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A sculpted representation of a person or object, generally in butter or stone.
Some games, while not steampunk in nature, do feature steam engines or similar contraptions.
A garment made to restrain the individual wearing it.
A firearm capable of firing pistol ammunition automatically. Favored for shorter distances, or dealing death indoors.
Usually a Button, lever, or computerized scanner used to open, close, power on, turn on, or unlock something. Found common in most games that involve puzzle solving as well as shooters.
A length of exceptionally sharp metal with a handle, used for centuries as the go-to killing device for the human race. It's dead simple: you stick the pointy end in the thing you want to die. Or you could always slash them with the equally sharp sides. That works too.
A tank is generally a heavily armoured and armed, tracked vehicle designed to be at the front of a combined forces attack.
Deck of cards used by fortune tellers.
No matter what game you're playing, if a bad guy shows up with these hanging from him, you know you're in mad kinds of trouble.
A Throwing Knife is a weapon used to fight enemies from a distance, it is also used in circus acts.
As a modern commodity, toilets have been portrayed very well in video games over the years.
A big stone block used in graveyards to remember the dead. Also popular as Halloween decorations.
One of the first submachine guns created, a symbol both of the chaos of the Prohibition era and of American soldiers' heroism during WWII.
Set it on fire. Wander around in the dark.
A train is a series of connected vehicles that move along a single or double railed track.
A container for trash. Often an in-game breakable object, filled with useful items/magic.
A box containing treasure usually in the form of gold or valuable items.
A tree is a perennial woody plant. Trees are often used in games as a natural wall, providing a barrier as well as cover. Many games also use them to make their environments looks more natural and attractive.
Long full bodied coat first introduced in the first World War
A pickup truck is a light vehicle with an open top rear cargo area (bed). Random fact: Trucks are called utes (utility vehicles) in Australia.
An unidentified flying object, usually synonymous with alien saucers.
These are usually turned by the player in most cases to stop steam seeping out of a pipe in-order to progress through the level.
An open container, usually used to hold flowers.
In video games such as Shenmue and Grand Theft Auto players can use vending machines to buy something such as a soda, or a capsule toy. In other games, vending machines may simply be used as scenery, and may occasionally spit out a soda, or some sort of object.
Either the Hollywood variant or the authentic helmets the norse Vikings used to wear.
A mountain from which ash and molten rock erupt.
A tool used by a cult to curse an individual.
A type of sign that indicates hazards. Warning Signs are often found around potentially dangerous places, and may communicate via language and/or ideograph.
Even though water in games tends to bring about death, we all still hold it near and dear to us. After all, the human body is comprised mostly of it.
A device that cools and dispenses water.
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