The Illustrated Alphabet of Video Games

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After playing video games for almost three decades, certain tropes, idioms, themes, titles, and characters become recurring fixtures.

How many galactic genocides have you averted? How many times have loosed an arrow through Gannon's vital organs in order to rescue Zelda? How many times have you performed a successful fatality?

Hundreds of times? Thousands of time? Hundreds of thousands of times? Video games speak in their own language, sometimes overt, other times cryptic, but there are repeated phrases that make up their speech patterns. We've put together the Illustrated Alphabet of Video Games to honor some of the most notable inclusions in video games and the letters they represent.

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A is for Armageddon.

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B is for Big Daddy.

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C is for Charizard.

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D is for DOTA.

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E is for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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F is for Fallout.

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G is for God of War.

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H is for Halo.

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I is for InFamous.

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J is for Johnny Cage.

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K is for Kirby.

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L is for L.A. Noire

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M is for Mass Effect.

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N is for NBA 2K.

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O is for Octodad.

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P is for Prince of Persia.

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Q is for Quake.

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R is for Red Dead Redemption.

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S is for Silent Hill.

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T is for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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U is for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.

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V is for Valkyria Chronicles.

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W is for The Walking Dead.

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X is for XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

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Y is for Yoshi.

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Z is for Zelda.

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