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Nintendo's online service. It supported the Wii and Nintendo DS.
Any game that does not have any written or spoken dialogue in it, regardless if it has characters or not. This includes any text or recorded dialogue that is spoken by a character or narrator, but not text such as "Press Start".
Games that can be played with one hand, typically using only half of a standard controller or only the mouse/keyboard.
The 2008 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) took place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Washington on August 29-31.
The inaugural Penny Arcade Expo East took place at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts on March 26-28, 2010.
Third-party developers and publishers occasionally engage in the practice of releasing a title or piece of DLC on only one platform for any number of reasons. Sometimes these are permanent while others are only platform exclusive for a certain window of time.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
Ranking Systems tally the player's current progress and relative skill, by tracking raw numbers of multiple statistics (like score and time) during a session of gameplay. This results in a competitive meta-game where the goal is usually to reach the top position.
Games that make records. Often records like most played game, or critically acclaimed. There have been gaming records since the says of Pong and the Magnavox Oddysey.
Multipliers award players for playing well continuously. Racking up multipliers is crucial in any point based game in which they are featured.
An object that instantly kills all enemies / destroys everything on the screen. Example: The Serious Bomb from the Serious Sam games.
When a game throws so many objects at the player that it's difficult or impossible to keep track
Some games have silhouettes in their title/logo. Usually, they are placed to simulate a gap or space within or between individual characters.
A co-op system where two players control one character at the same time.
A level in which everything is displayed on-screen at once, with no scrolling, flip screen, or 3D movement. Many '80s games consist entirely of single-screen levels.
A super weapon, often found in scrolling/rail shooters which destroys all enemies on screen instantly.
A reversed thumbstick layout for left-handed players. The option isn't default, but is available in most games.
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.
When a game has something like "²" or "™" in its title. When the box art is stylized, this isn't applicable; it has to be part of the game's official title.
The Summer of Arcade is an annual Microsoft promotion that began in 2008. It highlights five XBLA games, and offers incentives to purchase them.
A promotional held event by Microsoft which highlighted 5 XBLA games over the span of 5 weeks. 2008 was the first year the Summer of Arcade took place and it began on July 30th.
Survival is a concept that signifies that the player's life is constantly in jeopardy.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
A method of controlling a vehicle or character via a pair of identical sticks. The control resembles that of a tank.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
Game visuals based on mathematical calculations. As opposed to texture or sprite based raster graphics.
Many popular multiplayer games (particularly for PC) may integrate player or clan/guild information into a web interface to be accessed from anywhere. The player may also be able to see your current achievements on his or her game.
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