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When you're able to push a block you know it's a videogame. Usually used to solve puzzles.
Receiving damage or dying as a result of falling.
Frequently featured as a class in many RPGs, the monk often fights unarmed and unarmored.
A designer can use a racial stereotype to make a character easier to understand, though in the process the character may come across as offensive and hurtful.
A deadly flow of snow down a mountainside.
The accent of someone traditionally from England. Not to be confused with Welsh or Scottish, which are totally different despite being sometimes referred to as simply "British" accent.
Large birds that like to swoop and eat things. And they have large talons.
Boulders that one has to escape are often implemented in games as a homage to Indiana Jones.
Falling Debris, rocks, or other items that may possibly cause damage to the player character.
A large breed of dog that originated in Germany. Because of their strength, intelligence and abilities in obedience training they are often employed in police and military roles, as well as being popular pets.
A trap designed to kill off victims by crushing them. Commonly found in sacred temples though industrial variations (like car crushers) exist.
Velociraptors are dinosaurs that existed during the Cretaceous period around 70 million years ago. They became quite popular following the release of Jurassic Park.
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These elongated, fearsome, saltwater fish have 27 different species.
Footprints are visible marks left behind by a character walking.
Tank controls refers to a movement style in third person games where the character, not the camera, is used as the point of reference when choosing which control moves them in a given direction.
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.
This shows you how long you have until you start wishing you had gills. When your breath runs out, you may take damage, or you may expire right there, depending on how sadistic the game designers were!
A cloud of fine particles.
Characters that are designed to be scantily-clad.
The act of stealing precious artifacts from a tomb.
A form of execution, or suicide, in which a person is hanged by the neck until dead - from a broken neck if they're lucky, strangulation if they're not.
A large ape-like creature that lives in the North-American Wilderness.
These games have significant plot points that deal with hunting for treasure. Treasure in this instance is a physical non-living item one can hold and obtain. Examples include gold, jewels, the Holy Grail, alien artifacts, marble, etc.
A stylistic choice of employing small polygon counts for meshes.
3D Platformers are games where movement, traversal and mainly jumping is the core of the gameplay. They are a tridimensional equivalent of 2D platformer one of the most popular video game genres in the third and fourth generation of video game consoles.
Games with cheat codes that screw the player.
A mascot is an iconic character heavily used in the advertising and marketing of a product, franchise, business, or company. Notable mascots include Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ulala, Mickey Mouse, and the Big Daddies.
Aardvarks are nocturnal African mammals with a long snout. They are not anteaters, but they enjoy being on the first pages of many dictionaries.
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