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Stereoscopic 3D that works without the assistance of any other accessories (i.e. colored glasses).
The concept of moving blocks around to certain areas such as highlighted squares, or switches, or in order to get past a maze.
An in-game application that allows the user to edit or create new content. Including character customization, items customization, artwork etc...
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
A puzzle where you have to use your surroundings, i.e. "environment" in order to progress.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
Some games feature end credits that scroll over a playable segment of action.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
Games that allow the player to choose which level to play next, rather than a fixed linear order.
Options menus give you the option to change anything the game lets you change. Whether you want subtitles or not, sound effects or not, the game to be harder or not, anything you want that the game lets you change, you can change in the options menu.
The ninth annual PAX Prime took place between August 31-September 2, 2012 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
Levels whose visual design represents objects or symbols (including text).
When you're able to push a block you know it's a videogame. Usually used to solve puzzles.
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.
QR codes, short for quick response codes, are a type of barcode that can contain much more information than the traditional barcode.
Games using this concept allow players to reset the situation back to what it was without dying and having to restart. It may be resetting a room, a puzzle, or an encounter, and it can be explained in game terms (a "reset spell" for instance), but it does not involve dying and/or "reloading a save".
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
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.
A Japanese wrestler. Often appears overweight.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
A game mechanic that lets players pause and rewind the action in order to correct a mistake or change a path.
Games that are controlled partially or entirely with a touch screen.
You don't know how to play our game, so we'll teach you how.
Characters whose purpose is to convey information that is directly or indirectly aimed at the player.
User Generated Content describes any content the end user produces to add onto the content given by the developer. User Generated Content has grown in popularity, with LittleBigPlanet, Forza Motorsport 3, ModNation Racers and Spore being great examples.
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