ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇxᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ɢᴀᴍᴇꜱ, ᴀ "ʜᴇᴀᴅꜱʜᴏᴛ" ʀᴇꜰᴇʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪꜰɪᴄ ᴛʏᴘᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜱʜᴏᴛ ᴏʀ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴀʀɢᴇᴛꜱ ᴀɴ ᴏᴘᴘᴏɴᴇɴᴛ'ꜱ ʜᴇᴀᴅ, ᴜꜱᴜᴀʟʟʏ ʀᴇꜱᴜʟᴛɪɴɢ ɪɴ ɪɴᴄʀᴇᴀꜱᴇᴅ ᴅᴀᴍᴀɢᴇ ᴏʀ ᴀɴ ɪɴꜱᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴋɪʟʟ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴍᴇᴄʜᴀɴɪᴄ ɪꜱ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴʟʏ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ-ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ꜱʜᴏᴏᴛᴇʀꜱ (ꜰᴘꜱ) ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴛʜɪʀᴅ-ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ꜱʜᴏᴏᴛᴇʀꜱ. ᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀꜱ ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ᴀɪᴍ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢɪɴɢ ᴛᴀʀɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴛ, ʀᴇQᴜɪʀɪɴɢ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴘʀᴇᴄɪꜱɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴋɪʟʟ.

ꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱꜰᴜʟʟʏ ʟᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴀ ʜᴇᴀᴅꜱʜᴏᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇ ᴀ ꜱᴛʀᴀᴛᴇɢɪᴄ ᴀᴅᴠᴀɴᴛᴀɢᴇ, ᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ᴛʏᴘɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴅᴇᴀʟꜱ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴅᴀᴍᴀɢᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ꜱʜᴏᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘᴀʀᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴇɴᴄᴏᴜʀᴀɢᴇꜱ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴀɪᴍ ᴄᴀʀᴇꜰᴜʟʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ᴀᴄᴄᴜʀᴀᴄʏ, ᴄᴏɴᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴀʟʟ ꜱᴋɪʟʟ-ʙᴀꜱᴇᴅ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴀɴʏ ꜱʜᴏᴏᴛɪɴɢ ɢᴀᴍᴇꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇᴀᴅꜱʜᴏᴛꜱ ᴀᴅᴅꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ʀᴇᴀʟɪꜱᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛʀᴀᴛᴇɢʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴍᴇᴘʟᴀʏ, ᴀꜱ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀꜱ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ᴄᴏɴꜱɪᴅᴇʀ ꜰᴀᴄᴛᴏʀꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴅɪꜱᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ, ᴡᴇᴀᴘᴏɴ ᴀᴄᴄᴜʀᴀᴄʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴀʀɢᴇᴛ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀxɪᴍɪᴢᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇɴᴇꜱꜱ ɪɴ ᴄᴏᴍʙᴀᴛ.