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Characters who at some point possess the ability to shrink in size.
Rain can heavily increase the atmosphere of a video game. Some games use it to add detail to an environment, while other games use it to make it difficult to see.
A style of gameplay where players must navigate a vast stream of projectiles.
Games made for a younger audience, usually between 3-9.
Many games such as Shin Megami Tensei, God of War, or Too Human base their story off of or utilize elements from the order of the cosmos as perceived by humans both ancient and modern.
Bet a little or bet the house. How much you win depends on how much you wager.
Apes are primates that lack tails. They swing from tree to tree and sometimes fling poo. Not to be confused with monkeys (who have tails).
Game titles that make a statement of fact or opinion.
Farming is the act of growing plants and raising animals for food.
When they don't *quite* think a game name through.
An animation and game development engine prolific during the 2000s and early 2010s. While most titles developed in Flash were browser-exclusive, Flash could also be used for standalone games.
A type of water sprite found in Japanese folklore.
Propelling oneself with kinetic usage of limbs while submerged in liquid (or otherwise fluid material).
Not all games are made by dev teams with massive budgets. In fact, some games were made in Adobe Flash before becoming a commercial product.
Games that contain levels/missions/chapters where the player starts off in immediate danger.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
When a game's title succinctly describes or indicates how the game is played, or a specific game mode.
When players must fight all of the bosses of the game at once. This can either be an optional mode, or a required sequence. Boss Rush can also mean a game where the player only fights bosses.
A level that takes place either in or near water.
Console games that derive from a past PC exclusive release, either due to popular demand or poor sales.
“Indie” or “independently developed” games are video games which are developed by a studio without the support of an external publisher.
Game titles that are three words long, and have a conjunction or a preposition. These games usually take the form of "X of Y" or "X & Y".
Games (usually board games) where players make use of letters to find or form words. It can be anything from word searches to Scrabble.
Games that were removed from one or more Nintendo consoles' eShops.
A unit type in real time strategy games. Static defense is a range of units that serve as base defense but can not move beyond where they are built.
The 2009 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) took place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Washington on September 4-6.
Some games feature end credits that scroll over a playable segment of action.
Whether it's taking pictures of things for points or as part of a journal, photography is playing an ever increasing role in many of today's video games.
Some games for the Game Boy Color utilizes the system's IR (or Infrared) sensor to unlock content and trade things with other players.
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