Sentences with phrase «cheap gimmick»

Players are free to customise their touchscreens with the functions they use most, everything from an interactive map to the item bag, multiplayer gestures and the camera controls, proving that the GamePad can provide genuine gameplay convenience instead of cheap gimmicks.

Cheap gimmicks don't qualify as rewards — and they don't fool anyone.

No serious person can be deceived by such cheap gimmicks.

She manages to give Ava the air of an artificial creation but she doesn't rely on cheap gimmicks to convey this attitude, so she manages to create a character with enough warmth to pass for human but still with a clear layer of detachment.

If we want to be seen as a profession on those levels, offering cheap gimmicks like that will not get us there.

At first glance, the device appears to portray some sort of cheap gimmick, or something you'd...

However, like most political conundrums, this one will take a little more than a cheap gimmick and a throwaway headline.

Note: A spokesman for Senator Klein reacted to the ranking, calling it «another cheap gimmick brought to you by the tea party of the left.»

Tired of the cheap gimmicks to help you declutter your home?

Uses cheap gimmicks of artificial difficulty to extend a tedious and ultimately boring game.

It really is a cheap gimmick and I am not sure if it has ever really worked in terms of marketing outside of The Blair Witch Project and the first Paranormal Activity film.

It's a testament to his skill as a director that the important clues he drops are barely noticeable en route to the conclusion, which consequently does not feel like a cheap gimmick; in fact, it nicely ties together the weightier themes the film addresses.

It's been interesting how some filmmakers have ended up using it as a great tool to enhance the atmosphere or the film itself (I can't see myself seeing Pina in 2D) instead of just a cheap gimmick or a quick way to make some money and I'm glad that Brian Singer isn't just using it to sell more.

You have to give 3D ticket buyers some kind of bang for their buck, and when dealing with a story set in the 17th century, Da Vinci - designed airships are about as much as you can get away with, I guess... All in all, this 3D film is more than a cheap gimmick, but is far from mind - blowing.

Especially on the swearing as it feels like a cheap gimmick that has run it's course.

Don't resort to cheap gimmicks or fads, but really carve out your eLearning niche in your field.

«No cheap gimmicks, nothing ostentatious, just class all the way.»

Or is it just a cheap gimmick to drive up sales?

A cheap gimmick used in Resident Evil: Revelations 2 was to bring back Barry Burton and include his generic teenage daughter, Moira, in the plot.

I can understand if someone who grew up with Master System games still has an affinity for the 3D glasses, but for me, they're a cheap gimmick used to mask shallow games.

Still, there were gamers who saw the motion controls as nothing more than a cheap gimmick, and felt that Nintendo was pushing its core fanbase away in an attempt to appeal to a more casual gaming demographic.

On the one hand, it's technically a 3D game made by the same people behind Super Mario Galaxy, and hence has all of the tricks and game mechanics found in those titles, while on the other it's about as close to classic 2D Mario as you can get, with one hundred percent of the levels revolving around platforming rather than cheap gimmicks.

Star Fox Zero is the latest entry into the series co-developed with Platinum Games that takes advantage of the Wii U gyro controls without feeling like a cheap gimmick.

Most people have called it a cheap gimmick or a parlor trick, so I tried an experiment.

Some employers love them, others think they are a cheap gimmick.