Sentences with phrase «as a gimmick because»

I ding the Wii as a gimmick because so little really used the motion control scheme effectively, and top flight games often kind of dropped it or relegated it to the odd waggle or a side role.

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The move isn't a complete gimmick: as general manager Stéphane Deschênes explains in the company's press release, «Privacy is a concern for some of our members who fear being judged because of their beliefs.

For several years Nike had the market all to itself, because other companies regarded it as a gimmick.

The reason I say this is because if you wrap the sandwich in a cloth instead of this gimmick you are avoiding purchasing something else that has to be produced which causes pollution as well as your not accidentally exposing your children to harmful CFC's.

I also enjoys his political gimmicks because it heals me of stress as result of intense police pressure.

Smoothies are one of the exceedingly few «gimmicks» I actually endorse because they can actually work well as part of an easy - as - possible straightforward fitness strategy (that's the whole point of this blog).

Coogler didn't do this as a gimmick; he did this because women do kick a lot of ass.

McKay's gimmicks shouldn't land as well as they do, but the film succeeds because its indignation is righteous and earned.

Naishuller makes sure we see those moments, because that's the real point of Hardcore Henry, an ugly and empty - headed excuse for a gimmick disguised as a movie.

It doesn't because this element is used as a cheap plot gimmick, as a means for the novelist to find a satisfactory ending to his new book, an ending his publisher (David Paymer) demands be «bulletproof.»

Some people call me a «dog whisperer», but I don't like using that term because it is used by many companies as a marketing gimmick.

I'm sure the Switch will be a reasonable success when all is said and done, largely because they've finally found a way to make their formula of cheaping out on hardware to focus on a gimmick appeal to core gamers, which is by making it a gimmick that is actually pretty handy and neat, as well as providing a solid lineup of games.

It's kind of hard to say, as you don't want to make the game fit the hardware, you want to make the hardware fit the game — you don't want to add a gimmick to your game just because the hardware supports it — but with the Switch, now we're in this time where you can play Zelda on the plane, whenever you want, because you can keep it with you or bring it outside, and that's something we couldn't have imagined before.

Although I give it a 40 % chance at succeeding because the technology alone isn't enough... developers have to take advantage of it and make stuff for it, and as we've seen with the Wii and other gimmick tech, that's easier said than done.

Doesn't it seem like, just with motion control, when done well, it's because of quality game design, but when they focus on any one technological aspect it tends to come off as a gimmick and is ignored as such.

This may be because the third game was far better received thanks to its innovative gimmick of playing as Bowser while switching to the Mario Bros. trapped inside him for puzzle solving.

While car companies successfully lobby for gutting fuel efficiency standards — and cite upward pressure on car prices as justification — the real truth is that car prices are rising primarily because of gadgets, gimmicks and additional safety features.

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But the reality is that gimmicks like these are more likely to hurt than to help, because they generally come across as hokey or overly aggressive.

At this point, VR in real estate is valuable only as a PR gimmick — which worked, because I just wrote an article about it!