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Branch of the U.S. government responsible for the personal protection of the President of the United States, the president's family, and other important government officials and dignitaries. They also investigate crimes of financial fraud and identity theft.
Often a timed sequence where players must escape a building, spaceship, planet, etc... before it explodes.
So you made a fighting game, and the direct sequel is a hack 'n' slash action game? Wait, what?
This applies to games where characters physically change from one sex to another. This ranges from a character being able to change sex as part of the gameplay (perhaps specifically of the opponents) to being limited to the story or character customisation between the sexes being permitted after starting a campaign.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
A look implying an authoritative, smart, good looking woman that always includes glasses. The combination of these characteristics may appeal to certain men or women, and is a popular sexual fantasy.
A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object.
Occasionally, when some nasty bugger decides to give you a big hug that just seems to last forever, you may want to politely decline by mashing or shaking whatever you are holding in your hands.
Shakey Cam is the use of shaking the camera in a game in order to give the feeling of chaos, disorientation or realism. It is usually used in action games when moving at fast speeds or when a large impact or explosion occurs.
The ability to change shape. Humans shifting into animals is the most common type of shape shifting.
The shark is an underwater animal that is often stereotyped for its vicious killing of prey. In video games, they are used as enemies in underwater levels or a plot device used to keep the player away from the ocean.
Enemies that hide behind shields.
Taking an established control scheme and changing it, often to the games detriment, in order to fit a game on a console.
The phenomenon of an enemy who is heavily resistant to damage (or even invulnerable) everywhere on its body - except for its back.
Shooting ranges are often used in video games as a means of improving the player's reflexes and aim in armed combat situations.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Shoulder Swapping Aim is when players can push a button to change which shoulder the player is aiming over with a weapon.
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.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
Arguably the most fearsome of all the reptiles - it has scales and no legs. Snakes use a variety of tactics to harm players such as poison, hypnosis, and constriction. The most deadly snakes have mastered the way of stealth.
Eliminating a target with a long-range rifle.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head and return.
The player goes to an ordinary, seemingly benevolent small town, only to find that there are some very strange things afoot there...
Many horror-themed games feature characters uttering despondent noises; this includes screaming, sobbing, and moaning.
Characters that have a Spanish accent.
Elite and specially trained/equipped military troops and law enforcement tasked with carrying out specific and dangerous/sensitive objectives beyond the remit of regular military personnel. Many games feature special forces operators or units as protagonists or enemies.
S.T.A.R.S. is a police group from the Resident Evil game series. Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, stars of the original Resident Evil, are two famous former members.
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