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Arguably the most fearsome of all the reptiles - it has scales and no legs. Snakes use a variety of tactics to harm players such as poison, hypnosis, and constriction. The most deadly snakes have mastered the way of stealth.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
Using stealth often requires the player to accomplish their objective without being detected by enemies. Methods of detection can vary from game to game, and can be based on an enemy's line of sight, how quiet the player is, or even how the player interacts with the environment.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Steam Trading Cards is a built in feature in the Steam client. It lets users collect cards from certain games and trade them and receive rewards for complete sets.
Usually the room before a boss battle, filled with ammo, health and other goodies for players to stock up on.
Summoning involves bringing a distant ally into battle to either perform a single, devastating attack or to fight on the behalf of the summoner.
Popularized by franchises such as Resident Evil and Silent Hill, these games typically involve a strong implication of danger, vulnerable protagonists, and disturbing monsters.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
Sometimes when players beat a game, the credits sequence will end with the phrase similar to, "Thank you for playing!".
Games that conclude with a screen displaying "The End" or a variation thereof, such as "Fin."
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.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
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.
Games in which there is built-in Twitter support.
An unbeatable enemy is just that, an enemy you can't beat or destroy. It's best to just run away from them.
If the protagonist is standing on an unstable platform for a certain amount of time, it will eventually drop. Usually there is a pit below, or some other hazardous danger.
Games that feature characters that are known for a highly distinctive and unusual manner of speech.
Vignetting is the photographic process of reducing brightness around the edges of the screen. It is added to focus the player's attention to the center of the screen, although it has also been used for cinematic effect.
The word "voxel" is a portmanteau of "volumetric" and "pixel" (which in turn is a portmanteau of "picture" and "element"). Essentially a three-dimensional cube, they are used to build objects in a virtual space, especially terrain.
A zealot is a religious fanatic.
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