Sentences with phrase «specific genres like»

I've always played the old stand - bys: I stick to a few specific genres like first person shooters (Halo 3, The Orange Box) or action games (Crackdown) or Nintendo propeties (Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3).
Also, self - published books represented 12 % of all e-book sales and as much as 20 % of specific genres like romance and fantasy.
Really, we have no specific genre we like to adhere to.

Not exact matches

If you drilled me down, I'd probably say fantasy, but in reality I read from every genre and literary / nonfiction so just the generic «I like to read» is probably more accurate than trying to get specific.
«There are like a zillion different dating sites, aimed at very specific genres,» he said.
UKMusicLovers» three unique genre - based sites are venues for meeting like - minded music fans who are looking for a partner with specific musical interests.
True that just like the games of old within this genre, this remains niche and will possibly only tickle the fancy of a very specific target audience with the whole Switch owner population.
Like many of his films, Park Chan - wook's newest defies any one specific genre label, but is undoubtedly a genre film.
With the couple of tunes that are undeleted, the total song count becomes nine, a lot for viewers with no specific liking for the genre.
You know it seems like each console has a specific genre in which they just have an over abundance of titles.
Sure, Stanley Kubrick had a great film in nearly every genre, others like John Ford are synonymous with Westerns and Woody Allen with a well - written comedy, but take someone like Paul Thomas Anderson, whose oeuvre spans the decades and lifetimes of his misanthropic characters, oftentimes creating an entirely new universe within a specific period or era.
You seem to toe the line between small dramas like this one and more specific genre fare (Final Destination 3, the Die Hard movies, Scott Pilgrim, etc.).
Aware of the brand loyalty to genre - specific publishers like Orbit, Tor, and Harlequin, we're going to replicate that in - house.
Users will also have the option to create personalized radio stations based on songs or artists they like, or just through a specific genre.
But, more to Howey's point about the demand for more genre titles in bookstores, I'd like to point out that if this was the case, wouldn't it follow that you would see more and more genre - specific bookstores popping up?
The importance of writing to the market and taking care to pay attention to details like word counts for specific genres.
New genres like Boomer Lit can appeal to specific demographics now that every book published doesn't have to be a potential blockbuster of one - size - fits - all scope.
It's frustrating for people like myself who write stories or have ideas for novels just on the edge of a specific genre, but never really fit in.
My guess is that it seemed like free money: they were providing a massive brand name, a large pool of likely - to - be-motivated customers, and genre - specific expertise.
Great points about how we might want our agents to belong to genre - specific organizations, and, as you said, that we'd be happy if our book ended up like their clients.
Use hashtags like #FreeEbooks #KindleFree, #free, #books or #AmWriting along with any hashtags for your genre to reach specific readers.
From learning how to comprehensively use tools, like writing software, to mastering concepts that are specific to form and genre, a professional writer needs to build skills that go far beyond the basics.
Avid readers begin to shift away from services like Scribd, Oyster and Unlimited in preference for genre specific and niche - based subscription services that provide them genuine curation and undiscovered talent.
Book publicists specialize in specific genres just like literary agents do.
One site may get 10 visitors a day, and not even people who like to read a specific genre.
The marriage of a genre - specific operation such as Press Box Publicity with an agency like Smith Publicity with unlimited bandwidth created a «perfect storm» of outstanding client service for publishers and authors.
There are far too few genre - specific websites like this.
Just like readers prefer to read certain genres, you'll meet professionals who work in specific niches.
Depending on the genre, I can get more specific and look up something like #mommyblogger.
We will be in touch shortly with a sample report and our onboarding questionnaire, so that we can get a few vital bits of information from you: the length and title of your novel, its genre, and any specific problem areas you'd like Jenna to focus on during the initial Manuscript Assessment.
Other than your traditional trade - based icons like books, pens and symbols reflecting your name or a character trait, the most likely place to find inspiration is to dig deeper into your specific genre.
Look in genre - specific Facebook groups to find people who love books like yours, and ask if they'd like free copies of your book in exchange for an honest review.
They've been moderately successful so far and I think there's a great deal of genre - specific upside here (e.g., broad ebooks subscriptions for sports, history, etc.) Again, bundled content looks like a winner.
Below you will find the top book recommendations from the five major genres of fiction (like romance) or you can get super specific with 104 sub-genres (like the Top 5 Reads in Chick Lit).
I need to broaden my reader base, so getting out of this specific sub - genre and into Time Travel, Space Opera, and Urban Fantasy sounds like a good idea.
There are also review magazines, online plus print, that are specific to genres, like RT Book Review (romance) and Locus Magazine (science fiction and fantasy) that some libraries get.
Bundles typically have some sort of theme, like indie games, specific genres, or publishers.
Grants do exist, but they have rules, just like a publisher only printing certain genres, an agent only representing specific kinds of books, or a magazine preferring exact topics.
That's something I'd like to know if I were considering indie, because no one writes «genre» in general; they write in specific genres.
When hiring for a complex book interior (like a cookbook or children's book), look for a designer who understands your audience and any genre - specific challenges.
Newsletters are a good vehicle to alert customers about author readings and signings and other store events and to highlight recommended books in various categories, like general fiction or specific genres (mystery, romance, cooking, kids, etc..)
The easiest would be to build some huge websites that get traffic and feature your books there, along with genre - specific list building and one email - blast a month or something like that (similar to BookBub, FussyLibrarian, EreaderNewsToday, etc).
When we say «rank manipulation» we mean selectively boosting or suppressing specific titles in the rankings based on publisher co-op payments, artificial rank «ceilings» applied to certain genres, and the like.
Regardless of how I feel about a specific game, I love playing new genres in VR and while some may lump this in with games like Thumper or Starship Disco, Happy Drummer stands on its own as being a rhythm game that I think many will like.
It looks like this game may bring us back to the roots of survival horror instead of survival action, which many gamers have become accustomed to (and despite how much hate that specific genre seems to get, I quite enjoy both).
The only thing that disappointed me was that Insomniac Games could make a game that blended so easily in with every other game in the same genre, I don't blame them for trying something new, I always applaud when developers step out of their comfort zone but when the end product ends up looking, playing and feeling like almost every other game in that specific genre you haven't really put that much effort into making your game stand out and give gamers a reason to buy your game instead of the competition's game.
- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing
Now, an entire genre in which the sole criteria is control over a specific shape — in this instance, a sphere — might seem like a novel, if gimmicky, concept perfect for a small team like Tiny Lab to tackle.
Sniper Elite quickly became a series of games that would fill the void for sniper shooters and fans of that specific genre since most fps focuses on diversity, and lets face it if you play as a sniper in any fps multiplayer nobody likes you, sorry, but the Sniper Elite series managed to capture a rather large audience with the previous releases and should get alot of fans hooked on this release too.
Plus, there's plenty of specific modes to help you up your game, like a Dark Boost function that helps you target baddies sitting in the darkness, and unique setups to optimise a range of specific game genres such as shooters.
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