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The 1998 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia on May 28-30.
The 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 15-17.
The 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 7-9.
The 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 5-7.
An Easter Egg is an intentionally hidden cheat or hidden content in a video game, also known as a "secret".
Games that include a simulated economy which the player(s) can affect.
Why are bad guys on so many game covers? Perhaps the developers secretly think they're cooler than the good guys.
Enemy Capture is a game mechanic that enables the player to capture or charm enemies. The capture mechanics and the ways enemies are used are myriad, but the effects are always beneficial to the player.
Frequently seen in RPGs and Fighting games, The EHI helps players calculate the current health of opponents.
Any weapon that shoots laser and plasma beams or energy bolts rather than conventional bullets.
An engineer is a class or character specializing in construction and repairs, often in dangerous war environments.
Missions during which players are tasked with protecting a non-playable character or object from harm until a certain goal is met.
Beware of these telepathic foes that can cause panic among your soldiers with psionic attacks and even take control of their minds. They are the most powerful race of aliens in the original X-COM: UFO Defense.
A punctuation mark that is used to express intense emotion.
An environmental hazard that can be exploited to inflict massive areal damage, exploding barrels are one of the most ubiquitous objects to be found in games. The most common methods of ignition include shooting and throwing. Exploding barrels are usually distinguished from the non-exploding kind by a conspicuous red tint.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
The counterpart to 'faceless hero'. Sometimes the 'faceless evil' doesn't appear at all, but when it does, the player doesn't get a look at its face.
Advertisements sometimes appear in game as a spoof on real-life advertisements, or to further envelope the player in the video game world.
Quotations displayed on the screen; often from world leaders, famous writers, or the Bible.
The national investigative arm of the American government, the FBI (as commonly abbreviated) is tasked with upholding and enforcing the criminal laws of the United States, and to providing leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners.
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.
Games in which fire can spread continuously across the environment or between objects.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
A combat maneuver in which one attacks or threatens the side of an enemy unit or formation. Used primarily to negate cover or gain a tactical advantage by attacking from an unexpected direction.
The Floaters are genetically engineered and cybernetically enhanced beasts, serving as soldiers and agents of terror for the invading alien forces in the first X-COM game.
Enemies that prefer to keep a distance to the ground, and swoop down occasionally to do some damage.
A staple in both the real-time and turn-based strategy genres, Fog of War simulates the unknowns of the battlefield by covering areas of the map, to be progressively revealed by the player.
Some games want to stand out on the retail shelf, and being shiny is one way to do that. Sometimes the foil is simply shiny and other times they stand out even more by being holographic.
The idea of taking an existing franchise and starting over from scratch, overhauling the gameplay and sometimes going so far as to remove it from any connection to previous games in a series. Such is sometimes done when attempting to revitalize a franchise that is showing its age and has fallen into disfavor.
Since 1998, an independent group of about forty worldwide media outlets who determine the best games of the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
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