Sentences with phrase «nods to real»

Game Dev Story is filled with plenty of nods to real video game companies and industry figures with its fake consoles (e.g. Senga's Exodus, Mixrox SX) and employees (e.g. Jon Gameson).

But fear not, book fans: There are more than a few super-fun nods to the real story, including but not limited to: a cringe - worthy story about a bra, a tale from yesteryear regarding a red string, and, of course, a Starbucks habit to which we can all relate.

This seems to hint at a time of poverty, but is also a nod to a real gang of outlaws from the 1890s called the Daltons (naturally).

This seems to hint at a time of poverty, but is also a nod to a real gang of outlaws from the 1890s called the Daltons (naturally).

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Her comment was a nod to the fact that Canada's banks are highly exposed to real estate in Toronto and Vancouver.

The move is a nod to the needs of big companies looking for flexible real estate solutions for an ever more mobile and far - flung workforce.

With a nod to Ripple and the nascent partnership with MoneyGram, Holmes focused on two areas as a near - term roadmap for using alternative currencies and DLT to solve MoneyGram's real business problems.

It's disappointing to keep seeing CNN's milquetoast nod to the religious community when they should be delivering real news from real thinkers about real issues.

People hear where I am going next week, and because all we know of Haiti is what we have seen on the news, their eyes widen at me, and we end up nodding at each other like, yeah, shit's about to get real, man.

Florida Southern Baptist pastor Dean Inserra nodded to the verse a month before the election, tweeting, «Somebody take 2 Chronicles 7:14 out of context real quick.

Hilary's, the creator of convenient and culinary foods that are made from real ingredients and are free - from common allergens, has expanded its frozen product portfolio, introducing three new flavors of veggie bites: Broccoli Casserole, Mediterranean and Spicy Mesquite — a special nod to Hilary's Midwestern roots and the brand's creative perspective on BBQ.

Let's get real here.It is very unlikely that ANY professional player will ever say anything derogatory about a teammate that has just left the club.If Jack had said about Coq - «Grew up playing with him in the Youth Team and have fond memories of a player they though he had very limited ability he always gave his all.Very surprised and disappointed the club never invested in a World Class defensive midfielder that we have quite obviously been lacking for a number of seasons and would no doubt have improved the defensive weakness we have shown over a number of seasons» we would have echoed his thoughts entirely.If he had said about Theo - «A player who should have been so much better than he ended up being.He had everything needed to be a prolific player for our club but I can understand the fans frustrations with his continued lack - lustre performances and total lack of a football brain.I think this is best explained by the managers preference to play a player of such limited ability as Alex Iwobi in front of Theo pretty much says it all» we again would have all nodded our agreement.Although Jack never mentioned Alexis Sanchez I would imagine something along the lines of «If the Manager had not persisted with players with such limited ability such as Francis and Theo and instead bought the world class players needed into the club then Sanchez would still most likely be here.The fans must wonder what the hell goes on at the club as they pay fortunes for the privalage of following our club but it seems the millions generated ends up purchasing a new Texas Ranch for the Owner or in a yearly renumeration of # 9million pounds to our manager».

Seeing Young play out of position and get the nod ahead of him is a major blow in itself, but with his chances of playing dwindling should Tierney join the Red Devils, it may well be the final sign that Shaw will have to leave Man Utd in order to rediscover the form he showed with the Saints that singled him out as a real star for the future.

With youngster Thibaut Courtois playing 90 minutes in a recently friendly win over Real Sociedad, it could be a signal that the Belgian international is about to displace Petr Cech as the club's number one, and he could get the nod here as the new season gets underway.

• The Big Ten is still shut out of the playoff field for now, a nod to the very real possibility that its top three contenders cannibalize each other's chances in the coming months.

The company, Power Home Remodeling, bought the billboards in an obvious nod to the currently Oscar - nominated film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, but it also draws on real speculation that James might at least consider Philadelphia if he leaves the Cavaliers in free agency this summer.

Jim Curtin gives the nod to 18 - year - old Drexel Hill native Matt Real at left back.

There was real controversy when Stags had a goal disallowed after just 13 minutes as Dudley Roberts nodded a ball down for Jimmy Goodfellow to crack home but the referee ruled that Roberts had climbed over Paul Reaney.

The visitors earned a flurry of corners and Danny Welbeck took full advantage of Real's frailties at the back by holding off Sergio Ramos to nod home on 20 minutes for a vital away goal.

Real showed their intent at the start of the second half with a great slide - rule pass from Kovacic finding Isco in the penalty area, but his cross was expertly headed over his own crossbar by Miquel with Benzema ready to nod home at the far post.

I appreciate the nod to breastfeeding being beautiful and honorable, but depicting nursing moms as fantasy characters denies the real challenges and hard won successes surrounding that choice.

No commentary on this type of thing is complete without at least a basic grasp of (and nod towards) the cynicism of this process and sheer determination of the Remainers (incl the PM) to thwart the real intention of Brexit.

In the end (and with a nod to all the caveats inherent in citing generic ballot polls), the wide gap between generic Democratic and Republican presidential candidates in the Diageo / Hotline poll suggests the political landscape on which the 2008 presidential campaign will be fought has real potential to be tipped strongly in Democrats» favor.

Under the government's new system the vast majority of the two - and - a-half million disabled people currently on incapacity benefit will be reassessed and found officially «fit for work» with barely a nod to the social, financial and practical barriers they face in finding and keeping a job in the real world.

Siddiq said she had real concerns about giving the government the nod to proceed with leaving the EU without guarantees on membership of security agencies, environmental or employment rights.

New Castle County Executive Chris Coons won the Democratic nomination, marketing consultant Christine O'Donnell upset Castle to win the GOP nod, and now Coons is leading by more than 17 points in the Real Clear Politics polling average.

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There's even a nod to Zoolander's Mugatu, and some great fish - out - of - water laughs as the boys attempt to introduce Captain Underpants to the real world à la George of the Jungle.

The Walmart listing also nodded to a new, as - yet untitled Assassin's Creed game, and while that's surely real it's also unlikely to be announced so soon after AC Origins.

Similarly, the only real nod Black Panther has to the rest of the M.C.U. comes in the last minutes of the movie, after the credits roll, as Captain America's close pal Bucky Barnes — a.k.a. the Winter Soldier — shows himself rested and on the road to recovery in Wakanda.

This comes from Deadline, and in what may be a nod to the way that the ridiculousness of real life made the ridiculousness of Veep a bit harder to manage, it sounds like the show is going...

It's a nod to Silent Hill 2; in fact at one point I almost expected him to reveal that his real name was James Sunderland!

Nominations in other categories For an animated film — or any other film, for that matter — to grab a best - pic nod, it must be a real contender in other categories as well.

But after all the dust settles, and fans prepare to hunt down every Black Panther Easter egg and secret comic book nod, the post-credits scenes deliver the real knockout blows.

Tabloids aside there were plenty of people who thought the premise for Lars and the Real Girl was ludicrous and then Ryan Gosling came inches close to an Oscar nod for that film.

Son of Saul's tight framing and lack of script contrivance turned the unimaginable horror of the concentration camp into lived subjective experience while Nocturnal Animals gave us a stylish rumination on the difference between revenge in real life and in art with sly nods to Lynch and Hitchcock along the way.

It is only a minor nod to Damon, with the actor not even using his real name.

Speaking of, lots of little nods to the first one: Jerry's love of apples, «Welcome to Fright Night, for real,» the night club scene, etc..

It's a real western / horror / monster movie with a devoted frontier sensibility and loving nods to The Searchers.

Surviving Mars nods to that with a pursuit of real - world influences and designs, plus as many plausible technologies as it can pack in.

The Capitol, by contrast, is more decadent than ever, featuring a citizenry who are more like couture mannequins than real people, elaborate food spreads, and, in a nod to ancient Rome, a stomach - clearing drink that induces vomiting (so that party - goers can engage in even more eating).

Reynolds is in true motormouth form, breaking fourth walls and cracking skulls as the nearly three - minute trailer cues up Air Supply and references «Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants» (the latter a nod, naturally, to the breakthrough film of Reynolds's real - life wife, Blake Lively).

Some argue that the real gain in the advancement of our societies will come from explicitly adding to the curriculum and teaching human social and emotional skills; allowing teachers and students to interact as whole persons and developing policies that treat the school as a whole community (Noddings, 1992).

It's a fable about love, a warning about war, and a nod of the cap to the real people of this world, the ones who never get their name in lights.

As societal mores change, Mevlut finds that boza, a «traditional Asian beverage made of fermented wheat, with a thick consistency, a pleasant aroma, a dark yellowish color, and a low alcohol content,» faces stiff competition from real alcoholic drinks, and that most buy boza only as a nostalgic nod to the past.

No real satisfaction was obtained, it seemed like Amazon was passing the buck — and almost with a universal nod of our cyberheads, we all knew that it must be the secret algorithm designed to keep us distant that could be the culprit.

When my ex-physician self began to laugh, nod and applaud his fictionalized account of a very real health issue — recovery from stroke — I -LSB-...]

Rejuvenation Spa Not just a nod to spa - culture, this is the real deal.

The only real nod to the Pokémon games of old is that some types beat out others, thus fire is weak against water and so on.

It's a nod to Silent Hill 2; in fact at one point I almost expected him to reveal that his real name was James Sunderland!