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The Black Market is a concept wherein players may buy or sell items through alternative means. This is often a way to make more money but can often land the player into trouble.
The Art of tracking down criminals and the wanted like for a cash reward.
Capitalism is an economic system that supports private property and financial gain.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Games that include a simulated economy which the player(s) can affect.
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
id Software's engine that powered Quake III and derivative projects. Previously known as the, "Quake III Engine".
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
Many games allow you to buy stuff, these are the dudes who help sell it to you. Typically they also engage in light conversation.
"LAN" is short for "Local Area Network," which is exactly as it sounds. Setting up a LAN allows players to join together locally in multiplayer games through a small, computer network rather than through the internet.
Simulating the effects of a great variety of poisons, toxins, venoms and nerve agents can lead to many unique and interesting mechanics. A classic trope in games, Poison usually deals small amounts of damage to health over time.
Radar is a player assist device included in the Heads Up Display of many games that represents the player's surroundings and the positions of objects, vehicles and enemies.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
A lead character who never says a word, despite being spoken to.
Typically representing the elite of humanity's Space Forces, Space Marines have appeared in numerous games such as the Doom series and Warhammer series.
Like pirates, only spacier. Frequent antagonists in sci-fi games, especially the Metroid series.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
A viewable map that displays the entire game world. The map also usually shows the player's location in the world.
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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