Unprofessional Fridays
Game Mess Mornings 05/24/24
GrubbSnax
#241 - Is Kurt Quitting Gaming Forever?
GameSpot After Dark
GB@Nite LIVE! Tickets & Details
The Not-E3 2024 Time Zone Chart
The Community Spotlight 2024.05.18
The Community Spotlight 2024.05.11
The Community Spotlight 2024.05.04
Platform »
Games that are controlled partially or entirely with a touch screen.
Winged, usually flying creatures, many of which enjoy perching on branches and defecating on unfortunate victims below.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
Anthropomorphism is the concept of an object, concept or character that has human qualities or traits, such as speech, a level of intelligence similar or higher than a human's and self consciousness. "Anthro" means "of human" and related to the concept of humanity.
A public testing period is, or has been, offered for the general public prior to sale or general availability. Access is generally granted through giveaways, preorders, or crowd-funding rewards.
A digital distribution service built around indie works and their creators.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
A subscription service from Microsoft on Xbox platforms and Windows 10. Described as "Netflix for video games", users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles or buy to own them at a discount price.
A feature in some games on the GOG.com service. Unlocked only while using the GOG Galaxy client.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
Google Play's subscription service that includes games and various other apps.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Options menus give you the option to change anything the game lets you change. Whether you want subtitles or not, sound effects or not, the game to be harder or not, anything you want that the game lets you change, you can change in the options menu.
The tenth annual PAX East took place March 28-31, 2019 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the second PAX East to span four days.
Referencing a TV show, celebrity, song, trend, historical event, etc. is one of the easiest ways to get a laugh. This can be either a throw-away gag, like the name of an achievement, or the main subject of the game.
Electronic music is one of the broadest classifications of music, and has been a staple of video game soundtracks since the 90s. The genre's main trait is the use of electronic instruments.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
A crossover occurs when a character from one franchise makes a special appearance in a game from an unrelated franchise. Some games are specifically designed to be crossovers that bring together characters from two or more franchises.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
Enemies that prefer to keep a distance to the ground, and swoop down occasionally to do some damage.
The twenty-first annual Electronic Entertainment Expo took place June 16-18, 2015 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
When you're able to push a block you know it's a videogame. Usually used to solve puzzles.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
Games that ask the player whether they are sure about the decision that they have just made.
Grid-based movement limits players, and other entities in a game, to moving through the game world in increments of whole squares on a grid. It has been a common staple of turn-based strategy games since the earliest board games of antiquity. It was also used by early RPGs.
A level in which everything is displayed on-screen at once, with no scrolling, flip screen, or 3D movement. Many '80s games consist entirely of single-screen levels.
This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Use your keyboard!
Log in to comment
Log in to comment