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The use of Cyrillic letters to represent visually similar Latin characters, even in cases where the two have completely different pronunciations. Typically done by mixing Cyrillic into an otherwise Latin context.
Some games have one kind of mini-game or bonus stage that recurs between each of the main levels. It is an extra chance to get extra points, lives or other goodies that is clearly set apart from the main action of the game.
A mode in pinball machines using the display.
A concept in pinball machines/games that can allow a player a free game.
The player never really dies, but is revived or respawned with little to no penalty.
A route shorter than the usual one.
Some games are only available at a specific retailer.
Fauns and Satyrs are woodland spirits, seemingly composed of a man and a goat. Goat parts and human parts tend to vary from game to game.
The ability for players to recover all their used talent/skill points and significantly modify their character's attributes while still maintaining their level.
A butler is a domestic servant who is in charge of meal service and wines, and oversees all other servants in the household. However, in modern times the word is often used to describe any male servant wearing a suit.
Boss fights that end before the Boss' health is fully depleted. This is usually done to show that a character isn't actually dead, but simply defeated.
The police force of Gotham City. Because they are often corrupt, they frequently clash with Batman, though sometimes they are legitimate and act as (reluctant) allies to him.
Games where racing takes place off-road; the terrain is usually rough and unwieldy.
A game that is both a remake of a previous game and a sequel to it.
SpeedTree is a software toolkit that generates realistic forests on the fly.
A period of peace in Japan that stretched from 794-1192 during which many distinctive aspects of Japanese culture were formed.
Feature of the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U platforms that enables games to auto download video, patches, and extra features. Content downloaded over SpotPass is free of charge and separate from DLC available through the eShop.
Mystics of Japan's Heian era that practiced divination, exorcism, and similar arts. They held sway at the imperial court, with a select few such as Abe no Seimei becoming particularly celebrated in history.
Games in which fire can spread continuously across the environment or between objects.
Hotkeys allow advanced players to map game functions to a single button on a keyboard for quick and easy access.
A combat maneuver in which one attacks or threatens the side of an enemy unit or formation. Used primarily to negate cover or gain a tactical advantage by attacking from an unexpected direction.
The value that determines how many events can take place in a character's turn in pure turn based combat as well as in the modern Fallout franchise.
Beware of these telepathic foes that can cause panic among your soldiers with psionic attacks and even take control of their minds. They are the most powerful race of aliens in the original X-COM: UFO Defense.
Suppressing fire is firing your weapon at the enemy to force them to stay in cover, to reduce their mobility and their ability to return fire and reconnoitre your position. Impossible to do right in games, due to the fearlessness caused by players not feeling pain when they are shot.
An alien species from X-COM: UFO Defense. They are physically powerful and serve as the foot soldiers of the alien force threatening Earth.
The Floaters are genetically engineered and cybernetically enhanced beasts, serving as soldiers and agents of terror for the invading alien forces in the first X-COM game.
This small, grey alien race is the first main alien species you encounter in both X-COM: UFO Defense and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Their large brains give them some basic psionic abilities.
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!
A flaw that occurs when a games graphics engine fails to preload textures as the player is in view of them.
Characters that have a German accent.
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