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A game with fake interactivity will present the player with a choice, but will prevent further progress, such as by repeating the choice, until the player selects a specific answer.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
When fighting is no longer relegated to the ground, but can also take place in the air.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
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.
Kidnapping is often used in videogames as a motivation for the protagonist to venture into unknown worlds and fight seemingly hopeless battles.
Why are bad guys on so many game covers? Perhaps the developers secretly think they're cooler than the good guys.
Sentient fungi. Typical forest creatures.
Frankenstein's monster is the creature inspired by the Mary Shelley novel, Frankenstein. Usually creatures inspired by this theme are made from different body parts and almost always have bolts through their necks. They're usually naive and destructive.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
A succubus is a demoness with the appearance of a beautiful woman that seduces men to steal their energy during sexual encounters.
Back in the 1980s, some arcade games utilized LaserDisc players to add pre-rendered video to the action. Pioneer would attempt to use the same technology in a home console with the LaserActive.
A series of Steam features related to cross-platform play, including cross-buy, cross-play, and Linux compatibility layers.
Either through a concealing helmet, keeping the whole game in first person, or using clever camera work, the player character is kept faceless throughout an entire game.
The limitations of early gaming hardware, especially in the 8-bit and 16-bit days, made animated story sequences impractical for many games. One popular alternative was to convey the story through a series of still images, often with text and music alongside them.
Built in feature of some of the Steam games. Saves players high scores online and allows them to be compared to other players scores.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
Common in old first person adventure games, the small pre-rendered movie that plays full screen to take the player from one static pre-rendered background to the next.
The act of granting freedom to prisoners or subjugated NPCs.
Cutscenes involving real actors on a set or in front of a chroma key screen.
When the main protagonist is thrusted into a foreign dimension or alien world, usually due to a freak accident. The protagonist must then explore that world while trying to find a way back home.
Games where players are given material to read; this includes books, newspapers, and emails.
A situation where it is hard to tell which parts of the game world can be interacted with, and which are just for show. Mostly associated with point-and-click adventure games, where players often respond by clicking wildly around the screen until they find something.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
Alternate realities are worlds that exists next to, in parallel of, or in place of our own.
This concept occurs in many RPGs and Sci-Fi games. The Ancient Advanced Civilization Technology is often a giant weapon (Halo Rings, Giant of Babil, etc.) that becomes a major plot focus in the stories of these games.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
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