: a computer language that generates programs from the user's specifications especially to produce business reports
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rocket-propelled grenade
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role-playing game
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Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 2 Nov. 2024
The latest game in the Mario & Luigi RPG series puts the brothers on a seafaring adventure that continues to make the Switch an excellent Nintendo console for Mario RPG games.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2024
Rising is a new free-to-play mobile sci-fi RPG shooter that includes a number of playable hero characters, a shared world, and PvE and PvP modes all set in Bungie’s Destiny universe.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2024
First Combat Use Claimed A video posted by the Russian media MASH shows the test-firing of an RPG mounted at an angle on a drone.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Before Borderlands, looting was mostly a mechanic for dungeon crawlers like Diablo and Baldur’s Gate, but the popularity of the Gearbox’s shooter made the feature a standard for FPS/RPG hybrid games like the Bungie’s live service Destiny series.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
What is Gen Con? Gen Con is a four-day event catering to enthusiasts of all things gaming (minus sports and gambling): tabletop and RPG's (Role-Playing Games) as well as video, computer and trading card games.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 24 July 2024
The attack was the deadliest against the IDF of the war since January, when Hamas RPG fire collapsed two buildings containing IDF soldiers, killing 21.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 June 2024
More:The best Super Mario Bros. games, including 'Wonder,' 'RPG,' definitively ranked
Like many Mario games before it, the first battles are instructional and the foundational bits of the game's story are set.
—Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
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That’s not that long in the grand scheme of things, but gaming laptops don't generally last much longer when playing games off the charger, and realistically, nearly 3 hours of an uninterrupted open-world RPG is a pretty solid single-sitting gaming session.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 2 Nov. 2024
The latest game in the Mario & Luigi RPG series puts the brothers on a seafaring adventure that continues to make the Switch an excellent Nintendo console for Mario RPG games.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2024
Rising is a new free-to-play mobile sci-fi RPG shooter that includes a number of playable hero characters, a shared world, and PvE and PvP modes all set in Bungie’s Destiny universe.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2024
First Combat Use Claimed A video posted by the Russian media MASH shows the test-firing of an RPG mounted at an angle on a drone.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Before Borderlands, looting was mostly a mechanic for dungeon crawlers like Diablo and Baldur’s Gate, but the popularity of the Gearbox’s shooter made the feature a standard for FPS/RPG hybrid games like the Bungie’s live service Destiny series.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
What is Gen Con? Gen Con is a four-day event catering to enthusiasts of all things gaming (minus sports and gambling): tabletop and RPG's (Role-Playing Games) as well as video, computer and trading card games.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 24 July 2024
The attack was the deadliest against the IDF of the war since January, when Hamas RPG fire collapsed two buildings containing IDF soldiers, killing 21.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 June 2024
More:The best Super Mario Bros. games, including 'Wonder,' 'RPG,' definitively ranked
Like many Mario games before it, the first battles are instructional and the foundational bits of the game's story are set.
—Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
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“RPG.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RPG. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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