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Games which feature laying tracks, driving trains, and growing railway companies have a long history in the strategy genre.
Resurrection is the act of being brought back to life. One must have already been living and have died in order to be able to be resurrected.
Any person that is in an Army.
A simple texture mapping graphics mode on the SNES that allows a background layer to be rotated and scaled. Many game developers used this to create faux-3D worlds and environments.
Games that include a simulated economy which the player(s) can affect.
Either specialized dragon killers or a honorary title bestowed upon those who have managed to slay a dragon.
It happens when a character loses a life or has his progress somehow hampered and comes back in a state of temporary invincibility (usually blinking).
The game automatically saves for you when you reach certain points. Implemented in order to reduce frustration for forgetful savers.
These Master System games can have FM sound.
In many games such as Devil May Cry and God of War, Orbs, or "Souls", if you will, spawn out of the enemies you destroy and provide you with either sweet life or power. Many times these "Orbs" can also be used as a currency of sorts to upgrade.
What is the fifth word of the third paragraph on page 17?
The act of hiring qualified people for a job or enlisting them for warfare purposes.
Whether searching for loot as a pirate, or attacking enemy ships in the navy, there is nothing quite like sailing the seas.
Penguins are flightless birds that are found in usually cold areas; they have appear in several videogames, notably the Club Penguin franchise.
Terrorists can be found terrorizing people all over the world of video games. While there is no consensus on how to define the term "terrorism", terrorists are generally considered to be people who express their ideals through violence.
Eurogamer's digital distribution service.
A fleet is a group of ships, typically military warships, that sail together for mutual protection and to consolidate their power.
Characters that are initially portrayed as evil, but eventually turn out to be good or not as serious of a threat. This also includes villains who remain evil the entire game, but contain some sense of moral goodness or ambiguity.
The leader and/or driving force. An example to follow.
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
An organized series of matches, ending with one victor.
This is a list of PC games which support connecting an Xbox 360 controller to your computer and using it to play the game.
Games that allow the player to choose which level to play next, rather than a fixed linear order.
The concept of moving blocks around to certain areas such as highlighted squares, or switches, or in order to get past a maze.
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 characteristic present in game characters with a superior state of mind reflected in how they solve problems and their way of approaching situations.
Game bundled with gaming hardware (usually a console) in order to boost sales. Most often these games are first party titles, meaning that the hardware and software are products of the same company.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
Falling blocks appear in many games.
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