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Whether with a button press or menu, taunts destroy friendships and can even make the computer go crazy.
Multiple fighters/people ganging up to fight another fight/group of fighter.
It's the designer's go-to guy. If they want to steer a player in a given direction they'll lock an in game door and force the player to find a way to either unlock it or find an alternate route.
Video games that, for better or for worse, are based on an existing non-video game franchise. Usually drawn from movies, tie-in games have also been made about TV shows, novels, and even one-hit wonder pop bands.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
Some bosses transition through two or more forms during the course of a fight. Each form has its own abilities and health separate from those of other forms.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
A credit screen that cannot be skipped or interrupted. No matter how hard you try, you'll have to sit through them.
Easily emasculating the puny jab, this devastating technique is associated with crimson geysers and leveled Piston Hondas. Favored by undead ninjas and diminutive boxers alike.
A stance or movement by a video game character celebrating a current accomplishment.
Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
Some weapons leave visible trails in the air when you wave them around.
"Winners Don't Use Drugs" is a splash screen in most 90s arcade games attract modes.
The wolverine is a natural, remorseless killing machine primarily found in forested areas of the Northern hemisphere.
A viewable map that displays the entire game world. The map also usually shows the player's location in the world.
Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!
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