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Music speeds up as the time runs out or a particular part of the game gets harder. Found in Street Fighter, Mario games, Sonic games, etc.
Originally recorded in 1951, this sound effect has appeared in numerous films and video games.
Game endings that are meant to be absurd and that fly in the face of a dramatic storyline. Joke endings are often included as bonuses that require the player to beat the game a certain way in order to be seen.
You were pretty cool, once. Rich. Powerful. Royalty, even. But that's done with now, because it says "Chapter One" instead of "Prologue" in the mission order.
Demons are generally creatures of evil, usually from Hell, who are often totally untrustworthy even when they're not murdering everyone and destroying everything in their path.
A character type found in RPGs, MMOs, and class based Multiplayer games that focuses on keeping friendly characters alive. Their general role is to heal/buff and resurrect fallen allies.
Battle system associated with Final Fantasy series. First introduced in Final Fantasy IV.
Cloaking is to become invisible or become close to invisible depending on strength of the ability or item.
Animals that can be ridden by players to get around faster.
When the game is named (fully or partially) after a specific location within the game, or relevant to the game's story.
The ability to change shape. Humans shifting into animals is the most common type of shape shifting.
A draw occurs when two or more players end a versus match where no player is determined to be the winner. This can be caused by a double knock out, or when players have an equal point value at the end of a set period of time.
The word "voxel" is a portmanteau of "volumetric" and "pixel" (which in turn is a portmanteau of "picture" and "element"). Essentially a three-dimensional cube, they are used to build objects in a virtual space, especially terrain.
The Izuna Drop's origin began in the 1969 manga called Ninpu Kamui Gaiden OP (The Legend of Kamui). Kamui learned this move from watching weasels leap from trees and attack birds. Many fictional ninja and/or video game characters use Kamui's move to this day, such as Vega (Street Fighter), Ryu Hayabusa (Dead or Alive / Ninja Gaiden), and Kage-Maru (Virtua Fighter).
Hopping Chinese vampires that suck life force.
When will those crazy scientists learn? Be it killer robots, invasions from outer space, sentient computers or mutations; they always seem to have the habit of leaving a big mess behind for you to clean up.
Some games have included developers commentary. These comments can be in text form, audio that plays in the game or the menus, or video. Sometimes they are just added in the collectors editions.
New Purchase Incentives is a business strategy established by publishers to encourage consumers to buy games new. It is also primarily used as a means of profiting from used game sales where they otherwise could not.
A special device or game mechanic that summarizes and categorizes newly discovered creatures.
A dark version of a game's hero, featuring many of the same powers. Usually wears black. Male evil twins often have goatees.
A variation on the comic cutscene, motion comic is used as a more streamlined narrative medium reaching an effective balance between static comic panels and full blown CG.
Due to crafty camera angles and conveniently placed objects in the environment, the nudity in the scene is obscured from view.
A feature of some PSP games that allows two PSPs to play together with only one UMD.
Insects of the order Diptera, Flies (sing. Fly) are common household pests. The Housefly is considered one of the most widely distributed insects.
Planet destruction sometimes a gameplay mechanic, sometimes a plot point. Should cover pending as well as actual destruction.
A superweapon is a structure or character with amazing powers and amazing costs. This weapon can turn the battle to its owner's side single-handedly, but is usually the most expensive and time consuming to construct.
Moving to the left or right without rotating the body axis. The technique, also called side-stepping, is useful in FPS games to avoid incoming fire without turning away from a target.
Games whose titles are meant to be taken more than one way.
The Lombax is an animal-like alien, who are nearly all extinct from the known galaxies. Ratchet is the only known surviving member of the species.
A tattoo that is on a person's face. They are said to make one look more bad-ass and cool.
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