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Games that let you choose the path you take through the story-line.
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.
The deliberate animation of breasts, meant to titillate as a means to conform to more realistic physics.
Some creatures don't need guns or swords to hurt you. Instead they pack a punch with some kind of deadly breath attack, be it flaming, poisonous, radioactive, or just plain bad!
Several games feature button glitches or button cancels. One that comes to mind is Halo 2, with the use of the BXR, BXB, and RXR button glitches
Button Mashing is a term used to describe gameplay where certain skills can be only realized explicitly through mashing buttons, a reckless player trying to get results or when the game rewards the player(s) who bash buttons the fastest. The latter example is common in Party Games.
An enemy in the Silent Hill franchise.
When a character from an existing media franchise makes a brief appearance in a video game, sometimes without even openly acknowledging their origins.
Games that feature car accidents as important story points or dramatic events. This concept does not refer to car accidents that can occur as an incidental result of gameplay, such as in racing games.
A menu or other interface that is presented as a cell phone operating system.
Special codes or button combinations used to gain powers or advantages in a game. Generally hidden.
Climbing is a common tradition in games, particularly platformers. There is often a particular type of surface that can be climbed, and it has a recognizably different look than other surfaces in the game. Climbing ladders or stairs doesn't count.
The graphical process of applying color to a blank surface.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
Games which have served as the basis of a comic book or vice versa.
The cutscenes are nothing but the pages of a comic book. Audio is usually dubbed over to give them a little more life.
Conjoined twins are identical twins whose bodies are attached to each other in utero. This rare phenomenon is also commonly referred to as Siamese twins.
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.
A person serving time in prison or an escaped criminal on the run from the law.
An attack that does more damage than usual, usually affected by random chance and some sort of modifier.
The act of bending at the knees from a standing position. Crouching is an essential part of many shooters and platformers, and can be used by players to stay behind cover or avoid incoming projectiles.
Crying babies are often used as a scare tactic in horror games such as Silent Hill, Dead Space, or Haunted House. The pitch of their cries is naturally designed to be unsettling.
The phone rings. You answer it, only to be interrupted by a cryptic message or noise. Or someone just hung up.
The head of a group of devout people who follow their crazy beliefs. Can often be dangerous.
Cults don't necessarily have to be evil or out to destroy the world, but in video games it's usually safe to assume so.
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