Sentences with phrase «real stake in this game»

He'll, I have no real stake in this game.

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He recruited some good players along the way but ultimately lost every big game he played in when he had real stakes on the line.

That's just one example of how Dead Rising 4 has dumbed down the experience to the point where there's no longer a sense of urgency or any real stakes involved in the game.

It's the real - life story of Olympic - level skier Molly Bloom (played by Jessica Chastain), who quit the sport after physical injury and then embarked on a new test of nerves, running a high - stakes poker game that eventually brought her up on mob and racketeering charges by the FBI in 2013.

The film stars Jessica Chastain as the real - life Olympic skier who ran afoul of the law after running a series of high - stakes, star - studded poker games in Los Angeles and New York.

The real - life story of a high - stakes poker organizer who got mixed up in a world of celebrities, Wall Street thugs, and mafia goons, Molly's Game has a lot going for it, not to mention a few things going against.

In the shadowy world of drone warfare, combat unfolds like a video game — only with real lives at stake.

This weekend might be all about Black Panther, Marvel's much - anticipated, 18th entry in its ten - years - and - counting cinematic universe, but that's no reason to ignore the other visually expansive, comedic delight arriving in in multiplexes: Oscar - winner Nick Park's (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit) latest foray into stop - motion wizardry (his first as sole director), Early Man, an unexpected, if no less welcome, ode to the joys, excitement, and wonders of the «beautiful game» («soccer» to less enlightened Americans, European football everywhere else) set against the backdrop of a future - hanging - in - the - balance, winner - take - all Stone Age vs. Bronze Age football match that's almost as thrilling and exhilarating as watching Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona or Manchester United vs. Manchester City play in front of paying fans (i.e., in the real world with real - world stakReal Madrid vs. FC Barcelona or Manchester United vs. Manchester City play in front of paying fans (i.e., in the real world with real - world stakreal world with real - world stakreal - world stakes).

The episodic nature of the film, the various physical environments in which Babydoll and her fellow warrior - inmates find themselves, as well as the sexualized nature of these characters, bear all the earmarks of a videogame, but the real world filled with real danger that intrudes at crucial moments raises the stakes, engaging the audience in a way that the female - centric, video - game - turned - film Aeon Flux (2005), which I also like, never quite achieves.

The highly inventive, brilliant author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and Anathem returns with his most accessible novel to date, a high - stakes thriller in which a wealthy tech entrepreneur gets caught in the very real crossfire of his own online fantasy war game.

Now Amazon is describing his newest novel, Reamde, as «a high - stakes espionage thriller about a wealthy tech entrepreneur caught in the very real crossfire of his own online fantasy war game!»

The initiative will take the form of booths on casino floors, equipped with HTC Vive headsets and controllers running dedicated games designed specifically for competitive play and, more specifically, for each of the players to stake real world money on the outcome of any matches in the hope of winning «cash prizes in spirited VR tournaments», according to a press release from HTC.

I'm not suggesting the developers kill a main Final Fantasy character for no reason, but they should raise the stakes in the plots to help gamers feel their actions mean something, adding some realism by having real vulnerability, not invincible characters who overcome every adversity no matter how ridiculous.

One of the finest modern tactical role - playing games on any platform, Fire Emblem: Awakening delivers turn - based battles with real stakes: if you play on the «Classic» setting and lose a character in combat, he or she is gone forever.

In each episode Matt explores the real - life science behind popular video games by throwing gamers into the high - stakes scenarios they play through every day, from water jetpacks to haunted pizzerias.

Because of its potential and surrounding hype, flipping property for profit has become somewhat of a high stakes game for real estate professionals — one in which more and more players are getting involved.