Sentences with phrase «clever games of»

As the world faces recession, will the clever - clever games of the art world continue to satisfy?

In a fairly clever Game of Thrones - inspired column, Andy Rotherham depicted federal involvement in schooling as a «hedge» against inequity.

It is the same messaging, same money, packaged differently over and over again to give the illusion that they have broad support, but in the end, it's just a clever game of smoke and mirrors.

No wonder they would introduce it to me — it's a deviously clever game of probability and gambling for 2 - 8 players, although it feels like it wouldn't become fun until 4 players were present.

Not exact matches

Selling is the new sharing, where the name of the game is finding clever ways to plug products.

Since the rise of the peer - to - peer decentralized digital currency bitcoin's value, miners have come up with very clever ways of extracting bitcoins: security video cameras, tapping into others» electricity and using the computers of video game players.

It would be a clever move on our part given that he is homegrown and versatile with tons of experience, but not so sure he would see as much game time as he currently does at City.

Don't get me wrong it is a good win but if we want to see ourselves in the same boat with barca, Madrid, dortmund or even the shadow of our 2003 squad, we need to start being sharper, ruthless and most important of all clever in the game.

We should try to win the game of course but we must be clever and I think the team's focus should be getting the defensive side right.

Quarterback Horn, who has so much respect for Holman he predicted it would take five touchdowns to win the game, checked off adroitly at the line of scrimmage all night long, sending his two 9.7 runners, 210 - pound Ted Washington and 207 - pound Don Shy, bursting through the heart of San Jose State's defense on clever traps and delays.

I have to admit this is a pretty clever way to attempt to deliver a mind game hammer blow to the opposition and for all I know he followed up this statement by stating that Cesc Fabregas is «weeks away from becoming an Arsenal player» and perhaps a neat back handed compliment where he states that «Robin Van Persie's injuries have made Arsenal's physio departments one of the hardest working in Europe».

Similarities with the Huddersfield game continued when, five minutes after the interval, Trent Alexander - Arnold whipped in a low cross for Salah to nip in front of Rajcevic and produce a clever back - heel deflection.

With three goals already for club and country his influence is best seen is his majestic passing and clever reading of the game.

was a fantastic move on AVB's part, and I think showing Azza that he's very much an essential player for us is a clever way of getting that little bit more from him, rather than isolating him a la Harry Redknapp (calling him out as a bottler, effectively, before the Milan game).

«It was a clever game because you need to understand that when you play against a very good team sometimes you can keep more of the ball, possession, but sometimes you need to surprise and counter-attack.

In the first half Özil slide him in and a good stop for the «keeper prevented an early goal, whilst in the second half it was his clever run in between the Watford lines that gave Mkhi the chance to slide him in to make it 2 - 0 to The Arsenal and what should have felt like a breather and the end of the game.

In his Team of the Week column this week, Crooks remarked about Leicester's rise: «It's just great to see direct, uncomplicated football reaping such fantastic rewards, instead of hearing from clever - clogs with clipboards and new wave soccer mumbo jumbo wittering on about how sophisticated the game has become.»

Wired's picked up on a clever use of machinima (the «filming» of video in computer games or virtual worlds) by the folks at Bill Maher's HBO show to nail Hillary Clinton over her exaggeration of the danger involved in her trip to Bosnia in the 90s.

Does he not see that the EU may be flawed and in urgent need of repair, but that it is the latest variant in the most quintessential game played in Europe since Roman times: to come up with clever post-war schemes to live together peacefully with our differences.

Lord Pannick, who has managed to greatly reduce the threat of these measures, played some clever little games with the lord chancellor, using his own words against him to diminish the force of the changes.

Bottom line, if he does decide he wants in the politics game, Bharara may have a real tight window ahead of 2018 elections to brainstorm something clever.

A system debuted today by a team of Google researchers is not clever enough to perform surgery or drive a car safely, but it did master several dozen classic arcade games, in many cases surpassing the best human players without ever observing how they play.

Michael Pollan's take on corn (vid also) is another way of looking at it: humans are just «pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth».

Spend loads of time in garden & at bowls (do nt laugh... its a clever tactical game!!)

Portal was one of the best games of this century: originally a fan - mod of half - life, it used a clever - as - fuck game mechanic and outstanding game writing to tell a story and pose riddles that were fun to solve, play and watch.

But when you are new to this game of love and want to make the most of it then creative, humorous and clever pick - up lines can always come for the rescue.

A deep dive into retro adventure games: one clever and entangling adventure from the apparently bland start to one of the two different epic endings.

Puzzle Agent 2 combines brilliant story and clever puzzles — and that's the Holy Grail of adventure games.

Sense of wonder, emotions and clever approach make for an overall brilliant game that goes well beyond its technical limits.

Even though the game is filled with what is supposed to be clever humor, I personally did not find any of it funny, but it does not ever get in the way of the game's enjoyment.

They pack - in dozens of clever puns and references (many coming from game commentators Brian and Bryan during the big match).

Offers some clever platforming mechanics, but somewhat broken combat mechanics, which hurts the enjoy - ability of the game.

Before long Katniss and her fake — but — maybe - not boyfriend Peeta are suiting up for a clever all - stars version of the games (just like modern — day reality shows always have an all - star season sooner or later, except this also serves the evil government «s goal of liquidating Katniss and the rest of the celebrity Games survivors.)

100ft Robot Golf has some clever ideas and an amusing story, but doesn't quite come together as a completely satisfying game because of limited content and some technical issues.

John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein «s Game Night is a hilarious R - rated romp that's not afraid to push the envelope with its clever twists and turns, thanks to Mark Perez «s reliable script and a crop of great performances, led with confidence and ease by Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams and Kyle Chandler.

Her friends, beautiful ALAINA, fast - paced DAVID, clever IAN, tiny COLE, shrill AMBER, subtle LAUREN and cunning SAMANTHA think that they're too old for these kinds of games.

All of these fake endings are clever, with the best twist coming on the final one — but between the multiple fake endings and the gloriously clever opening sequences, there are just too many instances of idiot plotting to make Game Night worth spending your eight - to - ten dollars, plus treats, babysitters, parking or whatever.

Game Night has a few going for it — one helluva cast (Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnusson, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Danny Huston, Michael C. Hall, Chelsea Peretti, Camille Chen and more); an opening meet cute that is original and clever; the establishment of a weekly get together for a games night; the sad sack neighbor who used to be part of the group (and is also a cop with a cute dog), and, finally, the idea that what starts out as a special murder mystery game night turns out to be the real thing — but no knowsGame Night has a few going for it — one helluva cast (Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnusson, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Danny Huston, Michael C. Hall, Chelsea Peretti, Camille Chen and more); an opening meet cute that is original and clever; the establishment of a weekly get together for a games night; the sad sack neighbor who used to be part of the group (and is also a cop with a cute dog), and, finally, the idea that what starts out as a special murder mystery game night turns out to be the real thing — but no knowsgame night turns out to be the real thing — but no knows it.

Ziggurat for Wii U is pretty much a bare - bones conversion of the original game with no extra features or clever use of the GamePad (although off - tv play is supported).

I can say that many of the puzzles the game had to offer were fairly clever and really did get you thinking on which sticker you needed to solve it, Lastly, the lack of a story and creative Paper Mario staples made it feel like I was playing a main game rather than a Paper Mario game.

One of the most clever and addictive games Wii U has to offer at the moment.

Firewatch does some clever things with the central mystery to toy with the expectations of people accustomed to playing video games, but it never delivers strongly enough on that idea — or any other.

On the other hand, Xbox 360 owners will get one of the most clever controller set - ups in this category of games.

The characters are well written, familiar gameplay mechanics such as the whistling and being able to pick up bodies is back, the story has clever links to the story of the other AC games, the modern day is better and actually goes somewhere (albeit the ending is absolute wank) and the side missions are implemented well into the goal of the main story.

This Disney animated film delivers on both, bringing together all sorts of video game characters that we know and love, as well as just being a great film with superb voice work, an interesting story, great characters, gorgeous animation, clever humor, and a great big heart.

The game's four main dungeons are clever and house one - of - a-kind characters.

Officially speaking, Namco Bandai hasn't listed any Wii U titles to be showcased at TGS, but some clever folks over at AdrianSang managed to find some solid evidence of Namco Bandai Wii U games.

Which is not to say that Battleship isn't filled with them, just that they feel fresh because of things like the clever way in which the film references the original board game, or the way Jesse Plemmons takes a stock role — the sailor who talks too much when he's nervous — and adds just a few quirks that make him feel like a real individual.

In the past, games like Drakengard and Kingdom Hearts II used some very clever illusions to populate battlefields and buildings, but Dead Rising was delivering hundreds of opponents in real time through the Xbox 360's burgeoning horsepower.

Though Super Mario Odyssey «s base story mode was also super-easy, the key differences are that it was also a decidedly cleverer and more charming game than this, and also boasted a huge wealth of post-game content.