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Games that feature musical instruments as weapons, whether that be by smashing them over an enemy's head or by firing projectiles via a quick jam session.
For those bad times when you're alone in the middle of nowhere, or when you need to get somewhere fast.
Clam is a general term that covers all bivalve mollusks.
The American Football League (AFL) was a major Professional football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when it merged with the established National Football League (NFL).
The New York Jets, originally of the AFL, is an NFL team dating back to the 1960s.
In some games, characters leveling up causes an explosion around your character that damages nearby enemies or the environment.
Sony Computer Entertainment's cross-platform game engine designed to make it easier for PC developers to make PS3 games. It is used in many notable games such as flower and Shatter.
The Bulldog, or commonly referred to as the English Bulldog, is a breed of dog that originated in England and is the national animal of the United Kingdom.
Used in Transformers Dark of the moon. Its a hybrid state that combines the weapons and firepower of robot mode with the agility and maneuverability of vehicle mode.
A robot army which is the successor of the X-Models.
A group of eight assassin robots created by Exdor and Aku.
A platypus is a semi-aquatic, egg laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, venomous mammal native to Australia.
Regenerating ammo indicates that rapid fire will result in ammo running out temporarlily, rather than permenantly. If the player stops firing the ammo stock will begin to increase, usually stopping once a certain number is reached.
Developed by Swedish studio DICE, the Frostbite Engine focuses on destructible environments and HDR sound. The engine made its debut with Battlefield: Bad Company.
Frostbite is a game engine developed by DICE, introduced with the release of Battlefield 3. It is also used by various other EA studios in non-FPS roles.
Animal antagonists feature in works where the player character is a human or reasonably humanoid (such as an alien) and the primary villain or an important rival is an animal. They may have some human-like tendencies such as speech or wearing clothes, but ultimately are non-anthropomorphic.
One of the four main playable counter terrorists in the Counter-Strike series.
Commercial servers that are run separately from the game client, their bandwidth and processing power is dedicated solely to hosting. In particular hosting multiplayer games with large numbers of players. Dedicated servers superseded listen servers, that could be set up using the player-client hardware.
Although the United States has not been subject to a major invasion since the War of 1812 with the British Empire, it is the subject of many modern themed games. It usually spurs on the protagonist to save the United States of America from certain doom.
Special Ops ("Spec Ops") is a cooperative mode in the Call of Duty series first introduced in Modern Warfare 2. It makes a return in the 2019 Modern Warfare reboot.
A game feature that allows the player to "tag" enemies with an indicator so that their teammates can see them on their screen or map.
A devastating future war in many game's narratives. Some games take place in a post-World War III setting where humanity struggles to live with the consequences of WWIII, while other games are centred around preventing global warfare from ever happening.
Full metal jackets, or FMJs, are special metal coatings used on many large-caliber bullets. The entire soft metal bullet (usually lead) is completely, or near-completely encased by the harder metal jacket. They allow the bullet to pierce through thicker surfaces while also increasing firepower.
Usually the room before a boss battle, filled with ammo, health and other goodies for players to stock up on.
A form of execution, or suicide, in which a person is hanged by the neck until dead - from a broken neck if they're lucky, strangulation if they're not.
Sometimes the game doesn't want you to finish the mission. It's mainly used for story reasons.
Ambient Occlusion attempts to realistically depict the way light reflects off surfaces and radiates throughout an area.
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'.
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