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Animals that follow you or help you on your journey.
A low friction surface, causing a person or vehicle to either glide or tumble.
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.
Despite it being mathematically impossible, some games allow players to go beyond 100% completion.
An action that is sensitive to context. Like going up to an object and pushing a button, which would normally perform a different action, to interact with it.
An Easter Egg is an intentionally hidden cheat or hidden content in a video game, also known as a "secret".
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
It's the designer's go-to guy. If they want to steer a player in a given direction they'll lock an in game door and force the player to find a way to either unlock it or find an alternate route.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Games that allow characters to be switched with the press of a button. This concept's definition does not include player switching in team sports games.
Also known as a triangle jump, this is the ability to hit a wall and propel yourself off of it like you were some kind of crazy ninja or parkour fiend.
Everyone that is born has parents. These games feature adults with children of their own.
Games that have animals (except humans) as the main character. The character must be playable.
Advanced Computer Modeling (ACM) is the technique used by RARE to create pre-rendered 3D models for Donkey Kong Country. This technique had a fundamental change in how game art was created.
The act of using your buddy as a platform to reach higher ground or cover more distance.
When the President wants to go for a burger, you know that all your cake is a lie.
Attachments are objects in video games that augment the user's abilities.
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.
Fairly weak enemies (not specific characters) that go down in a couple shots or swings, but will keep coming in droves.
It's easy to lose oneself in the heat of battle. Luckily, some games will alert the player as to when they are close to death.
Video games based on Japanese IP's that were developed by Western studios.
A vestige of the late 80's and early-mid '90's that indicated how cool a primate character was. Anthropomorphic or not, throwing sunglasses on that big guy made him instantly awesome.
The act of taking one's own life.
A level that is focused entirely on a boss encounter.
Rather than utilitarian names like "Level 3" or "Warehouse", many games give each level a unique title that has some relevance to its content.
Games that allow save file data to be transferred from one save slot to another.
Extra time given to the player after running off a ledge and before actually falling.
Bugs that are sapient beings and have humanoid and/or anthropomorphised features to varying degrees. This page includes Arachnids (Spiders, Scorpions) for brevity.
The feudal period of Japanese history, which was dominated by powerful regional families holding large areas of land (daimyo) and military warlords (shogun), between 1185 and 1603 AD.
By definition, a pirate is a (mostly naval) robber without commission from a sovereign nation. While maritime robbery has been around since ancient times, Piracy had its highpoint during the 17th century. They are easily identified by the "Jolly Roger", which is the traditional name of the famous skull flag.
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