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Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Oct 11, 2016
When a video game suddenly presents the player with a room full of health and ammo, perhaps a powerful weapon or two, it's a good bet that an especially challenging enemy encounter or boss fight is soon to follow.
Propelling oneself with kinetic usage of limbs while submerged in liquid (or otherwise fluid material).
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
A television news program, often used to give a wider perspective on the events of the game.
Sometimes when players beat a game, the credits sequence will end with the phrase similar to, "Thank you for playing!".
It's the designer's go-to guy. If they want to steer a player in a given direction they'll lock an in game door and force the player to find a way to either unlock it or find an alternate route.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
Video games contain a lot of activities for players to do underwater, from exploration to combat. Sometimes games treat water as simple low gravity movement, while other games treat underwater more realistically.
When you gotta go, you gotta go. Urination is found in games for a number of reasons, including comic relief and a quick pathway to sobriety.
In order to circumvent various obstacles, some protagonists must travel through ventilation systems.
A visual obstruction is an extra layer added to the player's viewpoint. Most common in first person games to add to the notion that you are looking through a character's eyes. Obstructions include blood, water and ice crystals.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
Things are not always as they appear. Just walk straight through that wall.
A room made for the sole purpose of containing a single weapon.
An audio signal that contains noise at the same level at all frequencies. Appears on TV screens and video transmissions as static "snow".
The characters in the Worms series of games.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
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