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Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Oct 26, 2004
An applause is the act of a crowd or group of people clapping their hands, usually in response to something awesome that happened.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
Capitalism is an economic system that supports private property and financial gain.
An in-game application that allows the user to edit or create new content. Including character customization, items customization, artwork etc...
Either a force of over arching evil or a parody of the real world. The corporation is a common concept found in Video Games.
Environments cycle between day and night, often with effects on other aspects of the game.
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.
The 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 11-13. This was the 10th annual E3.
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
Fireworks are a form of incendiary rocket designed to explode "gently" in bright colours and cause no damage, traditionally set off to mark festive or historic events.
A state of mind in which a person (usually a leader or dictator) genuinely believes that they are a powerful god.
Used in many games such as Sim City and Black & White to make sweeping changes to the environment or to move massive objects.
Some video games utilize a system that has the player occasionally consuming food items to keep their hunger under control. Ignoring it can result in decreased stamina, or in some cases, death of the player's character and a "Game Over" screen.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
A digital distribution platform owned and operated by EA.
A line of waiting people or vehicles.
A fun gimmick that spread across theme park games for a while was the ability to ride your attractions from a customer's point of view
Games that have an open gameplay structure that allow players to interact with the world as they choose.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Primarily found in mouse-driven computer games, tooltips are an interface element that display information while the cursor is placed over particular on-screen elements.
Gameplay that involves performing an entrepreneurial service in order to make money.
The disgusting process in which a character regurgitates the contents of their stomach back into the world, usually performed as a means of purging the body of poisons or intoxicants, but often (in videogames, anyway) used as a means of projectile attack by non-human enemies.
Xfire is a downloadable instant messenger client and Digital Download Store for Windows. It is targeted at gamers and has many features related to gaming.
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