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It's the designer's go-to guy. If they want to steer a player in a given direction they'll lock an in game door and force the player to find a way to either unlock it or find an alternate route.
Video games that, for better or for worse, are based on an existing non-video game franchise. Usually drawn from movies, tie-in games have also been made about TV shows, novels, and even one-hit wonder pop bands.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
Tips are usually used throughout the game as a way of showing players features.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
Dinosaurs with a distinctive set of three horns on their face.
When a game incorporates trivia questions into it, even if it's not a trivia game.
A twister, or tornado, is a localized windstorm characterized by a rotating column of air resembling a funnel-shaped cloud.
The king of all dinosaurs, featured prominently in most every game that features dinosaurs. Usually portrayed as a high-level boss or even an invincible obstacle.
An unbeatable enemy is just that, an enemy you can't beat or destroy. It's best to just run away from them.
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.
A credit screen that cannot be skipped or interrupted. No matter how hard you try, you'll have to sit through them.
If the protagonist is standing on an unstable platform for a certain amount of time, it will eventually drop. Usually there is a pit below, or some other hazardous danger.
Velociraptors are dinosaurs that existed during the Cretaceous period around 70 million years ago. They became quite popular following the release of Jurassic Park.
In order to circumvent various obstacles, some protagonists must travel through ventilation systems.
A sub-genre of adventure games, visual novels are a form of interactive fiction that usually have very little in terms of gameplay but often focus more on extensive storytelling, character interactions, decision-making and branching narratives.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
Found in many Real Time Strategies, walls are meant to keep your people safe and the enemy out.
This is a place of special vulnerability. Particularly used in boss fights or when simply fighting Giant Enemy Crabs that cannot be defeated by usual means.
A viewable map that displays the entire game world. The map also usually shows the player's location in the world.
The Xbox 360 has limited compatibility with original Xbox games through software emulation. Originally there were 213 Xbox games compatible with the Xbox 360, now there are 478.
This is a list of PC games which support connecting an Xbox 360 controller to your computer and using it to play the game.
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