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A secondary function for a single weapon, such as launching a grenade from a rifle.
Most video game characters, even men, have no hair below their necks. Here are games where prominent characters DO have body hair.
Your body is torn apart and your organs are falling out. But don't worry, you have the ability to pull yourself back together.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
When characters largely go by code names or call signs to protect their identities during their missions. They are also adopted for conveniences sake.
Dead Cell was a former special U.S. Navy Seal's counter-terrorist training unit founded by President George Sears. They are the main antagonists in Metal Gear Solid 2.
When a character appears to have died a horrible death, but is then eventually revealed to have somehow survived or was never really dead to begin with, often serving as a plot-twist.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
The FROGS are an all-female elite wing of Liquid Ocelot's private mercenary army.
Gekko are a highly advance form of metal gear made by ArmsTech.
Most modern shooting games add the realistic touch of rendering shots to the cranium instantly fatal. Glorious for the shooter, kind of a bummer to the shootee.
Whether a character never ages or is invincible, immortality represents the inability to die. Sometimes this is a blessing, sometimes it is a curse. Either way it usually makes for an interesting game mechanic.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
The idea of deriving a feeling of pleasure through experiencing pain or torment.
Spawned from Nanotechnology research and Micro Electro Mechanical Systems technology, nanomachines are mainly centered around Medicine and Biology. "Nanomachine" is the term for nanite machines that use the nanometer (one-billionth of a meter) to measure it's size.
Special ops branch of the US Navy and former or current employer of many game characters.
Also known as the black box, the nuclear football is the method of authorization and activation of the U.S's nuclear weapons it can only be operated by the president of the United States. Somehow terrorists manage to get their hands on it at mayhem ensues.
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
Regenerating health is a gameplay mechanic which automatically refills the players health bar after successfully escaping damage for a set amount of time. It is typically seen in RPGs and modern first/third-person shooters.
Scouts explore new terrain, providing their leaders with strategic advantages. Low armor. High mobility.
Male characters who are depicted in an overtly sexual manner.
Characters that have a Spanish accent.
Elite and specially trained/equipped military troops and law enforcement tasked with carrying out specific and dangerous/sensitive objectives beyond the remit of regular military personnel. Many games feature special forces operators or units as protagonists or enemies.
Stealth kills are special kills in video games that usually occur when the AI is not aware of the threat of the player.
The act of taking one's own life.
Super Speed is the ability for a character to travel at speeds normally unattainable by regular humans. Super speed can be a stock super power by characters such as the Flash & Sonic the Hedgehog, or a technologically enhanced ability like Nomad in Crysis.
Strength beyond normal human bounds, i.e. lifting cars, bending metals, shattering a street with one's fist.
The naval arm of the United States armed forces.
Vampires are undead, nocturnal creatures that subsist on blood. They have superhuman powers and are sometimes able to shape-shift. They are weak against sunlight, foreign objects stuck in and left in their hearts, decapitation and sometimes holy water and crosses.
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
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