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A person who builds, modifiies, repairs, or maintains guns.
Most modern shooting games add the realistic touch of rendering shots to the cranium instantly fatal. Glorious for the shooter, kind of a bummer to the shootee.
More effective than any hospital. These games let you heal damage; ranging from a black eye to a gunshot wound, just by having a snack.
Henchmen are the loyal grunts caught in between the player and the main antagonist. Without them every game would be nothing more than a boss battle.
A six sided geometrical shape sometimes used in strategy, puzzle, and board games.
Vagabonds, tramps, and transients. Unfortunate individuals who live on the streets because they can't afford a proper home.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
Pursuing and killing or capturing wild animals for sport or food.
A status of decreased cognition caused by a substance such as alcohol.
The possibility for a character to sustain a permanent or temporary injury, thus lowering his abilities.
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.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
The ability for the player to become unseen, from basic camouflage to fully vanishing from sight.
A parallel projection technique used in 2D sprite-based games to fake the appearance of 3D depth.
The act of killing a child is considered taboo in most games. There are, however, some games that allow this breed of tomfoolery.
Information on the time honored tradition of killing rats. Killing rats is a much cliched first quest for many western RPGs.
The maximum capacity for leveling up something in-game (usually a character).
The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
Limb Targeting is the ability to target specific limbs on the body with the object being either to disable the limb or kill the target faster. It may also be referred to as the "Limb System" or "Localized Damage".
Sometimes, a key just won't cut it. When you really need to get through a locked door or open a sealed chest, you need a certified master of unlocking, complete with a lock-pick.
Where one character strikes another character in the groin, either unarmed or with a weapon.
Luck plays an integral part in some role-playing games. Good fortune can greatly increase your chance of finding better loot, scoring critical hits, etc.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a man.
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
Mercenaries, Soldiers for Hire, have been found fighting in conflicts since the dawn of human warfare. These hired guns show a desire to turn their talent in the art of death to a more profitable profession.
Many games allow you to buy stuff, these are the dudes who help sell it to you. Typically they also engage in light conversation.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
Mister Handy is a model of robot in the Fallout franchise of games. This model is specifically build for house work, unlike the military variant, Mister Gutsy.
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