Sentences with phrase «elaborate game of»

As Diakopoulos puts it, «prices surges are like an elaborate game of algorithmic whack - a-mole» for drivers.

But we have to ask ourselves: At what point does a devotion to strict textualism become an elaborate game of pretend?

The elaborate game of dress - up that ensues as you venture into Splatoon's meta, visiting the central hub of Inkopolis» shops each day to see what new stock is in store.

The beauty of this «work» is that it is truly fun and games for the dogs - an elaborate game of hide and seek.

Three different sets of fighters slowly track him across the hostile Sierra Madre in what plays out like an elaborate game of Risk.

Much of my job feels like an elaborate game of dress - up.

At first it feels as if he's taken his A-list cast — including Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence — to the Goodwill store to find the grooviest»70s duds possible for an elaborate game of dress - up.

Release date: June 15 Cast: Ed Helms, Jeremy Renner, Hannibal Buress, Jake Johnson, Jon Hamm Directed by: Jeff Tomsic (The Detour) Why we're excited: As the trailer points out, this tale of an adult friend group obsessed with playing an elaborate game of tag is based on a true story, which should help ground what looks like a pretty goofy, broad studio comedy.

That the film works as anything more than an elaborate game of guess - the - citation is a credit to two key elements, the first being its imaginative visual sensibility, an expressionist approach to costuming and set design that comes as welcome relief from the grays - and - earth - tones look of contemporary tentpole fantasy filmmaking.

Story itself is replaced by an elaborate game of spot - the - cult - thespian, with veterans like Udo Kier, Geraldine Chaplin, Charlotte Rampling, and Maria de Medeiros appearing in fleeting, sometimes incomprehensible, always gorgeously manipulated images.

The upcoming retirement of veteran Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chairman Herman «Denny» Farrell is set to kick off an elaborate game of committee musical chairs.

Not exact matches

China is engaged in an elaborate shell game to hide a mountain of bad debts piling up on the balance sheets of its banks, developers and state - owned enterprises.

At the same time, investors, analysts and consulting firms have engaged in an elaborate guessing game about which targets might be on the radar of Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos now that the king of US ecommerce has shown himself interested in bricks and mortar stores.

The company, which develops elaborate multi-player games for mobile phones, has annual revenue of around $ 500 million, the sources said.

She received comfort by constantly playing a game of «funeral» and providing every dead creature with an elaborate interment of flowers and ornate casket.

Systems analysis, elaborate simulation techniques, automated access to central data banks, information theory, game Theory, and the use of socio - economic models, often mathematically stated, all aided and abetted by the computer, make possible a massive application of data not hitherto possible.

In another game, Chubb turned in one of the most elaborate flops in sports history, attempting (successfully!)

In a fit of uncontrollable enthusiasm they printed very elaborate tickets for a possible championship game in San Francisco.

For a special few, the Masters represents everything good about the game of golf: Tradition, decorum, fair play, and, most importantly, elaborate landscaping.

Chelsea Football Club displayed a gross lack of class as they interrupted Sunday's Premier League game against Sunderland to pay an elaborate tribute to Blues legend John Terry.

saturday was disappointing, a flat performance with a lot of players having an off day, but we move on liege on wednesday then the game which will have a massive bearing on our season against chelski.there is no way we can lose that game because if we do chelski are over the hill and far away.f.cked off rvp is injured but we have to find a way to win games with out him and b52, arshavin must start against chelski to make us more direct as we over elaborate in the final third at times.

An elaborate tent with a size of 58» x 58» x 46» is large enough to fit all your kids» friends in it for a pretend game or outdoor camping.

I love watching him create something out of nothing and explain an elaborate «made up» game to his younger brother, and then see them carry it out.

«And a lot of that is an intelligent numbers game» based on genetic theories elaborated by Gregor Mendel more than a century ago.

From elaborate up - dos to simple pulled - back hair crowns, the women of Game of Thrones know how to rock a braid.

I like sports and board games, taking nature excursions and instead of rambling on I'll elaborate later ok?..

Do not be sitting on your eggs, and blast out people's smiles of existence in this perfectly elaborated 2D action game.

One can only hope that this game is successful enough to justify a sequel of its own (a new Sonny 2 if you will) down the line, perhaps with slightly more elaborate gameplay graphics and a slower progression in difficulty.

Even if you ignore the deeply personal narrative, you'll find that Knytt Underground offers one of the most elaborate game worlds ever created.

With time and understanding, maybe his Realm will prove a solid successor to «The X-Files,» his earlier hit, but that's assuming that more than Carter's cultish core fans stick around long enough to make sense of this elaborate war game inside a super-secret government virtual - reality setup called Harsh Realm.

Fresh and accessible turn - based strategy not only for fans of the genre but also for all who simply enjoy unusual and elaborate game worlds.

True to form, Brooks bigfoots the weekly game night with an elaborate staging of a faux kidnapping and murder mystery, involving hired actors, fake blood and a race to see which of the three couples involved can crack the case first.

Masked toughs, who may or may not be part of an elaborate game, brutally kidnap Brooks while the assembled guests look on, eagerly sampling the cheese board.

With an elaborated story and a higher budget, City of Brass could've been a even better game.

Its environments are bigger and some of the most interesting ever seen in a Mario game — just wait until you lay eyes on Bowser's elaborate fortress.

It incorporates an elaborate party creation system, a series of overworlds that you'll map out to connect the game's towns and dungeons, and a pretty solid story.

Namco Bandai has released a new batch of screenshots for Soul Calibur V showing off some of the game's elaborate costumes.

Game Night feels like a parody of The Gift and the David Fincher thriller The Game (1997), which was also about two brothers caught in an elaborate game that blurred the lines of realGame Night feels like a parody of The Gift and the David Fincher thriller The Game (1997), which was also about two brothers caught in an elaborate game that blurred the lines of realGame (1997), which was also about two brothers caught in an elaborate game that blurred the lines of realgame that blurred the lines of reality.

Although this is a spin - off game, a great deal of content from the Animal Crossing series, like characters and furniture, is used smoothly and you get into a trance while creating elaborate rooms.

Without straying from my remit and giving the game away, it's difficult for me to elaborate much more than that — but let's just say that any dwindling suspicions of this being just another formulaic sports movie are well and truly put to rest.

It's part of an elaborate plot by Gary to get back into game night.

I love how High Moon Studios have created this elaborate plot and by the final chapter of the game, chapter 13, everything magically falls into place.

The Crew gives you a specific amount of Crew Credits in the beginning of the game, with which you will easily start buying things which give instant access to things you need to otherwise unlock through elaborate missions.

Game Night at least bakes an excuse for zany frivolity right into its premise: This time, the normies don't know they're in way over their heads, because they assume, at least for a while, that the gun - wielding goons that show up at their door are just part of the elaborate role - playing party game they've gathered to pGame Night at least bakes an excuse for zany frivolity right into its premise: This time, the normies don't know they're in way over their heads, because they assume, at least for a while, that the gun - wielding goons that show up at their door are just part of the elaborate role - playing party game they've gathered to pgame they've gathered to play.

The group initially thinks that the scenario is part of an elaborate murder - mystery - game, but they soon realize that they have gotten tied up with some not - so - friendly people.

Following the recent arrival of promotional materials in retail stores, it should come as no surprise that these were followed by more elaborate displays, as well as game cases with placeholder box art used for pre-order purposes.

Each step in their not - so elaborate escape plan is told via a special effects heavy fantasy sequence set to loud rock music covers of over-familiar songs in which Baby Doll imagines herself to be a machinegun - toting sex object inspired by computer games and anime.

In fact, I think the architecture itself helps to elaborate on some of the fiction in the game.

The video game cutscene has undergone a lot of transformations over the past couple of decades, and many games these days present elaborate, dazzling CGI sequences that are often billed as «Hollywood - caliber.»

Every character was fairly shallow, but that was mainly because Koei probably assumed that the only people playing the game were big fans of the books, so they didn't elaborate much on what was going on.