Sentences with phrase «game economy as»

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More importantly, video games are the crux of the future economy, lying at the intersection of culture and technology as they do.

Fortunately, as the economy improved, they gradually got back into the small - business lending game.

As this zero - sum - game pushes savings into the global markets, global equilibrium rates decline even more, «pulling the global economy closer to a liquidity trap.»

As political leaders play a giant game of chicken with the economy, what's best for small businesses?

The system gives rise to a Facebook economy and allows companies such as game maker Zynga Inc. to thrive.

As mobile OS makers like Apple and Google increasingly support in - app transactions, mobile games are adopting similar monetization strategies by building virtual goods economies to increase engagement and monetization opportunities.

And right now — with uncertainty rife in economies and governments all over the globe — is a perfect time to play the options game as the markets experience wild mood swings.

It is being developed to have Bitcoin and the Blockchain technology as an integrant part of the game economy and its storyline.

The world - renowned game companies and hundreds of game developers and publishers made statement jointly, and conducted in - depth discussion and cooperation on topics such as digital entertainment culture and new economies.

The new token economy offers innovative entrepreneurs the opportunity to create game - changing models and disrupt multi-billion-dollar industries such as social media as is the case of Coinsilium's latest addition to its portfolio of investments, Singapore - based Indorse: a decentralised social network for professionals.

It does seem as if the US economy has turned a corner and a number of analysts are convinced that the Trump presidency will prove to be a game - changer.

The game has a thriving economy as players buy and sell items using Linden Dollars.

For example, in «game theory,» an aptly named part of high academic economics, it has been discovered that games (such as the nuclear arms race or participation in an economy) can not be played with prudence - only rules.

The economy of nature was not yet effectively fighting back against the human economy, even when the latter was treating the world as game and booty and land fill.

Santa Monica is also a part of the growing larger region known as «Silicon Beach,» an L.A. Metropolitan collection of more than 500 startup tech companies, as well as major influencers in the fields of web technologies, the gig economy and the ever - expanding video game market.

As if Glenville, Minnesota doesn't have woe enough over the parlous state of its farm economy, the high school football team had an 0 - 8 season, extending its losing streak to 68, four games from the record held by Iberia (Mo..)

As this game is only three days before the Barca clash, everyone is expecting Arsene Wenger to make many changes to his first team to keep our stars fresh for the Spanish giants, but that may end up being a false economy.

To combat this, Cuomo touted his Start - up NY program as a «game - changing» panacea to «supercharge» the economy.

Cuomo introduced the program in 2014, touting it as potentially «game - changing» for the state's economy.

Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said obtaining the same federal reimbursements as U.S. states regarding Medicaid and Medicare would be a game changer for Puerto Rico's economy.

The game allows players to take the roles of stakeholders, such as farmers, developer, watermen, and local policymakers, make decisions about their livelihoods or regulatory authority; and see the impacts of their decisions on their own personal finances, the regional economy, and watershed health.

It is already unknown what types of games and what games are going to be included in this month's Instant Game Collection for PlayStation Plus subscribers, but ultimately shoot»em up DOGOS won't be on it, as the indie developer OPQM debunked today such rumors, even claiming those are harmful for the «economy» of little software houses.

While the controversy around Battlefront 2 is more than legitimate, as the original approach was utterly underhanded and botched, increasing the scope of said controversy to unreleased games, the economies of which we know nothing about, is needless.

One Smithtown, New York, teacher, whose students used the game, noted that it «piqued their interest in what is happening in our economy, as well as in life in general.

That same Gartner report points out that many companies ignore the «more subtle and more important game design elements, such as balancing competition and collaboration, or defining a meaningful game economy.»

Make learning fun and engaging through programs such as the Governor's Challenge in Economics and Personal Finance, Mini Economy, Awards and Scholarships, and the Stock Market Game ™.

Commissioned by Ed Vaizey, then minister for culture, communications and the creative industries, it was intended as a review of the skills needs of the video - games and visual effects industries, long seen as economically valuable sectors of the UK economy.

The U.S. economy is increasingly perceived as a zero - sum game in which only those who are already well - off reap the most benefits.

The ILX isn't Acura's best effort, but this reskinned Civic offers the marque's signature video - game styling and a smooth powertrain, along with adept handling and the same excellent fuel economy as the Civic.

Its affordable price and great fuel economy keep it in the game as an economy crossover.

It also means a lot more paperwork for more business (which is a measurable drag on the economy) and is prone to arbitrage as people game the system (putting VAT liabilities into shell companies that conveniently go bankrupt).

The Federal Reserve had a moral obligation as part of the game of the gold standard, to let loose that gold into the economy via bank lending.

But the Federal Reserve had a moral obligation, as part of the game of the gold standard, to let loose that gold into the economy via bank lending.

Thanks to this service, passengers in all classes, whether First Class, Executive Class, or Economy Class, will be able to access live television broadcasts, such as a soccer game in the sport channel, or other entertainment options, free of any additional charges.

5 new rules in the balance transfer game Transferring a credit card balance used to be so easy and painless that some consumers referred to it as a game, but this 2008 story describes how the game changed, with issuers imposing higher fees as the economy soured and a new credit card reform law loomed.

I think plenty of other hardcore gamers are in the same boat as we speak, especially in this economy.

This restructuring has placed pressure on American workers to accept contract positions with little long - term security, while the demands for productivity have continued to rise, something that's reshaped not just the games industry but the U.S. economy as a whole.

The trend to not include a physical, paper instruction manual in games started in the Xbox 360 / PS3 / Wii console generation as a way to cut costs at a time when the economy wasn't doing too well and unit sales were down overall.

As an RTS game, the goal is to take control of your own little island and slowly nurture it until it has a booming economy, whether that be thanks to tourism, weapons production, exporting exotic food or any mixture of the above and more.

This year, I've played seven major titles which explicitly use loot boxes as part of their in - game economies: Middle - earth: Shadow of War, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Injustice 2, Lawbreakers, Forza Motorsport 7, For Honor, and the Star Wars Battlefront 2 beta.

Sandbox mode can help a little here as you can set your starting cash, the amount of credit you can take out before it's game over and the current state of the economy.

I'm not even touching upon a bunch of the other problems, such as icons that are never explained, weird economy crashes that last for a month when loading up a game and tooltips that appear for some things but not others.

It can make the game infuriating to play at times, especially as the economy is prone to huge shifts in either direction seemingly at random so that you can suddenly find your companies going bankrupt one after the other, and attempting to find out what the problem is might just leave you clenching your teeth so hard that dentists around the world shudder in horror.

The dreaded «Tokens» microtransaction mechanic from Forza Motorsport 5, for instance, is no longer present (even though the cynic inside me wouldn't put it against Microsoft to add them in at a later date, as the publisher did with Forza Horizon 2), instead replaced by an in - game economy that's far more generous in the currency and content it rewards players with as they steadily progress through the game.

From real - time control schemes to economy balancing to procedural level generation, come join us as experienced designers dissect their own games, highlighting the design decisions and methodologies that led to the final version of the design.

We will continue to issue title updates on an ongoing basis to counter the negative impact this has had on gameplay, and as part of today's maintenance period, we are removing the counterfeit GTA$ from the game's economy.

These RPG - like elements are what drive the game's economy, as you also need to craft certain items that will allow you to perform intergalactic warps between the star systems.

And, thankfully, its in - game economy isn't as completely insane as Sega's last idle game Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire, so you'll actually feel like you're getting something out of your investment into your wrestlers.

Both games feature a «Commander» unit, a giant mecha, which uses atomic - level manufacturing to build an entire economy on far - off planets literally from the ground up, which is an interesting inversion on how mecha usually are used in games: the «Commander» is more or less the player character, and while their large mecha is by no means weak, it's a central unit because of its production capabilities, and not because of its arsenal, which as a mecha fan I always thought was a nice way to work the idea of a «hero mecha» into an RTS, because you can relate to the Commander mecha's role as, well, a Commander on the battlefield rather than as simply a powerful named «hero» unit as exist in most other RTSes.

Supreme Commander was a «spiritual successor» to Total Annihilation, an attempt to bring its massive scale of combat, large selection of units, an interesting economy / base construction model, and the crowd - pleasing nuclear superweapons back into the minds of gamers, and it being re-released at the time that Supreme Commander is getting its own sequel allows fans to relive history as they step into the future.