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In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
A much more angry Chain Chomp whose chain links are made of fireballs.
The ability to create, shape, and control fire at will. This is a common and well known power in fiction, its appearance dating back to ancient literature.
First Person Editing occurs when a player can edit the world geometry from a first-person point of view. A game which features First Person Editing as a core mechanic could be termed a First Person Editor, or FPE. Earliest examples of FPEs are Avoyd and Cube, followed by Infiniminer, Minecraft and many voxel games. The world editing properties should extend to the entire game environment, and optionally to avatars. A good test to identify an FPE is if players can write in-game by carving or building.
In some first person games, the map is an object the players interact with in-game. Players press a button and the map comes up in front of the character's point of view.
Using physical force to damage an opponent, with or without an equipped weapon from a first person perspective.
First-person games in which the player character casts a shadow.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
Floating Islands are land masses (anywhere from island size to continental size) that float either by the use of magic or some other force.
FreeLC is free downloadable content. It is a sub-category of DLC which encompasses only free downloadable content.
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The 11th annual Game Developers Choice Awards took place on March 2, 2011.
The sixth annual trade fair, once again held in Cologne, Germany. It takes place between the 13th and the 17th of August, 2014.
A ghost that looks like a jellyfish and shoots fireballs.
A humanoid construct given life through magic. The materials used to create a golem vary greatly.
"Hand to hand. It is the basis of all combat." -Gray Fox
Regular difficulty not difficult enough? Enable hardcore mode for a more brutal gaming experience.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
A console game is high definition if it operates at a resolution of at least 720p, or 1280x720. A console able to achieve this resolution is HD-capable. For a variety of reasons, the term does not apply to PC games.
Equines that go 'neigh' and tend to eat hay. Some are the stars of motion pictures. The truest of companions to many adventurers.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
Some video games utilize a system that has the player occasionally consuming food items to keep their hunger under control. Ignoring it can result in decreased stamina, or in some cases, death of the player's character and a "Game Over" screen.
IGF is the Independent Games Festival, an annual gathering of Indie developers. The term also refers to the associated awards.
An evil version of the villagers which attacks the players and the villagers.
“Indie” or “independently developed” games are video games which are developed by a studio without the support of an external publisher.
The ability of a player to interact with items or geometry in the game world, whether for story or gameplay reasons or simply for immersion.
The ability for players to customize the look of indoor locations with various furnishings.
With the internet in full swing, some games reflect its leak into popular culture by making references to the World Wide Web.
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