112 | ChefReactions.mp3
Voicemail Dump Truck
Game Mess Mornings 04/18/24
GrubbSnax
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.13
Community Endurance Run XIV - April 12-14
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.06
Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Jan 26, 2010
Sometimes, you just got to scratch that itch.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
A distinct and predictable pattern of attacks or movement a boss takes. This can be based in reaction to a player's actions or simply a stringent script the boss adheres to.
The deliberate animation of breasts, meant to titillate as a means to conform to more realistic physics.
A physics simulation or manual animation of a character's posterior.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
A controller speaker is a speaker built into a controller, used to supplement special effects in video games.
Due to crafty camera angles and conveniently placed objects in the environment, the nudity in the scene is obscured from view.
Either a force of over arching evil or a parody of the real world. The corporation is a common concept found in Video Games.
Enemies who don't fight fair or flee when they're running low on health. Examples include Boos from Super Mario and those pesky goblins from Dark Messiah.
The process of fighting, but with dance.
Some games just won't settle for laughs. Some games make you want to cringe as you're busting a gut.
In a franchise, it entails the second game that takes on a gritty and dark tone to distinguish it from the first.
Sometimes designers add old-school things on purpose to enhance game design. These games tend to be heavily inspired by hardware limitations of older systems. NES, Atari 2600, and early computer platforms (DOS, Commodore 64, MSX, etc...) are common sources of inspiration.
The ability to dodge an attack, making the player untouchable for a brief period.
An alluring female who uses her charms to seduce men with intention of using them to further her own intentions.
The last boss you face in a game, usually representing the final climax of the game.
Finishing moves are typically moves that end a fight in a traditional fighting game.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
A term that can be used to refer to RPGs that focus more on the action, or brawler action games which focus on hack & slash gameplay.
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 style of Japanese swordfighting where the user holds his or her sword (usually a katana) in the sheath until it is ready for an attack; they pull the sword, attack, and return it to the sheath in continuous, swift motions.
When the title of the game does not appear immediately at the beginning of the game, but rather after the first mission or prologue.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
Where one character strikes another character in the groin, either unarmed or with a weapon.
Mercenaries, Soldiers for Hire, have been found fighting in conflicts since the dawn of human warfare. These hired guns show a desire to turn their talent in the art of death to a more profitable profession.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
A movie reference in a game, is where a game references a film. This can be done in many different ways.
This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Use your keyboard!
Log in to comment
Log in to comment