Sentences with phrase «gimmicky thing»

While some thought of the curved edge to be yet another gimmicky thing, looking back at it now, the features brought to us by this new curved edge were practical.
WSU ran this gimmicky thing during his career where they'd shift the DL left or right right before the snap to confuse the lineman and create angles for their front.
They are dating very quickly and interior materials and build is nowhere near the Audi or BMW once you look past some of the gimmicky things like the pop up multimedia Knobs and powered air vents.
These are a whole lot more likely to get your career going than Tweeting 24/7, paying to boost Facebook posts, buying followers and reviews, spamming online author groups, or any of the other gimmicky things way too many authors are doing.

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Most other things are gimmicky and attract publicity but attract few votes,» he says.
I like this one, but I agree with you on the «gimmicky» thing, I wouldn't wear this polish very often but I think it can be fun as an accent nail sometimes:)
The Inner Circle really prides itself firstly, on not being a gamified or gimmicky app which encourages respectful behaviour between users, and secondly, having some unique features such as the travel and spots features, and the wall on which users can post about up and coming Events, all things which better engage users, give them starting points of things to talk about on dates, as well as giving them a better experience in The Inner Circle's dating community.
Whilst the website is certainly not the most beautiful or visually appealing in this segment, we like the way things have been done — things are simple and less gimmicky.
The only thing really holding DKCR back was the gimmicky waggle controls, which are not present in this game so it had every chance to turn out an even better game.
In a franchise that has thus far been content to allow each entry to do its own thing, one of the rare points of consistency among the Cloverfield films has been the gimmicky release.
The whole thing is just so gimmicky i can't even get worked up about it.
Combine financial firms» relentless marketing of new and often gimmicky investment products with investors» natural tendency to gravitate toward The Next New Thing, and it's hardly surprising that over time our portfolios can become an unwieldy hodgepodge of investments bought on the spur of the moment that don't function as a coherent whole.
this was the one thing with move that seemed to stand on its own... I don't mind the idea of HD wii sports either, as long as it really is 1:1... that was my only real complaint with the wii when it released... there was motion control, but it was gimmicky and registered «wiggles» into canned animations... not to mention the gamecube visuals... still not sold on Move though... for me to really want one, I want to see what they are doing with shooters... Socom 4 and killzone 3 could be very special for core gamers and motion controls if they are done right... if you can aim on screen in true 1:1 fashion while sitting comfortably at a «normal» gaming distance... it could rearrange how I play first person shooters on a console... developers are saying the Move has input latency of 21ms, which is roughly half of a DS3... and second only to a wired mouse / keyboard... need to see how it works though, as it is not always that simple... just saying that if it does what its supposed to... it could end up being the answer to shooters on a console... as much as I like playing shooters with 2 sticks... I can't argue that I miss the days of a mouse and keyboard (as well as PC being the only platform to get the best shooters on... no longer the case by any means)... but with a first person shooter, there is no wiggle room... pun intended... it has to register every mm of movement on screen... and do it quickly... not sure if it can yet...
«Don't do things that are gimmicky or things that will get old after one or two times,» Elad said.
The «back» stage tends to be a bit more gimmicky, or mixes things up in a unique way.
Concentration Mode is hardly an original or innovative game mechanic, a theme which runs through Gunslinger, but it slots nicely into the action and is a blast to use, unlike in many other titles where such things feel gimmicky.
I laugh when I hear people call Switch gimmicky when we see this VR thing that so far is disastrous for gaming and only a fun tech demo.
There are a few things in here that resemble these gimmicky upgrades, but for the most part, a lot of these things actually help.
This is not to say that Yoshi's Woolly World isn't enjoyable at times, or that it doesn't do its own thing in certain aspects when it comes to gameplay mechanics - it is just that they generally feel a bit gimmicky and tacked - on.
The gameplay is rarely ever anything special, thanks to overly gimmicky motion controls or other such things.
There are a lot of fun gimmicky character concepts here, so this is one to check out if you appreciate that sort of thing.
Each of the available bombs are put to use in many ways and none of them feel gimmicky, which is always a good thing!
This isn't necessarily a bad thing though and fans of the series will be pleased with how close Nintendo has stuck to the franchise's traditional formula, while still adding a few interesting but somewhat gimmicky features in an attempt to keep things fresh.
The only thing really holding DKCR back was the gimmicky waggle controls, which are not present in this game so it had every chance to turn out an even better game.
«Many people doomed it outright as it being somehow gimmicky, but obviously the same thing as with the Wii U: if you look at the 3DS, Angry Birds games would make a perfect match there.»
Another thing I had noticed was how the controls were a bit gimmicky.
I personally use lemon juice for all of those things quite often, and therefore find Citrus Spray quite a useful object, even if it looks quite gimmicky at first.
It seems a little — not really gimmicky but our Word Processors do some of the same things that TextExpander does.
With the new Galaxy S5, the Korean company says it focused on the things that matter, not the gimmicky, overbearing features that have unfortunately become its calling card.
We typically think of these things as superfluous or gimmicky, so no complaints here.
In past years, Huawei's gimmicky gesture inputs might have been the only thing to distinguish its software.
A lot of the things they added to iMessage just felt so gimmicky and useless; especially the message effects.
Squeezing gadgets may still seem to be a bit gimmicky for most users, but companies such as Google and HTC think it's one of the next big things in the smartphone game, which is evidenced by the Pixel 2 and the HTC U11.
Some of the updated firmware's features seem a little gimmicky — I don't see myself taking pictures with a Bluetooth headset anytime soon, for example — but competition is a good thing, and, on the whole, Emotion UI is intriguing.
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