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Not all scientists are mad and/or hell-bent on dominating worlds. Some are just your ordinary egghead with a coat.
Some video games utilize a system that has the player occasionally consuming food items to keep their hunger under control. Ignoring it can result in decreased stamina, or in some cases, death of the player's character and a "Game Over" screen.
Picking the gender of your character can help immerse you in the game world. Sometimes this leads to different abilities in-game, sometimes it means nothing at all.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
Toys that come to life, whether in the form of lovable action figures with personalities of their own, or psychotic dolls possessed by the souls of deceased serial murderers.
One of the two main factions of the MMOG, APB. These bad guys are the counter part to Enforcers.
A location or scenery that is reminiscent of fall. Autumnal settings involve trees shedding their leaves and usually feature yellows, browns and reds.
Also written "Same Game". A sort of puzzle game introduced in Chain Shot in the 1980s. Blocks are moved around in order to match and remove.
Extreme violence pertains to excessive amounts of blood, gore, or violent acts. These include decapitation, mutilation, dismemberment, amputation, defenestration, disembowelment, torture and much more.
Known as Chi in Chinese and Ki in Japanese, it is spiritual energy which cultivates itself through training and meditation. In experienced hands, it becomes a form of visible energy which can heal, destroy, or do many other tasks, determined by the amount of Ki and the user's overall ability to manipulate it.
The main martial arts style of the Fist of the North Star series.
One of the major martial arts styles featured in the Fist of the North Star series, it destroys enemies from without as opposed to from within.
Oni are a type of ogre/demonic creature from Japanese folklore. They are known for attacking and pillaging villages.
Traditional form of Japanese theater, normally characterized by makeup and long, colorful wigs.
Games that are divided into daily (or nightly) chapters.
An elephant is the largest land mammal who has big ears, a trunk for a nose, a tail, and tusks. Supposedly they have good memories, hidden graveyards, a love of peanuts, and a great fear of mice.
Horse-like wild animals that have black and white stripes.
Your friend in medicine. Mostly.
Special or stronger units than standard ones, usually found in strategy games. This is not necessarily the same thing as a superhero or a game's protagonist.
Kidnapping is often used in videogames as a motivation for the protagonist to venture into unknown worlds and fight seemingly hopeless battles.
A traditional Japanese board game also known as Japanese chess.
Games that allow the player to give custom names to characters in the game, most often the protagonist.
An ancient game of strategy, originating in China over 2500 years ago and remaining popular throughout East Asia to this day.
Games with stories that involve aliens invading another planet.
The concept of establishing colonies and/or maintaining them either as resource nodes (as in civilization) or as part of the general game concept (Anno series, Colonization)
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
Extinction deals with a Species dying out either due to natural causes or more likely because of outside transgression.
A stereotypical prehistoric human, usually clad in animal skins and rather violent. Does not always live in a cave.
In video games, dithering is a graphical technique using pixel patterns to simulate additional colors or transparency. While far more common on CRTs, many games still use the technique, especially games which use pixel art.
Games that feature more than one style of Game Over screen. Alternate Game Over screens are often used when the player loses in specific ways.
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