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The second annual PlayStation Experience took place December 5-6, 2015 at Moscone West in San Francisco, California.
PlayStation Plus is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service.
PlayStation Plus Collection gives PlayStation 5 owners access to download and play a selection of PlayStation 4 classics as part of their PlayStation Plus subscription.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
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!
Games nowadays take a long time to make and often they aren't the only things developing during the process. It has become common to list the babies that have been born during the development of any game.
Select games may have enhanced visuals, frame rate, or increases in resolution. 'PS4 Pro Enhanced' features vary by game.
Radial Menus are menus that appear in a circular pattern to display the options the player has.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Any form of AI that cracks a few jokes or wisecracks behind the protagonist's back. This can include witty insults, sarcastic replies, or just plain old humor in general.
Rubber Band AI is an infamous hidden feature in racing games that allows computer-controlled opponents to catch up no matter how far behind they are. It is intended to keep challenging the player, but can also give AI opponents an unfair advantage.
A term used to describe the flow of action in a typical action game, where the pace is pre-defined to feature fast action and require quick reflexes. As the name suggests, these are games where the player character can run and shoot at the same time.
A joke or reference that appears throughout a series of games.
These are scripted sequences in a game where the player is running toward the screen, sometimes while being chased.
When a franchise tries to start over by releasing a game with the same title as the first game in the series, or the name of the series in general.
Often a timed sequence where players must escape a building, spaceship, planet, etc... before it explodes.
Men too tough to cover up their chest.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Sidekicks, different from partners, are less powerful, less important characters who support the main protagonist and generally stick by their side.
Whenever a character is seen in promotional art, or in a cut scene, chances are, they'll be using this.
A 3D optimization middleware.
While most games' end credits differentiate whom did what and what position each person holds in the company, games with single-entity developer credits present the entire staff of the development house as an equal member of the team with an equal influence in the creation of the game. More often than not, the team is listed in alphabetical order.
Player assignable points that unlock or enhance skills allowing for character customization.
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.
The act of traversing space while attached to a piece game geometry. Sometimes via a rope, or other grapple like object.
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.
Game titles that are three words long, and have a conjunction or a preposition. These games usually take the form of "X of Y" or "X & Y".
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
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