Genres?
This genre centers around close-ranged combat, typically one-on-one fights or against a small number of equally powerful opponents, often involving violent and exaggerated unarmed attacks.
What is a Fighting Game?
Where is this song from?
What is Final Fantasy?
Who is Scorpion?
This term refers to the organized competitions around competitive video games, often played for prize money and recognition.
What is Esports?
This subgenre principally refers to games which incorporate gameplay from strategy games as an alternative to traditional systems its main genre.
What is a Tactical RPG?
Where is this song from?
"Praise the sun!"
Who is Solaire of Astoria?
This term refers to use the element of surprise to flank and attack an enemy.
What is Gank?
This genre allowed the player to use a keyboard to enter commands such as "get rope" or "go west" while the computer describes what is happening.
What is Text-Adventure?
Where is this song from?
What is Bayonetta 2?
Who is Tank Dempesy?
This term refers to an optional hardware component for a video game system.
What is Peripheral?
This genre of games have a very simple layout. Usually, computer-controlled monsters move along a set path, and the player must place, or "build" defenses along this path to kill the enemies.
What is Tower Defense?
Where is this song from?
What is Fire Emblem: Three Houses?
"It's easy to forget what a sin is in the middle of a battlefield."
Who is Solid Snake?
This term refers to the act of blindly firing an automatic weapon with the intent of potentially hitting the target; tends to be ineffective.
What is "Spray and Pray"?
This genre in the context of video game genres, refers to promotional software specifically made to advertise a product, organization or viewpoint.
What is an Advergame?
Where is this song from?
What is Minecraft?
“What is a man? A Miserable little pile of secrets!”
Who is Dracula?
This term refers to video games which are announced and appear in active development for some time but are never released nor officially cancelled.
What is Vaporware?