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The extraction of valuable minerals from the earth.
Those creatures that go 'baa' and grow wool on their backs.
These prehistoric behemoths cause chaos amongst many. Unfortunately, they are extinct.
Map Makers or Editors are built-in tools that allow the average gamer to tweak or fully customize a map of their own, with no mod or programming skills required.
Diseases are medical conditions that have a negative effect on one's body. Some games revolves around a disease.
Many games allow you to buy stuff, these are the dudes who help sell it to you. Typically they also engage in light conversation.
Some games force you to try and survive as long as possible without losing, or tasks you with surviving a certain number of "waves" of enemies before granting you victory.
The ability to draw or paint in a game, whether as a gameplay mechanic or just a fun bonus.
OpenFeint is one of the largest free social networks on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
Picking the gender of your character can help immerse you in the game world. Sometimes this leads to different abilities in-game, sometimes it means nothing at all.
Porker Lewis is a fictional pig species found in the Sonic universe.
Xfire is a downloadable instant messenger client and Digital Download Store for Windows. It is targeted at gamers and has many features related to gaming.
Games made with Lightweight Java Game Library also falls under this category.
Video games contain a lot of activities for players to do underwater, from exploration to combat. Sometimes games treat water as simple low gravity movement, while other games treat underwater more realistically.
Over time, it's common for publishers to stop supporting the online components of old or unpopular games. In addition to saving money, this also serves to boost sales of newer games in the same series or genre.
The ability for players to customize the look of indoor locations with various furnishings.
Enemies that appear out of nowhere and force the player into a battle.
A person who plays football (soccer). Eleven of these make up a team.
Earning an extra life, either by collecting a 1up or by hitting a certain score.
Some games' graphics are composed of abstract shapes that have no particular meaning outside of their role in the game.
Quests that aren't necessary for game completion. They typically offer side-stories or specific rewards.
A broad spectrum of games can be described as remakes, from straightforward graphical overhauls to extensive revision of gameplay and story elements. In the most basic sense, a remake keeps the original's core gameplay and plot but makes significant changes to peripheral aspects.
DoT effects are most commonly found in Role Playing Games, and it describes the effects of a gameplay mechanic (often a magic spell) that causes incremental damage over a period of time such as a fire spell leaving someone to continually burn.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
A distinctive song associated with the game (often played during the introduction/end credits). Note: This concept deals just with songs with lyrics, as opposed to instrumental pieces.
This concept occurs in many RPGs and Sci-Fi games. The Ancient Advanced Civilization Technology is often a giant weapon (Halo Rings, Giant of Babil, etc.) that becomes a major plot focus in the stories of these games.
A mouse is a small rodent with a tail and whiskers.
A game where you eventually receive a map of an area. Like in Metroid Prime you have map download stations to get a map outline of the area. This is the same concept in the exploring Castlevania games.
Abilities related to winds , storms, lightings and else. When it uses abilities directly related to air/electricity(for example: Mages or Dragons) it's related to this concept.
Unit Formations are pre-set ways of laying out a group(s) of units in strategy games.
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