Sentences with phrase «playing out of tune»

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While thousands of hockey fans across North America will be tuned to their TV sets tonight to catch the first games of the 2013 NHL playoffs, they won't be the only ones watching to see how the post-season plays out.

Mr. Hawkins conclusions are like men playing guitar out of tune but all in the room tune to him so he is in harmony with each other but not 440 actual C. I speak over 24 recognizable languages perfectly.

When it becomes so easy for us to literally tune in and tune out of our weekly church service — like we would our favorite TV show — we run the risk of forgetting that we have a role to play in the life of the Church.

So as I was writing Out of Sorts, I began to realise how often music played a big part in my story — which is odd because I'm not a musician or a singer or even someone who can carry a tune.

When they heard far over the sea singing so enchantingly sweet that it drove out all other thoughts except a desperate longing to hear more, and they turned the ship to the shore where the Sirens sat, Orpheus snatched up his lyre and played a tune so clear and ringing that it drowned the sound of those lovely fatal voices.

Barkley has shown he has the talent to play in a top side in my opinion, and I think Arsene Wenger would get a great tune out of the 23 year - old, and he could possibly become a worthy replacement for Santi Cazorla given some time.

I know those are big boots to fill, and there isn't many players on the planet who we believe is ready to take over from Santi, but we need someone who could potentially do it, and I see Barkley as a player who can find some amazing balls and dictate play on a good day, and maybe (just maybe) Arsene Wenger could get a consistent tune out of him.

The best ball - control offense around was controlling the hell out of the ball to the tune of 12 plays, 71 yards, and nearly seven minutes.

The Merseyside Red are in great form this season, with Jurgen Klopp seemingly getting an exciting tune out of his squad, but with only seven games played, it may be too early to analyse just how strong they are.

David Silva, who has always called the tune and is now playing the best football of his life, missed out, but Ilkay Gundogan, as he did in Naples, ensured the Spaniard was not overly missed.

Assuming I can find a stream, I'll be tuning into the Republic v Turkey game tonight hoping Dec will be playing as I consider him the best thing to come out of West Ham in many years.

When you play a note that's out of tune with the band, it screeches and squawks against the other instruments.

The fees for this advice are no fairy tale — some play out to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

These grooves, it now turns out, play the tune of Earth's ice ages.

Long overlooked as a mere «relay,» an egg - like structure in the middle of the brain also turns out to play a pivotal role in tuning - up thinking circuity.

The happy music swells during joyful moments, a romantic tune kicks in right before the kiss, and I would pay attention whenever ominous music starts to play, because I would know something bad was on it's way and could hightail it out of there.

The movie stop - starts between fight - chase sequences played out against pop tunes from Quill's beloved mix - tape; there's something a little alienating about the repeated use of dissonance between the cheery songs («Come a Little Bit Closer» by Jay & The Americans) and the slomo violence meted out by the Guardians.

I'm still not crazy about the overly auto - tuned nature of the songs, but Gluck's last two films (Easy A and Friends with Benefits) have been pleasantly surprising, so I'm interested to see how the full feature plays out.

Even the score doesn't play by the rules, with Paul Thomas Anderson collaborator Jonny Greenwood utilizing out of tune electric guitar riffs and mashed piano keys.

Indeed, Anderson's greatest influence could be the Looney Tunes shorts of the 1950s, with their zany humor playing out in front of rich backdrops.

So if you're looking for a game you can play by yourself right now and then with a friend just as soon as its local multiplayer update comes out and will take you for a ride, whilst boasting some dark and delightful tunes, then Little Inferno is one Switch eShop title you need to add to your line - up of Nintendo Switch titles.

Crazy Mama (1976), the second feature by Jonathan Demme, also begins in the depression (the prologue anticipates Big Bad Mama II) then jumps ahead to the fifties, where this crime spree plays out to a jukebox score of fifties rock and roll tunes, all of them bouncy and many of them on the obscure side.

In the middle of it all is Chris Pratt, whose main character Peter Quill (AKA Star - Lord to no one but himself) is introduced to the audience dancing through a ruined planet to the tune of «Come and Get Your Love» playing from a Walkman attached to his belt (he even has the orange ear pads on his headphones straight out of the 80's).

Turns out it was his first film in the United States, the story of a teenager «taking off» to live with her hippie friends and leaving her parents to search for her plays out in a combination of wistful musical numbers (by such up and comers as Carly Simon and Kathy Bates; Ike and Tina Turner show up for a more rousing tune) and dryly absurd scenarios involving the parents.

Freewheeling Ellie is a troublemaking sparkplug who shakes the resigned quintet out of the doldrums, inspiring them to do whatever they darn well please, whether that involve disobeying doctors orders, playing poker, drinking booze, smoking pot, or belting out the classic show tune («I like New York in June, how about you?»)

For some players at least, this will be a good thing, quickly glossing over the aspect that some considered a bit of a grind - buy cheap car, enter race, win a little money, tune it up, and repeat - with the quickest cars still well out of reach after days of play.

Test the tech: Save music, play music, find music To try out some of the features of the combination navigation and music server system, we decided to crank some digital tunes from the onboard 30 GB hard drive while also letting it direct us to some live tunes down the coast.

Opposite them a small group was gathered around three buskers, two violinists and a cellist, who were playing a piece that sounded both baroque and out of tune.

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When you're bombarded by dozens of things that need your attention, it's tempting to tune them all out and play another game of Candy Crush instead.

Yappy Hours get yappier when this one - of - a-kind attention - getter, bearing savory goodies, rolls up playing its signature tune of «Who Let the Dogs Out.»

You'll hear carols being played in all the cafes and bars, drummers on the street tapping out Christmas tunes, and both locals and visitors alike get caught up in a groundswell of old - fashioned Christmas cheer that's rarely seen anymore in the United States and Canada.

You cruise around the breezy streets of Miami Beach, checking out the many iconic sights while you're driver play some tunes and your guide points out all sorts of different interesting information.

It plays in landscape, touch controls let you fine tune your aiming, and zooming in and out of the map could be done with a pinch of your fingers.

She'll be playing and giving away a bunch of beta codes, so tune in live at 10:00 a.m. for your chance to get in and check the game out for yourself.

The whole batch of tunes has become regular listening for me, and even if you have no intention of playing this terrific game, I urge you to check out the free stream of the soundtrack over on SoundCloud.

I'm sure the musical compositions were slightly changed for the new tours, so as to not seem stagnant, but I couldn't help but feel like the harps seemed out of tune and a little off from the rest of the orchestra at times; Enough to make my mind start focusing on just the harps until they stopped playing.

Critically, the AI when a team is passing out of a defensive situation into a potential attacking one has been fine - tuned — an essential part of a game like PES 2013, where passing and movement are central to build up play.

Stay tuned for another Player 2 Plays on Sunday when Ken is joined by Matt and Glenn for a multiplayer match that is sure to set the RTS pros out there off in fits of laughter.

Out of Valve's ongoing attempts to bridge the gap between its highly - tuned single - player titles and the necessarily chaotic nature of multiplayer gaming comes Left 4 Dead, whose AI director and tight four - player cooperative play create a team - based atmosphere that is both coherent and unpredictable, even upon multiple playthroughs of the same campaign.

«We want them to play the hell out of the beta next week and trust that they'll keep that feedback coming so we can continue to fine tune the game.»

But this unprecedented success had a knock - on effect, as by raising the bar so high Epic was left with the unenviable task of trying to top something which already felt complete, so rather than tampering with the award winning formula, Gears Of War 2 turned out to be a methodical fine tuning with improved visuals, tightened gameplay and a few new modes to keep us playing — even after the storyline had reached its cliffhanger conclusioof trying to top something which already felt complete, so rather than tampering with the award winning formula, Gears Of War 2 turned out to be a methodical fine tuning with improved visuals, tightened gameplay and a few new modes to keep us playing — even after the storyline had reached its cliffhanger conclusioOf War 2 turned out to be a methodical fine tuning with improved visuals, tightened gameplay and a few new modes to keep us playing — even after the storyline had reached its cliffhanger conclusion.

Whether you're playing on a PlayStation 4 standard or a PlayStation 4 Pro absolutely matters, as there are distinct modes that take advantage of the Pro, and ones that can tune the settings down a bit to get a better performance out of standard PlayStation 4 consoles.

Cross platform play is also enabled for all versions of Dragon's Dogma Online, check out the very first look of Dragon's Dogma and stay tuned with Dual Pixels for any updates.

There are plenty of creations already out there, from remakes of the original Doom's maps to a disco map that plays the Funky Town tune as deadly lasers dance around the room.

It tuned out to be the beginning of the end for me as this is where my passion for playing games came from.

• Follow the level design pipeline from «pen & paper» game designs to implement spectacular character based levels and ultra-fun gameplay mechanics • Work closely with level layout artists to identify level assets and gameplay direction to ensure visual and technical quality for the levels • Follow direction of Lead Level Designer to maintain gameplay vision consistency • Contribute to level concept, layout, implementation (camera, entity, etc.), prototype modeling, scenario creation, event scripting, game balancing, pacing, and gameplay tuning • Contribute to general game design, as well as cooperate with all other facets of game production (programming, environment / world art and animation) • Place and trigger entities (such as enemies, movers, and objects) to create fun, absorbing gameplay • Master internal tools for modeling environments and integrating game play • Rough out world geometry, camera paths, and lighting using 3D world - building tools • Assist with the scripting of gameplay entities and events • Creatively resolve gameplay and production issues • Meet production schedules and deadlines • Collaborate with Design team to define and refine gameplay mechanics • Multitask effectively, prioritize competing demands, and follow through on details

I mean it looks like it came straight out of Looney Tunes, but upon playing for a while, I'm pleased to say that there's actually a level of strategy involved in choosing what arms to use, character picks and counter picks for as well as a high skill cap for game mechanics such as dodging, charging and grabs.

Guitar Hero Live gets another dose of new tunes as we also check out the list of the most - played songs for the Holiday period.

And, among all possible motivations climatists are actually being paid out of the limitless purse of the government and academia's promise of lifetime tenure to make evidence and models dance to any tune they wish to play and accordingly, the climatists will always succeed in «proving wrong theories right,» whatever it takes.