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The ability of a player to interact with items or geometry in the game world, whether for story or gameplay reasons or simply for immersion.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
Somebody wrote or drew a message on the wall, maybe it was in blood, maybe they had a marker handy; but now here you are, reading it.
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.
Games that either require or optionally support the full consumer release of the Oculus Rift.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Physics play an important part in this game in solving puzzles and/or combat. Notable examples include the Gravity Gun from Half-Life 2, and the Force Powers from Star Wars: Force Unleashed.
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!
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
Reloading is the action of replacing the ammunition magazine inside a gun. It adds a touch of realism to most modern shooters, and a certain amount of tension when a player is forced to reload while under fire.
One man's terrorist, another's freedom fighter.
Sometimes, things are just meant to happen the way they do. Usually triggered by a timer, or by the player crossing a checkpoint.
A brief global conflict between various human alliances & the Combine which lasted just seven hours. The war itself serves as a perpetual catalyst for the events in Half-Life 2.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
This small, fast creature will chase after, and viciously attack, anything its master wishes. Do not point towards face.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
Games that require or support the Valve Index VR headset.
Games that have you going into a computer generated virtual universe.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
Vortigaunts are an extra-dimensional sentient alien species seen in every Half-Life game to date.
Realistically rendered water can really immerse you in a game. Just don't try to dive into your TV!
A female mechanic, usually an attractive one.
Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!
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