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A place to fall, often bottomless, usually resulting in death.
Usually yellow and black striped, these flying, flower loving loving insects can come singly or in a swarm. A major producer of honey and stings.
A blob consisting of some icky substance, the slime monster is one of the most used RPG monster clichés besides rats.
A tragic hero is a protagonist who makes several mistakes to fall from glory, or is affected by tragedy and seeks revenge or redemption.
A mouse is a small rodent with a tail and whiskers.
Asynchronous multiplayer is a term applied to online interactions in video games where players participate in shared activity, but not concurrently. The oldest form of asynchronous multiplayer is turn-based multiplayer gameplay between two or more players that can check in and play their turn when it's convenient. Similar to play-by-mail games and, more electronically, play-by-email or play-by-post forum games.
A common type of stage based around the fire and/or lava element. Often platforming heavy and inhabited by fire-based enemies.
A distinctive song associated with the game (often played during the introduction/end credits). Note: This concept deals just with songs with lyrics, as opposed to instrumental pieces.
Bonus levels, rounds, or stages give players a chance to gain extra points, powerups, or lives. Occasionally bonus stages will play completely different than the rest of the game, like as a slot machine or pinball minigame.
Foxes are wolf-like mammals, many having red fur. They are thought of as tricksters, underdogs, or for women, if you're foxy, then you're sexy.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
Multipliers award players for playing well continuously. Racking up multipliers is crucial in any point based game in which they are featured.
The Z-Machine is a virtual machine, created by Infocom, for running text adventures. Variants are used today to run classic and modern interactive fiction.
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
Some games have inspired the creation of literature.
Many males, and some females, experience pattern baldness, a gradual loss of hair.
People who are aged during the growth period of adolescence, traditionally between 13 and 17 years old.
The act of changing an event in the past that significantly alters further events leading up to the present. This is a major element of many stories involving time travel.
Squirrels are small rodents that have big bushy tails and a fondness for nuts. Characters can range from Nutty of Happy Tree Friends to Conker
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
Generally used to fool other characters or parties into thinking you're one of them or belong there for purposes of deception, spying, or accessing data.
Variable and dynamic simulation of weather conditions can be used to add variety, atmosphere (a rainy day in an RPG) and/or challenge (rain on the racetrack in a driving game) to a game.
Games based on tabletop (AKA pen and paper) role-playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons or Vampire: The Masquerade. These can have any type of gameplay, as long as they are set in the tabletop game's universe.
A level that takes place either in or near water.
Games released coinciding with new hardware.
To elude, escape, or get away from. Some games require players to escape from some people or things to perform some objective or avoid death.
Some games force you to try and survive as long as possible without losing, or tasks you with surviving a certain number of "waves" of enemies before granting you victory.
These ideas stick to the one or very few gameplay mechanics or appear very barren but usually try to invoke an emotion from the player.
Video game controversy revolves mostly around the psychological effects that games with graphic violence or sexual content in them can have on players. Other sources of controversy can range from racism, sexism, politics, or religion.
Special codes or button combinations used to gain powers or advantages in a game. Generally hidden.
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