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In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
A concept found in many puzzle and casual games. Matching blocks of the same color or type to gain points and/or erase the blocks.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
A game streaming service.
Winged, usually flying creatures, many of which enjoy perching on branches and defecating on unfortunate victims below.
Apple's Game Center service brings matchmaking, achievements, and friend lists to games that choose to support it.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
A subscription service from Microsoft on Xbox platforms and Windows 10. Described as "Netflix for video games", users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles or buy to own them at a discount price.
Games that have been removed from sale from various digital store fronts.
The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!
Google Play game services is a collection of gaming services for Android, iOS and the web. Features include achievements and multiplayer matchmaking.
Most achievement systems allow developers to hide certain achievements, obscuring details about them until a player has earned the achievement.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
Options menus give you the option to change anything the game lets you change. Whether you want subtitles or not, sound effects or not, the game to be harder or not, anything you want that the game lets you change, you can change in the options menu.
A series of Steam features related to cross-platform play, including cross-buy, cross-play, and Linux compatibility layers.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Games where the player character is constantly running.
An official line of downloadable games for the Xbox 360 that were developed, peer-reviewed, and self-published by a community of indie developers using Microsoft's XNA framework.
An Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live feature that lets you purchase and download full Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games through the Live Marketplace.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
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