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An in-game interface where players can purchase items using real-world money, or currency that costs real money.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
The ability to communicate via voice.
Vortigaunts are an extra-dimensional sentient alien species seen in every Half-Life game to date.
These are games that begin with the player waking up. More often than not this occurs in RPGS, but is certainly not exclusive to the genre.
You're halfway through the game or more, everything's going great. You've got tons of weapons and crap and BAM! Flash grenade! You wake up later captured, off to either be executed, interrogated, etc. Often, you've lost all of your weapons as well. You sir, have just woken up captured.
WASD, or WADS, is the most common and often the default setting to move the player character in computer games with a first or third person perspective.
Realistically rendered water can really immerse you in a game. Just don't try to dive into your TV!
Found in many First Person Shooters or Role Playing Games, the player has the ability to swap their current weapon for another found on the ground or in their inventory.
An audio signal that contains noise at the same level at all frequencies. Appears on TV screens and video transmissions as static "snow".
Originally recorded in 1951, this sound effect has appeared in numerous films and video games.
Enemies attacking from a window. Usually requiring a special technique to defeat, if possible.
When a protagonist/hero works for the bad guy. It may be unintentional or completely voluntary.
The blood stains or visible bullet holes/knife slashes on a character models body.
This is a list of PC games which support connecting an Xbox 360 controller to your computer and using it to play the game.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
Xfire is a downloadable instant messenger client and Digital Download Store for Windows. It is targeted at gamers and has many features related to gaming.
Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!
The Zombine or Combine Zombie is the result of a headcrab attaching to a Combine Overwatch Soldier.
Pressing a button to zoom-in. For example: in a flight combat game or a shooter without iron sights.
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