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Power Leveling is a tactic, primarily in MMOs, where a higher level player will assist a lower level player in order to earn the lower level player experience faster than otherwise possible.
The act of emptying one's bowels.
Derby County (also known as the RAMS) is a Football (Soccer) team established in 1884. Derby County play at Pride Park and are currently in the Coca-Cola Championship.
Killing Two people in a certain amount of time. generally a close time frame. Found in many games but most commonly fps games. Often referred to as Sage-Killing (similair to Sage-Camping) after the player Sage320 who used to play Gunbound and receive many double kills.
A condition in which two male characters are socially close, but not sexually or romantically, and are often partners.
The native, polytheistic religion of Japan. It encompasses a number of local belief systems from different Japanese regions and has been used for political gain in several key moments in Japan's history.
A person whose profession is the slaying and domesticating of wild beasts and other creatures.
Sometimes a character will come up on your HUD to tell you an important piece of information. This usually consists of voice acting, occasionally Full Motion Video, and is pretty useful when you need to learn about things like doing barrel rolls.
Also known as wushu, Kung Fu is a family of martial arts developed in China.
An art style used by many game designers to help separate the characters from the background. Often times used to communicate to the player which characters you can interact with.
The act of turning someone or something to stone, generally by a fantastic means.
Normal mapping is an integral part in making believable visuals. Using advanced surface information in conjunction with light information, an artist is able to define an incredible amount of detail on any low polygon model.
A 'Game Over' screen that turns out to be fake.
A common location in games, specifically RPGs. Usually inhabited by ghosts and other creatures from the beyond.
When there is in-game advertising in one game for a different title, normally one by the same developer.
A type of gameplay where the main goal is to eat or collect a certain amount of stuff. At the same time, enemies will try to eat the player character.
Enchanters are spell casters that focus on the manipulation of the mind and deception.
Whether it's for minimalism or a lack of artistic effort a lot of games use only the games logo as it's boxart. Examples would include all Final Fantasy's after VII in PAL and Japanese territories, Gran Turismo 3, Portal, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Metal Gear Solid and more!
The 1998 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games and software of 1997.
Sometimes you just don't want to pull out your stylus or get fingerprints on your DS screen. These games don't make you.
A fanfare played at the end of a battle in which the player is victorious.
Arsenal Football Club is an English professional soccer club based in Holloway, North London. They play in the Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English soccer.
Most video game characters, even men, have no hair below their necks. Here are games where prominent characters DO have body hair.
Trandoshans are a bipedal reptilian race in the Star Wars universe. They have appeared in a number of Star Wars games.
Gladiators may or may not be forced to fight. They are usually depicted as being from ancient Rome.
Ammo which does fire damage to an enemy by burning and/or setting them ablaze.
Some ghosts exist solely as storytelling devices; such as providing the protagonist with in-game flashbacks or giving clues about what to do.
A style of game that has platforming elements, but with more emphasis placed on fighting enemies than precise maneuvering through the level and its obstacles. Notable examples include Ratchet & Clank and early Ninja Gaiden games.
Dust is a particle effect that usually occurs when an object or character impacts/rubs/scrapes along another object, character, or surface, creating a dust effect.
Games which feature randomly generated missions, quests and/or tasks
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