Sentences with phrase «other than entertainment»

Some of that time may be spent learning, as there are plenty of great educational apps on the market, but by and large, most kids are consuming media and playing games that serve no purpose other than entertainment (which is great when it's within reason, but all too often it's not).

Even though this was just two normal people debating and can't really be used for much other than entertainment... you got pwned.

Declan is a skilled tennis player (for real) and is interested in the ways video game technologies may be applied to purposes other than entertainment value.

I lumped all of my fun spending other than entertainment and restaurants / bars into an «everything else» budget so I didn't have to worry about tracking so many things.

The seventh novel, H.P. and the Deathly Hallows, was divided into two parts for the screen, for no reason other than an entertainment conglomerate's existential terror of pulling up its «tent - pole» without a fight, and the result, HPATDH 1, felt padded.

It is only important to those who watch, though it has absolutely no bearing on anything other than entertainment.

Not exact matches

We're very good at launching Mario Party - type games — that's one franchise that does better in Canada than other markets, for example — but when it comes to launching new IP it's a huge challenge in today's world, where consumers are just bombarded with entertainment options that didn't exist when we first launched Mario 30 years ago.

SEASONED retailers in Leederville believe the area's appeal lies in the independent streak displayed by the stores and entertainment outlets rather than the chain operators that have come to dominate other high street precincts.

Other than Netflix, there are channels such Warner Bros» movie archive, Entertainment Tonight, Pandora, NASA, IGN and even BowHunting.com.

Other amenities in the suite include seats that are wider than the average of 21 inches on existing Delta One classes (for competitive reasons, the airline did not release the specific width); roomy stowage compartments for shoes, headphones, and laptops; two consoles so passengers can comfortably spread out their drinks, reading materials, and laptops; and an 18 - inch - high resolution entertainment monitor, the largest among United States - based carriers, according to the airline, and bigger than the 11 - to 15 - inch monitors in Delta One classes.

Zwift is part entertainment and part workout, more so than any other apps I've tried on my phone or a tablet.

About Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) is among the largest providers of video, high - speed data and phone services in the United States, connecting more than 14 million customers to entertainment, information and each other.

Consumers will have more reasons to watch entertainment from sources other than their cable or satellite company, potentially motivating a greater fraction of them to cancel those monthly subscriptions.

At Entertainment Partners, with our 1,100 employee owners spread out across more than 10 locations nationwide, we rely heavily on technology to help us communicate and connect with each other.

So I'll have nothing else to pay for other than food, health, entertainment and travel for two people — only $ 24,000 in today's money.»

Sluggish gaming activity, primarily in Macau, continued to plague Melco International Development (Hong Kong), the holding company that owns more than one - third of Melco Crown Entertainment in addition to other casino gaming and tourism assets.

To use that as anything other than mild entertainment is ludicrous.

But if you don't champion the place of the arts within the Body of Christ, if you don't encourage young Christians to pursue the calling God has put on their hearts, if you don't train up your creative troops to stand and fight, then why on earth would you — would we — expect to see the Church being anything other than routed in the world of entertainment?

Other than that it is just cheap entertainment where the outcome is: one person wins, and one person loses.

Sports, education, entertainment, politics — all have become subservient to the demands of television, rather than the other way around.

Bro, put even 10 percent of your efforts, and all you other readers as well, just 10 percent of effort towards cutting down death in the media in entertainment form and you will do FAR MORE than by taking away guns from the people.

With more than 50 years of experience in the industry, Parques Reunidos operates a well - diversified portfolio of 62 different attraction parks, animal parks, water parks, family entertainment centers and other attractions that are visited by roughly 20 million people on an annual basis.

Your ticket gets you access to Seghesio and more than 45 other wineries providing unique pairings of exquisite wine, gourmet food, and great entertainment.

Bridgeview, Illinois and Toyota Park will host the 3 - day debut of the Chicago Open Air music festival, which will feature performances by more than 60 rock music artists, an outdoor Gourmet Man Food and craft beer village and other entertainment from July 15 through July 17, 2016.

The venue is scheduled to host more than 100 events annually including UFC, boxing and other sporting events; major headline entertainment, awards shows and special events.

Well written, but I think it will fall on deaf ears, my fear is as follows, it will take a loss in money for the manager and board to change, this will only come if we finish out of the top 4, but knowing the board they would still give home a season to try again, I feel very sorry for Sanchez, he is total quality and deserves better, most of the other players look settled, turn up give70 % and get paid, no matter what level you play at you should come off the pitch thinking I gave everything, how many of our players could say that, they lack motivation, player for player we are as good if not better than athletico Madrid but they have a manger that gets 100 % out of every player, Klopp is the same, but why would they leave their clubs to come here with a boar that cares about money not entertainment, Wenger was a lucky manager he inherited a top defence now his luck has run out

If we're going to treat sport as anything more than entertainment, we have to get to a model where technology and sponsors are working for sport, and not the other way around.

It's surely more difficult for something original in sports to gain credibility than it is for new forms in any other part of the entertainment world.

Although the war that claimed more American lives than any other can hardly be seen as entertainment, the re-creation of battles, military drills and battlefront encampments gives visitors an intimate, educational glimpse of the grim, early 1860s, providing a platform for continuing family discussions.

He did not speak specifically to any appointees other than Carson, but Democrats have expressed dismay over the selection of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General, fast food executive Andrew Puzder to head the Department of Labor, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon to lead the Small Business Administration, mega-investor Wilbur Ross for the Department of Commerce, billionaire businesswoman Betsy Devos for the Department of Education, ex-Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin for Department of of the Treasury and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt for the Environmental Protection Agency.

In 2010, the FDA prohibited tobacco company sponsorship of sporting and entertainment events and tobacco sales to children younger than 18, among other measures to further regulate tobacco.

Women working in the food industry have the highest rate of depression (14.8 %), while men in the arts, entertainment, sports, and media are more likely to be depressed (6.7 %) than those in other careers.

They remain Edmonton's most trusted voice, providing a professional perspective on news, business, sports and entertainment that's read by more northern Albertans than any other daily newspaper.

Other than having great entertainment, I also try to run it in chunks of 3 or 4 miles with household chores in between.

The main advantage of St. Louis is an absolutely unique park system which consists of more than 100 parks which include different outdoor sport clubs, open music scenes, playgrounds and other entertainment spots which perfectly do for setting up new acquaintances.

In fact, all genders said they used online dating for «entertainment» purposes more than any other reason — 34.1 % of women, 29.7 % of men and 33.3 % of those who identified as «other» ranked entertainment as their main reason.

Check out Church Street around Wellesley for gay bars galore, or stick with the Entertainment District if you fancy fine dining and museums, but whatever you do, prepare to have more fun than you thought possible in this welcoming and fun loving city that is unlike any other.

Like most other blogs, these blogs often touch on other issues, and can evolve into a source of entertainment than information.

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However, the uneven difficulty, technical issues and uninspired story keep this game from being anything other than passable entertainment.

Sitting through over two hours of miserable people blaming each other for their miserable lives is far closer to torture than entertainment.

Global Road Entertainment and the filmmakers are saddened and apologize to any parent who feels the scene sends a message other than a comedic moment in the film, with no hidden or ulterior meaning, but respect their right to react to any piece of content.»

Realizing that movies about people popping pills and screaming at relatives don't make for great entertainment, director Ryan Murphy has injected comic moments, some of which work better than others.

Otherside Entertainment is being helmed by none other than Paul Neurath and Warren Spector, two of the best in the business at creating deep story - driven experiences.

The «ChirpX» rocket update will be available today for free and other than looking cool generates entertainment and attractiveness to your city.

On Friday March 12th, 2010 at UCBLA at 10 pm, Caprice and 139 other awesome folks from the world of comedy, music, sports, and entertainment were gathered by Ben Stiller to perform ONE tweet each, on stage, to a live audience (which is so much better than getting 140 people to perform in front of a dead audience) in the world's first «live tweet stream» hosted by Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel.

The real downside to the entertainment value, other than the lack of genuinely smart laughs, comes from the insipid plot and poor conception in the main nemesis.

And now Reedus has teamed up with TWD director and producer Greg Nicotero to add something other than Karo syrup blood to the local flavor: Entertainment Weekly reports they're opening a new restaurant in Senoia this summer.

It's also a film whose impact derives from something other than its story and characters — specifically, Wyatt Garfield's brilliant cinematography, which uses 35 mm, 16 mm and Super 8 mm film at a time when almost everyone in the entertainment business is shooting digitally; and the final lead performance by Anton Yelchin, who died last year in a freak accident.

The Hollywood Reporter says none other than Michael Keaton is in talks for Marvel Entertainment's Spider - Man: Homecoming starring Tom Holland in the title role.