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Often used to show their dominance over those tiny creatures called insects, and sometimes just for fun!
When a single bullet during a cutscene affects the story of a game and has more meaning and importance than the thousands of other bullets being dispensed during gameplay.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
A supersoldier is a soldier artificially given abilities far beyond those of normal humans. These include increased strength, speed, stamina, intelligence, the ability to fly, the ability to create fire with their mind, etc.
Metroid, Mega Man, Earthworm Jim, Metal Gear, Halo, Crysis, Iron Man, and many more. Ordinary men and women who become extra-ordinary with the right suit on.
A superweapon is a structure or character with amazing powers and amazing costs. This weapon can turn the battle to its owner's side single-handedly, but is usually the most expensive and time consuming to construct.
Survival is a concept that signifies that the player's life is constantly in jeopardy.
Also known as corpse-humping, tea-bagging is a slang term in video games when after a player has slain another player or NPC, they move their character over the dead character's body and crouch up and down repeatedly, adding a humiliating, and often humorous, factor to the character's death.
Terrorists can be found terrorizing people all over the world of video games. While there is no consensus on how to define the term "terrorism", terrorists are generally considered to be people who express their ideals through violence.
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1960 and 1969.
A shadowy organization founded by Major Zero after Operation Snake Eater. Their goal is having complete digital control over all mankind. Also known as the "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo."
A secret organization formed after World War I by the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in the United States, the Soviet Union and China.
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.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
A time paradox is when a person who travels in time does something that influences their past self in a way that traveling in time in the first place would not be possible or not have occurred without the first intrusion.
For some reason, some games are named after the opposing person. Sometimes it's because the bad guy is cooler than the good guy.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
Anguish of body or mind. Can be used by authority figures to extract sensitive information that would not be given under normal circumstances.
A tragic hero is a protagonist who makes several mistakes to fall from glory, or is affected by tragedy and seeks revenge or redemption.
An antagonist who isn't a villain by choice and is not in control of their emotions or a victim of tragic circumstance.
A trainer is a NPC with the ability to teach the Main Character new skills, improve upon old ones or simply raise attributes once certain conditions are met. (Not to be confused with mentor.)
Conceptualized by Hideo Kojima, Transfarring allows saves to be transferred from home console to portable and vice-versa to continue playing anywhere. This currently only works on Sony platforms.
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
The tsuchinoko are a Japanese snake cryptid
Video games contain a lot of activities for players to do underwater, from exploration to combat. Sometimes games treat water as simple low gravity movement, while other games treat underwater more realistically.
The main armed force the United States and responsible for all major land operations.
The unreliable mentor is there to teach and guide you sometimes. Though other times, you just don't know what their intentions are, and whether you should trust them or not.
When you gotta go, you gotta go. Urination is found in games for a number of reasons, including comic relief and a quick pathway to sobriety.
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