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Considered one of the most frequent and controversial implements of destruction in video games and real life, guns are devices that fire projectiles with explosive force.
A pistol is a very basic hand-held side arm, usually used in case of low ammo or tricky situations. They have appeared in many types of games.
A grenade is an explosive device traditionally thrown by hand, but may also be propelled by a rifle or launcher.
A length of exceptionally sharp metal with a handle, used for centuries as the go-to killing device for the human race. It's dead simple: you stick the pointy end in the thing you want to die. Or you could always slash them with the equally sharp sides. That works too.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
"It's hard to keep your feet dry when you're kicking in a skull." Unless you've got the right gear, that is.
A container for trash. Often an in-game breakable object, filled with useful items/magic.
Many games have ammo. In some, you can design your own. Ammo is put in a weapon and fired as a projectile.
A furniture that provides a place to sleep. In video games, often used to regain health, skip time and *ahem* other activities...
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 container that is often used to supply players with a certain amount of ammunition.
The "liquid of life" for practically all beings. In games, most commonly found outside the body and can be found in a pooled, spilled, dried, fresh or splattered state. This page is for games that actually have blood as an obtainable object.
A garment made for covering the hand.
The (already) dead body of an animal or human being. Some have items or important notes on them.
An arcade cabinet (also known as an arcade machine) is popular among clubs, theme parks, shopping malls and even in some homes. It is a form of entertainment to the owner or guests playing it; the machine usually requires coins to be inserted, in order to play.
Traditionally, lightning is a form of electrical discharge originating within clouds. Within video games, lightning can be used as an offensive attack.
A spaceship is a vehicle capable of traversing the vacuum of space.
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.
A kind of protective clothing.
Facial hair consists of anything from a mustache to sideburns. Facial hair has been a close friend of gaming from the beginning.
Crates sometimes contain things!
A popular weapon that is used in many shooters. The flamethrower is considered one of the most unique ways to defeat a foe.
Sometimes, the only weapons you can trust are your bare hands.
Currency consisting of printed paper.
An object that allows obstacles, such as rivers or gorges, to be crossed. Bridges can be made of a variety of materials like wood or steel.
Severed limbs are objects in video games that fall off of characters, often from explosions, gunshots,and melee weapons.
The manliest type of facial hair.
One of the most important inventions in the history of mankind, wheels are used in an infinite number of applications, being one of the most recognizable the use in vehicles.
Often used as either a weapon or in a weapon and also used often times as a weather effect, lightning is seen in several games. Called "thunder" in some games, even though thunder is the sound that lightning makes.
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