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A character in a game who has acted professionally, in movies, TV, or the stage.
Games that are depicted with a predominantly black-and-white appearance, with sequences to this effect, or optional color filters.
In video games, breaking the fourth wall occurs when a game becomes aware of its nature as a game, or when a character directly acknowledges the player.
Sometimes the writers will deliberately slip the title of the game into dialogue to show off how witty they are.
A clone is a being created as a perfect genetic duplicate of another being, right down to the DNA.
A member of the protagonist's group who is spontaneous and unpredictable. This is usually for comedic reasons or shock value.
Content released frequently, every release contains a small portion of a whole story.
When the main character at some point has to escape from a confined area, be it a dungeon, a prison cell, or a penal colony.
A faceship is any vehicle that is modeled after the character that drives it.
In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
GamersGate is a client-free digital distribution service.
Bugs that are sapient beings and have humanoid and/or anthropomorphised features to varying degrees. This page includes Arachnids (Spiders, Scorpions) for brevity.
When the title of the game does not appear immediately at the beginning of the game, but rather after the first mission or prologue.
A talking head is a floating disembodied head that appears to address either you, the player, or the main character.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
Games that can be played with one hand, typically using only half of a standard controller or only the mouse/keyboard.
Characters that are overweight have more body fat than normal for their race, or at least look it. A character that is overweight may or may not have great strength.
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.
The online service used on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
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.
A cutscene or conversation that appears after, or during, the credits -- usually as a means to deliver a cliffhanger and/or plot twist.
Pregnancy is the term for when a female of a species is carrying a new, developing member of the species within her body.
Sidekicks, different from partners, are less powerful, less important characters who support the main protagonist and generally stick by their side.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
A series of Steam features related to cross-platform play, including cross-buy, cross-play, and Linux compatibility layers.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
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