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Criminals banded together with a common goal in mind. Can range from a band of thugs to the Mafia.
A system in which the player is allowed to control multiple characters. Most commonly seen in role playing games. Can also be used to describe party systems in the MMORPG genre, which brings a group of players together to accomplish various tasks.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Radial Menus are menus that appear in a circular pattern to display the options the player has.
Reloading is the action of replacing the ammunition magazine inside a gun. It adds a touch of realism to most modern shooters, and a certain amount of tension when a player is forced to reload while under fire.
The concept of reviving somebody who is dead or down.
When a franchise tries to start over by releasing a game with the same title as the first game in the series, or the name of the series in general.
Games that have an open gameplay structure that allow players to interact with the world as they choose.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Eliminating a target with a long-range rifle.
A reversed thumbstick layout for left-handed players. The option isn't default, but is available in most games.
The recording of data related to player performance or progress in a game. This feature is commonly found in RPGs or competitive multiplayer games. It does not include statistics in sports games, unless related to player performance.
Also known as corpse-humping, tea-bagging is a slang term in video games when after a player has slain another player or NPC, they move their character over the dead character's body and crouch up and down repeatedly, adding a humiliating, and often humorous, factor to the character's death.
Games that explicitly reference a sequel at the end of the game.
The act of killing a living being by teleporting directly into them.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
Trolls are a mythical race of creatures that have been interpreted many different ways in games.
TrueSkill is a matchmaking system for the Xbox 360. It tries to match gamers up with comparative players based on each player's average performance.
You don't know how to play our game, so we'll teach you how.
Unlockable gamerpics are a form of reward for completing certain tasks in Xbox 360 games.
Vampires are undead, nocturnal creatures that subsist on blood. They have superhuman powers and are sometimes able to shape-shift. They are weak against sunlight, foreign objects stuck in and left in their hearts, decapitation and sometimes holy water and crosses.
An achievement/trophy that a player can only get by interacting with another player online who has already earned the same achievement/trophy.
A common cheat in multiplayer first-person shooters that allows people to see and/or shoot through solid walls and objects.
WASD, or WADS, is the most common and often the default setting to move the player character in computer games with a first or third person perspective.
This is a list of PC games which support connecting an Xbox 360 controller to your computer and using it to play the game.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
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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