Sentences with phrase «alternate reality takes»

Haijin is a Japanese word that literally means «cripple,» but it colloquially refers to gamers who spend so much time playing that their alternate realities take precedence over the real world.

Not exact matches

The game takes place in London, though it's set in an alternate reality where an ancient order of knights keeps the world safe from monsters.

Concrescence, for example, takes place in a series of phases (p. 89); it involves sensed passage» (p. 91); it is the droplet of a reality which is «a creative process rhythmically alternating (p. 88).

13 Reasons Why is a fiction that takes place in an alternate reality (and not just because they call Walmart «the Walplex»).

Instead, Dreamworks did something quite smart and decided to go the time paradox route with Shrek accidentally wishing himself into an alternate reality where he was never born and consequently never rescued Fiona, leaving Rumplestiltskin to take control of the kingdom, resulting in an underground ogre army rising to fight the evil despot.

Of note among the ten deleted / extended scenes totalling 19 minutes is an alternate version of the acid trip Dewey takes with The Beatles (I'm sure someone out there will enjoy seeing Kristen Wiig tongue - wrestle Margo Martindale) and a funny — and frankly vital — window into Dewey's songwriting process that's probably closer to reality than anything in Once.

However, co-writers Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich (the latter is returning to direct) have revealed that ID4 - 2 takes place in an alternate present - day reality, where humanity has spent the last two decades harvesting the alien technology featured in the first movie.

Takes itself too seriously — but manages to serve up a convincing enough alternate reality.

You know The Snowman takes place in a fantastical alternate reality because every time Harry Hole introduces himself, no one laughs for five solid minutes.

This moody spin on the gaming smash hit stars Michael Fassbender and takes itself too seriously — but manages to serve up a convincing enough alternate reality

Evelyn moves in and takes down all of Max's cherry Italian horror movie posters, while a local ice - cream shop gives Max a taste of alternate dating reality in the form of horror - movie loving Olivia (Alexandra Daddario).

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Sucker Punch takes place in a succession of alternate realities.

When I was obsessively watching Lost, I was equally obsessed with the elaborate alternate - reality game happening online over the summer, as well as the IRL ads being taken out in the New York Times for a book called Bad Twin from the universe of the show, which was actually terrible, but was fun anyway, because you could comb through it for clues.

Sorry to Bother You, which had its world premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition categoryat the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, is a genre - defying work, taking place in a modern day alternate reality version of Oakland, CA where telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre new universe.

Fortunately, alternate reality technologies take care of that.

Here my four - door steed takes on an even more strangely futuristic appearance; it's like an alternate reality where Stuttgart, Munich, Modena, and Detroit fell off the planet and Seoul just kept churning out aspirational luxury cars.

And that idea started snowballing into my vision of a character with mental illness in an alternate reality where history had taken different turns and how he struggles to understand what's real and what's in his head.

A bloody encounter with Fleet personnel 2 takes her onto different planes of reality, from her primary attractor to Garanthal, a planet plagued with alternate timelines.

Yes, there are side missions unlocked afterwards, but they're set in the same level and take place in some alternate reality that I don't really care about.

March 15th - Surviving Mars (Xbox One, Playstation 4, PC) Simulation game taking place on an alternate past Mars, survive the harsh realities of the Red Planet.

SCVNGR games can take the form of interactive tours, high - tech scavenger hunts, or even alternate reality games that make use of the augmented reality features of the iPhone and Android camera overlays, inserting fictional images and text overlaid into real - world locations.

This is concerning for the smaller, more creative developers who often take risks on new platforms — the first alternate - reality game to become a bona fide hit is a popular Nintendo - affiliated property.

Our Take Alternate Reality Games can be fun as long as they don't go on too long and only capture the attention of diehards.

The project, which took two and a half years to develop for other platforms, has since won the Storyscapes Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Alternate Realities VR Award at Sheffield Doc / Fest.

Just as Rousseau only painted a nature he imagined, Assiff's «Untitled (Conventional)» is taken from Farmville, the farming simulation game where users can create their own alternate reality from the safety and comfort of their home.

Spanning eight weeks, this presentation by NTU CCA Singapore's Young Professional Trainees takes the form of an ongoing experiment to explore the potential of these files as a tool for research and education, inviting the public to engage with materials for research, creation, and commentary about subjects such as culture, identity, and alternate realities.

Two qualities of Lozano - Hemmer's work that resonate with my research take into account several related methodologies, materialities, alternate realities, and agencies.

This repetition, which is mirrored in the very technology of the photographic medium, effectively produces an alternate reality in representation that, especially when coping with traumatic events, can take on the force of the uncanny.

It's an area I've been covering for the last two years, which has taken me through wild horror experiences and immersive alternate reality games where I became wrapped up in a «70s - style paranoid thriller.