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Game » consists of 1 releases. Released Nov 14, 1997
Animals and Creatures that serve to populate levels and give the world life. Usually passive and may try to avoid or runaway from the player, But some may become hostile to the player once attacked/provoked. Some may not be able to be interacted with at all either being in the background/foreground or too far away.
Anarchism is the rejection of all government authority.
Animals raining from the sky; either a biblical plague or just really strange weather.
A protagonist who lacks some or all of the qualities traditionally seen as heroic.
Video games stories with a bad ending or endings, in which the primary conflict is unable to be resolved and/or a bad fate befalls the protagonist.
Games that have been banned, or refused a rating for one reason or another.
Games which feature creatures who make use of the natural excretions of their body to lay waste to their enemies.
Games that encourage the beating of small and/or defenseless creatures.
Computer games that automatically close to the desktop after completing the game.
Video game controversy revolves mostly around the psychological effects that games with graphic violence or sexual content in them can have on players. Other sources of controversy can range from racism, sexism, politics, or religion.
Cooperative play in games allows humans to play together as a team to accomplish a task. Instead of playing against a human opponent, the team must defeat an AI. Cooperative Play in some games also means 2 human versus 2 human, this occurs in some Billiards games. (Scotch Doubles / Doubles)
A sight placed on the HUD used to aim and provide a point of reference to the player when looking and interacting with the game world. Although they often aim weapons, they have a variety of uses and have appeared in many games in many different forms.
Some games just won't settle for laughs. Some games make you want to cringe as you're busting a gut.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
A former digital distribution service for PC, Mac, and Linux games.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Some games feature a system where a character near death can be dazed into a 'down but not out' state; while their allies can often revive them if they reach the downed character quickly enough, their enemies can perform special, frequently gruesome, execution attacks against such characters.
Extreme violence pertains to excessive amounts of blood, gore, or violent acts. These include decapitation, mutilation, dismemberment, amputation, defenestration, disembowelment, torture and much more.
Freeware games are those which have their full versions legally free to download or otherwise obtain.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
Games that have been used as the basis for motion pictures.
The Ghost in the Machine track "Unearthly Visit-A2.wav" is used during the Postal track "Parade of Disasters."
A digital distribution platform that focuses on providing DRM-free computer games, both old and new.
Grindhouse films are low-budget exploitation films that revel in hardcore violence and overt sexual themes while unapologetic about their low production values. These games emulate the grindhouse aesthetic.
Similar to the Humble Indie Bundle, Groupees offers bundles of indie games for a lower price than if purchased separately.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
While locking pirating users out entirely is the most common way for developers to curb digital piracy, some create in-game consequences designed to amuse, mock, impede, or oust players using suspected pirated copies.
A parallel projection technique used in 2D sprite-based games to fake the appearance of 3D depth.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
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