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Distinct from a battle between good and evil, the struggle between the natures of order and chaos carries greater complexity in which neither side is purely right or wrong.
Japanese pop music, also known as J-Pop, refers to the most popular and mainstream music produced in Japan. It is commonly featured in many rhythm games as well as other genres.
Armageddon is just around the corner. Games with a doomsday clock take place when the time between now and oblivion is finite and approaching fast.
When a conscious character perceives something that either does not exist or is a contorted reality manifested by the character's unstable psyche.
Symbolic or artistic imagery meant to evoke female genitalia.
A common folkloric archetype, generally represented as an elderly woman of supernatural or malevolent disposition. The term "Hag" is derived from the Germanic "hægtesse", meaning "witch".
Psychopaths are noted for generally lacking a conscience, getting enjoyment from various forms of destruction, and an inability to learn from their mistakes.
Horror games influenced predominantly by the look, feel, and themes of Japanese horror cinema, or non-horror games that allude to the cultural horror aesthetic. J-Horror, or psychological horror, is sometimes classified as a sub-genre of survival horror.
Commonly used in 16-bit era simulation games, negotiation is the act of attempting to reduce or increase the cost of a service.
Industry jargon used to describe a troubled development cycle that results in long delays, extended periods without new info, and often radical changes to the game.
Used by protagonists when opening a door that is locked, or just for looking really cool.
An API feature built in to Steam that allows developers to support and customize multiple controller types on any device using Steam.
Some games' graphics are composed of abstract shapes that have no particular meaning outside of their role in the game.
Tutorial sequences that must be played through in order to progress to the main game.
Tennis is a sport that involves making a ball hit your opponent's side of the court by hitting it with a racket.
A multiplayer mode that pits a large number of players (typically 100) in a winner-takes-all, last-person-standing battle as they scavenge and fight for survival. These games typically take place in a shrinking play zone.
Sometimes there are robotic characters that are programmed to think they are humans or have forgotten they are robots. Other times robots are meant to blend in with humans while knowing that they are robots. Either way they are eventually revealed to be robots as a dramatic plot twist.
When you have a code number or a password to type to use a device, you have to type the code
A species of Elder Dragon in the Monster Hunter series.
Content released frequently, every release contains a small portion of a whole story.
The act of acquiring resources for the purpose of building structures and/or unit construction. Resource gathering is a staple of the RTS (Real Time Strategy) genre.
From simply increasing quantity of fishes to the more complex breeding of the best fishes, it all comes down to fish breeding. This is a recurring feature in the Harvest Moon series, but has also appeared elsewhere.
Objectives that aren't required in order to win a scenario or mission. Completing optional objectives may, however, grant the player benefits such as items, shortcuts or additional assistance.
The Wisps are alien creatures in Sonic Colors.
These are scripted sequences in a game where the player is running toward the screen, sometimes while being chased.
Radar is a player assist device included in the Heads Up Display of many games that represents the player's surroundings and the positions of objects, vehicles and enemies.
Leaping fish-bot foes of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Bipedal Digitigrades stand, walk or run with its toes touching the ground and the rest of its foot lifted, creating a the legs to bow backwards and then forwards, while also standing upright like a human being would. This is popularly seen in anthropomorphic animal characters, aliens or monsters, Werewolves being a prime example. Unguligrades are similar but instead of toes, they have hooves.
A graphical engine created by Sonic Team which is mainly used for lightining effects.
Shared mythology for several H.P. Lovecraft stories.
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