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The Art of tracking down criminals and the wanted like for a cash reward.
The deliberate animation of breasts, meant to titillate as a means to conform to more realistic physics.
Bullet time is a gameplay mechanic that allows players to slow down time. Depending on the game itself, the player often slows down along with the world around them, however occasionally the player can simply move at normal speed while the game world continues to slow.
A large, male cow. Does the bullfighting thing.
An age-old, widely-hated strategy in multiplayer games: stay in one spot and kill passers-by. Also refers to a more benign activity in MMOs.
Some game characters just cannot swim. This usually means automatic death as soon as they hit the water.
Cannibalism occurs when a creature eats the flesh of a member of its own species. Cannibalism is frowned upon in organized societies, and has made several appearances in video games as listed below.
When the player's death is addressed and integrated in-game as a part of the player's continuing story. This often involves reincarnation of sorts, or the player continues by moving on to a different character.
A game in which the object is for each team to retrieve the opponent's flag and return it to their own base. Typically used in multiplayer first-person shooter games.
It's just like Capture the Flag, except... not.
Jacking is the act of taking control of a vehicle that is not under the player's rightful or original possession, and may or may not have been taken out of another player's or NPC's possession.
Sometimes, for whatever reason, plans for a game in development change and a publisher may drop a project or stop development so that a different development house can complete it. These are some of those games.
When the protagonist is pursuing someone or something in an effort to kill or capture.
Special codes or button combinations used to gain powers or advantages in a game. Generally hidden.
Chest-High Walls appear regularly in video games, particularly in third-person-shooters with cover mechanics.
A chicken is a small, domesticated flightless bird that can be white, yellow, brown or black. A female is a hen, a male a rooster, and a baby a chick.
"Chicken Kicking" is the subtle art of introducing the tip of your foot with the posterior of a chicken at very high speeds. Few have mastered this craft, but those who do are glad they did.
The new badass way to look, as seen on 90% of hit video game covers.
Christianity is a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. It is also the largest religion in the world.
The Chupacabra is a purported creature resembling a gargoyle, said to exist in parts of Mexico, Puerto Rico and of course, video games.
Video games that include a physical cloth or paper map in their packaging.
Games that numerically track the player's progress towards completion of a specific goal, single level, or the entire game.
A person serving time in prison or an escaped criminal on the run from the law.
When a character is killed, the fallen body's ragdoll physics will fail and the corpse will start to flip about spasmodically. This oOften occurs in open world/sand-box games.
A native cat to the Americas, the cougar can be found roaming in the mountains.
The ultimate pressure feature. Players have to complete the task at hand, be it defeating opponents or cutting the right wire, in the allotted time.
A Cover System is a gameplay mechanic that specifically governs the player's ability to hide behind objects to avoid detection or enemy fire.
A person who herds cattle on ranches. Cowboys are emblematic of the early 19th century in the American southwest, and became conflated with gunslinger types in the public imagination.
Cows are four-legged ruminant mammals, bred for milk, meat, or leather.
Coyotes are canid species indigenous to Northern and Central America. They generally hunt in pairs and can reach speeds of 40 mph.
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