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First person shooters
Games played from a first person perspective where the player has to use weaponry to incapacitate opponents.
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heads-up display
Video games; First person shooters
Commonly abbreviated to HUD. The heads-up display is the areas of the screen devoted to informing the player of their current status (Score, lives remaining etc.). It is frequently non-diegetic, ...
Doom
Video games; First person shooters
Often considered to be one of the most influential video games of all time, Doom was released in 1993 to critical acclaim. Set on Mars, it follows the story of a space marine defending himself ...
gib
Video games; First person shooters
Killing an enemy player. The term derives from the word giblets, of which the human variety may be shown on death in violent games.
headshot
Video games; First person shooters
Shooting an opposing character in the head. This will almost always do more damage to them and is considered more skillful than a bodyshot.
twitch shooter
Video games; First person shooters
A subgenre of the First person shooter, these games reward players for displaying fast and accurate reflexes and are generally very fast paced.
tactical shooter
Video games; First person shooters
A subgenre of the First Person shooter, these are slower games that encourage tactical decisions and teamwork rather than quick aiming skills. They are often more realistic than their twitch shooter ...
Team Fortress
Video games; First person shooters
A series of popular First Person Shooters from Valve Software. The latest installment, Team Fortress 2, is used by Valve as a testbed of new ideas such as their "entertainment as a service" ...
