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An AI companion is a computer-controlled ally who follows and aids you through your adventures or who requires your protection. The AI companion's survival is often essential to game and story progression.
The Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA, is an arm of the US government devoted to espionage activities. The Agency plays a significant role in plenty of games.
Sometimes the writers will deliberately slip the title of the game into dialogue to show off how witty they are.
Law makers and fat cats who will sell the population down the river just to gain more power and money.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
Derived from the Spanish word for "little war", guerrilla warfare is waged by a small and mobile armed force against a larger, more regimented force. It typically involves the use of ambushes, sabotage, and other offensive tactics meant to overcome an enemy's greater numbers.
A character whose intentions seem to be to help the player character, but their motives are unclear.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
One man's terrorist, another's freedom fighter.
When a character's accent hails from the Southern United States. Ranges from the languid drawl of the gentleman to the rustic vernacular of the hillbilly.
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.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
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