Sentences with phrase «based on nostalgia»

Like Rush Jet with the Needle Shooter, temporarily free with the purchase of Azure Striker Gunvolt is Mighty Gunvolt, a five - level minigame based on nostalgia for other «parody» games like Kid Dracula or Konami Man.

A lot of Nintendo's strategy is based on nostalgia.

Many pessimistic views about the future are based on nostalgia for the past

You can't build competitive teams based on Nostalgia and sentiment,

Not exact matches

If there are songs or other art based on driving, they'll be 100 percent about nostalgia.

For those who can not or will not look deeply into the human condition, sentiment and nostalgia can masquerade as strategies for coping quite successfully for a while — but because it is all based on illusion and unreality, it can not be a lasting foundation for generations to come.

In its degraded form, this gets reduced to a false nostalgia based on mythological readings of history.

So for nostalgia sake, I have loosely based this raw strawberry tart recipe on those traditional fruit flan flavours.

Either way, the heavy reliance on nostalgia does wear thin and lose its comedic appeal, and from there you're only left with a workable, but very limited, turn based combat system, and not much more.

Somewhat fittingly for a film that promises an adventure channeling a hefty chunk of nostalgia, the featurette allows author Ernie Cline — on whose novel the movie is based — to wax poetic about how Spielberg's work shaped his youth.

Based on poet Ernest Cline's novel of the same name, RPO is a fanboy's love letter to nostalgia and gatekeeping and now it's been enshrined by Steven Spielberg himself.

Based on the journalist Lynn Barber's memoir of her sentimental education at the hand of an older charmer and scripted by Nick Hornby, this soft - edged exercise in nostalgia is worth seeing for its rich array of sharply drawn characters led by Carey Mulligan, who received a deserved Oscar nomination for her sweet, smart, sexy central performance.

The serene, nostalgia - tinted drama, based on Joyce Maynard's novel, has none of the director's trademark sardonic irreverence.

After all of the PR fluff and critic reviews based more on nostalgia I found myself more critical of the quality of the updates to the original Halo: CE.

He's simply trying to get a base acknowledgment of recognition from his audience, like a hacky stand - up comedian that's coasting on nostalgia so he doesn't have to write punchlines.

Granted, I'm also not sure if this movie is aimed squarely at me or if I'm the last person who should see it: the screenplay by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline (based on Cline's novel) seems to be weaponizing my own personal nostalgia for John Hughes, Monty Python, «Buckaroo Banzai» and other objects of obsession from my late teens and early 20s.

Other titles in this section include: Naomi Kawase's sweet, light and leisurely AN; Tom Geens» COUPLE IN A HOLE, about a couple living in an underground forest dwelling to be left alone to deal with their mysterious grief; DEPARTURE, Andrew Steggall's delicate first feature about longing, loneliness and nostalgia for a sense of family that may have never existed; Jacques Audiard's Palme d'Or - winner about a makeshift family trying to cement their bonds, DHEEPAN; the World Premiere of Biyi Bandele's FIFTY, a riveting exploration of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystical.

The Alliance Alive is a game that relies heavily on nostalgia (and is more than influenced by Bravely Default), and features a vast world to explore, intertwining story involving 9 main characters, but also strategic turn - based gameplay mechanics.

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A hybrid between crass commercial capitalization on nostalgia and a holiday film based around that obnoxious Chipmunk Christmas song, 2007's Alvin and the Chipmunks boasts a surprising supporting turn from edgy comic David Cross.

Film - maker Paul Thomas Anderson talks about Inherent Vice, his new nostalgia noir based on a Thomas Pynchon novel, in which a stoned private eye hits the trail of his ex, and leads a homage to 70s California

That sense of nostalgia is one of the reasons why I was so looking forward to Dragon Ball FighterZ, which is the latest take on a video game fighter based on the iconic Dragon Ball series.

He said: «It is vital that government policy is based on evidence rather than nostalgia and anecdote.

Launching an attack on the proposed return to selection, Trobe suggested the move was based on «nostalgia» and claimed it «makes no sense» as modern education policy.

Let's look forward to the new White Paper in 3 months» time that will transform lives and bring about excellence everywhere for everyone, based on fresh air and the pipe dreams of nostalgia - victims.

It's these photos that are probably the highlights, if not for their nostalgia value then for the joy of seeing the cars in specifications we never became familiar with in the UK market - or in tuned form, with rarities like the Toyota 2000GT (based on the second - generation car) or Zagato's crazy VM180, whose styling must be seen to be believed.

My decision to stay there was based purely on nostalgia: it had been my home away from home...

But it will be purely nostalgia driven and not based on actual fun factor of the amiibo.

20th October 2015 - At first look, Transformers: Devastation could be viewed as a quick cash in on nostalgia as it is a game where the aesthetics are based on the television series from the late... Read More

It's an old school strategy title that I'm sure someone will enjoy based on either nostalgia or just a lack of anything else to play.

For previous fans that haven't checked Final Fantasy Tactics on iOS yet, your enjoyment will be based on how well you can check your nostalgia and overlook the nuances of porting.

So, whether you're looking to play those old games with your kids just for the nostalgia, or because you'd like to help them gain new skills — dust off those old systems, or find websites with some of those old floppy - disc based games and get your family game on!

And its a bit ironic because since Dissidia NT (which I could screech about for hours based simply on nostalgia) came out I've been grinding through all of the FFs to refresh my mind and only adding to the love of them.

Whilst the game is short, if you're looking for a Nostalgia kick and enjoy the collectable - based gameplay, you will accrue hours of fun from this charming title, especially on the portable Nintendo Switch.

When it comes to playing the Xbox 360 games I've spent the majority of my time on the Gears of War franchise, specifically the original Gears of War title based on true nostalgia for that one.

Rodriguez Maleck employs nostalgia, disguise, and sarcasm in order to challenge norms and create alternate realities that explore accepted expectations based on gender, age, and familial roles.

In an e-mail conversation, Chelsea Ragan and Adam Void, the Asheville, N.C. - based artists who founded the new school, turned the question of nostalgia on its head, insisting on the importance of the site itself rather than its role in art history.

Merlin James, Yellow Roof, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 21.875 ″ Merlin James, House and Tree, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 25.875 x 26 inches Glasgow - based Merlin James» small architectural paintings invite various associations — domesticity, industry, nostalgia.

Wary of the dangers of nostalgia and self - congratulation common to such occasions, Ingrid has conceived a series of micro-exhibitions — new presentations based on or inspired by important exhibitions from ICA's past.

That sense of nostalgia is one of the reasons why I was so looking forward to Dragon Ball FighterZ, which is the latest take on a video game fighter based on the iconic Dragon Ball series.