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  2. BFG (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    The BFG ("Big Fucking Gun") [1] is a fictional weapon found in many video games, mostly in id Software-developed series' such as Doom and Quake.. The abbreviation BFG stands for "Big Fucking Gun" as described in Tom Hall's original Doom design document and in the user manual of Doom II: Hell on Earth.

  3. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    To achieve a score so high it resets the in-game score counter back to 0, often used in older arcade games. More commonly used nowadays to express the (absolute) 100% completion of a game. Also see rolling the score. clone A game that is similar in design to another game in its genre (e.g., a Doom clone or a Grand Theft Auto clone). Sometimes ...

  4. List of video game developers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable video game companies that have made games for either computers (like PC or Mac), video game consoles, handheld or mobile devices, and includes companies that currently exist as well as now-defunct companies.

  5. Switched-mode power supply - Wikipedia

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    Stand-alone switched-mode power supply An adjustable switched-mode power supply for laboratory use. A switched-mode power supply (SMPS), also called switching-mode power supply, switch-mode power supply, switched power supply, or simply switcher, is an electronic power supply that incorporates a switching regulator to convert electrical power efficiently.

  6. Role-playing video game - Wikipedia

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    Ranged magical combat in the party-based graphical roguelike-like Dungeon Monkey Eternal. The fireball being cast by the wizard in the image is an area of effect (AoE) attack, and damages multiple characters at once. Older games often separated combat into its own mode of gameplay, distinct from exploring the game world.

  7. First-person shooter - Wikipedia

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    Following the release of Doom in 1993, games in this style were commonly referred to as "Doom clones"; [13] [14] over time this term has largely been replaced by "first-person shooter". [14] Wolfenstein 3D, released in 1992, the year before Doom , has been often credited with introducing the genre, but critics have since identified similar ...

  8. Goldman Sachs - Wikipedia

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    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (/ s æ k s / SAKS) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered in Lower Manhattan in New York City, with regional headquarters in many international financial centers. [1]

  9. Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia

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    A cow with antlers atop a power line pole. Wikipedia contains other images and articles that are similarly sizzling or udderly amoosing.. Of the over six million articles in the English Wikipedia there are some articles that Wikipedians have identified as being somewhat unusual.