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Button Mashing is a term used to describe gameplay where certain skills can be only realized explicitly through mashing buttons, a reckless player trying to get results or when the game rewards the player(s) who bash buttons the fastest. The latter example is common in Party Games.
Text profiles that summarize a character's history and their role in a story. Often paired with concept or CG art.
Limited editions of games that include extra "perks" like Making of DVDs and a nice and shiny tin with extra box art
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
Games which have served as the basis of a comic book or vice versa.
Cooperative play in games allows humans to play together as a team to accomplish a task. Instead of playing against a human opponent, the team must defeat an AI. Cooperative Play in some games also means 2 human versus 2 human, this occurs in some Billiards games. (Scotch Doubles / Doubles)
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.
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.
Any game that represents a society noticeably worse or less desirable compared to those in the present. This can relate to kinds of political and economic organisation, excessive human suffering, social problems caused by technology, or as a result of an apocalyptic event.
The 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 5-7.
Video games that are based on comic books, manga and graphic novels.
An Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live feature that lets you purchase and download full Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games through the Live Marketplace.
A major martial art style in the Fist of the North Star Series, it has reputation as an evil martial art.
Whenever a game prompts the player to enter a character's mind, or a world where a character's thoughts are shown through the level design.
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.
Martial arts are a popular set of skills that many video game characters possess. Martial arts are the cornerstone of any fighting game, and have influenced many platforming and adventure games.
A variation on the comic cutscene, motion comic is used as a more streamlined narrative medium reaching an effective balance between static comic panels and full blown CG.
One of the major martial arts styles featured in the Fist of the North Star series, it destroys enemies from without as opposed to from within.
Nintendo Network is the online service for Wii U and 3DS.
A function of the Wii U that allows games to be played exclusively through the Wii U GamePad.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Quick Time Events show up in all sorts of games as an attempt to make cutscenes interactive. Press the buttons displayed on-screen before time runs out, or else.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
A superhero is a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest.
A story element in which a significant amount of time passes in a short period. Usually marked by major changes in character ages and personalities.
The Tokyo Game Show 2012 took place in the Makuhari Messes from the 20th-23rd of September. The show's theme was 'Spreading Smiles Through Games'.
Wii and Wii U games that can be played using the Classic Controller (Pro).
Wii U games supporting the Pro Controller either in addition to or as a replacement for the Wii U GamePad.
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