Sentences with phrase «such as mercenaries»

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• Military activities against Nicaragua have included covert operations carried out through groups such as the National Security Council, the CIA, and other «secret teams» of mercenaries, arms merchants, and drug - runners.

There are kooks like Roy Moore and other bizarre choices, such as Erik Prince of the Blackwater mercenary outfit.

From a completely mercenary standpoint, measures such as hospital birth and interventions at the start of life are cost effective because the desired outcome is years of functional life.

Such mercenary tactics have earned Mr. Klein considerable opprobrium from certain corners, but there is a strong possibility he and his members will again act as kingmakers after next year's elections.

Unlike a film such as Spielberg's Munich, where it is easy to feel sympathy and empathy for the Mossad agents led by Eric Bana, where you admire the craft of what the filmmakers created, it is impossible to empathise with Meinhof, who it is clear from the start is way out of her depth and the mercenary Ensslin.

Not only are a bunch of really sweet PS3 titles like Batman: Arkham City and Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, and PS Vita titles such as Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD on this list, but a PS4 game that hasn't even released yet: Mercenary Kings.

But Gates, we learn, is basically a mercenary who'd rather make his fortune by plundering other people's programming genius (such as his purchase of DOS for $ 50,000 from an unsuspecting programmer) and selling it with a little smoke and mirrors to the highest bidder.

(Forest Whitaker is well cast as the smalltime trainer who gives Billy a second chance; Curtis «50 Cent» Jackson less so as the mercenary promoter who proves there's no such thing as loyalty in boxing as long as there's cash money to be made.)

Deals will be available on games such as The Walking Dead, Spelunky, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Killzone: Mercenary.

The same applies to supporting characters, such as Kooky Scientists (Charlie Day, Burn Gorman), Angry Australian (Robert Kazinsky), Competent Guy Who Provides Computer Updates (Clifton Collins Jr.), and Merciless Mercenary (Ron Perlman).

Such is the world of Army of Two where Co-Op play rules the roost as you take control of one of two characters in the role of a mercenary fighting terrorism with your best buddy at your side.

Despite the overall direness of the circumstances, Lowery and Lind manage to make good impressions, and they're surrounded by such stalwarts as Mary Beth Hurt and Edward Herrmann as Johnny's crazy airhead parents and Austin Pendleton, who actually shines as Johnny's mercenary doctor.

They assemble a ragtag group of mercenaries (Saïd Taghmaoui, Ewen Bremner, Eugene Brave Rock) to assist them in a perilous quest, everyone heading into the heart of darkness as they attempt to stop German General Ludendorff (Danny Huston) and his lethal assistant Dr. Maru (Elena Anaya) from unleashing a weapon of such staggering violence it could allow this Great War to continue on into the future with no foreseeable end in sight.

There have been a number of books published in the last few years that tackle the role that modern mercenary companies such as Blackwater and Dynccorp play on the global stage.

Tim Hoffman, whose visual design experience goes back to MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries, also includes major Hollywood and Comic franchises, such as Firefly and Serenity, Pacific Rim, Transformers, Game of Thrones, and Marvel's Agents of SHIELD.

Recruit specialist mercenaries such as Medics, Machine Gunners and the Elite Delta Force to subdue enemy insurgents!

These cards have advantages that aid you either in the battlefield (such as destroying enemy structures or keeping particular troops from moving to new countries) or in skirmishes (giving you temporary powers for your dragon or recruiting mercenary units to aid you on the battlefield).

The visuals and gameplay in Mercenary Kings Reloaded certainly seems to have been inspired from classics such as Metal Slug and I can also spot some Metal Gear likeness within the communication screens between your comrades and home base.

Command one of five different civilizations: the Britons, Franks, Mongols, Saracens, or Japanese; Control special «hero» units such as Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood, Joan of Arc and Genghis Khan, whose special «hero» powers affect the entire battlefield; Lead over 45 different types of units into battle — from bowmen and monks to hand cannoneers, mercenaries and samurai; Players» can construct and upgrade buildings to help their units learn new skills and create resources for their civilizations; Research over 50 different technologies like chemistry, ballistics, siege craft and spying to advance civilization into the next age; A new Combat Advisor offers advice on certain campaign strategies and provides an assessment of the battle's outcome; Multi-player scenarios allow up to four players to wirelessly battle each other; By gaining Empire Points, players can unlock maps and units to improve their Emperor Rank.

The 3DS has already been demonstrating its power in terms of 3D gameplay — with titles such as Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D literally porting a 3D console title (albeit an old one) to the handheld format with better graphics than the original, and Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D showing the console's capability to handle gameplay matching Resident Evil 5, although in the form of a score - beating mini-game style as opposed to an actual story.

Lennie James voices Lord Shaxx having starred as Morgan Jones in The Walking Dead, Harry Shaw in Lockout and Number 147 in The Prisoner remake, while Peter Stormare voices Arach Jalaal having starred in Mercury Rising and Armageddon opposite Bruce Willis, Minority Report opposite Tom Cruise, The Last Stand opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and various videogames such as Mattias Nilsson in Mercenaries 1 and 2, Pvt. Johann Strauss in Quake 4, Jorunn the Skald King in Elder Scrolls Online, Dead Drop Orbit in Destiny and Dr. Hill in Until Dawn.

There are still good titles coming to the portable such as Killzone: Mercenary, Disgaea 4: Return, Rayman Legends, Telltale Games» The Walking Dead and God Eater 2 (if you care to import).

But until the recent successes of games such as Broforce and Mercenary Kings, the genre seemed fated for obscurity.

Compete in regular organized events such as: Teaming up to defeat a certain number of enemies or aiming for the high score in Mercenary Mode.

It's easy to see why, with Deadpool being such a popular character in the Marvel universe and fans crying out for the opportunity to kick ass as the smart mouthed, mental mercenary.

Players must not only face off against the rival mercenary team, but also the stage - specific threats such as the crazed Ganados (RE4) and blood - thirsty Cerberus dogs (RE5).

His skill with the sword is such that he was not only able to defeat the three mercenaries known as the Winds of Destruction, but he was also able to save the US from entering a costly war by killing a cybernetically enhanced senator bent on starting another world war.

Throughout his life, his subjects became more extreme, such as his direct references to the Vietnam war, which, once depicted on large canvases — in the Mercenaries series, for instance — become symbols of the paramilitary conditions of contemporary life.

Structured around the paradigmatic Vietnam II (1973), the exposition also shows other stages not as well known, such as his early informalist phase, the sphinxes he created in the 1950s, the napalm paintings of the 1960s, the portraits of dictators and politicians — including Franco — or their mercenaries and interrogations, all of which help to convey the complexity of Leon Golub's work.

Artists such as Fahamu Pecou, Michi Meko, CP the Artist Palmer, Grace Kisa, Charly Palmer and more dress as gangstas, psycho killers and martial arts mercenaries to talk trash, face off on canvas and be judged Roman coliseum style by a frenzied crowd at Stuart McClean Gallery.

It was previously known as SCEE Cambridge Studio and has made big games such as the launch VR title RIGS: Mechanized Combat League, the classic original PlayStation franchise MediEvil, Primal, and the PS Vita game Killzone Mercenary.