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An applause is the act of a crowd or group of people clapping their hands, usually in response to something awesome that happened.
A group of musicians that perform together.
Bats, hammers, wrenches, maces, staves, or even brass knuckles. These are weapons intended for blunt trauma rather than cutting or slicing.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
Concerts are live performances before audiences, and have been culturally relevant for thousands of years. Their uses in games range from mere plot devices to entire design philosophies.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
Spectrasonics Distorted Reality is a sample library commonly used in compositions.
An Elvis impersonator is either someone who imitates Elvis Presley or a character designed to resemble him in style or mannerism.
The ability for players to manipulate objects in the environment and use them as weapons. An example of this gameplay mechanic is Half-Life 2, in which players make use of a Gravity Gun to launch objects with deadly force.
Hammer Ons and Pull Offs (often shorthanded as HO/POs) are Guitar Hero/Rock Band notes that you can play without strumming. They always follow at least one note you do have to strum, then you can continue playing just by pressing the fret buttons.
Arguably the rockingest genre of rock music.
Special or stronger units than standard ones, usually found in strategy games. This is not necessarily the same thing as a superhero or a game's protagonist.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
The use of everyday objects as weapons of destruction, often combination.
Games that incorporate licensed music from popular bands and musicians for their soundtracks.
A fictional band from the Left 4 Dead universe, known for their pyrotechnics
Music in a game that can hurt enemies and/or the player. Note that causing damage with a musical instrument via physical means, such as by bashing an enemy over the head with a guitar, does not apply.
A music video is a film that comes with a song. It can be a combination of the music artists performing and/or actors playing scenes and/or other elements. Many games come with a music video related to the game.
A stage or level designed around a theme of musical instruments or audio equipment. Most common in platformers, where the instruments often act as platforms, obstacles, or even enemies.
Meant to make musical games more accessible as well as permit everyone to let loose their inner musician, these peripherals can look very much or not at all like the instruments they emulate.
Similar to Dance Fighting, characters are process to fighting but with instruments or singing.
Music based games may be growing in popularity now, but there have always been musicians in games. Whether they're in a band, play an instrument, or just sing into a hairbrush, these characters live for music.
The iconic note path established by Harmonix and used frequently in American (often guitar-centric) rhythm games.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
From the Rock Band franchise, overdrive is basically the same thing as star power in Guitar Hero. The main differences are that the overdrive notes are glowing and not star shaped and that more overdrive energy may be gained while actually in overdrive.
The use of peripherals has vastly changed the way games are played. This concept includes an array of items, including joysticks, plastic guitars & drum-sets, and specialized printers.
This multiplayer game type has become a multiplayer mode of choice amongst hardcore fans of rhythm games. Two players play a song on the same difficulty in a battle for score supremacy.
Harmonix's content delivery system that is available for use by amateur track author's and professional publishers alike.
Whether you're battling against hordes of zombies or demons from hell, a rock concert stage is a viable choice for an epic showdown. Pyrotechnics and music are often included.
A widely popular music style, originating from a fusion of blues, R&B, country, and jazz. Includes sub-genres such as punk, heavy metal, synth rock, and pop rock, among others.
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