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Romance in video games can either be interactive, in which the player attempts to woo another character, or an unchangeable part of the story of a given game.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
The single most important thing in the world, love is a powerful story telling element that can connect characters or drive a story. There are many video game characters who have fallen in love with someone or something.
A game created for the female demographic which puts the player in control of a female protagonist who tries to win the hearts of attractive men. Also called GxB (Girl x Boy) games by some Western fans.
Games that are aimed at the female demographic.
Male characters who are depicted in an overtly sexual manner.
Much like Harem, but this applies to a lone lead female character with several attractive male character's that she can be romanticly involved with.
An unofficial translation of a video game, created by people not associated with the original development team.
These games were popular enough to warrant an anime, whether it was a full television series, an OVA (original video animation), or a feature-length movie.
A sub-genre of adventure games, visual novels are a form of interactive fiction that usually have very little in terms of gameplay but often focus more on extensive storytelling, character interactions, decision-making and branching narratives.
FMVs are pre-rendered videos used in place of real-time graphics. Using FMV was an attempt to make videogames look "more like movies", sometimes with CGI animation and others with live-action actors speaking directly to players. The downside is that FMV requires a lot of disk space, and live-action FMV in particular can look terrible by comparison.
Nudity is qualified as either exposed buttocks, breasts, or genitalia or general lack of clothing. Video game nudity is largely a rarity outside of the PC market.
Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Often referred to as Hentai, Eroge is a video game genre which has (usually manga-style) pornographic content and artwork.
Dialogue trees are a feature through which the player selects responses from a list of choices, eliciting reactions from NPCs and determining the path of the conversation and story.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
Cows are four-legged ruminant mammals, bred for milk, meat, or leather.
Originally created in China, mahjong is a draw-and-discard game using a vast assortment of special tiles. It is popular throughout Asia and has many regional rule variations.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
A type of primate with tails; often monkeys are depicted as causing havoc the moment they are encountered.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
When a character is naked, but does not have nipples or any form of genitalia.
A service started by Nintendo in 1997 that allowed customers to purchase digital Super Famicom and Game Boy games at an in-store kiosk that would be written onto RAM cartridges available for each system.
How non-playable characters or factions perceive the player character based on their actions or choices in the game world.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a woman.
Games that let you choose the path you take through the story-line.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
An intimate physical activity between two or more individuals.
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