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Assassins are people who are tasked with the action of violence against peoples, though their general aims are to be discreet and as minimally violent as possible in order to remain discreet if necessary.
An ability with which a person can uphold exceptional equilibrioception. In other words, not falling over.
Climbing is a common tradition in games, particularly platformers. There is often a particular type of surface that can be climbed, and it has a recognizably different look than other surfaces in the game. Climbing ladders or stairs doesn't count.
Ensnaring or rooting an enemy allows a player to keep an enemy from running away or the ability to keep an enemy at a distance.
Any stealth operative or athletic character knows this ability. Necessary if you're hanging on a ledge and don't want to fall.
A form of execution, or suicide, in which a person is hanged by the neck until dead - from a broken neck if they're lucky, strangulation if they're not.
The use of everyday objects as weapons of destruction, often combination.
Klasps are enemies who hide within explosive barrels. they are firmly attached to their ropes but will attempt to chase the kongs whenever they get the opportunity.
Penalties to movement speed. How far/fast the player can walk. This may depend upon difficult terrain and what type of gear is being carried.
The National Security Agency is an agency that is responsible for analyzing and gathering foreign communications and intel. The NSA is also responsible for keeping the US government's own network and communications secure.
A set of questions posed to the player, commonly at the beginning of a game, that may affect certain aspects of the game.
Rappelling is the act of going down a cliff side or vertical surface with aid from a rope. The rope is attached at the top of the surface and to the climber's body
The idea of deriving a feeling of pleasure through inflicting pain or suffering on another living being.
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.
The act of traversing space while attached to a piece game geometry. Sometimes via a rope, or other grapple like object.
Task Force 141 is the team you will be a part of in Modern Warfare 2 and is led by Capt. "Soap" MacTavish.
Anguish of body or mind. Can be used by authority figures to extract sensitive information that would not be given under normal circumstances.
You're halfway through the game or more, everything's going great. You've got tons of weapons and crap and BAM! Flash grenade! You wake up later captured, off to either be executed, interrogated, etc. Often, you've lost all of your weapons as well. You sir, have just woken up captured.
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