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A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
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.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
A cutscene or conversation that appears after, or during, the credits -- usually as a means to deliver a cliffhanger and/or plot twist.
A follow-up to a game or movie that takes place before the events of the previous installment or installments.
In games, punctuation marks, especially question marks and exclamation marks are used for a number of reasons, including locating quest givers and indicating surprise.
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
Puzzle games that also feature some kind of narrative.
Rabbits, or bunnies, are smallish mammals with long ears and a cottony tail.
Games that make records. Often records like most played game, or critically acclaimed. There have been gaming records since the says of Pong and the Magnavox Oddysey.
A red herring is a plot device used to mislead or distract someone from what's really going on in the story. It could be a false clue or over-emphasis of another character. Red herrings can add a surprise or make a challenge tougher.
A sound effect that plays once the player has gained a level, solved a puzzle or reached a milestone within the game.
Two or more factions, either with the same or completely different goals, that constantly try to one-up each other. The player is sometimes forced to pick a side to root or work for during the struggle. Other times the rivalry is only mentioned in the plot.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
This is when a game removes the ability for a player to save during certain sections of the game. This is usually done towards the end of the game to increase difficulty. This isn't the same as save points; players must actually have their save ability taken away from them.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
Not all scientists are mad and/or hell-bent on dominating worlds. Some are just your ordinary egghead with a coat.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
A person leading a double life. Many comic book characters have one and sometimes the plot of their stories is keeping their secret identities a secret.
Characters that harbor their past even though it may be revealed later. They are commonly uncovered in a number of video games.
Sometimes there are robotic characters that are programmed to think they are humans or have forgotten they are robots. Other times robots are meant to blend in with humans while knowing that they are robots. Either way they are eventually revealed to be robots as a dramatic plot twist.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
Those creatures that go 'baa' and grow wool on their backs.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
The player goes to an ordinary, seemingly benevolent small town, only to find that there are some very strange things afoot there...
The Spike Video Game Awards recognized the best games of 2008.
3D Stereoscopy is the use of two images generated from slightly different angles in order to create a 3D effect. This usually requires the use of 3D glasses to separate the left/right image for each eye.
Animals that have the ability of speech and in some cases are anthropomorphic.
Whether it has voice over or not, text bubbles are a way of reading the dialog that a character on screen is saying and or thinking.
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