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Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Some television shows are ripe for interactive adaptations. Like Grey's Anatomy, or The Young Ones.
An applause is the act of a crowd or group of people clapping their hands, usually in response to something awesome that happened.
Games that integrate support for Xbox Live Avatars.
Games that have been removed from sale from various digital store fronts.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
The 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on July 15-17.
Content released frequently, every release contains a small portion of a whole story.
Known for their flashy appearance and superficial charisma, game show hosts in video games are often not to be trusted - outside of game show adaptations, at least.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
In-Game Advertising is the placement of advertisements for real-world products within the game, sponsored by companies external to the developer.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
Some developers hire actual commentators to host Live Commentary while watching people play the game, usually during specific timed broadcasts.
The New Xbox Experience, or NXE, overhauled the Xbox 360's dashboard, released on November 19th, 2008. A new "Metro" dashboard was released on December 6th, 2011.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
A closed beta started in Canada on May 8th, 2009.
Games that feature quiz questions, often in the form of multiple choice responses.
Games that make records. Often records like most played game, or critically acclaimed. There have been gaming records since the says of Pong and the Magnavox Oddysey.
Games which don't allow you to play with friends located in other geographical regions (usually continents).
"The Mob" is the group of 100 players playing against "The One" in 1 vs 100.
"The One" is the person playing against "The Mob" in 1 vs 100.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
When a game incorporates trivia questions into it, even if it's not a trivia game.
Unattainable or broken achievements are achievements that no longer unlock, never unlocked from the start, or require an online component to a game that no longer exists.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
A now discontinued Xbox Live service which was based around scheduled programming. The intention was that Xbox Live users could log in at a specific time, find friends, and experience live events.
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