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 Video Game Common Links by Noah ChenPacket 1Notes: These packets are intended to be slightly easier than TOEJAM or similar video game-only packets. There is a focus on more modern games, although I tried not to reference the same series more than a few times. Some questions I think are harder and have superpower, indicated by an underline and three asterisks before the question. Games that are clued from but not named are listed in the “References” below each question.1. In a game partially titled for this color, Jose Gonzales’ Far Away plays as you enter a new area in a pivotal scene. You collect fruits of this color in Celeste. This color of the strongest armor in Quake and least valuable spice in Spore is the color of enemies in a shooter where (*) time only moves when you move and of the color of the most common Grub-dog. This color of the starter knight that shoots lightning in Castle Crashers and the levels after you beat Mom in The Binding of Isaac is the color of the zone where bombs drop in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. This color is present in the name of the division of CD Projekt that makes the Witcher games. For 10 points, name this title color of a Western-themed Rockstar game and of Knuckles the Echidna.ANSWER: red [accept Red Dead Redemption; accept strawberry]References: Super Hot, Pikmin series, Sonic the Hedgehog series2. A character with this name is created from Kazuya Mishima after he meets and falls in love with Jun Kazama. The last words of a character with this name are “Dad, I have to tell you something. You’re an asshole.” Twin beings of this type use fire and lightning and drop their giant claws on death. This is the last word in the title of a song whose opening lyrics translate to “Burning inside with violent anger.” One of these non-human beings named Eva married Sparda and gave birth to (*) Vergil. A Swiss character designed after one of these creatures uses the Caduceus Staff’s two beams to buff or heal allies, but her ultimate no longer revives all nearby teammates. For 10 points, name these creatures battled by Bayonetta and including Dante’s mother and the “one-winged” Sephiroth.ANSWER: Angel(s) [accept Guardian Angel; accept One-Winged Angel]References: Tekken series, Borderlands 2, Bayonetta, Final Fantasy VII, Devil May Cry series, Overwatch3. A game with this adjective in the title gives party members either an Affliction or a Virtue when their stress reaches 100, and they die of a heart attack once it reaches 200. Three shrines described by this word are found in the Witch’s Hut from Stardew Valley. This is the first word in the subtitle of the game D4. This adjective partly titles a game in which you fight an albino dragon who created the Moonlight Butterflies and a (*) giant wolf holding a sword in its mouth, as well as a game in which the Charred Council accuses War of upsetting the balance between heaven and hell. A protagonist with this last name named Joanna fights aliens at the Carrington Institute. When combined with “perfect,” this is the name of the Rare shooter succeeding GoldenEye 007. For 10 points, name this adjective in the title of a FromSoftware game with a Prepare to Die edition.ANSWER: dark [accept word forms; accept Darksiders or Dark Souls]References: Darkest Dungeon, Perfect Dark4. It’s not losing your soul, but the last line of the Cuphead intro song refers to this consequence for the main characters if they proceed but don’t succeed. Juliet does this to her boyfriend Nick in order to save him in one game. The Divider can do this to Isaac in a special cutscene, and this happens to (*) Helios at the end of his boss fight, after which he is turned into a weapon. One event of this type is preceded by the phrase “My ancestors are smiling at me, Imperial. Can you say the same?” but the player character is spared from this fate by the appearance of a dragon in the opening of Skyrim. Scenes depicting this action by chainsaw-wielding Ganado are one reason why the Resident Evil series is censored in Japan. For 10 points, name this action which many games require you to do to zombies to kill them.ANSWER: decapitation [accept clear equivalents; accept “the devil having your head” or something like that; prompt on “death” or “execution”]References: Lollipop Chainsaw, Dead Space series, God of War 35. This is the last word in the title of a game in which the protagonist is scarred by a rock thrown by Bast, who calls her a No-Mother. That protagonist can find five power cells to unlock the shield-weaver armor. This is the last word in the name of a weapon that ended the Pendulum Wars. That weapon is a satellite laser used by COG to combat the Locust. This is the first word in a screen that displays (*) “24 hours remain” at the bottom in white text on a black background. The female player character in the 4th gen Pokémon games has this name, and a game with this time period in its title sees Aloy fight robot dinosaurs. For 10 points, name this time period following “Horizon Zero” in the title of a 2017 PS4 game.ANSWER: dawnReferences: Horizon Zero Dawn, Gears of War series, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask6. In Crypt of the Necrodancer, items made of this substance do four times as much damage. 50 Frost crystals are required to make this substance in No Man’s Sky. In a location titled for this substance, you can die instantly unless the Mark of Negation is cleared by walking into a fountain of light. That location can be opened by simultaneously activating three Sync Plates. In that raid named for this substance, you defeat (*) Atheon, Time’s Conflux. In the Elder Scrolls games, malachite is used to make an armor of this type. A French character named for this substance is very weak and Little Mac’s first opponent. That character’s name is Joe and he appears in Punch-Out!!. For 10 points, name this substance, which many crafting games let you make by burning sand.ANSWER: glassReferences: Destiny7. In Bookworm, these kinds of tiles automatically move downwards. A “Route” of this type in Paradise City involves driving a specific car to a specific location. A very short game named after this action involves dropping a chandelier on the Grinning Colossus, a black rectangle with eyes. It’s not touching them, but in Dig Dug you can die due to monsters in this manner. Sargeras created a (*) “legion” described by this word whose members included Jaraxxus. The first expansion to World of Warcraft, which introduced the Draenei and Blood Elves, was titled after a Crusade of this type, which is how GlaDOS’ cores died. For 10 points, name this manner of death of Sims who are very bad at cooking.ANSWER: burning [accept word forms; accept descriptions such as“being set on fire”]References: Burnout Paradise, You Have To Burn the Rope, Portal, Sims series8. Description acceptable. This action is required to reveal the map in Takeshi’s Challenge, and performing this action unlocks the alternate ending of Far Cry 4 and Far Cry 5. Belch’s Factory can be accessed in this manner, and Sans dies after trying to win in this manner in Undertale. In The Stanley Parable, the narrator gets irritated if you do this action in the (*) broom closet and will eventually board it off, and this action can award you “bubbles” in World of Warcraft. Sonic will tap his foot and Mario will go to sleep if you perform this action. For 10 points, name this action which Farmville forces you to do to make crops grow.ANSWER: doing nothing [accept waiting or resting; accept descriptive answers such as being idle or not taking your turn or not playing the game; prompt on “soak it in water” or “expose it to sunlight” with “what do you do afterwards?”]References: EarthBound9. ***A sequel to a quest with this name requires you to speak with Bob the Cat after going to the House on the Hill on Fossil Island. A boss with this moniker resides in the Cathedral of Blue, and another version of that boss drops an item that boosts (+) Counter damage by 40%. One quest with this name requires you to have a Wizard’s mind bomb and 90 steel nails, get through Melzar’s maze, and travel to Crandor. A buff of this name can grant four benefits and can be obtained from (*) Cloud and Mountain versions of an enemy, and this is the name of a Nihon Falcom series whose spinoffs included The Legend of Heroes. In RuneScape, you must complete a quest of this name to wear rune platebodies, the hardest free-to-play quest. The partner of Executioner Smaug, Ornstein, has this occupation. For 10 points, give this occupation which suggests that one may kill beings like Deathwing.ANSWER: dragonslayer(s) or Dragon Slayer OrnsteinReferences: Old School RuneScape, Dark Souls, League of Legends, Dragon Slayer series, World of Warcraft10. This action nullifies a metaphor for the inevitability of death in an XKCD comic. After seeing one version of a certain scene, Conan O’Brien asked if there was a corresponding action for “I’m here ‘cause I thought I might meet somebody?” On PC, this action lets you swap your offhand item in (*) Minecraft and interact with objects in Dishonored. You can go faster than the SkiFree monster by doing this action. The most infamous version of this action succeeds a Kevin Spacey cameo and makes Jack Mitchell touch the top of a funeral casket in a quick-time event. For 10 points, name this action which you to do “pay respects” in an infamous scene from Call of Duty.ANSWER: pressing F [accept equivalents; accept holding/pressing X for those on consoles; prompt on “paying respects,” “going faster,” or similar answers]References: None11. ***A minigame from Jackbox Party Pack 4 involves this action, which awards you $33 and prevents you from selecting one answer option for the rest of the game. Whiskey, a piece of wood, and a heated steel rod can help in accomplishing this action in a chapter titled “The Lizard.” Dr. Richard Trager performs this action on the protagonist of (*) Outlast twice. Alta?r performs this action in order to have a hidden blade installed, although Ezio and other Assassins did not. A walker slamming a car door is how this happens to Clementine in the third season of The Walking Dead. A closing portal accomplishes this action in Bioshock Infinite, which gives Elizabeth the power to manipulate Tears [“tairs”]. For 10 points, name this action often done to hostage victims up to 10 times.ANSWER: amputating a finger [accept descriptive answers such as cutting your finger off; accept selling your finger; prompt on nonspecific answers such as “amputation” or “slicing/breaking your finger”]References: Heavy Rain, Assassin’s Creed series12. By obtaining extra ones of these locations, Victor Ali was able to take breaks in a record broken by Victor Sandberg. A game with these locations in its title features Chirper the bird in a parody of Twitter. Dr. Vu is a villain in a game named after this location, and in its predecessors Gus Oddman and Dr. Wright can help you. A song from Sonic R states that “living in [this place], you know you have to survive,” while another Sonic song states (*) “trust me and we will escape from [this place].” You protect 6 of these in Missile Command and this word is in the subtitle of the second Batman: Arkham game. For 10 points, name this setting of a Paradox game subtitled Skylines.ANSWER: cities [or the city]References: SimCity series13. In Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2, Yuri uses his psychic powers to defend against these events, while in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, Cherdenko uses time travel to prevent these events from occurring. In Braid, touching the Princess reveals a reference to one of these events, which is also described in the Epilogue. Lois Lane’s heart stopping triggers one of these events in Injustice: Gods Among Us. Joseph Seed sings “Amazing Grace” after one of these events in the good ending of (*) Far Cry 5. Reaching a 25 killstreak in Modern Warfare 2 lets you cause one of these events. Mister Burke, on behalf of Allistair Tenpenny, requests that you cause one of these events in Megaton. For 10 points, name these events loved by Gandhi which created the setting of the Fallout games.ANSWER: nuclear explosions [accept “firing nukes” or equivalents; prompt on “bombs” or similar answers that don’t mention nukes]References: Fallout 3, Civilization series14. ***A building named for this product in Club Penguin let you play a minigame involving catching bags thrown out of a truck; that building was the leftmost in the Town Center. Mat names his business after a T.S. Eliot line of poetry containing this product’s name in Dream Daddy. This product inspired a shop run by (+) Professor E. Gadd that permanently boosts your stats in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and was frequently consumed by Godot from Ace Attorney. This product names a mini-game criticized by Hillary Clinton that hackers could access featuring a fully clothed (*) CJ and his girlfriend. That GTA:San Andreas mod was named after a euphemism for sex. For 10 points, name this beverage served at the Starbeans Cafe.ANSWER: coffeeReferences: None15. In a game titled after these objects, you direct mice with four colored arrows away from cats and toward these objects. Objects added to these include SRBs and items made by Sean’s Cannery, WinterOwl, and O.M.B. In an artificial memory at the end of one game, Johnny imagines he is on one of these objects with River. One tactic for using these objects is known as suicide burning, and these objects can include (*) decouplers and separators. When one character performs the move End of Day, an object of this type called the Hocotate appears and Red Bulborbs attack all other players. In Civilization 5, components of these must be taken to the capital to win a science victory. For 10 points, name these vehicles ridden by Kerbals.ANSWER: rockets [accept spaceships or equivalents]References: Chu Chu Rocket!, Kerbal Space Program, To the Moon, Super Smash Bros. series, Pikmin series16. Description acceptable. This property, which determines the effects of Faux Super Armor, gives Snake an unusually uneven matchup in Brawl. Selecting it requires giving up stage striking advantage. Instead of changing this property, you may instead destroy leather straps on the faces of statues, or shoot down and steal the Sorrow Doll and its counterpart. In 20XX, matches are decided by this property, which you should not change in the (*) Screaming Beauty fight. Changing this property is how you defeat a boss who reads your memory card and comments on your games, Psycho Mantis. This property determines grab priority when two players input on the same frame in Smash. For 10 points, name this property which is generally different for each player on a console, since they are playing on different controllers.ANSWER: the controller port [accept port priority; accept descriptive answers such as “the port you plug your controller into”]References: Metal Gear Solid series17. It’s not sprinting, but the space bar performs this action in SCP: Containment Protocol, and decontamination gas drains the bar associated with that action. An ability of this name is how heroes like Queen of Pain and Anti-Mage can disjoint projectiles. Displace and Far Reach replace a power of this name when you play as Billie Lurk or Emily Kaldwin. (*) Corvo’s main movement power in Dishonored has this name, which also names Tracer’s dash ability and a dagger that is a Dota 2 mobility item. The PS4’s blue light of death is sometimes also named for doing this. For 10 points, name this action naming many teleportation abilities and which characters often perform after waking up.ANSWER: blinkingReferences: Dishonored series, Overwatch18. A portmanteau of this instrument’s name and ZUN is used by fans of the Touhou series for its use in songs like Phantom Ensemble and U.N. Owen Was Her?. Big Band’s taunt in Skullgirls plays this instrument, so it can be used to cover other songs. These instruments introduce a melodic line just before the vocals come in in Katamari on the Rocks. (*) French horns and these instruments feature in Route 110’s music, which is why they are often associated with Hoenn, and they play the intro to Gourmet Race. In Street Fighter II, Guile’s theme heavily features these instruments. For 10 points, name these brass instruments whose MIDI version can be shrill and annoying.ANSWER: trumpetsReferences: Katamari Damacy, Pokémon series, Kirby series19. ***A game of this type features a Corgi Voltron along with other 100 foot-tall robots, and Scooter tries to save Planet Hippotron in another game of this type called Ribbit King. Another game of this type features a Chomby, Acara, and Lupe as three playable characters in Tyrannia. A game of this type with an isometric perspective involves turning enemies into pink stars and uses (+) tomatoes as lives. One 2015 game of this type features new modes such as Night Club Challenge that you can play using the three-click system; that last game in an EA series changed its sponsor to (*) Rory McIlroy. In games of this type, a certain action can be classified as a hook, draw, fade, or slice. After Tennis, the second oldest Mario Sports series features this activity. For 10 points, name this type of game in which you might score a bogey or a birdie.ANSWER: golf games [accept mini-golf games]References: 100ft Robot Golf, Tyrannian Mini Golf, Kirby’s Dream Course, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, Mario Golf series20. In Mass Effect 2, a version of this item called M-451 can be found in Zaeed’s loyalty mission. At the beginning of Until Dawn, this item is used by the Stranger to slay the wendigo, and in Alien:Isolation, it is the most effective item against the Alien. Three other games call their version of this weapon Perdition, PFM-100, and Purifier and it uses (*) gel as its ammo in Terraria. One character who uses this weapon delusionally believes that it fires rainbows out of its five horns, which the player can see by equipping a Balloonicorn or Lollichop. For 10 points, name this weapon used by a character wearing a gas mask and a tank to fight with the Heavy and the Medic, which deals no damage underwater.ANSWER: a flamethrowerReferences: Starcraft 2, Dead Space series, Team Fortress 2 ................
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