Sentences with phrase «like feudal»

Like feudal lords of yore, legal publishers (authors or creators claim only their moral rights) stake their rights to past, present and future rents in kind and specie.

Teacher Leigh Ann VanSchaick, a former public school teacher, has also woven math into the unit (calculating castle perimeters, for example), along with historic concepts like the feudal system.

Best quote from NYPIRG's Blair Horner: «It's like feudal Japan.

Charles, he writes, «presides at the centre of a court with no place for democracy or dissenting views... like some feudal lord.»

Not exact matches

Tea Party America is very much like the old feudal system, where princes and priests had all, and everyone else existed at their tolerance.

I mean the Communist party of the USA even asked the Comintern for special freedoms given that America has never had a feudal history like Europe.

Assemblyman Peter Lopez of Schoharie, excluded from the briefing like the Assembly's other minority Republicans, said the same feudal system has remained in place in the Legislature despite recent leadership changes and promises of openness.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's big, slow, meaty drama feels like a Russian novel and stars Haluk Bilginer as Mr. Aydin, a gentleman hotelier who sees himself as the benevolent feudal lord of a remote, idyllic village whose ancient cave houses attract a steady stream of tourists.

The first thing that you notice about Samurai Warriors 4 is that the series finally feels like a next - gen title, especially with the lush FULL HD graphics as it returns gamers to the Warring States of feudal Japan.

Peter Mullan is (no surprise) intimidating as the girl's father, a feudal mountain patriarch who runs his mountain spread like a duchy outside of police jurisdiction and a feared landowner who uses unspoken threats and unrepentent violence to keep his power and manage his independence.

India has a dynamic political atmosphere with new and emerging issues like the transformation from a traditional and feudal society into a new, technologically advanced society and a good population as members of generation y and z.

Nioh also diverges by choosing an Eastern fantasy setting over a Western one, featuring demon - like yokai in feudal Japan and a host of Japanese weaponry, like samurai swords and chain - hook kusarigama weapons.

The gear and weapons were impressive and had a feudal Japan feel to them, even if some of the guns looked like re-skins with new perks added.

The first thing that you notice about Samurai Warriors 4 is that the series finally feels like a next - gen title, especially with the lush FULL HD graphics as it returns gamers to the Warring States of feudal Japan.

The influence from feudal Japan is still present in these new armour sets, but the it seems like there's also a blue set, the top image, which takes more influence from Viking imagery.

Those who have loved the series for a while will resonate with the combat and wide selection of characters from feudal history, but others may not find as much to like in this latest installment.

It drops you like a bath bomb into a province of feudal Japan featuring a glut of medieval plot devices - one clan has just overthrown another, villagers are being oppressed by high taxes, a bandit clan is up to no good, the whole bit.

This week's MMO Alpha and Beta list brings launch news and new additions for the likes of Destiny 2, Life is Feudal, and a new title from the creative minds behind EVE Online.

Life is Feudal isn't a zombie or post-apocalyptic game, like those mentioned, but focuses on the crafting, weapons, and other elements of life almost a millennia ago.

Given the trajectory of recent years, it's hard not to imagine the not too distant London like a bad knock - off episode of Black Mirror: with a feudal dystopia that sees on one side a comfortable investor class of propertied citizens, and on the other a set of nomadic sub-citizens who move from space to space, all mediated by an abysmally dry doublespeak.

Like the Taliban blowing up the Buddhas of Bamiyan, or the tyrants of feudal Europe, they do not recognise that they are accountable to anyone.

This unique Zelda - like adventure title plunges you into a gorgeous cel - shaded world based on feudal Japan, complete with creatures and deities straight out of Japanese mythology.