It take an inverted narrative approach to the techniques commonly used in story - centric games that try to give players the
strongest illusion of freedom possible.
Today, I believe that many (the majority) of Christians are people who live in happily - blissfully ignorant slavery that is for all intents and purposes one of the most
clever illusions of freedom I have ever seen.
What Satan offers is
the illusion of freedom, presented as lack of consequences, which leads to enslavement.
We only have
the illusion of freedom of religion here in America, because if you aren't Christian, you're Satan.
because of
the illusion of freedom for all... and it's not that many just a few like most all how came here it's also for opportunties not found in other places in the world..
Are we, that is, supposed to picture the Lord saying to himself: «Should I give my creatures real freedom, or only
the illusion of freedom?
@common sense needed — There's
an illusion of freedom in the Bible.
A set of formal legal rights against intrusion from the state may provide no more than
an illusion of freedom that glosses over the pervasive relations of domination that shape our choices and identities.
But knowing that Whitehead is trying in this book to call our attention to
the illusion of freedom and equality in America today, I think Cora also represents the current plight of black women, at the bottom of the pay scale (due to the double whammy of racism and sexism), and with so many of them also forced to make their way on their own, given how racial violence impacts on black men.
A retractable leash gives your puppy
the illusion of freedom but allows you to reel him in when necessary.
Most dogs also like
the illusion of freedom that it provides, and owners that do not crate at home are usually thrilled that the dogs are not caged.
An «
illusion of freedom» in a linear world might perhaps be the way to do it?
Improved Leveling System — Final Fantasy XIII's Crystarium leveling system had
the illusion of freedom with its various paths but in actuality, the game carefully gated the various ranks to the point so that just playing through the game normally usually gave the player enough XP to max out everything.
What further broke
the illusion of freedom was when I realized how scripted the environments were.
There is
no illusion of freedom because the gears that keep the player and Hyrule in lockstep are eminently legible.
While the open areas between dungeons provide
the illusion of freedom, Darksiders II for all intents and purposes a linear game, albeit one packed to the gills with quality content.
It's like this: Most freeform RPGs these days (Mass Effect 2, Fable 2, Fallout 3) create
the illusion of freedom by placing a linear plot in a big world full of side quests.
The illusion of freedom is painfully obvious.
The sacrifice made by the individual subjecting to the group gives off
the illusion of freedom, creating a never ending cycle.
While «Mutants» reflects on the surrounding environment, «
Illusion of Freedom» ponders the challenges one faces trying to change one's mindset.
Ondak presents the cages as a hypothetical habitat, with the implication that an animal inhabitant could experience
the illusion of freedom, but without ever leaving the loop determined by the architecture of his environment.
Later Elizabeth Tjader states, «go on about our business living
the illusion of freedom...» Only a person who is free could coin the phrase, «the illusion of freedom».
So while we sit lemonade, play polo and go on about our business living
the illusion of freedom, what do you say to our returning troops who can not find support from our country, our homeless vets, where the suicide rate from returning vets in Iraq is the highest it's ever been in war history, funds for their rehab is either null or shamefully deficient.
We flail about grasping at ways to distract ourselves from the pain, to find ways to ignore the source of the pain, ways to stop the pain, but, inevitably, the pain reasserts itself and shakes us from
the illusion of freedom from it.