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The military dictators of Japan for nearly 700 years, until the great "opening" and Westernization of the country in 1868. Famous shogun include Minamoto no Yoritomo (the first true shogun) and Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose ascension marked the end of the Sengoku (Warring States) Period.
A traditional household role in which the wife spends her days taking care of the house and children while the husband is at work.
Characters or objects that appear to smash into the player's screen.
The taboo act of engaging in sexual activity with one's own blood relatives. Generally frowned upon because it results in genetic deformities in any offspring created.
A character in a game who has acted professionally, in movies, TV, or the stage.
Whether it's Super Scaler or Mode 7, growing and shrinking sprites/textures is a concept often used in sprite-based games. It was a popular technique used to create three-dimensional games with sprites, mostly during the 16-bit to early 32-bit eras. Sprite-scaling was an early form of 3D texture-mapping.
The ability of a character to jump from pole to pole. An example being in "The Incredible Hulk" where you can earn an achievement for jumping on all the poles at the World Trade Center without touching the ground.
The place of origin for ninjas. Their location is mostly known throughout the ninja world and very nearby localities with some sort of ties in between them (commercial or cultural in nature).
A feature used in many stealth games to provide the player some indication of where the enemy is searching for them.
While many fighting games feature character-specific chains, a Universal Chain Combo is a combo that allows essentially every character in a given game to cancel their weaker basic attacks into their stronger ones.
Aftertouch is a technique where the player is able to manipulate the path of an object that they would realistically have no control of, such as a fired bullet or a crashing car.
There's a lot of special ops to be done out there. If they aren't in a city or a desert, most likely they're in a jungle.
Traffic courses are racetracks in which drivers have to race each other whilst avoiding oncoming traffic. Most commonly associated with illegal street racing.
A race of crazy rabbits who star in Ubisoft's Raving Rabbids games, ended up getting their own spinoff series of games and a TV show, and often make cameo appearances in other Ubisoft games.
Some games require players to accept a terms of service agreement before playing or connecting to online services.
The ability to generate, move, and shape soil, dirt, and rock with little to no physical contact.
The 2002 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 22-24.
Infinite Pockets are a system of inventory often found in adventure games. The player character's pockets seem to be of an infinite size, capable of holding anything from peanuts, to garden rakes, to spare tires, yet none of this is reflected on the character.
A compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful.
Honda manufactures vehicles such as the Civic, S2000 and the NSX. Honda is featured in racing game franchises such as Gran Turismo, Forza and the Need for speed series.
The ability to shoot the helmet off your enemies.
Game endings that are meant to be absurd and that fly in the face of a dramatic storyline. Joke endings are often included as bonuses that require the player to beat the game a certain way in order to be seen.
Time Stopping is the ability to stop the flow of time, stopping all movement from everyone but the person who used the ability.
QuickLoad allows the player to rapidly load their progress in a video game, generally is most seen in computer games.
Ad-chievements are achievements based on in-game product placements. They can be either advertisements in the actual achievements (like the "Ridiculously Long Lasting" achievement in Shaun White Skateboarding) or achievement earned doing something with in-game product placement (like the "Boob Tube" achievement in Alan Wake.)
The Glacier 1 engine was created in 1998 by IO Interactive, and have been running most of all IO Interactive's games since. The Glacier 1 engine is by 2011 retired through the announcement and upcoming release of the newer and stronger Glacier 2 engine, in the latest franchise Hitman: Absolution.
An engineer is a class or character specializing in construction and repairs, often in dangerous war environments.
A safety is scored in American Football when the ball becomes dead in the end zone of the offense. The defense is awarded 2 points for a safety.
Games that have been accepted by Valve through Steam's Greenlight service.
When players must fight all of the bosses of the game at once. This can either be an optional mode, or a required sequence. Boss Rush can also mean a game where the player only fights bosses.
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