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A furniture that provides a place to sleep. In video games, often used to regain health, skip time and *ahem* other activities...
A large pole with a light at the top of it that illuminates streets and paths
A sculpted representation of a person or object, generally in butter or stone.
A machine designed with the purpose of moving objects or characters vertically.
The weapon of choice for accuracy at long distances. The sniper rifle's slow rate of fire makes it ineffective for close range combat, but its high calibre round ensures that it inflicts maximum damage against the target.
Machine guns, generally, are heavier weapons with a rapid rate of fire. To quote the Quake manual, they "eat ammo like popcorn."
A container for trash. Often an in-game breakable object, filled with useful items/magic.
Beards are visible facial follicle growth, commonly associated with adult male homo sapiens. In video games, beards are commonly found in character customization systems (i.e. Rock Band) or when pirates are involved (i.e. the Monkey Island series).
Assault Rifle refers to a basic design of a weapon that combines the abilities of older long-range rifles and the rapid fire of sub-machine guns. Common designs include the M-16, M-4, AK47 (and 74), and the L85A1.
A gun turret is weapon mount designed to protect the user or mechanisms of a weapon system. The weapon itself is not a turret, but rather the protective housing of the user or mechanisms of the weapon system.
A watercraft designed to travel on top of bodies of water. A favored tool of pirates and criminals.
Facial hair consists of anything from a mustache to sideburns. Facial hair has been a close friend of gaming from the beginning.
Plants bearing petals that are often fragrant and vibrantly colored.
This term can refer to both a visible shot onscreen in a shooter, or a round that has been fired from or currently loaded into a weapon.
Usually a Button, lever, or computerized scanner used to open, close, power on, turn on, or unlock something. Found common in most games that involve puzzle solving as well as shooters.
Rocks are the hard objects found randomly scattered across the ground all over the Earth's surface. They're not good for much more than smashing stuff or being made into other things. Handily crushes Scissors but cannot defeat the mighty Paper.
The axe is a tool used for many activities. Its uses include cutting wood, knocking down doors in emergencies, and rending your enemies limb from limb without mercy or regret.
The premier choice in your defensive needs. A great companion for any one handed sword, which in addition to blocking can be used for advanced maneuvers like Shield Bashes.
A chair made out of wood.
It's green and grows in the ground. This page is for games that use grass in some notable way, not for all video games that merely have grass in them.
An explosive ordinance propelled by a rocket engine designed to blow an object to smithereens. A missile is often guided, in some way, to its target. For example; by laser, remote control, or computer/GPS.
Framed pieces of glass or plastic that are worn in front of the eyes and on the bridge of the nose usually to correct vision or as identity statement.
Whether it's translucent, transparent, opaque, glass, plastic, or some other material the bottle can be your best friend, or your worst enemy. Sometimes filled with liquor, or maybe an extra supply of lantern oil.
A box containing treasure usually in the form of gold or valuable items.
The topmost bone in the human body, it contains the brain and the eyes, and is generally considered a good thing to keep intact.
A tank is generally a heavily armoured and armed, tracked vehicle designed to be at the front of a combined forces attack.
Traffic cones are used mostly in driving and racing games, but have appeared in many other video games as well.
The manliest type of facial hair.
A television set is a device used to view moving images usually accompanied by sound. They often appear in video games and scenery but sometimes have more practical applications.
A cardboard box is handy for many things, but it's probably best known as something Solid Snake can hide under.
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