Sentences with phrase «kind of a number game»

«It becomes kind of a number game,» said another of the school's practice of listing the grade - point averages and SAT scores of those who were rejected or accepted to dozens of colleges on its Web site.

Publishing is kind of a numbers game.

Not exact matches

«It seems to be just a one - day trade, kind of game based on where did the number come in based on expectations.

He was involved in a life of crime — numbers, dope, con games of many kinds and thievery of all sorts, including armed robbery.

Sanchez, for the kind of form he is in and the number of marquee players Arsenal are missing, would do the Gunners a world of good if he, in addition to his good performances, can rally the Wilsheres, Ramseys, Cazorlas and Welbecks around him, and bring about some sort of cohesion into Arsenal's game.

After playing in France, Bowen, 26, then spent two seasons in the CBA, putting up the kind of modest numbers (12.7 points a game) that usually spell doom for an NBA aspirant.

If he puts up the kind of numbers many were expecting from him this season in those games, the recency bias from voters could be enough to win the trophy.

And the whole thing kind of conspires to become, not an anti- «Moneyball,» but very conventional ball, [said «The Numbers Game» co-author Chris Anderson].»

But my draft strategy is kind of like yours — acquire as many picks as possible and then play the numbers game.

This kind of gives me pause and question whether or not I'm right to play the numbers game, or if pinpointing guys and moving up to acquire them is the better way.

But, however you choose come at it all, what those numbers add up to seems increasingly clear: Mohamed Salah is having one of the all - time great goal - scoring seasons in the modern game and is putting up the kind of numbers that set him out as a player who is, right now, one of the game's top three attackers.

Compare and contrast your matches We're not very keen on talking about dating as if it's some kind of ratings and numbers game, but when you look at the nuts and bolts that's what it is; deciding whether Sally from Ealing is worth your time when compared with Rebecca from Brixton (of course they both might be, at this stage!).

Video Game Online Dating It's a lot to ask of a minute - long clip, but in the high stakes numbers game that is online dating, this is exactly the kind of sorting tool many people are hungry Game Online Dating It's a lot to ask of a minute - long clip, but in the high stakes numbers game that is online dating, this is exactly the kind of sorting tool many people are hungry game that is online dating, this is exactly the kind of sorting tool many people are hungry for.

Extras: The Blu - ray includes quite a few extra features, including a detailed, if at times kind of lethargic commentary by director Lloyd; three interlocked featurettes detailing the stage genesis of the property, the vocal training of the actors (including a laugh out loud segment showing the largely incompetent Firth attempting «dance moves»), as well as the source ABBA music; another featurette detailing the making of «Lay Your Love on Me,» a duet between Seyfried and Dominic Cooper that becomes a bit of a production number; deleted scenes (including the cut musical number «The Name of the Game») and a music video of «Gim me!

Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 is not the best game in this series of fighters, graphically it's good for a Wii game, the sound is good, the voice acting is great, the controls are ok, there is a large number of characters to play as which is great and even some game exclusive characters, multiplayer is ok, the story mode introduces an new and unique story with some interesting characters but kind of falls short, and the difficulty can be down right frustrating at times, there is some good versus modes and a fun survival mode, all in all i would only recommend this to Naruto fans, and people who love fighting games.

This game also had a very limited number of monsters, which was kind of disappointing when compared to MHFU.

If you're the kind of hardcore gamer looking for a challenging action - packed roller coaster ride then Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a definite must - buy.

I dislike EA, and kind of dislike Ubisoft as of late, but third parties need to read into these numbers and see that there is potential for sales with the Wii U. Nintendo's willingness to merge their franchises with other franchises is what will sell third party games on the Wii U and I have no idea why companies are not trying to do what Hyrule Warriors is doing.

It's actually kind of a light week in terms of your normal scheduled Thursday releases, but quite a few games released earlier in the week which actually kind of brings things up closer to the typical number of releases.

Our idea of just what kind of a game Red Dead Redemption 2 will be just got a lot clearer thanks to this trailer (and we'll be updating our FAQ and finally producing some guides shortly), however our questions still far outweigh the number of answers.

The bottom line Our idea of just what kind of a game Red Dead Redemption 2 will be just got a lot clearer thanks to this trailer, however our questions still far outweigh the number of answers.

Our idea of just what kind of a game Red Dead Redemption 2 will be just got a lot clearer thanks to this trailer, however our questions still far outweigh the number of answers.

Heroes of Normandie [$ 14.99], the digital port of the Devil Pig Games» board game with the same name, is precisely the kind of wargame that creates stories not only because it usually has you command a very small number of units over a pretty small battlefield, but also because the game is constantly celebrating its inspiration: the classic, bombastic WWII movies like The Dirty Dozen and A Bridge Too Far...

Glad you agreed and approved — my sister started using Twitter about a year ago (she's a proofreader, @ProofreadJulia) and hated it — then she sussed out that it's kind of a «numbers game» — when I first went on it, too, I just thought it was a load of people posting all these weird links to a load of stuff I didn't give much of a shit about.

The hard fact is, this kind of sales is a numbers game.

Compared to the likes of Call of Duty, the survival horror game market is small, he adds: «A «survival horror» Resident Evil doesn't seem like it'd be able to sell those kind of numbers.»

I mean, by that logic, I could lump Smash 64 and Melee together and say that Brawl only barely outsold the games in the series made by HAL that were not anti-competitive messes (we could even throw in Project M's downloads into that number), but that would be kind of silly.

@vallencer but... Danger close is now Dice LA... and thats kind of why the notion of «DICE» as any real development entity is pointless... DICE is any given number of EA employees at any given time... big battlefield game coming?

There are additional friendly characters that introduce some new mechanics in short spurts and each stage has a number of collectibles to find, but Shu still feels focused on presenting a simple and pure kind of platforming game.

We've had a lot of luck with Vita games to date, and the Vita install base is certainly big enough to support the kinds of numbers we need to survive.

«In order to help players immerse in Elyria, and to allow all - new play styles to emerge, we've added a number of communication - dependent mechanics to support the kind of in - game experiences we want to give players,» the studio said.

The Mario chase game was kind of fun (but seemed very unbalanced in favor of Mario if you weren't playing with the maximum number of players) but the mini-games for stuff like Metroid & F - Zero just made me wonder why I was wasting my time with dumbed down mini-game versions of these great series and not playing an actual Metroid or F - Zero game.

Each of these bosses work as a kind of «puzzle boss» as they tend to require specific strategies and abilities to be able to take them down.Newcomers shouldn't feel too discouraged by this, however, as Atlus included a number of changes in the game's «casual» mode to help alleviate some of your fears.

Game discs today can hold gigabytes of data; there is no rational reason the number of Robot Masters, Mavericks, or whatever other kind of boss robot still needs to be eight.

The reason was that the new kind of game service was backed up by numbers.

With the Wii U proving to be a damp squib, despite boasting a number of great (mainly first party) games, Nintendo were quick to put it to one side and launch a fresh new console, smack dab in the middle of the controversial but also kind of successful 1.5 upgrades from Sony and Microsoft.

Certainly the Switch, as well, because it has sold so well and is doing really well at the moment, there's a number of previous game IPs that we've got that we didn't make continuations of those series sequels for in the past, and I think maybe looking into doing some of those kinds of sequels to older IPs on the Switch in the future is something we'd like to look at.

There are a fairly large number of boss battles in the game, and almost none of them pose any kind of challenge to your characters.

Where it goes from here is yet to be seen of course, but with those kinds of numbers on paper, it's hard to argue that boxed games on discs are going anywhere anytime soon.

It feels like a different kind of fighting game for folks interested in real - life martial arts, with a cumbersome grappling system and some branded bumbling with numbers and menus to appeal to the core audience.

In short, it's kind of a 3D cinema where you watch a recording of a select number of songs from the Game Symphony Japan 23rd concert, which took place earlier this year.

The number one thing that annoys me the most about this game above all else though, is the meaningless backtracking without getting any kind of reward from it all, and just to top it all off, you'll end up going through various different areas of the field map, which are all surrounded by monsters, you finish the mission that you set out for, sit through a long cut - scene, but guess what happens next?

And by the end of the game the number of civilians that I may or may not of shot was kind of lost amongst the thousands of terrorists (many of whom would also have been husbands and fathers, I presume) I'd slaughtered on the way.

Still, with PUBG close to being what we could all possibly recognise as a videogame on Xbox One, we don't see many other Xbox games getting a look in with those kinds of numbers.

Heroes of Normandie [$ 14.99], the digital port of the Devil Pig Games» board game with the same name, is precisely the kind of wargame that creates stories not only because it usually has you command a very small number of units over a pretty small battlefield, but also because the game is constantly celebrating its inspiration: the classic, bombastic WWII movies like The Dirty Dozen and A Bridge Too Far...

I will say, some of the individual cases and stories presented were kind of hard to follow for a number of different reasons, especially early on as you're still adjusting to the mechanics and the way the game is being presented.

I'm sure a decent number of game fans could identify the music as being of the Castlevania series, but my point is that those who don't know the score would have no way to ascertain even what kind of game it is scoring because cheesy beats and cutesy 80s - sounding rock tunes have no connection to the subject matter — unlike Zelda, Metroid, etc. which both do a far better job enhancing the action on the screen.

In a fresh approach, the game forgoes base - building completely, and you control a limited number of units compared to most games of this kind, but this gives it a strong tactical component.

A number of card games and mahjong are all present, but I'm personally more of an «karaoke and arcade» kind of guy.

Unfortunately after release a number of issues came up with the online networking that we did not anticipate and as a result, it kind of marred our first week of release and indie sites being the first to review these types of games, caught onto it quickly.