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The Vietnam War was a military conflict, fought in Indochina between 1955 and 1975. It led to the reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in July 1976.
Tracking is a skill or ability used by classes such as Rangers which allows the player to quickly locate an NPC.
A male deer
Games about, or with science in them.
A location where the player character is relatively assured to avoid patterns of incoming fire or enemy movement.
Envisioned by the prominent science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein and popularized by the movie Aliens, the Female Dropship Pilot is always ready to pull your bacon out of the fryer.
Ubisoft's proprietary engine based on a heavily modified CryEngine. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal.
In which players can enjoy looking at some facial models before even starting the game.
Videogame bosses, generally enormous ones, that take up the entire background of the screen you fight them on, usually only extending the body parts they attack with (and for some reason, their weak point) into the foreground where the player can interact with them.
A villainous group from Dragon Ball comics, cartoons and video games.
Gorgons are mythical female creatures known most notably for their hair of living snakes and ability to turn anyone into stone with their gaze. While the most famous depiction of a gorgon is Medusa, they have been depicted in various other ways in literature, film, and games.
Valkyries are maidens who serve Odin. They take slain warriors to Valhalla.
A concept common in MMORPGs, a debuff weakens a foes abilities or stats making combat easier.
Enormous legendary bird(s) of prey.
Well after a game's release, a developer will patch in a different ending to the game.
A crab-like robot that fires energy orbs from its claws. Crabmeat is a recurring enemy in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Leaping fish-bot foes of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Content such as modes, characters, maps, ect. that are exclusive to a single platform in a multiplatform game.
Games that feature characters that are in some instances rendered as special or custom Miis that are otherwise depicted in a non-Mii fashion.
The 2010 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games of 2009.
Any form of AI that cracks a few jokes or wisecracks behind the protagonist's back. This can include witty insults, sarcastic replies, or just plain old humor in general.
A Japanese wrestler. Often appears overweight.
Logging is the process of cutting down trees for timber. This is an important aspect in many strategy games.
Gnomes are a race of mythological creatures, which are usually much smaller versions of humans.
Basilisks are small serpentine creatures that can kill adventurers with a single glance or turn them into stone. It is classically referred to as the "king of all snakes" and its name literally means "little king".
Device used by games with text boxes to show that a mysterious and/or unknown character is talking. Mostly used in games coming from Japan (at least nowadays).
Series of names given to an unknown character(or a character not wanting to be revealed yet due to plot reasons) when he/she/it is talking through text boxes. Can be represented by "???", "Mysterious Boy/Girl/Man/Woman, "Unknown", "Person X", or many others.
Even in the 3D era, games that featured worlds on 2D plains, or in rectangular prisms were rife, but in the last few years this has changed considerably. More and more games' environments are being mapped spherically.
Platforms that are manipulated by weight. Too much weight on one side can drastically alter the equilibrium. *Not to be confused with Unstable Platforms*
Some rooms or items have twisted contortions, unnatural laws of gravity, or a generally confusing (yet working) architecture.
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