Center
Center verb - To bring (something) to a central point or under a single control.
Lining up
Both terms in one sentence
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There's a reason why, of all the women lining up at the FBI command center, the camera focuses on the one who's gonna commit public suicide... Rick, the guy in the Poe mask in "Chapter Two".
Source: Series / The Following -
Guns Akimbo: You can buy two of any of the pistols, but it makes it harder to aim since when trying to look down your iron sights, you have to eyeball where the center of the screen is instead of just lining up the sights, and shots will deviate from that point when fired in this manner.
Source: Video Game / Killing Floor -
Damn You, Muscle Memory: In TxK, the in-between level sequences where you can gain a few bonus points by lining up the particle with the center of the screen, you're using reversed flying controls (where up makes you go up and down makes you go down).
Source: Video Game / Tempest
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