«In view of the rapidly
changing environment of the game businesses, the company has decided to implement major reforms and restructuring in its development policy, organizational structure, some business models, and others.»
Not exact matches
But Greven, a former Chubb Insurance Group IT executive, believed that the rapidly
changing communications technology
environment, the near ubiquity
of mobile devices and the growing use
of computers in doctors» offices, added up to a
game -
changing set
of conditions.
[1:20] How the kindness
of a stranger
changed Tony's life [3:35] Peter Diamandis talks about the origins
of X Prize [6:30] Technology helping the agricultural industry [7:00] Sequencing genomes [8:55] Life - work integration [11:15] Finding your highest calling in life [12:00] Reframing what is «impossible» [14:00] Strategy vs. psychology [15:00]
Changing your state [16:00] The science
of achievement, the art
of fulfillment [19:00] Living in a beautiful state [24:00] Thinking 10x bigger [28:00] Surrounding yourself with a «nothing is impossible» community [29:00] The news pollutes your mind [31:00] Tony's natural gifts and core beliefs [33:30] Overcoming failure and criticism [37:45] Defining your
environment [40:00] Life happens for you, not to you [42:00] Rituals and practices to up your
game [46:30] Tony's priming process
It's a full - blown learning
environment which kicks off with a
game -
changing 12 - part guided tour on how to build a thriving, timeless business on the unshakable foundation
of an authentic personal brand.
Why, asks John Leo in U.S. News & World Report, is his own constituency so willing to bring him down with protests, disrupted basketball
games, and boycotts, when Pres. Lawrence worked so hard to make Rutgers a campus that «bristles with the enforcement tools
of diversity: a speech code, real courses replaced by «multicultural curricular
change,» diversity awareness «training» in lectures and freshman orientation sessions, a tolerance for ethnic and racial segregation in dorms («a self - affirming
environment,» as Lawrence puts it), and professors who learn not to raise unapproved ideas about race, gender, and the campus power system built around multiculturalism»?
Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerti
Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any
game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan
of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerti
of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real
change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot
of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerti
of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic
environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results
of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerti
of each
game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary
changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless
of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerti
of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state
of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerti
of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful
of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerti
of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many
of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerti
of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting
the obvious fact is that the club began to stagnate in football terms a decade ago after the CL semi against man utd and has been in outright retreat over the last 3 years... some fans were calling for wenger to leave in 2011 - 12 as it was clear he could not cope with a more competitive
environment others have been more tolerant, hanging on to fa cup glory and hoping that he would somehow self correct his weak and erratic management style but most now realise that is not possible and that the club will deteriorate further under his management so also want him gone, that has left a hard core
of wenger loyalists who are either fixated with the past (selecting episodic good and bad times to justify wengers decade long failure) or too frightened
of the future to contemplate a
change (with selective reference to failed managerial
changes by way
of justification) or both, to conclude, through a mixture
of panglossian fatalism and corporate philosophising, how lucky we are to have such an honourable and educated man in charge... along with their confused references to club loyalty and addiction to computer
games these are troubled souls who need our sympathy and concerned medical advice... SO JUST F OFF STOCK UP ON CANNED SOUP AND GO SUPPORT ASTON VILLA ON FIFA!
Since then she's worked to
change the youth sports
environment of their Nebraska community through the Give the
Game Back movement which promotes letting kids enjoy sports on their own terms.
Rather than focusing on how
games such as World
of Warcraft or the socialnetworking services
of Twitter and Facebook
change our brains, Davidson believes we should foster these newfound skills, building curricula around interactive multiplayer
games and training workers using virtual
environments.
The first is
changes to the
environment that significantly alter habitat, in effect» «altering the rules
of the
game,»» as Arens puts it, so that physical characteristics and behavior that once proved adaptive for certain organisms — dinosaurs, for instance, that relied on flowering plants for food — no longer work as well.
Brian Wansink
of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab loves to play
games with people's eating habits, especially when it comes to how our eating
environment changes what we consume.
A SUNYCNSE research profile titled: SUNY College
of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Scientists Publish
Game -
Changing Semiconductor Nanosheets Research That Could Revolutionize Cameras in Low - Light
Environments provides more technical details about the research,
There was a continuous flow
of game -
changing concepts and invaluable insights on the interconnection between food, people, and
environment, for the duration
of the training.
Unfortunately the
game becomes rather repetitive as you get to the crux
of the story but every now and then, the gameplay does
change to give you a break from the monotony
of the title such as using wasps to glide through the
environment while you dogfight against exterminators which is kind
of cool.
To confuse the
gamer, sometimes the
environments change (ala Dark City) as the world
of Cybertron is a living mechanical entity which makes for some trippy gaming.
None
of that
changes your piss poor comparison
of a racing
game with a static
environment and cut out spectators to a 3d world that is explorable and interactive.
Some
of the later
environments haven't been shown in trailers yet, so I won't spoil them, but the
game changes things up enough to keep things fresh.
The aim
of this reform has been to guarantee that, in the quickly -
changing digital entertainment industry where new
game designs and platforms constantly alter the market
environment, we can accurately observe new customer demands and market trends, and apply our long - established technology and knowhow quickly and effectively with a range
of targeted responses.
Although he's not a persistent part
of the
game, every time he shows up he completely
changes the pace by allowing you to interact with the
environment in new ways, like cutting ropes, pushing blocks, and tickling enemies so Rayman can punch them.
«Many people, including our research group at Harvard, feel that the new digital media may bring about huge
changes, and that these will emerge first with young persons who have grown up with computers, cell phones, instant messaging, online social networks, multi user
games, and the like as part
of their daily
environment.»
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When we think
of games, we often think
of them as somewhat trivial or just for fun, but can a
game - based learning
environment really
change the way students learn and teachers teach?
This beginner's course is designed to help you discover ways to use digital communication technologies to enhance the inherent connective power
of creative nonfiction — and will explore what
changes and what stays the same, when you move stories from pure text to an interactive, multimedia
environment, incorporating still images, sound, and / or video (and even video
games).
One
of the oldest tricks in the
game is to offer a high current yield, where the yield can get curtailed through early prepayment (typically in low interest rate
environments), or some negative event that forces the security to
change its form, such as when a stock price falls with reverse convertibles.
Now what are the odds
of this scenario playing out considering that business
environment can be very dynamic and many
of the factors not present today can crop up in next 5 - 10 years and
change the
game completely.
a giant Nanodome covering much
of the city has turned it into a jungle like
environment changing up the feel and look
of the
game.
The background atmospheric sounds start to develop when the house becomes more «alive», with things moving, deliberate glitches appearing and lighting
changes, so the sounds could be coming from the house itself, coming from inside the characters mind, or perhaps the noise is just part
of the soundtrack and not from the
game's
environment at all.
Featuring state -
of - the - art graphics, daily
environment changes, and action - packed surprises, Breakneck is a
game thrill - seekers
of all ages enjoy.
Ground Zeroes also acts as an introduction to many
of the
game -
changing elements that the latest Metal Gear Solid offers, including open - world
environments,
changing weather and the passing the
of time, and hugely improved AI throughout.
Yes, we will probably see a lot
of sub-1080p
games (with hardware upscale) on one or both
of the next - gen platforms, but this is probably because there is not enough time to learn the GPU when the development
environment, and sometimes clock speeds, are
changing underneath you.
The main feature
of the
game is being able to
change the
game's
environment through the use
of color.
Sure; not much
changed in the
environments from the last
game, and its appeal to someone who isn't a fan
of the show is limited.
Shockingly enough the
game carries a good enough story through to keep you interested and the
environments do a good job
of changing with out taking you out
of the
game world.
Can only imagine what a
game like FFX could be like, if they added more to it in the sense
of attack variations, range, and
environment that can
change outcome.
- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount
of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they
changed the order
of stage additions - there weren't any major direction
changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 %
of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 %
of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried
changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often
change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner
of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way
of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one
of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square
changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front
of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the
game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the
game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality
of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel
of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability
of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the
environment they're raised in - if the
environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form
of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense
of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride
of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot
of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are
changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no
changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner
of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing
The addition
of voice acting and a large open
environment to explore
change - up the
game just enough to help it feel fresh and different from the other titles in the series whilst retaining the fun, charm and addictive gameplay.
Further, Ilvessuo pointed out that the
game's level editor has benefited from an «incredible amount
of changes,» and that the title will offer more minigames and open
environments to explore.
- demo has been downloaded over one million downloads - over 45k survey responses - run by pushing the analog stick all the way - hold B to run even faster (although random enemy encounters go up to balance this)- fast travel option - adjustments to designs
of the
environment based on the issues with visibility, especially in dungeons - traversable areas stand out, adjustments to wall and floor color, and visible landmarks, and more - radar that points players towards entrances, exits and important places - improved visibility - adjust screen brightness - adjust HD - 2D filters - fixed issue where it was too easy to accidentally overwrite your save - 9 save slots and 1 autosave slot - adjusted text size and streamlined the UI - skip scene option - option to replay cutscenes - option to
change text speed -
game balance refinement so that battles provide a good challenge, but are not overly frustrating - battles with a full party
of four and more important elements have not yet been shown
The
game starts with your character being introduced to the VR
environments, while in this world the story soon
changes when the system your linked into becomes corrupt, this then sends you on a 5 to 6 hour campaign to find out who's responsible for this and who's responsible for the release
of the Zed's.
At its core this is the same immensely satisfying and rewarding Trials experience, and yet with the loss
of online multiplayer, fewer skill
games, less diverse
environments and no tournaments, and with the lack
of any really strong refinements or
changes, Trials Evolution remains the better overall
game.
I personally found the
environment to be much more aesthetically appealing in The Following, with the lush verdant meadows filled with lackadaisically swaying chest high grass making a nice
change from the grungy urban
environment of the original
game.
Throughout the
game, the
environment and scenery
change, there are mini-games — trading, chopping wood, hunting — and a surprisingly deep crafting system to break up the monotony
of simply walking along the trail.
In the
game you'll be tasked with running a crew
of fixers taking shady jobs on the fringes
of space where your choices
change the way you explore the
environment, fight your foes, resolve encounters, and how your story unfolds.
Because
of the freedom offered in the
game environment, much
of the movement itself had to
change, and removing hiccups in sliding, rolling, or generally flying about the
environment was necessary.
Still, the missions offer a nice
change of pace on occasion, providing an excuse to wander off from the
game's imposed narrative and do your own thing for a bit, allowing you to take in the rich
environments as you venture out.
Gamers will visit some impressive
environments as they try to reach the capital
of humanity and its relative safety, but Stoic Games also manages to make the characters very evocative when it comes to their emotions, using small gestures and
changes of attitude to show how the constant fighting and despair are affecting them.
The stages themselves also allow for interactivity just like the first
game, but this time you can smash players through to different portions
of the stage to
change the
environment and deal a lot
of damage.
Some
game types will flow completely different from
changing the number
of players on each team, but will also make matches more suited towards a balanced competitive
environment.
We've had other
games where Link would need to swap clothes based on the
environment, but having full sets
of armor as opposed to a color
change was a fun extra for the
game!
While the familiar board
game environment returns in Duodecim, the biggest
change to the single player campaign is the addition
of instanced overworlds, which allows players to freely roam from each objective.