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Two people test their strength by trying to push the other person's arm to the table. In video games, developers often use control methods to try and make your arm tired.
The Black Market is a concept wherein players may buy or sell items through alternative means. This is often a way to make more money but can often land the player into trouble.
Games that let you choose the path you take through the story-line.
The event of a suspect being apprehended by law enforcement.
Jacking is the act of taking control of a vehicle that is not under the player's rightful or original possession, and may or may not have been taken out of another player's or NPC's possession.
"Deadbeats" is an insult used to imply that the target does not pay their debts or that they are lazy. Used frequently by Biker Gangs in Liberty City.
Downloadable Content adds new features and content to already-distributed video games via the Internet. Examples include new maps for FPS games, new songs for rhythm games, and new cars for racing games.
Drive-by shooting is the act of one or more individuals who, while in a moving or stationary vehicle, shoot outside of the windows towards bystanders with the intention of killing.
Some characters get drunk off of alcohol - often this is portrayed with blurred vision, impaired movement, or slurred speech.
It's common in games, especially third-person shooters, for the player character's reloading animation to merely mime the motion of reloading, instead of actually doing so.
An industry game design convention that's appeared in many games over the years. The fetch quest involves sending the player out to collect a certain number of items, and return them to complete the quest. A staple of the RPG and Adventure game genre.
The film grain effect gives games a cinematic feel by simulating the grainy visuals that are present in some movies.
The head honcho of a group of miscreants
A gang isn't just two crude dudes, it's a whole mess of them. There's all kinds of different gangs represented in games: street gangs, organized criminals, and even high school cliques.
The legal restriction of how guns may be interacted with by civilians.
A status of decreased cognition caused by a substance such as alcohol.
The act of breaking the law.
A motorcycle gang in Liberty City. They are the rivals of the Angels of Death.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
System in games that are used to alert the player of law enforcement attention and pursuit towards them.
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.
Criminals banded together with a common goal in mind. Can range from a band of thugs to the Mafia.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
Reloading is the action of replacing the ammunition magazine inside a gun. It adds a touch of realism to most modern shooters, and a certain amount of tension when a player is forced to reload while under fire.
Rockstar's proprietary game engine.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
Games with vehicles that can be controlled. This applies to games that AREN'T focused on just driving, but just happen to have a vehicle segment or the ability to pilot one.
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