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Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Nov 09, 2004
Games released coinciding with new hardware.
The single most important thing in the world, love is a powerful story telling element that can connect characters or drive a story. There are many video game characters who have fallen in love with someone or something.
Games where the player is expected to mix (usually alcoholic) drinks.
A type of primate with tails; often monkeys are depicted as causing havoc the moment they are encountered.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
In some games, total immersion is helped along by allowing players to purchase and customize their own housing.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Punks are part of a subculture (stereotypically) recognized by their mohawks, piercings and spiny attire.
Enemies that appear out of nowhere and force the player into a battle.
Reptilian humanoids are a common motif in mythology, folklore and fantasy. As a race, they are sometimes cited to be extremely old, even older than men and elves. Examples: Lizalfos (Zelda), Lizardmen (Warhammer) & Argonians (The Elder Scrolls) They generally walk upright like any other humanoid and sport some kind of tail.
How non-playable characters or factions perceive the player character based on their actions or choices in the game world.
A rich snob is a character who thinks he/she is better then everyone else because he/she is rich.
Larceny by threat of violence. In video games you either plan and executes such robberies, or your job is to prevent them.
A widely popular music style, originating from a fusion of blues, R&B, country, and jazz. Includes sub-genres such as punk, heavy metal, synth rock, and pop rock, among others.
An intimate physical activity between two or more individuals.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
A fictional language featured in the Maxis series of "Sim" games, predominately in "The Sims" franchise. Simlish is very similar to Gibberish.
The titular people in EA/Maxis's universe of Sim games. They serve as the citizens in SimCity, and star in the Sims series.
People who ride skateboards.
Whether it's to restore your health, save your game, just for the hell of it, or all of the above, sleeping in games has numerous uses.
The American Mafia which originated in Sicily and took root in Eastern America around the 20th century. It is also known as Cosa Nostra meaning "Our Thing". The explosion of Mafia activities and power in America happened in 1920's and their power lasted well into the 1970's and 1980's.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
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.
Variable and dynamic simulation of weather conditions can be used to add variety, atmosphere (a rainy day in an RPG) and/or challenge (rain on the racetrack in a driving game) to a game.
The Xbox 360 has limited compatibility with original Xbox games through software emulation. Originally there were 213 Xbox games compatible with the Xbox 360, now there are 478.
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