Power Bombcast: The Skin Doesn't Quite Fit
Giant Bomb Presents
Game Mess Mornings 05/03/24
GrubbSnax
The Community Spotlight 2024.05.04
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.27
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.20
Platform »
A dead end is when a path or road is blocked off, whether intentionally or accidently, and players are forced to turn around.
Killing Two people in a certain amount of time. generally a close time frame. Found in many games but most commonly fps games. Often referred to as Sage-Killing (similair to Sage-Camping) after the player Sage320 who used to play Gunbound and receive many double kills.
Games that feature two teams; one red, one blue.
Collective consciousness is best defined as a group or race of beings possessing no minds of their own, but act and are controlled in service of a greater overall purpose, much like ants. They make great villains!
There's a lot of special ops to be done out there. If they aren't in a city or a desert, most likely they're in a jungle.
Games that play on a regular Nintendo DS but that have exclusive Nintendo DSi features.
A fourth-wall breaking situation in which a character tells the player to press a specific button or a reference to a button is shown within the environment. This mostly happens during tutorials.
Iconic blaster fodder which appear in any good Star Wars game, having origins with the Republic's Clone troopers. Come in a wide number of different variants.
The ability to freely slice or chop, based on a physics engine instead of predetermined spots. Slicing where you cut instead of where the game "lets" you cut.
A peasant revolt that occurred in China in 184 A.D. The rebellion and the events that ensued in its aftermath played a role in the demise of the Han Dynasty.
A location where the player character is relatively assured to avoid patterns of incoming fire or enemy movement.
In fiction, characters sometimes cut their hair to signify a great change or growth in themselves.
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) is a sub-genre of the Real-Time Strategy genre. The gameplay is characterized by single unit hero strategic combat between two small teams of players, each trying to destroy the opponent's base.
An iconic Dark Side Force power made famous by Emperor Palpatine that entails generating blasts of lightning from one's fingertips.
A trap designed to kill off victims by crushing them. Commonly found in sacred temples though industrial variations (like car crushers) exist.
Some versus/multiplayer modes had fighting game elements in non-fighting games.
Various franchises release "versions" of the same game. These games are basically the same, but each one lacks something the other has.
Items that prove innocence or guilt.
Possibly the greatest advancement in shirt technology since the invention of the button, the half-tuck shows one has class and simultaneously doesn't give a damn.
A Random Number Generator (hence RNG) is a system designed to randomize a sequence of numbers. Most games technically use a table of 'random' numbers, simulating random chance.
Characters who at some point possess the ability to shrink in size.
Supernatural beings that are created from and serve their respective elements.
Species of large yellow birds used as transportation in the Final Fantasy series. Chocobos have also starred in their own games.
Games that have had television shows based on them.
A feature used in many stealth games to provide the player some indication of where the enemy is searching for them.
The place of origin for ninjas. Their location is mostly known throughout the ninja world and very nearby localities with some sort of ties in between them (commercial or cultural in nature).
A map that is updated in real-time as you play a level. Usually seen in FPSs and RPGs.
A magician who specializes in the arcane arts of summoning. Conjurers are able to call forth otherworldly beasts and guardians to their aid.
When a normal jump isn't enough and when a double jump just wont cut it, there is the triple jump. Just like a normal jump and a double jump, with the extra third jump in the end. Few games utilize this, and the more common double jump is often instead.
The goddamn bugs whacked us, Johnny.
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