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A fruit that often provides score or acts as a healing item in games.
A barrel is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron hoops. In video games, it is used in many ways to fill up a level or even be used in one. They also may explode. Use caution when around barrels.
Bread is made from dough that is baked and usually sliced into pieces. It is the top and bottom of sandwiches.
An object that allows obstacles, such as rivers or gorges, to be crossed. Bridges can be made of a variety of materials like wood or steel.
Bubbles help you float, they can help you see things in a magnified way. Bubbles can also be your best of friend, which is why they should be handled with only the softest of breath.
Cake is a delicious baked good.
A fruit. In many video games it is a low scoring prize.
The figures used in the game of chess. They include pawns, queens, kings, bishops, knights, and rooks.
Coins have long been used in video games as both a form of currency and as a means of accruing points.
Rifle-like thrower of bolts/arrows. Not to be confused with a bowcaster.
Crowbars are commonly used to open nailed wooden boxes. They are also, however, excellent weapons. Epitomised in the phrase: "Aliens have invaded the Earth. Here's a goddamn crowbar."
Crystals come in many varieties, although typically they're somehow magical in games. Especially central to the Final Fantasy franchise.
It's an egg. It can be eaten or thrown, or perhaps used in other creative ways, like bringing back the protagonist of a group of heroes who travels through time.
Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, bestowed upon him by the Lady of the Lake in the Arthurian legend. It appears as a powerful weapon in many fantasy-themed games.
A hamburger is a hunk of ground beef served between two pieces of bun-configured bread. Hamburgers are often served with a variety of toppings and condiments. It is named for the region in which it was invented, not for the kind of meat (as is often mistakenly suggested).
Ice Cream is a common cold dessert, usually made with milk/cream, a flavoring agent, and sugar, chilled until solid. Not to be confused with frozen custard, frozen yogurt, sorbet or gelato.
Ketchup is a popular condiment, usually made primarily with tomatoes, used to liven up everything from omelettes to french fries.
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 transport trolley locked on a rail. Often used to bring coal and other mined materials from inside mines to the surface.
A popular Italian food that is often used in games to restore health as well as power up a character's stats.
Often rings represent power in games. Games that have rings are mostly fantasy games.
A corded length of fibers that has many uses.
A tube that helps to breathe underwater.
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.
It's no sword. It's not even an actual weapon, but sometimes you just have to use what's available.
Set it on fire. Wander around in the dark.
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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