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Poking fun at a specific existing work, whether a game, a movie, or something else, by imitating and exaggerating its characteristics. Some games use parody here and there, while others are entirely parodic.
Console games that derive from a past PC exclusive release, either due to popular demand or poor sales.
Persistent bullet holes allows players to shoot holes into walls without them disappearing right away. This feature added realism to first person shooters, as well as the ability to draw smiley faces.
The permanent existence of one's body after death.
Sexual behaviour that deviates from the norms of society.
The famous enemy from the Duke Nukem franchise. Half pig, half police officer.
Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
The online service used on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Referencing a TV show, celebrity, song, trend, historical event, etc. is one of the easiest ways to get a laugh. This can be either a throw-away gag, like the name of an achievement, or the main subject of the game.
Porting is a term used when a game designed to run on one platform is converted to run on a different platform. Quality varies, though some titles are packaged with extras.
Pregnancy is the term for when a female of a species is carrying a new, developing member of the species within her body.
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
Promo VHS were a marketing device used in the 1990s to market video games featuring actual footage. Those tapes were mailed either to video game stores, or to potential buyers.
Slimy, ceiling-crawling enemy type from Duke Nukem 3D. It hatches from eggs and attacks the player and other enemies alike.
Games that used 3D polygonal renders of CGI characters/objects for it's sprites and graphics.
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
QuickLoad allows the player to rapidly load their progress in a video game, generally is most seen in computer games.
Quicksave allows the player to save their progress in record time at the push of a button. It is more commonly found in PC games than in console games.
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.
Randomly spoken lines, usually used for comedic purposes.
Ranked Matches are commonplace in today's online world, and offer various distinctions over un-ranked/player matches.
The foil of almost every early RPG lover, these rodents often live in sewers. While most rats are simple targets, games like Ratatouille make them the hero.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Many games pull lines of dialogue directly from movies. This is not always done in the context of a parody or tribute, and may only be immediately identifiable to the contemporary audience.
Games that make records. Often records like most played game, or critically acclaimed. There have been gaming records since the says of Pong and the Magnavox Oddysey.
Red Book is a set of specifications for audio CDs. For games it refers to early CD-ROM titles with background music recorded and played back as audio tracks, instead of being generated by the hardware. Its called Redbook Audio because the book that lays out all the specifications has a red cover.
Ability to see a character's body in mirrors, water, or other surfaces.
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