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Otacon tells you to change your disk in the Shadow Moses level in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (the same place you needed to save way back in Metal Gear Solid), only to find out that you are on a PlayStation 3 with a dual-layered Blu-Ray disk. And much praise is followed.
A condition in which two male characters are socially close, but not sexually or romantically, and are often partners.
Codec is the communication system used by Snake in the Metal Gear series of games.
Otacon is perhaps the biggest cry-baby in the Metal Gear franchise. He cries in Metal Gear Solid/Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes when Sniper Wolf dies. Then, in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Otacon cries when his sister Emma Emmerich dies. Then in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, he cries when Naomi Hunter dies, and also when he thinks that Solid Snake may be dead.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
The national investigative arm of the American government, the FBI (as commonly abbreviated) is tasked with upholding and enforcing the criminal laws of the United States, and to providing leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners.
Gekko are a highly advance form of metal gear made by ArmsTech.
Maker of Metal Gear REX, and addict of anime, Otacon is a genius that works well with little to work with.
Whether it be Mario vs. Bowser, Jedi vs. Sith, Link vs. Ganon, or Elves vs. Orcs, the forces of good are in an eternal battle with the hordes of evil.
Games that feature characters whose hair movement is governed by a physics engine.
In-Game Advertising is the placement of advertisements for real-world products within the game, sponsored by companies external to the developer.
The ability for the player to become unseen, from basic camouflage to fully vanishing from sight.
When the President wants to go for a burger, you know that all your cake is a lie.
A movie reference in a game, is where a game references a film. This can be done in many different ways.
CD or DVD based games that are shipped in a single package with 2 or more discs due to limited storage capacity.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
The concept of operating a computer inside a game via its own operating system. The player might have access to a virtual desktop or console commands to reach the desired information.
A term referring to those obsessed with a specific field of interest, especially anime and manga.
A partner is someone in a duo that shares the same status and/or billing. In video games, you often switch from one to the other because they have different strengths and weaknesses.
A cutscene or conversation that appears after, or during, the credits -- usually as a means to deliver a cliffhanger and/or plot twist.
Retcon, as it is more commonly known, is a change in an existing storyline to accommodate future games in the same fiction.
Romance in video games can either be interactive, in which the player attempts to woo another character, or an unchangeable part of the story of a given game.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
An intimate physical activity between two or more individuals.
A superweapon is a structure or character with amazing powers and amazing costs. This weapon can turn the battle to its owner's side single-handedly, but is usually the most expensive and time consuming to construct.
When you gotta go, you gotta go. Urination is found in games for a number of reasons, including comic relief and a quick pathway to sobriety.
Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.
A person who goes outside of the law to punish those who have committed an act of injustice. Their methods usually cause them to be perceived as criminals.
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