need isn't always spelled out for you on the map. Sometimes even the map is not there till you go explore it.
Farming is the act of growing plants and raising animals for food.
Heroes can only fight for so long. If they don't get rest or are able to recuperate, their performance will suffer (and so might they).
In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
A staple in both the real-time and turn-based strategy genres, Fog of War simulates the unknowns of the battlefield by covering areas of the map, to be progressively revealed by the player.
Picking the gender of your character can help immerse you in the game world. Sometimes this leads to different abilities in-game, sometimes it means nothing at all.
Whether it be Mario vs. Bowser, Jedi vs. Sith, Link vs. Ganon, or Elves vs. Orcs, the forces of good are in an eternal battle with the hordes of evil.
More effective than any hospital. These games let you heal damage; ranging from a black eye to a gunshot wound, just by having a snack.
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