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When a character from an existing media franchise makes a brief appearance in a video game, sometimes without even openly acknowledging their origins.
One or more events from someone's past that negatively affected them. Plenty of video game characters have such pasts.
Downloadable Content adds new features and content to already-distributed video games via the Internet. Examples include new maps for FPS games, new songs for rhythm games, and new cars for racing games.
A punk-derived subculture of people predominately clad in black. Often confused with Emos.
Mix-Up is an archetype in Fighting Games that had possess many moves that have a similar or even identical startup animation that is followed up by attacks that must be blocked or dodged in some ways.
Criminals banded together with a common goal in mind. Can range from a band of thugs to the Mafia.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
A fighting technique in which a character punches or kicks an opponent dozens in a short period of time, sometimes to the point that their fists or legs become blurred. It was commonly used in Video Games, Comics/Manga & Animation.
Male characters who are depicted in an overtly sexual manner.
In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, a Stand is a psychic power that "stands by" its user. A Stand's appearance and abilities can vary wildly on an individual basis.
The American Mafia which originated in Sicily and took root in Eastern America around the 20th century. It is also known as Cosa Nostra meaning "Our Thing". The explosion of Mafia activities and power in America happened in 1920's and their power lasted well into the 1970's and 1980's.
A tragic hero is a protagonist who makes several mistakes to fall from glory, or is affected by tragedy and seeks revenge or redemption.
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