Sentences with phrase «older gamers of their old»

Though it is not a classic, it is a product of that bygone era and, in its way, it too may remind older gamers of their old SNES fandom.

Not exact matches

In the old way of doing things, numerous contracts might be involved to manufacture one video game console.

Later that evening Smith relaxes by the backyard pool, eating ice cream from a plastic cup while two of his older children splash each other and play games as the sky darkens.

Thiel Fellow and 19 - year - old Harvard drop - out Connor Zwick will explain the «democratization of hardware over the next decade» that led him to leave school and found Milkshake Labs, which is building a game controller for smartphones.

Nintendo will stop making its NES Classic Edition console, a retro gaming device introduced in November that reprised older games like Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda.

The surreal sets in when droves of eager Canadians, young and old, start hopping onto the ice as well, joining together to play a good old hockey game as an anthemic song plays in the background.

After a year of Game of Thrones - style intrigue involving 93 - year - old billionaire Sumner Redstone, his daughter Shari, and former CEO Philippe Dauman, it looks as though the ultimate fate of Viacom could be settled relatively soon — and with it the fate of sister company CBS.

A show such as «Game of Thrones» has new episodes, a treasure trove of old episodes, cast interviews and fan outreach.

If we make the assumption that the youngest players of those consoles were six or seven at the time, the oldest people in the world today who have always played video games are in their mid-forties.

The game franchise has captivated kids, their parents and even older gamers with cooperative action platform gameplay that grows with the introduction of new toys.

Pokémon Go's instant popularity appears to be the result of nostalgia for the classic 20 - year - old cartoon franchise and players» desire to win kudos within the game by capturing as many characters as possible.

Long associated with older industries, Osaka has struggled to get out of the shadow of Tokyo as a start - up hub, but it has upped its game in recent years with new start - up investment funds, downtown university campuses, incubators and pitch events.

On Twitter, it's been jokingly compared to «Game of Thrones» and «Henry V.» BuzzFeed Reporter Will Alden said he was compelled to share an old tweet of his: «To any VCs interested in content creation, may I recommend our industry's version of The Lean Startup.»

As a 12 - year - old growing up in the South African city of Pretoria with divorced parents, Musk created a video game, Blaster, and sold it to a computer magazine for the ungodly sum of $ 500.

A frustrating juggling scenario emerges from this situation: Many folks find themselves deleting older games as a means of playing new ones.

Recent revelations about phony Twitter followers are the latest twist in an old game of audience amplification.

This weekend pays tribute to a specific era, 1985 - 89, and features a host of initiatives like cars with old - school car paint schemes, commemorative ticket and program designs, specially - designed apparel, retro food offerings at the track... unlike, say, baseball or football throw - back games where the only real change is the team's uniforms, Darlington and its partners goes all in.

Inside the story of Molly Bloom, the 26 - year - old who ran a private weekly poker game for some of Hollywood's biggest players.

Hammond also affirms that the ten - year - old Joyent will continue to operate as an independent subsidiary of Samsung, helping it get into the cloud - computing platform game.

The movie industry is an older, more experienced industry that has a lot of tools and talents that are very welcome in the video - game industry.

The NES Classic Edition will feature 30 built - in games, a recreation of the iconic rectangular controller and plenty of retro happiness for players young and old.

I'm very conscious of making time for my kids, whether that means working with them (my oldest is interning in the office this summer) or carving time out to go to tournaments and games.

The publisher will also go back to the top handful of its existing titles, including Kardashian's game and even older games like Deer Hunter, to bolster those same kinds of features.

One player to make an impact so far is 14 - year - old Guan Tianlang, who qualified for the prestigious Masters at Augusta National in Georgia, U.S, this year and was heaped with praise by some of the game's veterans.

Today, the 29 - year - old is the CTO and co-founder of San Francisco - based Discord, a voice, video, and text chat platform that connects individuals with a shared passion for video and computer games.

But know that you're just playing an age - old game of pricing.

In the finals, as Jackson writes in his new memoir, Eleven Rings, «Michael was reverting to his old habit of trying to win games by himself.»

That old adage just doesn't ring true in an age where intelligence agencies consider anyone within three «hops» of their surveillance targets fair game for scrutiny.

Memorable campaigns from the likes of Old Spice have used commercials as tent poles for campaigns that stretched across platforms, including Internet video and even online games.

The 62 - year - old Lee was a JPMorgan vice-chairman, a master of the investment - banker universe, and a man at the top of his game when he fell ill last Wednesday during his morning workout on his treadmill in his Darien, Connecticut home.

One of West's biggest skills was old - school scouting: Traveling to games, observing players in different in - game circumstances, taking notes, exchanging opinions with other scouts.

The game's developer, Harmonix, announced this week that PlayStation 4 owners can now import the original songs from «Rock Band» into the PlayStation 4 version of the game and play them, just like old times.

That's not at all a concern for me since I can't remember the last time I've gone back to play a game from a previous generation, but it is going to make a lot of people frothing mad, which is ironic given that these are the same people who have actually held on to older games and not traded them in.

«He's the coach of Arsenal and he forever believes that you can win games with inexperienced 19 - year - olds who play in midfield — and no defence, and no forward,» Thiam said.

But these days more than three - quarters of the 568 employees based in Vancouver (there remains a video - game team at the company's old digs on Beatty Street) are Canadian citizens or permanent residents, says de Martin, who himself hails from the Fraser Valley.

As a reporter at CNBC Make It, I've covered some of the most incredible — including a 28 - year - old whose company has made millions buying things at Walmart and reselling them on Amazon and an entrepreneur who started selling board games out of his living room.

She missed Sochi with an injury, so she'll be looking to make a comeback as one of the oldest female skiers in the games.

In one instance, a Google car came across people crossing the street as they played a real - life version of the old arcade game Frogger during which they attempted to hop over each other.

The 19 - year - old pop star led a $ 1.1 million seed round for the new social network called Shots Of Me, which is scheduled to launch later this week by the founders of RockLive gameOf Me, which is scheduled to launch later this week by the founders of RockLive gameof RockLive games.

The research suggests video games could become a kind of hippocampus training gym: they might some day help older people restore lost memory power and «keep that [memory] system in top form,» as Stark says.

Yes, all the video game people were there, and from the looks of the crowd, just about every 13 - year - old boy in the metropolitan New York City area showed up.

In addition, the NES Classic Controller will connect to a Wii Remote and can be used on the Wii or Wii U to play games in Nintendo's repository of old NES classics in its Virtual Console.

But for old - time gamers, it's been one of the go - to devices for reliving classic games.

However, during a presentation at the GameStop Expo in Las Vegas to promote the upcoming Xbox One console last week, a no - frills, old - school approach is exactly what Microsoft employed when confronted with a convention room full of passionate gamers.

If games like «Blades of Steel» and «Mario Lemieux Hockey» get your blood pumping, «Old Time Hockey» is the game for you.

The swimming competition at yesterday's Olympic games was full of indelible visuals: Katie Ledecky crushing her own world record in the 400 - meter freestyle, 21 - year - old Ryan Held crying on the podium after his team's victory in the men's 4 × 100 - meter, and Michael Phelps» shoulders, which were dotted with large, wine - colored circles.

Old - school types argue that human error and emotion is part of the game, and indeed part of the fun, so it needs to stay there.

This might seem like no - brainer for some, especially those who are young, healthy and still at the top of their game, like 17 - year - old snowboarders Chloe Kim and Red Gerard.

Advertising in the form of a video game is as old as video games themselves.

Justin Kownacki explains why «The Avengers» is actually the ultimate explanation of geek culture, and a 29 - year - old game developer lists his seven favorite TV shows for geeks and nerds.