Game Mess Mornings 05/06/24
GrubbSnax
Abiotic Factor
Unprofessional Fridays
8-4 Play 5/3/2024: GOING GOLD(EN)
8-4 Play
The Community Spotlight 2024.05.04
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.27
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.20
Franchise »
The Spike Video Game Awards recognized the best games of 2008.
A move used in a lot of games where the standing/moving attacker spins upon himself, damaging the surrounding enemies.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
Not to be confused with just any metal case, SteelBook is a brand of metal packaging for disc-based media.
Moving to the left or right without rotating the body axis. The technique, also called side-stepping, is useful in FPS games to avoid incoming fire without turning away from a target.
Some games force you to try and survive as long as possible without losing, or tasks you with surviving a certain number of "waves" of enemies before granting you victory.
Commonly used motif of a sword stuck in the ground. Usually utilized to create a particular atmosphere
A disembodied voice that narrates or announces certain game aspects, like the round counts in fighting games or instructing the player to select a character.
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.
People who are aged during the growth period of adolescence, traditionally between 13 and 17 years old.
The Force is an energy field created by all living things, that surrounds and penetrates living beings and binds the galaxy together. It Is the source from which Jedi draw their power and abilities.
A distinctive song associated with the game (often played during the introduction/end credits). Note: This concept deals just with songs with lyrics, as opposed to instrumental pieces.
The Tokyo Game Show 2011 takes place in the Makuhari Messes from the 15th-18th of September. The show's theme is 'GAME - Dancing Your Heart'.
A game mode that allows you to train for combos, moves, etc.
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.
Turtling is the act of being extremely defensive in a video game.
You don't know how to play our game, so we'll teach you how.
Weapons designed to be wielded with both hands, typically due to their size in relation to the one wielding them. Examples include longswords, claymores, lances, scythes, and giant hammers among others.
When an animated character graphically looks realistic, but shows poor, unrealistic animations, the result can be very awkward. These instances of almost-human-but-not-quite can appear stilted, off-kilter, or even eery. This is the Uncanny Valley effect.
Pirates who are also undead.
Characters whose ages have never been revealed in a game or officially by the creators. This may be due to an added sense of mystery, to avoid controversy, or just lazy character development.
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.
Primarily found in fighting or sports games, the versus screen typically masks the load time of an upcoming matchup. Sometimes codes may be entered here that will affect the game.
A stance or movement by a video game character celebrating a current accomplishment.
Dreamcast games that include support for the VMU, or Visual Memory Unit; essentially, a memory storage device that doubles as a crude handheld game system.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
The ability to communicate via voice.
Some weapons leave visible trails in the air when you wave them around.
The Xbox 360 has limited compatibility with original Xbox games through software emulation. Originally there were 213 Xbox games compatible with the Xbox 360, now there are 478.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Use your keyboard!
Log in to comment
Log in to comment