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An AI companion is a computer-controlled ally who follows and aids you through your adventures or who requires your protection. The AI companion's survival is often essential to game and story progression.
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Anarchism is the rejection of all government authority.
Attacking an unaware opponent from behind; this often gives the attacker the first strike or some other combat advantage.
Backstab is a skill utilized most commonly by rogues. By attacking from behind an opponent, backstabs significantly increase the damage dealt. Sometimes a backstab can mean a one hit kill.
Baditude is being "edgy" in an obviously forced or fake manner. Games with baditude often feature excessive swearing, gratuitous violence, and content meant to shock or offend.
The Ballas gang are Grove Street Families' rivals. They are recognizable for their purple clothing.
Short one-line audio clips spoken by the NPCs that populate the game world. Can be random or in reaction to the player or events.
BASE Jumping is the act of packing a parachute to jump off a stationary object, such as a building or a mountain. B.A.S.E. stands for Buildings, Antennas, Spans(bridges), Earth(mountains).
A party that takes place on a beach.
Betrayal is when a person breaks the trust and faith that others have placed in them.
A biker gang, or "outlaw motorcycle club", is a street gang whose members ride and share enthusiasm for motorcycles. To qualify as this, the members have to actively participate in illegal activity as part of their function.
Billboards are used in many games as either a form of advertisement or as something to smash through.
The Black Market is a concept wherein players may buy or sell items through alternative means. This is often a way to make more money but can often land the player into trouble.
Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
When blood will splash textures on walls or floors and even roofs.
Body armor in games acts as additional protection. In most cases, when a player takes damage that would completely affect their health, their body armor reduces the damage taken or takes the damage instead.
Games that encourage the beating of small and/or defenseless creatures.
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.
The event of a suspect being apprehended by law enforcement.
The ability to buy property.
C.R.A.S.H. is an acronym for Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums.
Some game characters just cannot swim. This usually means automatic death as soon as they hit the water.
Jacking is the act of taking control of a vehicle that is not under the player's rightful or original possession, and may or may not have been taken out of another player's or NPC's possession.
The Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA, is an arm of the US government devoted to espionage activities. The Agency plays a significant role in plenty of games.
Whether it's a hero's turn to the dark side or a villain becoming a hero, it's usually unexpected and will bring a whole new moral dimension to the story. Sometimes, they change they sides more than once.
A bar, usually at the bottom of the screen, which tells you what direction enemies, locations, or main quests are.
Games that numerically track the player's progress towards completion of a specific goal, single level, or the entire game.
The act of building something. Using resources to build units, buidlings, structures of any kind.
A "Contested Territory" is an area or zone in which two or more factions fight for control. This can result in the victorious faction gaining the territory or just winning the competitive round.
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