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Running at 60 FPS is standard for arcade & PC games, but hardware restrictions of consoles often force developers to aim for lower framerates in order to preserve visual detail or allow greater scale. 3D console games hitting 60 FPS are thus uncommon, though the trend of re-releasing games on newer hardware has technically resulted in more 3D console games hitting 60 FPS.
Bats, hammers, wrenches, maces, staves, or even brass knuckles. These are weapons intended for blunt trauma rather than cutting or slicing.
Games which have served as the basis of a comic book or vice versa.
Sony's official initiative of bundling multiple PlayStation versions of a game into a single purchase/package.
Games that are divided into daily (or nightly) chapters.
The severing of limbs is a good way for designers to make every battle a bloodier, gorier mess. Or sillier in the right situations.
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.
Extreme violence pertains to excessive amounts of blood, gore, or violent acts. These include decapitation, mutilation, dismemberment, amputation, defenestration, disembowelment, torture and much more.
Flashbacks take a player into a flashback sequence. Often playable, but not always.
Women in Refrigerators (or "Fridging" for short) is an unfortunately popular plot device in storytelling where female characters are killed off or brutally harmed for the sole purpose of having an impact on a male character. The term was coined by comic book writer Gail Simone.
GameMaker is an easy-to-use, no programming required 2D game development tool for Windows and Mac, first created by Mark Overmars and now developed and maintained by YoYo Games Ltd.
The fifth annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb.
A digital distribution platform that focuses on providing DRM-free computer games, both old and new.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
A situation where the player-controlled character loses their life immediately. The quickness of that demise is often a stark departure from the balance of power, and sometimes the rules, established by the developers during the rest of the game.
Take an item and throw it at the enemy.
Sony Computer Entertainment's cross-platform game engine designed to make it easier for PC developers to make PS3 games. It is used in many notable games such as flower and Shatter.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
PlayStation Plus is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
The PlayStation TV is a media streaming device based on the PS Vita. It can play many (though not all) Vita game cards, as well as supporting some PSN games and PS4 Remote Play.
The Pub Fund is a Sony program that provides an advance royalty payment for self-published games by independent developers, in exchange for timed exclusivity for PlayStation platforms.
One who murders three or more people within a relatively short time span.
Non-stealth games with a mission or level where you must sneak/creep through an area undetected.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Games officially verified by Valve to be fully playable on Steam Deck.
A mask that is either possessed or able to possess the wearer.
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1980 and 1989.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
When the game is named (fully or partially) after a specific location within the game, or relevant to the game's story.
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