Sentences with phrase «of narrative games»

Games like Fallout 3 and Far Cry 2 became rallying points for us to gather and measure the progress of narrative games to that point.

You'll find me playing a range of genres, from AAA to indie, with a personal love of narrative games that will challenge me emotionally!

Since the release of Remember Me and the critically acclaimed Life Is Strange, the studio is internationally recognized for the quality of its narrative games set in immersive and innovative worlds.

Under the sheen of narrative games and puns and references both literary and cinematic, at the center of it all, is a dog, Roxy Miéville, wandering the countryside, beside a lake, through a woods, a natural world utterly transformed by the phantasmagoric possibilities of digital cinema.

If you are interested in this type of narrative games, you're here to telling you a story, and the one that offers A Crowd of Monsters is well shaped and has enough incentives to want to continue it in the next chapters.

Because of the narratives game, the AAC needed USF's win over South Carolina.

If you have followed the discussion around That, Dragon Cancer, the developers were not too happy about people streaming and putting together walkthroughs of their narrative game as they felt it hurt sales.

, the developers were not too happy about people streaming and putting together walkthroughs of their narrative game as they felt it hurt sales.

If I had to sum up 2013, I'd say it's the year of the Narrative Game.

Not exact matches

Since first debuting in Al Pacino's Any Given Sunday, «The Game of Inches» has grown in worldwide popularity thanks to the advent of 30 - second television commercials and an unfair narrative about Joe Buck, King of Bias and Prince of Nepotism.

Now, of course, we know that misrecognition is essential to the structure of the resurrection narrative; the playful game of «hide and seek» the Lord plays with his disciples is not accidental but pedagogic.

Featuring a truly all - star voice cast back when stars were less inclined to do voice work (Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Sandra Bullock, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, Jeff Goldblum and even Steve Martin got in the game), Prince of Egypt is largely faithful to the biblical narrative and even manages some real moments of human drama.

The oblong game is pitilessly finite: Wholly concerned as it is with conquest and shifting lines of force, it is exactly and inviolably demarcated, spatially and temporally; having no inner unfolding narrative of its own, it does not end, but is merely curtailed, externally, by a clock (even overtime is composed only of strictly apportioned, discrete units of time).

Even the natural narrative arc of the game is in three acts — the early, middle, and late innings — each with its own distinct potentials and imperatives.

Were i to create a massive multiplayer online game, write all of the code, set all of the rules, define the narrative arc of the game and it's ending.

Each individual work bears the hallmarks of an historical context, which embeds a complex narrative incorporating literary and philosophical references as well as visual word games.

Like most seven - game World Series, this one was a whiplash - inducing collection of stunning moments and shifting narratives.

He went against the projection of the game as a very serious and gladiatorial battle, against the gritted teeth and crunching tackles, against the super efficiency and grand narratives.

The national media and Vikings fans (and the Vikings themselves, apparently) were so excited about the «team of destiny plays home Super Bowl» narrative they forgot that there was one more game.

Narratives come and go over the course of a series, or even a game.

I continue to enjoy this narrative as if age is the defining factor in concluding we instantly downgraded, both have played an equal amount of seasons while Jordy has actually seen MORE full 16 game seasons throughout their respective careers.

Though game action rarely appears in the stories, the scenes that do unfold sur glace (French for «on ice») are often at the crux of the narratives.

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

Still he enjoys the poetry of it all, the strategic narrative drama played out in iambic pentameter merging with the din and clamor of the game.

I listened to the media narrative after the two Monaco games — the general consensus appeared to be we didn't perform in the first home game because of the pressure but being «typically Arsenal» we reacted in the return leg when the pressure was allegedly off.

It also frees up more game time for promising youngsters who have time on there side to still make it and change the narrative (gibbs, ox, iwobi and ramsey) looking for more responsability and consistent minutes 4 - Probably involve both Sanchez and Özil in recruiting pitch and ask for input of who they like (doesn't mean you go with what they say bit just showing a different approach and the commitment to do better.

Narratives have a funny way of revealing themselves over the course of a game.

Liverpool and Manchester United are still probably the two biggest clubs in England in terms of history and tradition as well as trophies, Manchester City are now serious players at the European level, Everton possess narrative in spades including not a few national titles and even the likes of Preston North End (The Invincibles, Tom Finney), Blackpool (Stanley Matthews, Jimmy Armfield), Blackburn Rovers (Alan Shearer et al.) and others have a position in the upper consciousness of the game.

The Gunners did get back into the game with an excellent Welbeck header from an Ozil free - kick, and should have had a penalty when Rashford handled near his own line (but that would ruin the narrative of his fairytale Premier League debut to report that he should have conceded a penalty!).

In games like Norwich, Swansea, Manchester United, Sunderland and Stoke both of these issues have been evident to varying degrees and this is playing into the idea of the second narrative: had we not hit the woodwork so much, had we not had lapses at the back, had we taken one or two more chances then Liverpool would be higher in the table, with a higher points count, and at the end of the day, that is the best barometer for a club, isn't it?

Labour advisers were equally eager to tell me how the cost of living narrative that dominated their conference was also gamed out months earlier, and was not a panicked response to a shift in the national mood over the economy.

Claiming Obama did nothing about Russian interference because he thought fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton would win the election, Trump tweeted that «when I easily won the Electoral College, the whole game changed and the Russian excuse became the narrative of the Dems.»

When it comes to storytelling, video games have never been a patch on novels or films, usually emphasising action at the expense of narrative.

His big idea — which has been called «narrative Lego» — is to shuffle a character's motivations like toy building blocks, so that a fresh story unfolds in every session of a game even though the characters are the same.

The gameplay consisted of not only moving the character through the game environment, but also making a dozen multiple choice decisions about the character's actions in an unfolding fictional narrative.

These two games are part of a new focus on narrative across the board.

The latest wave of games hinges on experiencing or even writing complex narratives.

His big idea — which has been called «narrative Lego» — is to shuffle a character's motivations like toy building blocks, so that every session of a game has a different story unfolding even though the characters are the same.

Apart from a brief description of the environment and goals, the game provided no narrative elements.

«Importantly, this effect was specific to the condition in which participants actively engaged in the games narration, while the mere exposure to the narrative video game did not affect theory of mind, in comparison to playing a neutral video game.»

The connection between intellect and emotion is neat and natural, and Game Control is admirably free of stilted dialogue or pedantic narrative.

«The earliest video games really had very little in common with other forms of narrative entertainment,» said Bowman.

A simple example of how the brain's running narrative can interfere with perception is the children's game «spot the difference» (below).

The cutscene was an important tool for the narrative and structure of the game itself.

The key takeaway from the importance of narratives in game is this: a game can exist without a story.

For this, let's look at two games that have two very different outcomes in terms of narrative achievement: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Borderlands 1.

But, if the game is so devoid of any form of cutscenes, or narrative breaks, the game will also suffer.

There's a reason that despite games like The Last of Us, The Witcher 3, and Minecraft prove that games can have a gripping narrative, expansive worlds, and the tools to create anything and everything, people still refuse to call games art.

Visual novels are a medium using the narrative style of Literature, but in a digital format that could technically be considered a Video Game.

The Banner Saga 2 absolutely deserves the time of gamers looking for a narrative experience with challenging gameplay, and true gravity behind decisions made during nearly every moment of playing.