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A graphical effect that shows a massive amount of world or is used to give a sense of grand scale.
A boss character in a game which shows up again later as a regular enemy.
Falling Debris, rocks, or other items that may possibly cause damage to the player character.
Water vaporization usually represented in video games as a particle effect.
The bighorn sheep is one of two species of wild sheep in North America with large horns, the other being the Dall sheep (Ovis dalli).
An in-engine cinematic is a type of cutscene that is rendered in real time using the game's graphics engine.
A type of bird that is known for its loud honking noises.
Palette-swapping are sometimes used to denote the different strengths and abilities of your adversaries.
A DJ (Disc Jockey or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Turntables, CD players, mixers, computer software, and effects units are used to create what is known as a mix.
The nineteenth annual Electronic Entertainment Expo took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 11-13, 2013.
Strategic dismemberment allows players to separate an enemy's limbs from its body without killing it, disabling limb-specific functions.
Games that have other games, usually older games from the same game series or publisher, hidden inside them and that you can play. Sometimes available in the game world or hidden as collectibles or behind challenges. this page both lists the games that are inside other games and the games that host the latter.
A secondary function for a single weapon, such as launching a grenade from a rifle.
Nippon Professional Baseball is the highest professional baseball league in Japan.
A low friction surface, causing a person or vehicle to either glide or tumble.
The floppy disk is a symbol for saving data that originated back when floppies were still the dominant format for computer games, but has persisted long after the technology became obsolete.
Dashboard view puts the player in the helmet of the driver. Usually in cars or other vehicles. Most commonly in next-gen racing games and shooting games which have vehicles
Fairies appear in many games, usually as a race that will assist players with magic. Fairies are almost exclusively female.
A super weapon, often found in scrolling/rail shooters which destroys all enemies on screen instantly.
When a character is killed, the fallen body's ragdoll physics will fail and the corpse will start to flip about spasmodically. This oOften occurs in open world/sand-box games.
Slimes are a common "starter enemy" in RPGs, and serve as a mascot for the Dragon Quest series.
In the Marvel Comics universe, the Sentinel is a type of mutant-hunting robot.
As time progresses, the character ages. A boy one moment, a man the next, soon the character is so old he's on the brink of death...
Trading systems allow players to trade items, money and other objects between each other.
A bridge made using whatever is available at the moment; used as a method to cross obstacles, such as gaps or bodies of water.
A game mechanic popularized by Epic's Gears of War. The player while in cover shoots "blindly" at the enemy. Used in conjunction with suppressive fire to stop the opposing team in their tracks.
"Good" robots from the planet Cybertron that appear in many games and movies. Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons.
"Evil" robots from the planet Cybertron. They wage their battle to destroy the Autobots and gain power.
Known sometimes as jump gates, hyperspace gates, star gates, these structures are like Satellites that use wormhole technology to propel ships either simultaneously to another sector in space or greatly cuts down the travel time. Though they can be human made, they often have been created hundreds or thousands of years before humanity travels the stars, by an ancient race that often are extinct.
Tips are usually used throughout the game as a way of showing players features.
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