WHAT'S THIS CALLED
Deflecting attacks in Fromsoft games
What is Parrying?
The first power-up you get in Super Mario Bros. (1985)
What is Super Mushroom? (alternatively, Red Mushroom)
The first button you press in the 1986 title "The Legend of Zelda"
What is Start?
"Sexy Hiking", a 2002 mouse-controlled game made almost entirely out of clip art and mismatched assets, inspired this hit indie title
What is Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy?
This Triple-A development studio's first game was an adaptation of a Polish fantasy novel series
What is CD Project Red?
Wall climbing ability in Hollow Knight
What are Mantis Claws?
Value that gets greatly reduced when going down a Wormhole in Don't Starve
What is Sanity?
First-person survival-horror game that is frequently credited with helping popularize Let's-Play content on Youtube.
What is Amnesia: The Dark Descent
A highly influential game designer that is practically a celebrity in the video game industry, he has been widely referred to as "the face of indie games", "an indie superstar" and popularizer of the indie-roguelite genre.
Who is Derek Yu?
While this development studio is commonly praised for their cinematic action-adventure games, their earliest work included creating one of the first Playstation mascots, the genetically enhanced marsupial Crash Bandicoot.
What is Naughty Dog?
Reskin of the Boston Basher weapon from TF2
What is Three-Rune Blade?
This Metal Gear Solid item lets you detect otherwise invisible laser traps at the cost of your health.
What is Cigarettes?
The first part of this Terraria item's name is derived from an intentional misspeling of the word "own"
What is Pwnhammer?
Edmund McMillen, designer of the hit indie platforming title Super Meat Boy, has stated that the game's theme is inspired by this controversial subject
What is Abortion?
Video game company that is now owned by Take-Two Interactive, but found its start in developing ports and expansion pack titles for the 1998 video game "Half-Life"
What is Gearbox Software?
Payday 2 skill that decreases drill and saw timers up to 30% when aced
What is Drill Sawgeant?
Dark Souls III boss that inhabits an area restricted behind the use of an unlockable gesture
What is Nameless King?
Due to a bug, placing this block in Minecraft's snapshot 14w26a would instead place a homophone
What is Glass? (Alternatively, What is Glass?)
The Apple TV show "Severance" was confirmed to have taken inspiration from this indie story-based video game
What is The Stanley Parable?
An Italian video game publisher known for porting Terraria and Payday 2 to consoles, as well as publishing titles like Control, Abzû, Gunfire Reborn and Death Stranding
What is 505 Games?
The only new weapon added to DOOM 64
What is the Unmaker?
The name of a thought in Disco Elysium obtained through finding magnesium pills in Cuno's shack
What is Magnesium-Based Lifeform?
Well-known fictional video game city that is named after a 1200 km-long tectonic fault line running through the state of California
What is San Andreas?
A 2018 top-down action-adventure game, the story of which was heavily influenced by the key developer's struggle with congenital heart disease.
What is Hyper Light Drifter?
Now-defunct development studio that was known for creating technologically advanced and genre-defining immersive sim titles, such as Thief: The Dark Project, System Shock, and Ultima Underworld
What is Looking Glass Studios?