Sentences with phrase «instead of playing video games»

One of those kids who voluntarily wore a three - piece suit to school in the seventh grade, and learned how to manage a stock portfolio in his spare time instead of playing video games and eating dirt like the rest of the kids?

Not exact matches

Is your child playing video games instead of doing schoolwork?

Rather than spend time with friends, they're talking to strangers on the internet and instead of playing outside, they're playing video games.

Second, focus on empathizing with your child instead of arguing with them during a «battle» situation, i.e. — not wanting to stop stop playing video games to brush teeth.

For example, a poor grade on an English test during the week might require extra time studying Friday night instead of hanging out with friends or playing video games.

Instead of sitting around playing video games, get your kids to try these fun crafts to do with household items.

These days, instead of playing the license plate game like we did as children, our kids are plugged into a DVD or handheld video game.

It took the Marines a month to realize thatReyes wasn't the same, but instead of looking deeper, he says theysimply allowed him to whittle his time away playing video games in thebarracks while the rest of his friends prepared for another tour inIraq.

They felt guilty for having given in to their desire of watching TV or playing a video game instead of taking care of more important tasks.

It took the Marines a month to realize that Reyes wasn't the same, but instead of looking deeper, he says they simply allowed him to whittle his time away playing video games in the barracks while the rest of his friends prepared for another tour in Iraq.

Couple the above factors with the fact that most kids, once they escape the nutrient - devoid school lunches and finally get home at night, are too tired to get the benefits of going outside and play or chase a ball around for fun, and instead curl up in front of the TV or video games with a snack.

It's not the end of the world if you'd rather spend an extra 30 minutes playing video games instead of going on a walk.

Monitor use of electronics (instead of spending hours surfing the internet, scanning Facebook, playing video games, or working on the computer, try going for a walk or having an Epsom salts bath instead)

Decide to exercise, walk the dog, ride bikes or play outside instead of watching TV or playing video games.

Decide to read a book instead of watching TV or playing video games.

I'm a 35 year old logistics coordinator looking for someone who wants to play video games with me instead of complaining about it lol I have a two year old daughter every other weekend and I go to school as well so I'm a pretty busy guy, but I sure could use someone to play with in my spare time...

I grew up playing video games instead of...

Deadline reports Ready Player One, Spielberg's adaptation of Ernest Cline's bestselling sci - fi novel, is scheduled for a December 15, 2017 release date, meaning instead of reading about a kid playing video games, you'll get to watch a kid play video games, an activity universally agreed upon as being the most fun.

Teenage boys are better off playing a video game whereas female admirers of the male form should just flick through a guy's underwear catalogue instead.

He opts to ride his spiffy bike wherever he goes instead of a car, he spends most of his free time playing video games or watching «Survivor».

The premise of this high - concept flick (it's like Skyline, but with demons instead of aliens, and a Shaun of the Dead sense of comedic self - awareness) involves Jay Baruchel traveling to Los Angeles to stay for a spell at BFF Seth Rogen's house, where they proceed to get high, play video games, and just enjoy each other's company.

Though entertaining in the moment and briskly paced, Tomb Raider never overcomes feeling like a video game that you watch instead of play.

It is similar to playing a video game except you play with a big, car - sized controller instead of a handheld one.

The IQ is for those who want to read but also want to be able to surf the web, play videos and music, install apps for games, read color content, have access to multiple reading applications instead of just one, and so on.

As much as the wife and I love NPR (seriously... we listen to NPR instead of watching TV, or we'll sit around and play video games while listening, and there have been countless times we've sat in the car in the garage or at the store for another ten minutes just to hear the end of whatever story was on at the time), our time as sustaining members is over.

The supporters of violent video games advocate that playing such games allows teenagers to divert their aggression into the virtual world instead of the real one.

The market's all about tablets now not e-readers: The growth in sales of tablets, which offer a far wider range of media consumption opportunities than just reading, has encouraged users to play games, watch videos and browse the web instead of read.

I've seen multiple times the wrong game installment being addressed on a video about former / later releases of the same series, as well as music games playing music from other games, and those games being credited by the auto - tag instead of the actual rhythm game being played.

The videos are almost nauseatingly simple in their presentation, and it's pretty clear this is all geared towards getting people to realize they have an online machine instead of getting more people playing online games.

Also the aura shows how the enemy is about to attack while the others wait around in DmC, the enemies instead of having an aura show their weapons signifying an impending attack and hold it up where the weapon shines (take the video LordMe uses as an example but play the game or the demo to see what I mean)

I don't know if that statement requires qualification but if it does then what the fuck are you doing on a video game site just reading about games instead of going back and playing every Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest game you can get your hands on?

Instead, both the president and critics of violent video games at Thursday's meeting argued that more restrictions that would prevent children from seeing or playing violent games are necessary.

Once I started watching YouTube tips and tricks videos I quickly realized my early days playing Counter-Strike: Source was fun but sadly involved a lot of wasted in - game time that I could have spent bettering myself instead of running around with no goal in sight.

The Copyright Conundrum: The Case for Shortening the Length of Video Game Copyright When you've been around games for some years (or even decades), you start to wonder whatever happened to some of those classic games you vaguely remember playing years ago instead of doing your homework or going outside and enjoying the sunshine like -LSB-...]

While people are so busy searching for Britney Spears information are they also thinking, «I wish I could play a video game about Britney spears too instead of just reading gossip and seeing unflattering images.»

LIFE HACK: Instead of yelling at people over arbitrary numbers on reviews or harassing people out of the industry for mildly janky face animations or whatever, just go play a fucking video game you enjoy.

Nintendo could have played a prank on everyone just like the rest of the internet, but instead, they decided to post a Nintendo Direct video that featured a HUGE assortment of games coming to the WiiU and 3DS consoles.

Unlike most Americans, after Thanksgiving dinner, instead of watching football, some of my family and I play video games.

The magician played by Jeff Goldblum chews the scenery up exactly how one would expect, and since he's bound to video game reality instead of movie reality, he's even more bemused by things than usual.

Her latest video challenges us to look for game changing solutions instead of just new ways to play the same game.

Kids would rather stay indoors, in their «ultra-safe, well - padded, child - proofed, stairway-gated, climate - controlled environments, playing video games or watching TV under watchful parental supervision — instead of risking their lives climbing trees or frolicking in the lake» (National Post).

Considering that you're most likely to want good speakers on your tablet when holding it in landscape instead of portrait, such as for video or playing a game, it's unfortunate to have the speakers on only one side.

The resources will be allocated toward the video game that the user is playing instead of any running applications in the background, making gameplay smoother.