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The "Seal of Quality" was a gold seal Nintendo put on the boxes of games it officially licensed. Originally Nintendo used it to restrict games on their systems. It still appears on games today, despite the restrictions being far less strict.
Various shooting games includes a mode or a challenge that includes keeping an item in the air by shooting it
Defenders of Earth and the Dragon Balls in the Dragon Ball Universe.
Ground Fog is low-flying fog that obscures less than 60% of the sky and doesn't extend to the base of any overhead clouds.
Crying babies are often used as a scare tactic in horror games such as Silent Hill, Dead Space, or Haunted House. The pitch of their cries is naturally designed to be unsettling.
Games that have been offered to players free of charge, from a publisher or distribution platform, as a form of apology for a service issue.
Sometimes, you just got to scratch that itch.
This is an in-game time dilation effect brought about when the player is about to collide with a deadly obstacle. The slowdown allows the player time to recover from the situation.
Fisheye lens is a popular term used to describe a wide-angle camera view that takes in an extremely wide, hemispherical image.
Crystal Tools is a multi-platform game engine created by Square Enix.
The use of sound as a weapon.
Game Feast is a Xbox Live Arcade promotion of multiple games over the course of several weeks in the Fall.
Assault is an objective-based multiplayer game mode that involves an attacking team trying to destroy an objective that is guarded by a defending team.
The act of a married person engaging in a sexual relationship with someone other than his or her own spouse. The adulterous relationship may or may not include feelings of true love.
A cousin to the invisible wall. Unclimbable hills are used to enclose a playable area. Unlike the invisible wall, it provides some context. They are frequntly used in large open world games to enclose a large area. Players may be able to climb a portion of the hill.
Certain foliage in video games that leads you to believe it is possible to move through when, in fact, it is not.
It's common in games, especially third-person shooters, for the player character's reloading animation to merely mime the motion of reloading, instead of actually doing so.
"Chicken Kicking" is the subtle art of introducing the tip of your foot with the posterior of a chicken at very high speeds. Few have mastered this craft, but those who do are glad they did.
A cowboy of the South American pampas.
A moment in a game in which the player is faced with overwhelming odds, designed to be unbeatable by conventional means, but in which the player is encouraged to continue to fight anyway.
The Chupacabra is a purported creature resembling a gargoyle, said to exist in parts of Mexico, Puerto Rico and of course, video games.
Knife Game, Nerve, Bishop, or 5-Finger Fillet is a game where one places their hand on a table with their fingers spread and stabs a knife in between each finger. For fun. This is a list of games that feature Knife Game.
The currency of the United States of America, represented by the symbol $.
The United States National Guard is the oldest military component of the United States of America.
A skateboarding technique where the skateboarder holds on to the bumper of a moving car in order to go faster.
A violent gang of masked wrestlers from Saints Row: The Third.
A gang of expert hackers based out of Steelport, the city in Saints Row: The Third.
STAG stands for Special Tactical Anti-Gang. They're a military unit formed to fight the rising threat of gang violence in Steelport.
The Syndicate is a worldwide criminal conglomeration based in Steelport in the game Saints Row: The Third.
Auto-Tune is an audio processor used to correct pitch in songs. It can also be used to make someone sound like a robot. Yeahyeeahyeah.
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