Sentences with phrase «clever gambit»

He is an ego run amok; he is this cosmic conqueror where everything, where literally everything in the multi-verse is about him.There's something interesting about this confrontation of this little, tiny guy who has this power of time and this monstrous conqueror who is trapped by a clever gambit.

«Knight's Move» in fact feels less like a chess endgame than a grab - bag of tricks, trends, and opening gambits — some of them very clever gambits indeed.

Not exact matches

It's a clever term that concedes that the game it adorns — and the scrolling shooter genre as a whole — might be so far removed from contemporary tastes that its regressive tendencies can be seen, charitably, as a deliberate artistic gambit.

Many of the gambits employed by directors Ash Brannon (Toy Story 2) and Chris Buck (Tarzan) work, including the naturalistic voice acting and the clever mockumentary touches, like fake archival footage with film scratches and washed - out color.

It's clear she's on the run, though from whom or why isn't clear, and Lockhart strings readers along with a clever narrative gambit.

I wish I did clever enough stuff to have a gambit named after me.

The «Pool Toys» effect clever spatial gambits within compressed, deceptively simple interplays of ornamentation and sculptural articulation.