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 Video Game Common Links by Noah ChenPacket 21. One instance of this action is abruptly interrupted by the appearance of Snow White, who was presumed dead. It’s not an autopsy, but performing this action unlocks the Psionic Labs in XCOM: Enemy Unknown. In a location titled for this action, you can type 3ARC UNLOCK or DOA into a computer terminal to unlock Dead Ops Arcade. The game Her Story involves looking at video clips of this action. A game subtitled (*) Conviction introduced the ability to use the environment while performing this action, although it was later moved to cutscenes in Splinter Cell: Blacklist. While performing this action, you may select Truth, Lie or Doubt, the last of which often causes Cole Phelps to turn into a raging psychopath. For 10 points, name this action which in the L.A. Noire remaster involves selecting Good Cop, Bad Cop, and Accuse.ANSWER: interrogations [prompt on answers like “questioning”; accept answers that indicate questioning by the police]References: The Wolf Among Us, Call of Duty: Black Ops2. A character who wields this item can use it to befriend Seers and Dropwings as well as the Clock Tower. That item was originally owned by Yen Sid and is the main weapon of of a character who befriends Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. You should never use one of these items on an unconverted Neopet. A fairy based on this object partners with Claycia and is named Elline in the sequel to a game where a witch turns the protagonist into a (*) ball, so he uses one of these objects to move. In one Final Smash, this item creates a giant damaging orange X. Another item of this type created a large transparent electric manta ray that divides on death and a Piranha Plant that blocks off an airstrip. That item was wielded by Shadow Mario and made the Shine Sprites leave Isle Delfino. For 10 points, name this item central to the plots of Epic Mickey, Super Mario Sunshine, and Kirby: Canvas Curse.ANSWER: (magic) paintbrush [shame them for actually reading Prima strategy guides if they say Gaddbrush]References: Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Super Smash Bros. series3. The narrator of Magicka is one of these people, and he is the first character the player meets. These people have grey text names and chat only they can see in Town of Salem. A Sims 4 expansion centering on these people introduced a pink fruit and the pipe organ skill. A robot based on these people is weak to the Wild Coil and uses Noise Crush. The first DLC for Skyrim focuses on these people like (*) Serana and Harkon. One of these types of people fires a spread of three red bullets, then turns into a ghost that looks like a gargoyle. Since he is only vulnerable on his head, you must jump and then whip to beat that final boss. For 10 points, name this type of person who is the final boss of Castlevania.ANSWER: vampiresReferences: Mega Man 74. ***In The Darwin Project, this occupation names the special role for the 11th player. One game system named after this occupation computes survivor intensity for each player and has three phases called Build Up, Peak and Relax. This is the name of the AI systems governing spawning in Risk of Rain and (+) Left 4 Dead. A man with this occupation turns into a crocodile and eats the protagonist at the end of Jazzpunk. A man more famously known for having this occupation designed Boom Blox and wrote the story for the first (*) Medal of Honor game. That man with this occupation unsuccessfully tried to convince Howard Scott Warshaw to make a game like Pac-Man, after which an Atari game based on his IP was buried in a landfill. Petras held this position in Overwatch. For 10 points, name this job that’s strangely paired with “Cut” in video game re-releases.ANSWER: directorReferences: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial5. A game centered on this profession lets you play as a raccoon in a wheelchair and features levels set on moving trucks, ice floes, and a space station. In Astera, the Admiral’s retired Palico has this profession. While dressed as a member of this profession on TV, (*) Mettaton advances towards the protagonist with a chainsaw before being convinced to use a human soul substitute in Undertale. A member of this profession is main antagonist of Octodad. In a game centered on this profession, the fail screen displays an image of a woman with fiery eyes and a pink kerchief in her hair next to the statement “Don’t worry, Mama will fix it!” For 10 points, name this profession, the focus of games like Papa’s Pizzeria.ANSWER: chef or cookReferences: Overcooked, Monster Hunter: World, Cooking Mama series6. In the Gold Saucer, you must rapidly tap a button to win in this activity on the first floor of a building in Wonder Square. A person who performs this activity is repeatedly asked “Deki deki deki desu [“des”] ka?” Bosses in a game whose protagonist does this include Flame Face and Jaguar Javier. Performing another kind of this activity against Mayor Bo and Gor Coron awards Link the (*) Iron Boots and access to the Goron Mines respectively. A game series about this activity introduced the CAW feature and has a Universe Mode in which you can choose to sim or play. That game series allows players to participate in the Royal Rumble or in a Steel Cage match. For 10 points, name this activity performed by Hulk Hogan and John Cena.ANSWER: wrestling [accept arm wrestling or lucha libre wrestling or sumo wrestling]References: Final Fantasy VII, Rhythm Heaven series, Guacamelee, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, WWE 2K series7. ***Somewhat specific answer required. In The Evil Within, Ruvik is badly burned in a barn surrounded by these objects, and Lucas sees his mother’s ghost while surrounded by them in Mother 3. The first item in the Court Record in most of the (+) Ace Attorney games is shaped like one of these objects with a balance in the middle. In Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Conker tickles a large-breasted anthropomorphic one of these objects to progress. In Terraria, these objects grant a “Happy!” buff and stop the spread of (*) corruption. In another game, one of these objects sings “I know your type: tall, dark, and dead.” In Generation II, one evolution item can be used to obtain Bellossom or a Pokémon based on these plants. For 10 points, name these flowers which you should almost always plant first in Plants Vs. Zombies, since they give you a resource also automatically generated during the day.ANSWER: sunflowers [prompt on “flowers”]References: Pokémon8. In Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine, this item can be used to instantly complete most actions. With “Fly,” this word titles a game centering on the spaceship 6802, which resembles a white line that flaps its wings to stay aloft. A character with this name works with Sitara, Josh, and Marcus to take down CTOS 2.0. This object is thrown by (*) moles that pop out from manhole covers in the Mario games. It is the first weapon encountered in both Prey and System Shock 2, and the only melee weapon in Bioshock. An “omni” version of this weapon is used in melee by Ratchet and it is also thrown by Heimerdinger. For 10 points, name this item used by the Engineer to repair structures.ANSWER: wrenchesReferences: Flywrench, Watch Dogs 2, Ratchet & Clank, League of Legends, Team Fortress 29. An advertisement for a game set in this country features a field of brown grass on an X-Box and was probably stolen from Reddit. One game’s first three missions, Dam, Facility, and Runway, are set in this country. This country can build the Blockhouse, train Settlers in groups of 3, and has the cheapest units in the game in Age of Empires III. A character from this country is smashed into a glass roof and hanged with a metal wire in a climactic scene. That character leads a level set in this country that begins in an (*) elevator and ends with the player being shot outside of an ambulance. That level begins with a reminder not to speak the language of this country and has you killing civilians at an airport. For 10 points, name this setting of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and the first levels of GoldenEye as well as the home country of Makarov in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.ANSWER: RussiaReferences: None10. In Hearthstone, this is the first word in the play sounds of Prince Keleseth and Sunwalker. A character with this name owns a van named “The Mothership,” but claims that he travels by astral goat. A character known mononymously by this name commands a Jiralhanae who wields the Fist of Rukt and you fire bullets of this type in (*) Danganronpa. A game whose last title word is [this] lets you choose your skin color on a scale from “Easy” to “Very Difficult.” This is the last word in the title of game in which Douchebag defeats Nazi Zombie Princess Kenny. For 10 points, name this word that describes a “stick” from a South Park game.ANSWER: truthReferences: GTA: San Andreas, Halo series, South Park: The Stick of Truth11. ***A song named after this body part declares “I know it’s mine, twisted and tied,” and you destroy the boss based on that body part at the top of Bracket Towers. A character named for this body part wields a kraken shield and is an undead pirate in Killer Instinct. This body part names the first encounter with Deathwing before Madness of Deathwing, and Isaac’s health can be read on this body part in Dead Space. The zerg’s primary anti-ground defense structure in Starcraft II is named for this body part, as is the last Space Quest game. (*) Sub-Zero’s most infamous fatality uses this body part of the opponent, in which he rips it out of their body and dangles it next to them. For 10 points, name this body part which spikes line in ARK: Survival Evolved’s Stegosaurus.ANSWER: spine [prompt on “back” or less descriptive answers]References: Transistor, World of Warcraft, Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier, Mortal Kombat series12. In a game with this character class in its name, NPCs can get annoyed at you for being naked or malodorous. A game with this character class in its name features Kisala, captain of the Dorgenark. This class is in the name of a town with the Pianta Parlor and the Lovely Howz of Badges, and a game with this class in its name gives your character traits like (*) I.B.S., dyslexia, and dwarfism. The Blood Raven in Diablo II had this class, and she was originally a member of the Sisterhood of the Sacred Eye in Diablo. The fifth Assassin’s Creed game, after Black Flag and before Unity, has this class’ name in its title. For 10 points, name this class, the namesake of a genre of games featuring procedural generation and permadeath, which is also good at backstabbing and pickpocketing.ANSWER: rogue References: Streets of Rogue, Rogue Galaxy, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Rogue Legacy13. This location “of Morr” is the title of a Vermintide mission where you collect three tomes, and these locations increase great person generation rate by 25% in Civilization V. Night Horrors, including Shamblers, spawn in a Heroes of the Storm map set in one of these locations, and the Sol Progeny defend a heart in a “black” version of this location in the final mission of Destiny. You can play Taco Bandits as a Foot Soldier or (*) Chomper in a game titled for this location. You own one of these in Viva Pi?ata and you raise Chaos [“chows”] here in a Sonic the Hedgehog minigame. For 10 points, name this location combined with “warfare” in the title of the first-person shooter spinoff of Plants vs. Zombies.ANSWER: a gardenReferences: None14. ***A song named after this body part declares “I know it’s mine, twisted and tied,” and you destroy the boss based on that body part at the top of Bracket Towers. A character named for this body part wields a kraken shield and is an undead pirate in Killer Instinct. This body part names the first encounter with Deathwing before Madness of Deathwing, and Isaac’s health can be read on this body part in Dead Space. The zerg’s primary anti-ground defense structure in Starcraft II is named for this body part, as is the last Space Quest game. (*) Sub-Zero’s most infamous fatality uses this body part of the opponent, in which he rips it out of their body and dangles it next to them. For 10 points, name this body part which spikes line in ARK: Survival Evolved’s Stegosaurus.ANSWER: spine [prompt on “back” or less descriptive answers]References: Transistor, World of Warcraft, Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier, Mortal Kombat series15. A game set in this city features stats like Watchful and Shadowy, and a spin-off of that game lets you travel to Frostfound and Venderbight via an ocean in an underground cavern. The LaserKraftWerk and the Project Whisper helicopter prototypes can be found in this city’s Nautica building. In this city, a character who can use the Pepper Grinder pushes Angus Bumby in front of a train. Katherine Marlowe steals a ring from Victor Sullivan and Nathan Drake in this city in the opening scene of Uncharted 3, and it is the setting of third (*) Mario & Sonic game. A game set in this city subtitled Nemesis features an unintentionally creepy sidekick who only moves when you aren’t looking. Crawford Starrick is defeated by Henry Green and the twins Jacob and Evie Frye in this city, the home of Professor Layton. For 10 points, name this home city of the wielder of the Vorpal Blade in American McGee’s Alice.ANSWER: London [accept Fallen London or London Nautica or Victorian London]References: Fallen London, Sunless Sea, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate16. You must use a visor of this name to spot the antenna of Quadraxis, and you obtain that visor from your second encounter with Dark Samus. In a game with this name, the Palace records your gameplay actions and uses them to teach your clones how to kill you. This ability that allows the Final Fantasy XIV main character to resist (*) tempering by primals is the first word in the eSports organization owned by Rick Fox and the subtitle of the second Metroid Prime game. Nintendo hilariously renamed “clone” characters as fighters of this type, and in Hearthstone cards with this keyword can be played multiple times in a single turn. For 10 points, name these sounds which are used by the Clickers from The Last of Us to navigate in dark places.ANSWER: echo(es)References: ECHO, Echo Fox (organization), Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Super Smash Bros. series17. One of these organizations is run by Shinichi Nomiya and often features the song “Parity” as its background music. In the credits of one game involving these organizations, a girl asks “What will it take just to find that special day?” in the song “Your Reality.” The leaders of these organizations must be eliminated in Yandere Simulator, and in another game, the protagonist can use one of two of these organizations to advance the (*) Strength and Sun Arcana. One game titled after one of these organizations starts to glitch after Sayori hangs herself and makes you click a button reading “Just Monika.” Shinjiro Aragaki and Mitsuru Kirijo are members of one of these organizations called SEES, which combats shadows in Persona 3. For 10 points, name these organizations themed around subjects like sports and art.ANSWER: school clubs [accept specific varieties such as art club or Doki Doki Literature club; prompt on schools]References: Katawa Shoujo, Doki Doki Literature Club18. It’s not an amulet, but collecting these items enables a Wish Track race against T.T., which later unlocks the final race against Wizpig in Future Fun Land. In Dead by Daylight, these items allow players to use the Hatch early. Lucca invents one of these items which stabilizes Time Gates, allowing the party to use them in Chrono Trigger. During Rocket League events, (*) decryptors can substitute for these items. When first entering Hollow Bastion, a protagonist gets one of these items stolen from him by Riku, who hands him back a wooden toy sword. These items are wielded as blades by the protagonists of Kingdom Hearts. For 10 points, name these items whose “skeleton” variety is often not consumed on use.ANSWER: keys [accept keyblades]References: Diddy Kong Racing19. Fungah and FEFEMZ are professional players of a game series involving this activity, for which Yuichi Asami is the main composer. That series rates difficulty based on the five factors Stream, Voltage, Chaos, Air, and Freeze. One instance of this activity is based on Turk’s from the Scrubs episode “My Half-Acre.” The (*) Orange Shirt Kid lost a competition asking players to do this. A popular game based on this activity colors the right hand of its actors to show you which way to move the controller, and displays statements like “Good” or “Perfect” to tell you how well you’re doing. For 10 points, name this activity central to a game where you step on four arrows, DDR.ANSWER: dance [accept word forms, accept boogie]References: Fortnite, Just Dance series20. Giving five blue eggs to an animal of this type named Histup will allow access to a Jiggy in Gobi’s Valley, and a variety of these animals can easily kill you when fountain dipping in Nethack. Wearing a mask of this animal in Hotline Miami allows you to kill enemies by throwing weapons, and masks of this animal are associated with Irvin, Dallas, and Jake. A sign in Getting Over It warns you not to ride this kind of animal. In the first levels of Spelunky, green and blue versions of these animals move back and forth. A boss version of this animal is called (*) Yawn and can be found in the attic in Resident Evil. Blockade was the precursor to a type of game named after these animals, which YouTube used to let you play while a video was buffering. For 10 points, name this animal that collects pellets and can’t run into itself in a namesake game.ANSWER: snakes [accept specific types, such as water moccasins or cobras]References: Banjo-Kazooie ................
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