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Getting extra stuff on a new game from a previous game save on the player's system.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
Scaleform is a software development kit used to integrate Flash based user interfaces with game engines.
In-game jokes or Easter eggs involving references to characters or events from earlier in a game or the game's series.
Showing half a face on box art is often used to give a sense of power or mystery.
Sidekicks, different from partners, are less powerful, less important characters who support the main protagonist and generally stick by their side.
PlayStation 3 games that utilize the "tilt" functionality of the SIXAXIS or DualShock 3 controllers for minor or major gameplay mechanics.
Player assignable points that unlock or enhance skills allowing for character customization.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
Space is usually empty, but sometimes it's filled with virtual death machines.
Like pirates, only spacier. Frequent antagonists in sci-fi games, especially the Metroid series.
Whales in outer space were first popularized as a concept by the film Star Trek IV. This concept covers all types of cetaceans, including dolphins and narwhals.
SpeedTree is a software toolkit that generates realistic forests on the fly.
Even in the 3D era, games that featured worlds on 2D plains, or in rectangular prisms were rife, but in the last few years this has changed considerably. More and more games' environments are being mapped spherically.
The Spike Video Game Awards recognized the best games of 2007.
The recording of data related to player performance or progress in a game. This feature is commonly found in RPGs or competitive multiplayer games. It does not include statistics in sports games, unless related to player performance.
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.
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.
Enemies that are small, deal relatively low damage, and have low health, but make up for it by attacking in large numbers. Examples include Flood infection forms from Halo, Trites from Doom 3, or Crawlers from Resistance: Fall of Man.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
The act of changing an event in the past that significantly alters further events leading up to the present. This is a major element of many stories involving time travel.
A time paradox is when a person who travels in time does something that influences their past self in a way that traveling in time in the first place would not be possible or not have occurred without the first intrusion.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
The 2009 Tokyo Game Show (TGS) took place between 24-27 September at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Tokyo. The theme for the show was 'Game, it's so energetic!'
Pirates who are also undead.
Video games contain a lot of activities for players to do underwater, from exploration to combat. Sometimes games treat water as simple low gravity movement, while other games treat underwater more realistically.
An additional difficulty level that becomes unlocked after meeting certain criteria, such as beating the game or dying many times in the same area.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
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