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When civilizations mainly used steel and iron to fashion their tools and weapons. The iron age follows the bronze age and is the last of the three prehistoric periods.
Islam is a monotheistic religion articulated by the Qur'an. A text considered by its adherents to be the word of God given to Muhammad, considered by the Muslims to be the last prophet of God.
A parallel projection technique used in 2D sprite-based games to fake the appearance of 3D depth.
Monotheistic religion practiced by the Hebrew, or Jewish, people. Its major scripture is the Tanakh, which is referred to as the Old Testament by Christians.
A heavily armored soldier in the service of a lord or cause. Typically a champion of good and a defender of the innocent.
A Christian military order from the middle ages, known for their skilled warriors wearing white mantles with an emblem of a red cross.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
A professional soldier of the Roman army.
Some games will give the player hints and tips on how to play while the game loads.
Logging is the process of cutting down trees for timber. This is an important aspect in many strategy games.
Collecting objects in a game such as weapons, armor, items, and currency. Loot is often associated with RPG games and MMOs with RPG elements.
In real time strategy games, Macromanagement or "macro" is a loose term used to describe the ability to produce units.
Creatures that are usually part fish and part human.
Micromanagement is the act of increasing the efficiency and longevity of units during a battle, or managing equipment, statistics and abilities on an obsessive level.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
All militaries have some kind of uniform.
A militia is a group of regular citizens that work, often without pay, to enforce laws and provide defense for a community.
The minimap is a small, simplified version of a larger map. This plays a vital role in many games, especially Real Time Strategy, where it is important to have an overview of the entire map.
The extraction of valuable minerals from the earth.
Oftentimes developers will release the tools they used to create a title to the fans that play it. This Mod Support allows normal gamers to re-define their gaming experience and share their work with the public, promoting creativity and community.
Moral dilemmas presented to the player that often have a significant effect on the story or other characters.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
This page is about the concept of Multiple Personalities, also known as Split Personalities. This is the concept of a single physical body being host to many separate identities. Isn't that right, Zach?
Murder is the act of ending the life of another living thing against its will without the sanction of a higher governmental authority, such as the casualties that result from acts of war. It is generally intentional, at least in a legal meaning, but not necessarily.
A member of any number of tribes or ethnic groups, indigenous to regions of North America which are now part of the United States. Many of these groups continue to exist as intact legal and political entities.
Combat between ships dates back to antiquity, and in the 20th century expanded to include the use of aircraft.
Nomads are people with no permanent settlement.
While most games feature achievements with gamerscore values in multiples of five, not all games do so.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Games in which, instead of playing on "Easy" or "Hard", players play on "Marine" or "Way of the Samurai".
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