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A familiar design choice for video game consoles in the 1970s.
Written words that are used to describe sounds, sometimes used in comic book—inspired games, like XIII.
Games that contain levels/missions/chapters where the player starts off in immediate danger.
An API feature built in to Steam that allows developers to support and customize multiple controller types on any device using Steam.
A game that has holiday themes was either initially designed as a game for a holiday, or one that has holiday elements in a level, or as an additional unlockable feature, either through the use of the system clock, or an additional download.
The Female Red Bird is the female counterpart to Red Bird.
Many games and most systems contain warnings such as "May Cause Seizures". This page will highlight that warning, and the games which have had a history health problems associated with them.
Games that numerically track the player's progress towards completion of a specific goal, single level, or the entire game.
Sony's game streaming service for PS4 and PC.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
When the player's actions trigger a change in the game's soundtrack. This adds a cinematic quality to the gameplay.
Be it an “unopenable” door, a sprawling fence, a sudden outcropping of land, an ocean, a cliff (often a deadly ocean/cliff combo,) a broken-down car, an “invisible wall,” or large trees; barriers in video games manifest themselves in a variety of forms (physical and otherwise).
When a normal jump isn't enough and when a double jump just wont cut it, there is the triple jump. Just like a normal jump and a double jump, with the extra third jump in the end. Few games utilize this, and the more common double jump is often instead.
In-game jokes or Easter eggs involving references to characters or events from earlier in a game or the game's series.
The act of using your buddy as a platform to reach higher ground or cover more distance.
Not all scientists are mad and/or hell-bent on dominating worlds. Some are just your ordinary egghead with a coat.
A Boss fight that can only be won by climbing onto the enemy.
Going barefoot is to go without the assistance of any type of footwear including shoes, boots, socks, wraps, etc.
A female version of an already established male character. Normally is a female relative, significant other, or one that's picked up the mantle of his identity.
Game engine
Characters who have the ability to be unaffected by—or benefited by—coming into contact with an explosion.
A commonly used programming API for interactive sound creation and playback in games.
Games that support the Wii Balance Board.
Games with support for the Wii Motion Plus peripheral.
Any spoken words conjunct with and descriptive of on-screen action . This is prevalent in most sports games.
A stance or movement by a video game character celebrating a current accomplishment.
A variant on regular golf in which Frisbee like discs are thrown.
Balverines are monsters in Fable which are similar to werewolves. They can infect people with their bite and transform other people into balverines.
Undead enemies in the Fable series. Susceptible to fire and melee weaponry. They also can survive having their head shot off.
The little monsters The Hero fights in Fable. According to legend they are in fact corrupted children, that were lured away from their parents
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