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One of the most iconic Force powers ever, it entails telekinetically strangling a victim. Most associated with Darth Vader.
Using a 2D sprite that always faces the camera within a polygonal 3D environment to fake a 3D effect.
Similar to parallax scrolling, parallax mapping shows the illusion of depth in a texture.
The smoke that rises out the barrel of a gun.
By and large, a hick is an uncultivated person living rurally. Hicks are known to shoot at livestock-abducting aliens, produce moonshine, and marry their cousins.
In some video games one is allowed to scale a fence.
In many games there lies an ominous pressurized gas tank within the levels to help or harm the players. These tanks are filled with many different types of combustible gases that either explode on impact or have physics applied to them and rocket propel themselves across the level.
2010 Edition of the Tokyo Game Show that is to be held from September 16 to September 19.
The ability to buy property.
Some games go the extra mile and make the character visibly become wet after swimming or coming in contact with water.
A gigantic dweller of the deep; this creature has been featured in many video games, movies, stories, and legends. Beware, when a giant squid is near, for death (or fun) follows.
The tenth annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb.
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.
This describes when the player is able to interact directly with a character's body. While this is often meant to be erotic, there are cases where it has a non-sexual context within games.
Hero Shooter is a term used to refer to games that combine character-based classes with different abilities in a shooter game. Also described as a mix of MOBA and FPS/TPS gameplay.
Yetis are a race of mythological creatures. They are typically large, white-furred humanoids with sharp teeth and claws.
This concept is featured in games that have a character wearing a helmet or mask with a skull graphic or picture on it, or else a helmet styled to resemble a skull. This does not pertain to characters who actually have skulls for heads.
In the sky or in the blackness of space, these guys can get you from one place to another, and maybe blow up a few bad (or good) guys along the way!
A nocturnal insect closely related to the butterfly.
The Summer of Arcade is an annual Microsoft promotion that began in 2008. It highlights five XBLA games, and offers incentives to purchase them.
A fanfare played at the end of a battle in which the player is victorious.
Earrings, greatswords, and rubber suits. Some party members simply don't have the assets needed to wear these items.
Abductions are events in which people, animals, or things are taken by aliens and UFOs for various purposes including experimentation and other unknown reasons.
Any creature with more than 1 head on one body. This is possible in fantasy settings or as a result of mutation.
Some games offer alternate modes or specific sections of the storyline that involve arena combat, gladiator style.
Coyotes are canid species indigenous to Northern and Central America. They generally hunt in pairs and can reach speeds of 40 mph.
The absence of belief in the existence of gods.
Badgers are creatures that have short legs and are part of the Weasel-family. They appear in video games every so often and are part of an old-school internet meme.
Enchantment is the process of infusing mundane items with magical properties, or manipulating your enemies minds with magic.
Throwing a fireball or zapping your foes with chain lighting are both great examples of evocation magic.
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