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A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
Damage modelling is used to show damage that has been inflicted. Damage can be modelled on game object so long as the game's engine will allow for it
A specific number that briefly floats above an enemy after an attack which displays the exact amount of damage the attack has done.
Demons are generally creatures of evil, usually from Hell, who are often totally untrustworthy even when they're not murdering everyone and destroying everything in their path.
It's all in the family.
Used as a last ditch effort the desperation move is often a single, powerful attack that hits multiple enemies on screen. The attack is executed at the cost of a percentage of the user's total hit-points.
The wear and tear of a character's outfit as he or she receives damage. It can be done for realism, but often serves to titillate.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
The ability to dodge an attack, making the player untouchable for a brief period.
A dodge move that also propels the character in some direction, like a standard jump would. This can be effective not only for evading attacks and repositioning during combat, but also to get past traps or simply to move through an area faster.
A double K.O. is a rare event when in an 1-on-1 fighting game both fighters reduce each others health to zero simultaneously. The methods used to score a Double K.O. as a round win or loss varies from game to game.
The 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 18-20.
The 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 10-12.
The 2007 E3 Media & Business Summit took place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on July 11-13.
Why are bad guys on so many game covers? Perhaps the developers secretly think they're cooler than the good guys.
See? The exploiting, soulless people who run the video game industry DO care about their fans!
It's not just for airplanes anymore: Game mascots and MMO players alike have taken to the skies. Players can use flight to quickly navigate large levels, find hidden items, or take opponents down.
When two or more elements become one and form something new.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
Wii games that can be played using a GameCube controller.
A game based on an anime.
Games with covers depicting a character with their mouth open, often used suggest that the character depicted is yelling.
GGPO (Good Game Peace Out) is an open source middleware designed to minimize lag when playing online fighting games.
Abilities or objects that can only be obtained by killing a god or if gods themselves offer them to a character.
The elite squad within Frieza's henchmen, compromised by the strongest of his men and those with unique abilities.
A grapple is a maneuver in which one character grabs an enemy and usually throws or damages the enemy. Most grapples occur in fighting games.
Greatest hits is a general term for re-releases of games which have sold a certain number of copies, as part of a program managed by the console manufacturer.
A living being who is the product of the reproductive mating of two different species.
"Hand to hand. It is the basis of all combat." -Gray Fox
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