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A ponytail on the side of their head as oppose to the more common back-of-the-head ponytail. Not to be confused with pigtails.
A sport often played on the beach that involves players hitting a ball over a net to land it on the opponent's zone.
The darkening of a person's skin due to exposure ultraviolet radiation (typically sunlight).
Apple's Game Center service brings matchmaking, achievements, and friend lists to games that choose to support it.
A feature in Steam that notifies players when it is their turn to play in a turn based game.
Shorter than mini-games, micro games are generally no longer then 20 seconds in length. Several are often played one after another as a party game.
Humor which relates to feces, urine, or flatulence; also known as toilet humor.
Genocide refers to killing on massive scale, often systematic and for political or religous reasons.
Enemies who don't fight fair or flee when they're running low on health. Examples include Boos from Super Mario and those pesky goblins from Dark Messiah.
Games that allow the player to give custom names to characters in the game, most often the protagonist.
The dreaded Chimera was a terrifying beast that consisted of several animals combined into one. The distinct animal features were that of a lion, a goat and a serpent, though other variations exist.
Character Theme: A recurring musical theme that accompanies a particular character.
Games that feature this concept require the player to wait for a certain amount of real time.
When light in a game is being emitted from nowhere.
A punishment where a person or group are sent from their homeland and not allowed to return.
All the enemies in the game show up in the credits, sometimes before the people who made the game.
A theatrical performance art that combines stage action with singing.
A long, usually ominous hallway leading into a boss fight.
Comic Sans (also known as Comic Sans MS) is a sans-serif script typeface. Despite being one of the most maligned typefaces of modern times, Comic Sans has still managed to appear in video games on occasion.
Games where players can choose to talk their way out fighting, which is often an option in RPGs.
Inventory items that are living creatures.
When text scroll dialogue or subtitles needs a little extra umph, letters moving around sporadically provides the proper emphasis.
A type of puzzle where words must be found within a grid full of letters.
A type of video game ending common in the 8-bit era where characters are just... hanging out on a cliff, usually looking into the distance in a resolute manner.
Psionics, psychic abilities or mind powers, Are abilities either supernatural or through technology that use the brain/mind to manifest powers. These can include Telepathy, Psychokinesis, Pyrokinesis, etc.
Any video game (especially RPGs) that allows the player the opportunity to talk to everyone, from companion characters to minor NPCs to surviving or reformed villains, during its playable epilogue to see what became of them.
Sega's fourth PC-based arcade system board, used for their arcade games in the late 2010's and early 2020's.
Aspect of team multiplayer in which each team is given a limited number of respawns. A team is defeated when all respawns have been consumed and all members of the team are defeated.
A board game is a game played on a mostly-static surface using markers or chits to indicate player progress. Many video game board games are based on tabletop games (Catan, Monopoly), but some, like Mario Party and Culdcept, are original designs that use board game design as a starting point.
A race of warriors in the Star Wars universe.
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