Sentences with phrase «episodic styled»

Unsurprisingly, «Fantastic Beasts» amplifies both the strengths and weaknesses of Rowling's storytelling approach, which unfolds in the episodic style of vintage serials — a cliff - hanger - oriented tactic that works well in novels, where readers might otherwise be tempted to put the book down after each chapter, but feels less elegant on screen, since viewers invariably commit to taking in the entire story in one sitting.

The episodic style, rather than breaking the narrative, punctuates it with the reframing of both idealized and semi-tragic experience.

Alone in the Dark is told in the episodic style of a television drama and promises action, plot twists and cliff hangers — all without a single commercial interruption.

is told in the episodic style of a television drama and promises action, plot twists and cliff hangers — all without a single commercial interruption.

It featured a strong narrative backed by impressive gameplay and the use of the episodic style worked very well for it.

Telltale's episodic style is setting the pace.

Known mostly for their family friendly titles like Monkey Island, Sam and Max, and more recently Back to the Future Telltale's episodic style fits with the -LSB-...]

If you like the episodic style of Telltale Games, their titles are compatible with virtually every modern device.

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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!

Is an episodic history about Elliot Ness, with a noir style, good script, nice graphics, wonderful music, and the most important thing, a game that you can not begin without finish it.

Is an episodic history about Elliot Ness, with a noir style, good

With a see - sawing episodic rhythm that visits some starkly different locations and play styles, a wealth of incidental and hidden detail, more gameplay mechanics than you can fully explore in a single playthrough - and above all, an epic, elegiac, arcane storyline that seeks to tie up every last loose thread and honour the passing of a classic videogame hero - Metal Gear Solid 4 is, in most senses, the biggest Metal Gear yet.

Low - budget horror fans will find little to complain about in the straightforward first half - hour, which stacks up an entertaining series of episodic mishaps — an overpowered Pec Deck machine pushes a guy's ribs out through his torso; ceramic tiles fly off the walls of a fully - occupied women's locker room as steam blasts out of the shower heads; and, in the quickest and most brutal tableau, an unfortunate patron gets a Friday the 13th - style arrow through the back of the neck.

The episodic result has style and attitude to spare, a Tarantino throwback vibe, and a quirky sense of humor, even if the lack of moral complexity in the unsympathetic characters make emotional investment difficult.

In accordance with its episodic, elliptical structure and minimal snippets of dialogue, its essence is elusive, as befits its enigmatic, poetic style, illuminated by Emmanuel Lubezki's spectacular landscape / cityscape cinematography, Jack Fisk's sprawling production design and Alexandre Desplat's sublime, requiem - filled score.

I've been considering doing sequential «episodic» style novellas, trying that format out to see how it does.

Tucked within the 175 pages of this story are enough ideas hinted at for several seasons of episodic television, perhaps even a century - spanning epic, rooted in the realm of Upstairs - Downstairs - style domestic intrigue.

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The literary work that comes closest to the style and genre of Missionaries and Indians (episodic / adventure / coming - of - age) would be Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

Telltale Games has been on a roll since introducing the masses to the «Choose Your Own Adventure» style of episodic game with The Walking Dead: Season One.

Telltale Games, known for many impressive titles such as the Sam and Max series, Monkey Island, and more recently The Walking Dead episodes and The Wolf Among Us, has stated that the game will be episodic, likely similar to The Walking Dead style of gameplay.

Doors of Silence — the prologue is the 1st game in an episodic series that aims to make for an immersive scarefest with a few different styles of gameplay that keeps this from being just another walking simulator.

Not much is known about the title except that it will be an episodic murder mystery title with cartoon - y art style.

The game is called Quantum Break and appears to continue the episodic narrative style of Alan Wake, but in a brand new intellectual property.

The partnership is multi-year and multi-title one so we can expect to see the signature style of Telltale in an episodic game series.

Telltale's dialogue - heavy episodic games are enjoying excellent sales and general critical acclaim, Kickstarter's main legacy in gaming may well end up being dragging many veteran adventure game designers back out for another game, the PC market just might be the strongest it's ever been, and touch interfaces have proven to be a natural second home for point and click - style games.

«Featuring a unique cel - shaded art style, over-the-top animations, and a fast - paced combo system, Kritika Online provides MMORPG fans with a unique pick - up - and - play experience, with intense episodic gaming sessions, punctuated by high - flying action in a unique gaming universe.

Life Is Strange has to be one of my favourite episodic games due to its captivating story, art style and soundtrack.

In this sense, I'm referring to the fact that neither Saints Row nor Asura's Wrath seem compelled to hide behind auspices of other media (although AW does have a TV - style episodic structure, so it isn't a perfect comparison)

What we do get to see is the art style that TellTale Games has gone with for this episodic series that will be landing on mobile devices before the end of the year.

- Love the fact that it's on multiple platforms - Thrilled for the episodic content — I don't just want «one» classic style game, I want a whole bunch!

TellTale's episodic games are often style over graphical substance — there's usually not too much when it comes to the complexity of the models or animation, and instead, they are highly stylized to look like comic books come to life.

Saturday Morning RPG is an episodic Japanese style role - playing game set in a world inspired by 1980s Saturday morning cartoons and pop culture.

Max Payne did it with a comic style, Alan Wake with novelisation, and now Quantum Break wants to tackle episodic TV.

The episodic - style game features live - action segments (with decent acting, which is rare for a video game) with multiple outcomes entirely based on the player's in - game decisions.

The developer decided to bring its unique style of storytelling and episodic graphic gameplay into the world of Borderlands, an illustrious action role - playing first - person shooter video game by Gearbox Software.

AAI, Adult Attachment Interview; AFFEX, System for Identifying Affect Expression by Holistic Judgement; AIM, Affect Intensity Measure; AMBIANCE, Atypical Maternal Behaviour Instrument for Assessment and Classification; ASCT, Attachment Story Completion Task; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BEST, Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time; BPD, borderline personality disorder; BPVS - II, British Picture Vocabulary Scale II; CASQ, Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire; CBCL, Child Behaviour Checklist; CDAS - R, Children's Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale - Revised; CDEQ, Children's Depressive Experiences Questionnaire; CDIB, Child Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; CGAS, Child Global Assessment Schedule; CRSQ, Children's Response Style Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; DASS, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DIB - R, Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; EA, Emotional Availability Scales; ECRS, Experiences in Close Relationships Scale; EMBU, Swedish acronym for Own Memories Concerning Upbringing; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; FES, Family Environment Scale; FSS, Family Satisfaction Scale; FTRI, Family Trauma and Resilience Interview; IBQ - R, Infant Behaviour Questionnaire, Revised; IPPA, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment; K - SADS, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School - Age Children; KSADS - E, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Episodic Version; MMD, major depressive disorder; PACOTIS, Parental Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale; PPQ, Perceived Parenting Quality Questionnaire; PD, personality disorder; PPVT - III, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition; PSI - SF, Parenting Stress Index Short Form; RSSC, Reassurance - Seeking Scale for Children; SCID - II, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM - IV; SCL -90-R, Symptom Checklist 90 Revised; SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire; SEQ, Children's Self - Esteem Questionnaire; SIDP - IV, Structured Interview for DSM - IV Personality; SPPA, Self - Perception Profile for Adolescents; SSAGA, Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism; TCI, Temperament and Character Inventory; YCS, Youth Chronic Stress Interview; YSR, Youth Self - Report.

Research suggests that an overgeneral autobiographical memory style (i.e., retrieval of general memories when instructed to retrieve a specific episodic memory) represents a vulnerability marker for depression.