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In the sky or in the blackness of space, these guys can get you from one place to another, and maybe blow up a few bad (or good) guys along the way!
The political thriller is a story, often action-oriented, that tends to revolve around two or more nations struggling to gain power. Outcomes are usually found through military confrontations, covert wars, and back alley negotiating.
A way of attempting to control a population via media.
A designer can use a racial stereotype to make a character easier to understand, though in the process the character may come across as offensive and hurtful.
A weighty real-world issue that some games comment on, often through allegory. Unfortunately, other games can offend players in their depiction of different ethnicities, whether intentionally or not, thus becoming part of the issue themselves.
Red tape is an idiom that refers to excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal legislation that is considered redundant or bureaucratic and hinders or prevents action or decision-making.
A rich snob is a character who thinks he/she is better then everyone else because he/she is rich.
Two or more factions, either with the same or completely different goals, that constantly try to one-up each other. The player is sometimes forced to pick a side to root or work for during the struggle. Other times the rivalry is only mentioned in the plot.
Any person that is in an Army.
Citizens of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which was a country that emerged after the Civil War in The Russian Empire.
A xenophobic, evil and totalitarian alien race who usually invade lots and lots of space Frances or space Russias. They normally have a Fuhrer type leader who wants to conquer the universe like Hitler.
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.
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1940 and 1949.
An alliance of nations who opposed the Allied powers in World War II. They included Germany, Italy, Japan, and many others.
A race of engineered teddy bears with a short temper. They were created by Professor Von Kriplespec
Alternate realm of the "Black Sun" that was discovered by the Nazis in the Wolfenstien series. This realm derives from the occult
A government that restricts the flow of information, or willingly subjugates it's people.
Many games feature storylines about wide, sweeping combat between three radically different factions.
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
Matt fought these wafer-thin soldiers in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
Some evil people have aspirations to conquer the world, and beyond!
Lasting from 1939 to 1945, The second World War was a conflict between the Allies and the Axis. It was the most devastating conflict in human history.
A dead body reanimated through the use of mechanical or cybernetic additions.
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