Sentences with phrase «as a gimmick like»

touchpad is good for bringing up menu's / sub menu's For anything else it would be a gimmick and I'm glad it's not being used as a gimmick like most nintendo controllers...

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The S Pen has other new functions, too, like the ability to jot down a note that's automatically saved as an animated GIF for sharing, but that felt more like a gimmick to me.

I liked her stories about her mother and her family, as she clearly appreciated them very much, but the folksy gimmick of having a business lesson followed by a memory started to grate after the tenth lesson or so.

Stick with ETFs that have high daily trading (yes, they can fold like underperforming mutual funds), don't buy into gimmicks or sectors unless you really know what you are doing, and as the article mentions watch the spreads and the premiums; these things don't always trade at NAV.

Unconventional ideas, as those Suns will remind you, are often treated like gimmicks that'll flatten in a playoff atmosphere.

But it played well with the image of Mr Osborne as a wise and prudent future chancellor - not offering bribes or gimmicks to the public like Labour do and speaking honestly about the state of the nation.

Sounding like the nominee - in - waiting that many party leaders consider him to be, Astorino also broadly attacked Cuomo's announced budget as built on «gimmicks» designed to «get across the finish line in November, and then everything can collapse as far as he's concerned.»

The point is to not fall for some gimmick like extremely low carbs (although I do believe in a fairly reduced carb intake as that is a big problem for most people), low fat, super high protein, or any other combination that has you focusing on one macronutrient vs. another.

Yoghurt can be a nutritious food, though its potential is often exploited by companies who like to use yoghurt's healthy halo as a marketing gimmick.

This is no commentary on racism or slavery, only a gimmick; not a satire but a pandering to the herd; not realism or revenge, but caricature, infantile mayhem and in - jokes like original, 1966 Django Franco Nero cast as Amerigo Vessepi.

as a owner of a Wii u i find it very disappointing system, the game pad is a very mixed bag i mean it could work really well like the off screen game play works great but for the fact that you never really need to play off screen for any game and in fact i think the game loses a certain enjoyment level like NSMBU it mean it works but you lose some of those great looks the game has and i find colors to be washed out, next with the game bad is that they use it as a gimmick in quite a few games (zombu) and i found that over a long game play with having to look up and then down every few seconds to every minute in about 1 - 3 hours i had a huge head ache which sucked, next the biggest issue with the system is that 32 GB console are you kidding me 32 GB only?

There is an attempt at some sort of twist ending, a la M. Night Shyamalan, but even this adds so very little to the story as a whole, and comes off like a gimmick just to give the film a «big reveal» even if it doesn't really merit one.

How I see Mario Party is that the series continues to throw more diversity to our playtime, since one day we could choose the 3rd one, other days the 5th one and so on (minus the 8th, we do nt like it that much), but that wouldnt be possible if they all were to be the SAME, every single one has a new twist inside it, wether it is the items, the board gimmicks, the microphone or the lates 9th instament that has changed alot (but its still fun as hell) that makes it unique and worth a note.

Hooper asks incredulously after he's told that a band called Shithead recorded the ending theme), but also «credit» Hooper with insisting on changes to their screenplay that stick out like a sore thumb, such as the elimination of a passage of time between the prologue and our introduction to the Barrows that more or less imposes an awkward real - time gimmick on the proceedings.

I can see where you feel this film is like Malick's... cheap time plays, schizophrenia and spiritual mumbo jumbo used as gimmicks to hide a dramatically weak script.

Where the movie takes chances (Sissy Spacek as a therapist who only treats Gray in odd locations, like a bowling alley), they come off as gimmicks rather than entertainment.

Rather like 2011's Your Highness, the initial gimmick proudly, even boastfully, revealed in The Little Hours is based on the notion that medieval characters can be just as puerile as their contemporary counterparts.

What begins as an illuminating technical achievement, quickly starts to feel more like a gimmick as the movie starts to lose steam.

Although the film often favors the gimmick over the story, it serves as a great reminder that while not every off - the - wall idea is guaranteed to be a success like «The Artist,» it's the willingness to take those risks that making movies is all about.

When: April 8th Why: Despite generating plenty of positive buzz at SXSW and Fantastic Fest, «Hardcore Henry» sounds like the kind of gimmick - driven concept — in this case, an entirely first - person action movie — that would work better as a short film.

Unlike Sean Baker, who found great success in his 2015 street drama Tangerine, interestingly among the first few feature films to dabble in Apple, Soderbergh's implementation tends to draw attention to style and like the worst of found - footage (which this film mercifully isn't), ends up more as a gimmick than the product of creative budgeting.

As cool as the infra - red night vision is (and it's so cool, if you're a geek like me), it's more of a gimmick than a tool — as is the blind - spot warning system, when you're driving an A7 with the awesome European - market side view mirrorAs cool as the infra - red night vision is (and it's so cool, if you're a geek like me), it's more of a gimmick than a tool — as is the blind - spot warning system, when you're driving an A7 with the awesome European - market side view mirroras the infra - red night vision is (and it's so cool, if you're a geek like me), it's more of a gimmick than a tool — as is the blind - spot warning system, when you're driving an A7 with the awesome European - market side view mirroras is the blind - spot warning system, when you're driving an A7 with the awesome European - market side view mirrors.

Quite a lot of them you can ignore: as cool as the gimmicks on the F - Sport trim are (how can you not like the LFA - inspired digital instrument bezel?)

While the Jeep Renegade looks like a grown - up's Tonka toy, you'd be remiss to dismiss it as a gimmick.

Viz is the largest manga publisher in the U.S., so naturally they have the largest selection of titles available digitally: Action stories like Naruto and One Piece, romances such as Vampire Knight and Hot Gimmick, classics like Neon Genesis Evangelion, and arty titles like Natsume Ono's Tesoro and Taiyo Matsumoto's GoGo Monster.

As well as packing the tablet with significantly more storage than the Kindle Fire, Barnes has also got gimmicks like «Read and Record», where parents can record themselves reading their kids» favourite stories so they don't actually have to be there at bedtimAs well as packing the tablet with significantly more storage than the Kindle Fire, Barnes has also got gimmicks like «Read and Record», where parents can record themselves reading their kids» favourite stories so they don't actually have to be there at bedtimas packing the tablet with significantly more storage than the Kindle Fire, Barnes has also got gimmicks like «Read and Record», where parents can record themselves reading their kids» favourite stories so they don't actually have to be there at bedtime.

Stick with ETFs that have high daily trading (yes, they can fold like underperforming mutual funds), don't buy into gimmicks or sectors unless you really know what you are doing, and as the article mentions watch the spreads and the premiums; these things don't always trade at NAV.

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.

These ventures have produced some truly magnificent icons, such as the Colosseum, as well as many charming gimmicks, like the World's Largest Brick.

But no gimmicks on Sony side like Move or VR that they support so much that they goes as far as to close doors & lose jobs over it!

I do believe the power of the Xbox 1x is a gimmick for marketing, let's not pretend like Nintendo hasn't done this as well with varying results.

They built a gimmick that resonated with non-gamers, (or «suckers» as I like to call them) found out that there's a virtually limitless supply of these suckers, and left the rest of us to rot.

As a sidenote, I actually liked Kirby's Epic Yarn — it was fun at least until all the «yarn / string» gimmicks were used up, and the game turned ran out of steam, and turned into a typical overly difficult and overly demanding, soulless production line platformer with the annoying ice caves and all (is there any platformer that doesn't have an ice cave?).

You only play as Sonic, there is actual platforming as opposed to watching Sonic run forward automatically, stages don't drag on for more than 15 minutes and there are no Werehog - like gimmicks to be found.

This sounds like a simple gimmick, but it changes how you approach the game, and offers a risk / reward situation as your skell can be destroyed.

Games like The Fight, The Shoot, and Kung Fu Rider were suppose to introduce us to the peripheral in fun and interesting ways, but have all come out as bland, unpolished gimmicks.

@RubyEclipse so from what i can get is that sega purchased the rights to the extra life track nice oh and i love the way the minecart is being used here only as a section and i like the torch gimmick though next time im really excepting to see better physics and more like the classics unlike the rush engine oh and cant wait to see what you did to the pinball act

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.

As for the stuff I saw, that tony touchpad redefines gimmick and the architecture basically looks like a PC — assume that Xbox720 will be the same.

The developers have really managed to integrate this technology into the game well so as to make it feel like more than just a gimmick.

As a result the game felt more like an average plot - lite shooter with a gimmick attached sporadically.

One might worry that the addition of an entirely new mechanic like driving would either ruin the game or feel like a gimmick, but Techland sufficiently built an experience that feels like it belongs, with a scope that could have easily been released as full game itself.

It's just wild guessing, but it seems very much like something Nintendo would do considering their love for integrated hardware and software gimmicks and their use of «simple» codenames (remember that Super Mario 3D Land was initially known as Super Mario 3D).

The magic book alone makes this collectors edition worth it it looks just like an actual Sorcerers handbook A complete reproduction of the game item With gold colored leafing In the center mirrorbead has a hidden gimmick if you look into it you'll notice that everything is turned upside down how they pulled that off I have no idea but it's an extremely nice touch that just adds to it it looks like something that you would find in a Harry Potter movie if you get the chance to buy don't let it slip through your fingers As a collector owning this I've never been happier

The game manages to maintain the same atmosphere and style as the previous game, but this unfortunately means that there isn't too much innovation to be had with the game — with the same gimmick from the previous game, it really just feels like Puyo Puyo Fever in more ways than one.

Joe If you would have asked me only a year ago if I would like, in the next mainline Super Mario game, to collect special coins for purchasing little outfits for Mario to wear, I would not have hesitated in berating you for even suggesting such a tarnishing gimmick as unlockable cosmetic items in my classic Mario.

Well, you're not going to like the Perfect Run then, it's about as hard as anything, has all the annoying gimmicks, is 3D, has Hammer Bros and has to be beat with one health throughout the whole thing.

Zombi U felt like a bland zombie survival game with a few gimmicks and New Super Mario Bros U failed to distinguish itself as anything particularly new.

One big complaint about Nintendo is that it seems like the company always needs some sort of a gimmick for anything it produces: motion gaming, a 3D display, a tablet controller... Even the touchscreen on the Nintendo DS and the wonky controller design of the N64 were seen as gimmicks when they came out.

Many regards this trash as just a gimmick that will die just like it did 20 years ago.