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Anarchism is the rejection of all government authority.
A gang in Liberty City. They are the rivals of of the Lost MC.
A protagonist who lacks some or all of the qualities traditionally seen as heroic.
Two people test their strength by trying to push the other person's arm to the table. In video games, developers often use control methods to try and make your arm tired.
Auto-aiming (or Auto-targeting) allows for a character to attack or interact with an object or enemy that's very near to the player or within their field of vision.
Sometimes, you just got to scratch that itch.
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).
Billboards are used in many games as either a form of advertisement or as something to smash through.
A game mechanic popularized by Epic's Gears of War. The player while in cover shoots "blindly" at the enemy. Used in conjunction with suppressive fire to stop the opposing team in their tracks.
A sport in which the player throws a ball down a lane in order to knock over 10 pins that are set up in a triangular shape.
The event of a suspect being apprehended by law enforcement.
When a character from an existing media franchise makes a brief appearance in a video game, sometimes without even openly acknowledging their origins.
A capital city is the center of trade, commerce, and government for a nation. Capital cities can be found in many strategy games.
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.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
A comedian (male) / comedienne (female) is a performer whose goal is to make you laugh. It can be anything from a slapstick routine to social commentary.
The comic relief is a character, other than the main character, who is meant to add humor and lighten the mood of the game. These characters are usually very dumb or very witty, and are usually very talkative.
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.
When two or more players work together to control a vehicle.
Law makers and fat cats who will sell the population down the river just to gain more power and money.
Games involving characters that round up local hoodlums for the good of the community.
Crooked Cops work both sides of the law for their own benefit.
One or more events from someone's past that negatively affected them. Plenty of video game characters have such pasts.
Environments cycle between day and night, often with effects on other aspects of the game.
"Deadbeats" is an insult used to imply that the target does not pay their debts or that they are lazy. Used frequently by Biker Gangs in Liberty City.
Destructible cover is an increasingly popular feature in shooters, even those without cover systems. It is used to encourage creative tactics both in single-player and multiplayer.
Blurred vision, switching of assets, suddenly slowed or accelerated time or other ways a game can purposefully disorient the player or character.
Drifting is a technique used in motorsports that involves intentionally over-steering the car to create a slide. This is done both as a competitive and exhibitive technique.
Drive-by shooting is the act of one or more individuals who, while in a moving or stationary vehicle, shoot outside of the windows towards bystanders with the intention of killing.
Life altering and potentially dangerous, drugs come in a large variety of forms. In most games, drugs can have significantly different physical and social effects on video game characters.
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