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Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Oct 20, 2009
OnLive was a cloud gaming service offering video game streaming through a user's computer, smartphone, or TV.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
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!
Main characters in games who hold leadership positions for a nation, world or planet.
A public declaration of disapproval, often an excuse for dissidents to cause riots and damage public property.
Radial Menus are menus that appear in a circular pattern to display the options the player has.
Games with randomly (or rather, procedurally) generated environments create new levels from predetermined pieces each time the game is played.
Those who choose to Rebel against authority or attempt to topple 'The Man' or a greater power. Also known as insurgents
A gathering of people who believe in the same higher power(s), and follow the rules laid out by the mortals chosen to be their prophets. Video games generally try to shy away from negatively portraying real religions to avoid controversy, however they make ample use of fictional in-game religions.
How non-playable characters or factions perceive the player character based on their actions or choices in the game world.
One man's terrorist, another's freedom fighter.
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.
A "Tech Tree" is a concept used mainly in strategy and role playing games. Unlocking a node in the tree generally unlocks some effect (example: a new ability in a role playing game or new unit in a strategy game). Unlocking a parent node allows access to its child nodes.
A government that restricts the flow of information, or willingly subjugates it's people.
Traffic consists a bunch of cars, pedestrians and other vehicles using a common transport route.
Gameplay that involves performing an entrepreneurial service in order to make money.
Someone who illegally seizes and holds the property of another, e.g the sovereignity of a country. This is mostly done by close advisors or greedy relatives.
A viewable map that displays the entire game world. The map also usually shows the player's location in the world.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
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