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The Vore is a three-legged spider creature in Quake that hurls purple homing firepods. Among Quake's normal monsters, it has the second-highest hit points.
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.
Quake's only airborne enemy, the ghastly Scrag assails players from above with corrosive globules of green sputum.
Water that has been exposed to electricity. Often functions as a puzzle the player must solve to proceed.
Video games that were banned at one point in time but were eventually re-released as originally intended in the respective territory. May include games that are still banned in another territory.
Water that defies gravity by being suspended in the air.
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
Using the Red Cross in an entertainment product is expressly forbidden by the Geneva Convention and international law, however some games don't realise that.
A divekick is a gravity-defying move found in many fighting games that allows an airborne fighter to propel themselves downward at their opponent at a high rate of speed.
Terrorists can be found terrorizing people all over the world of video games. While there is no consensus on how to define the term "terrorism", terrorists are generally considered to be people who express their ideals through violence.
In many games such as Devil May Cry and God of War, Orbs, or "Souls", if you will, spawn out of the enemies you destroy and provide you with either sweet life or power. Many times these "Orbs" can also be used as a currency of sorts to upgrade.
A control scheme that employs a joystick that rotates independently of the x and y axes, allowing for a 3rd axis of movement - usually for aiming.
The peashooter is the default weapon used at the start and after dying in many arcade style games.
The king of all dinosaurs, featured prominently in most every game that features dinosaurs. Usually portrayed as a high-level boss or even an invincible obstacle.
The lowest of all the angelic orders, angels are tasked with delivering God's messages to humans in addition to being personal guardians. Angel has also become a generic term for any such kind of heavenly being.
Earning an extra life, either by collecting a 1up or by hitting a certain score.
A hub is the central location from which a player can venture out into different areas of a game. It is often used as a clever way of masking loading between levels or worlds.
Cannibalism occurs when a creature eats the flesh of a member of its own species. Cannibalism is frowned upon in organized societies, and has made several appearances in video games as listed below.
An elephant is the largest land mammal who has big ears, a trunk for a nose, a tail, and tusks. Supposedly they have good memories, hidden graveyards, a love of peanuts, and a great fear of mice.
Parallax scrolling is a scrolling effect used in video game graphics, employing multiple scrolling layers to create the illusion of depth, for a pseudo-3D effect in an otherwise 2D scrolling game.
The period when a civilization makes its tools and weapons from stone. The stone age precedes the bronze age of pre-history.
When a level select screen takes the form of a map.
When characters have their skeleton visible for a moment when electrocuted. A popular comic (usually) effect in animation and video games
Any game that involves jumping on an enemy's head as an attack, such as in Super Mario Bros.
A gigantic variant of the famous crustacean and the subject of a popular 00s internet meme.
A specific phrase that gets attached to a specific character, something they are known for saying.
Bats are small, very social flying mammals. They may frequent caves or haunted houses.
Kidnapping is often used in videogames as a motivation for the protagonist to venture into unknown worlds and fight seemingly hopeless battles.
Scorpions are an eight-legged arachnids with two large pincers and a venomous stinger on the tail, used to kill or subdue prey and defend against aggressors. Though their sting can be very painful to humans, few scorpion species can kill a healthy adult.
A cyclops is any race of creature that is born with only one eye.
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