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  2. Powergaming - Wikipedia

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    Powergaming (also known as power gaming, min maxing, or optimization) is a style of interacting with games or game-like systems, particularly video games, boardgames, and role-playing games, with the aim of maximizing progress towards a specific goal. Other players may consider this disruptive when done to the exclusion of all other ...

  3. Power-up - Wikipedia

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    Every maze in the game contains four Power Pellets which temporarily give Pac-Man the ability to eat ghosts, turning the tables on his pursuers. The effect of the power-up was illustrated by one of the first cut scenes to appear in a video game, in the form of brief comical interludes about Pac-Man and Blinky chasing each other around.

  4. Video game - Wikipedia

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    A video game, [a] sometimes further qualified as a computer game, is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld ...

  5. Action game - Wikipedia

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    Players may find a power-up within the game world that grants temporary or permanent improvements to their abilities. For example, the avatar may gain an increase in speed, more powerful attacks, or a temporary shield from attacks. Some action games even allow players to spend upgrade points on the power ups of their choice. [2]

  6. Game mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Two games that are mechanically similar can be thematically different, and visa versa. The tension between a game's mechanics and theme is ludonarrative dissonance. [6] [7] [8] Abstract games do not have themes, because the action is not intended to represent anything. Go is an example of an abstract game.

  7. Why nutrition experts don't recommend eating raw potatoes - AOL

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    There are plenty of foods in the produce aisle that taste great and offer health benefits when consumed raw, from apples and blueberries to carrots and bell peppers. Some claim that potatoes fall ...

  8. What Is Corn Syrup? Here’s Why You Should Always Have This ...

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    At the grocery store, you’ll find two types of corn syrup: light and dark. Light corn syrup is a clear, clarified syrup that often contains a small amount of vanilla flavoring.

  9. 10 Vintage Salt and Pepper Shakers That Are Surprisingly Valuable

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    Listing price on eBay: $2,500 There were countless Japanese-made, cartoon-like ceramic figurines made during the 1950s, and some of the most valuable (and collectible) are vintage salt and pepper ...