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A concept in which a person or object is on fire and taking continuous damage. It often takes fast movement, water, or an item to heal.
Better known as CPR, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is tactic to help revive an unconscious victim of cardiac or respiratory arrest.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
Diseases are medical conditions that have a negative effect on one's body. Some games revolves around a disease.
Life altering and potentially dangerous, drugs come in a large variety of forms. In most games, drugs can have significantly different physical and social effects on video game characters.
Some characters get drunk off of alcohol - often this is portrayed with blurred vision, impaired movement, or slurred speech.
This Normal type Pokemon is the final evolution of the Pokemon Whismur. This Pokemon can be found in Ruby and Sapphire.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
The heartbeat meter is used to read out the character's pulse. Found in many survival horror and sniping games.
An numeral indication of how much damage a character can sustain. The loss of all hit points results in the death of the character or another penalty.
A status of decreased cognition caused by a substance such as alcohol.
Insanity is a condition whereby the sufferer is of unsound mind. Depending on the condition of the individual, he or she may be prone to fits of uncontrollable violent behavior, hallucinations, or other symptoms.
Losing consciousness is often a result of being knocked out or fainting. In games, this mental state is often used to allow a checkpoint to be reached, for the plot to be moved forward, or even for location changes. Sometimes it can be a state of limbo between health being depleted and actual death.
Pachirisu the Eletric-type Squirrel Pokémon. As per the Animated Pokémon Series Diamond and Pearl as well as the DS games Pokémon: Diamond, Pearl and Platinum.
Simulating the effects of a great variety of poisons, toxins, venoms and nerve agents can lead to many unique and interesting mechanics. A classic trope in games, Poison usually deals small amounts of damage to health over time.
Pokémon are creatures that inhabit the Pokémon universe and can be captured and trained for battle.
When you (or you opponents) tumble due to collision or a slippery substance (ice, banana peel, etc.) Often used for comedic effect.
Radiation is energy in the form of waves or moving subatomic particles emitted by an atom or other body. Radiation in videogames is typically represented as a field, inside of which units will take damage.
The titular people in EA/Maxis's universe of Sim games. They serve as the citizens in SimCity, and star in the Sims series.
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