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Led by the mysterious Arkham Knight, this collection of highly trained mercenaries serve as the main recurring enemies in Batman: Arkham Knight.
Audio logs are short voice recordings that a player comes across within a game that helps inform the player of the game's story and characters.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
A feature in fighting games that sees the combatants say something unique to each other prior to the beginning of the fight. It has been popularlized by NetherRealm Studios' Mortal Kombat and Injustice games starting with MKX.
Comic book or manga characters who are also in video games. There are tons of games with superheros such as Batman and Spider-Man out there.
Deadly Gas is used in many games as an obstacle and usually causes the player's health to degenerate over time.
Life altering and potentially dangerous, drugs come in a large variety of forms. In most games, drugs can have significantly different physical and social effects on video game characters.
When a character in a video game must explore their own psyche to progress through the game. Although this can be metaphorical, more often than not, the character does so literally.
A 'Game Over' screen that turns out to be fake.
Video games that are based on comic books, manga and graphic novels.
Uses Havok Physics in the game DC Universe Online.
Insanity is a condition whereby the sufferer is of unsound mind. Depending on the condition of the individual, he or she may be prone to fits of uncontrollable violent behavior, hallucinations, or other symptoms.
The small models within the Lego franchise which represent people. They appear almost in every Lego game.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
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.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a man.
A pseudonym is a fictional name that is different from the owner's real or legal name. They can be pen names, secret identities, or even alternative names because their real name is unpronouncable or shouldn't be said.
Psychopaths are noted for generally lacking a conscience, getting enjoyment from various forms of destruction, and an inability to learn from their mistakes.
The idea of deriving a feeling of pleasure through inflicting pain or suffering on another living being.
Scaring in a video game involves allowing a playable character to scare other characters within the game, inflicting fear on their puny souls. Examples: Haunting Starring Polterguy, Geist.
One of the nine Lantern Corps in the DC Universe. It is fuelled by the light of fear.
Superpowered or super intelligent bad guys who fight superheroes.
A spell or aural effect that drastically lowers the morale of the victim, causing them to panic and flee.
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
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