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We all know that explosions will get you to buy a game. This is why you want stuff blowing up on your game cover!
Always a fun time in any game, the explosive tipped arrow puts a great spin on a classic weapon.
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.
Fireworks are a form of incendiary rocket designed to explode "gently" in bright colours and cause no damage, traditionally set off to mark festive or historic events.
This little guy here is the very first enemy you encounter in Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One. Its attacks are probably the easiest to avoid in the game.
This enemy is met shortly after beginning the game. While they are no stronger than their Mark I brethren, they can take a punch better because of their higher defense and HP.
This version of the Fruit Fucker is more powerful than its Mark I and Mark II siblings and its attacks are not as easy to block.
Sporting events that are set in the future. These sports are often extremely violent and may feature robots, mechs, or cybernetic implants.
The act of throwing a grenade at one's feet to get to a higher place.
Grenade spamming is a strategy used in multiplayer shooters; a player chooses a location and throws every grenade in his possession towards it, in hopes that the combined force of the explosions will hit something. Unfortunately, this tactic can work rather well in some games.
A soldier who specializes in throwing grenades.
A temporary or permanent condition in which a person is suffering from reduced hearing ability.
A page dedicated to the graphics engine that has powered games such as Doom 3, Quake 4 and Wolfenstein.
A concept in a game where the playable character can't run out of ammo, and doesn't need to pick up/buy ammo. In some cases, you still have to reload your weapon, but you will still have an endless amount of magazines.
Inflation is when you expand or fill up something with something else, usually air, to make it more full or bigger. Some mini-games have you be the first to completely inflate a balloon, or, in the case of Dig-Dug, you inflate monsters to have them explode!
Whether it be a close up shotgun blast, far away sniper rifle, explosive, or backstab, the "one hit kill" is a popular kill strategy. Usually hard to master and even harder to avoid, the instant kill is loved and hated by gamers everywhere.
Kaiju is the Japanese term for monster or strange beasts, commonly associated with giant monsters such as Godzilla. Kaiju appear as enemies in games, but just as often they are controlled by the player.
A character that deliberately destroys themselves in order to kill their enemies. This can be something like letting a grenade kill yourself and your enemy in a first person shooter.
An effect or ability that pushes an object or person away. Often found in, but not limited to, explosive weapons.
The delay between what you do and when it actually happens, latency can result in a lessened ability to enjoy a game or get high scores.
When the logo of the developer, publisher or sponsor is maimed, usually before the Title Screen and by the main protagonist.
They may be good or evil, but mad scientists are always performing experiments that are on the outer fringes of science. Ever since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, they've been in the scene.
Make sure you respect nature, or else! Note: This only concerns *protagonists*.
Special ops branch of the US Navy and former or current employer of many game characters.
The successor of the Aurora Engine. Created by Bioware for Knights of the Old Republic.
A circumstance in video games where the player will defeat large numbers of enemies without any assistance from AI or other players. This may occur for part of a game or the entirety of it.
Various effects using "particles" (billboard/sprite planes or full models).
Potato Mines pack a powerful punch but they need a while to arm themselves. You should plant then ahead of zombies. They will explode on contact.
Prinnies are a fictional race of peguin-like creatures in Nippon Ichi's Disgaea turn based strategy RPGs. They aren't especially bright, have a tendency to explode, and universally refer to everyone as "dood".
Protoss is one of three major races in Starcraft. A noble and powerful race.
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