Sentences with phrase «granddaddy of modern»

TiVo can perhaps be considered the granddaddy of modern - day DVRs and set - top boxes, but it has been shoved to the sidelines by numerous rivals, including those from big names in the tech industry.

After starting out with some interesting gameplay and moves, including a adventurous amount of big Boss battles, I - Ninja falls back on a few too many standards of the genre that go back to the granddaddy of the modern platformer, «Super Mario 64.»

Wolfenstein 3D is the great granddaddy of modern first person shooters.

RIFF OF SCANDAL Can't recognize the players in Scandal, the new film about the granddaddy of modern - day sexploits, the 1963 Profumo Affair, without our team giving you their numbers Graham Fuller on the deep threat Gavin Smith grills John Hurt Marlaine Glicksman unwraps Roland Gift

How do you make an American icon and the arguable granddaddy of modern superheroes seem fresh?

Not exact matches

How NSAIDs work The granddaddy of NSAIDs is aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), made from a compound found in willow bark and introduced into modern medicine in 1899.

So when Puppy Games released Titan Attacks, a more modern take on the classic on the granddaddy of all games, I jumped at the opportunity to give it a shot.

You would expect The Post to find kinship in the other well - known journalism movies of the day, whether it's granddaddy of them all All The President's Men or more modern distillations of the form like Zodiac and Spotlight (also co-written by Singer), but Spielberg is smart enough to know the differences between the story he's crafting and these other newsroom capers.

So when Puppy Games released Titan Attacks, a more modern take on the classic on the granddaddy of all games, I jumped at the opportunity to give it a shot.