Sentences with phrase «urban legends»

- Link doesn't have much of a character in this game - they wanted players to relate to Link and play as themselves - Link's face doesn't have much expression in this game, and that was done on purpose - for Zelda games, the devs always try to make the player feel like Link - that was pushed even moreso for this entry - everytime a Zelda releases, Aonuma watches fan feedback and considers that for the future - the items Link uses to solve are always going to be important - regardless of the tech that Nintendo provides, exploration in the series is important - Link's growth through who he meets is also an important element of the franchise - Aonuma thought about Zelda freedom when considering Breath of the Wild, and was brought back to the days of the original Zelda - this was a big point of inspiration for Breath of the Wild - with Ocarina of Time 3D, Nintendo wanted to really utilize the 3D and had a desire to let players enjoy Ocarina of Time outside - the goal with A Link to the Past was creating more depth - Aonuma used to think that getting lost in a 3D world wasn't okay - this lead Aonuma to putting in tons of hints and guiding players - he has since changed that idea and convinced himself that it's okay to get lost - the first two years of development the devs created a game where just running around was fun - climbing is very important, because players can climb high and see destinations they want to visit - you can place your own markers to decide where you want to go - when the devs create a Zelda title, they consider not using the name Link - since they don't have anything else to go with, they choose Link - the name Link doesn't hold much value, since the player is the one creating the journey - when Nintendo first created Link, they wanted a character that is literally the link between people - that is why his name is Link - to think that the Zelda series has been around so long that there are all sorts of urban legends and myths makes Miyamoto really happy

A student of the occult, Eric sets out to Silent Hill with some friends to study urban legends surrounding Toluca Lake.

How many games do you know that manage to combine Jungian psychology, Japanese school - life and urban legends?

The close was partially demolished, and later being closed to the public for many years became shrouded in myths and urban legends, tales of ghosts and murders.

The definitive reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

«They're just like urban legends,» says Arden Moore, author of The Cat Behavior Answer Book and editor of Catnip magazine.

«To reduce dog bites, we need to look at all dogs, because pit bulls, contrary to some urban legends, aren't a dog that's more aggressive than others, or a dog that's particularly dangerous; all dogs are potentially dangerous,» he added.

Many urban legends abound concerning cats, their behavior, their nutritional and medical needs.

Like all urban legends, there is just enough «truth» to this statement so that it sounds almost plausible.

Unfortunately for urban legends, this is not true.

Drunk pets are best left to urban legends and old cartoons.

There are many urban legends and idioms surrounding cats and their resilience — including the idea that cats have nine lives or land on their feet all the time.

If you thought Free Checking was just the stuff of urban legends, or that you have to keep thousands of dollars in your account to avoid a fee, this will make you a believer: First Internet Bank offers a Free Checking account with no monthly maintenance fee and free debit card access.

For whatever reason, credit card urban legends seem to continue to circulate on the Web no matter how much energy goes into debunking the myths.

Jim Rowley: Yeah, happy to talk about this because there's actually urban legends sometimes we hear.

And despite some urban legends, you won't be initiated into a secret society of published authors with a special secret handshake.

A fun story based on the ghostly satanic urban legends of Fuller Park, Athens, Texas.

«The Mysteries of Fuller Park» is a sci - fi mystery novel associated with the Devil - worshiping urban legends about Fuller Park, and the small city of Athens, Texas.

Like many urban legends, this one isn't technically true — the number of American babies named «Ralph» peaked in the 1910s and has been dropping ever since — but who can say whether Forever... contributed along the way?

Be prepared for a whole new crop of urban legends to erupt based (right or wrong) on many of Muse's findings.

This month adds two new titles, Hibiki's Magic, and a favorite of mine, Hanako and the Terror of Allegory, a series that posits, what if urban legends were real?

Viz Media debuts Hanako and the Terror of Allegory Vol 1, another great title for Halloween that's about urban legends coming to life.

This collection of 200 infamous urban legends, each told in a black - and - white graphic - novel style by a different illustrator, chills me to the freaking bone.

As educator anxiety about the new Common Core State Standards grows, various «urban legends» have begun to proliferate in the education community.

Urban legends in education.

It seems its is far better to «damn the man» and amplify the urban legends about those dreaded «high - stakes tests.»

(Urban Legends Research Centre, www.

Other Urban Legends include: Humphrey Bogart was the original Gerber baby on their baby food ads, the FBI monitors public libraries and notes who reads «subversive» books, and my favorite: If the entire population of China jumped up at the same time, the US would be swamped by a tidal wave.

They're blocked by urban legends, timidity, a failure of imagination, or not knowing what they're already free to do.

Entries include everything from so - called urban legends to politics and news stories.

If we accept most of the chatter and urban legends, we would believe that testing — particularly in the name of accountability — has led...

But ED's call for equity action was not based on fairy tales or urban legends.

I can not count the number of times that students have referenced urban legends or articles that originated from the Onion as fact.

So when her boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis, Pearl Harbor, Urban Legends: Final Cut), aspiring law student and Senator, dumps her because she does not fit his idea of a wife, she decides to do what it takes to make him see she truly loves him.

From creator John Grilz, a collection of the most famous and disturbing creepypastas and urban legends in the world.

Two Thomas the Tank Engine writers team up with fledgling director Caradog James to talk of witches, urban legends, estranged children and doors.

Monsters lurk everywhere in pop culture — novels, comic books, TV shows, urban legends — but today, we're focusing on killers who were born in the movies.

Future stars (of varying degree) James Marsden, Christine Taylor, Christopher Masterson, Amy Smart, Ron Livingstone and Jacinda Barrett star in this impressive, genuinely scary little film, about teens stranded in the woods by a car accident who occupy their time telling each other scary stories that explore some familiar urban legends with interesting twists.

That's probably not to be unexpected of a screenplay from the writers of Urban Legends: Final Cut and Hellraiser: Inferno.

Summary Capsule: A killer, sigh, starts offing film students doing a movie about, sigh, urban legends

Do you think fictionalizing historical events might risk creating «urban legends» or altering people's perceptions of historical fact?

«Supernatural» has come a long way from the days of chasing the spirits and monsters at the heart of the Urban Legends that so many believe in.

Be sure to check out my archive of Movie Legends Revealed for more urban legends about the world of films.

She did build a sprawling house filled with architectural oddities in San Jose, one that has become a tourist spot, spawning dozens of urban legends.

She made her screen debut in the slasher film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), went on to have a supporting role in the independent coming - of - age drama Tanner Hall (2009), and has since starred in the horror remake A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), the biographical drama The Social Network (2010), the thriller remake The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and the romantic drama Carol (2015).

An adorable animated adaptation of Gabrielle Vincent's popular children's book, «Ernest & Celestine» depicts a world of bears and mice where the two species have a lifelong fear of one another propagated by urban legends and fairy stories.

Excellent (4 stars) Rated G Running time: 83 minutes Studio: New Video Group 2 - Disc DVD Extras: California Quail Bonus Short; Urban Legends; Origins of the Flock; Special Homage to Connor; Mark Bittner's Home Movies; Please Don't Feed the Birds; Music Video: Ballad of the Brooklyn Parrots; Behind the Scenes; Parrots Around the World; Flock Updates; Mark Bittner and Judy Irving Update; Original Theatrical Trailer; plus two new films by director Judy Irving «Christmas at the Bait Shop» and»19 Arrests, No Convictions»; and much more.

She appeared with her sister Kate in the video horror movie Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), billing herself as «Patricia Mara».

Opening almost as an Indiana Jones - type adventure story that mixes real - life facts with mythology and urban legends, we begin with the intelligent and fearless Scarlett Marlowe (Perdita Weeks) giving us the necessary details on the story of the Philosopher's Stone (yes, this sometimes feels like we're watching a Harry Potter movie), a mythical bit of alchemy treasure that could be the greatest discovery in the history of mankind if she can get her hands on it.

Wolfen is not a werewolf movie by strict definition but it delves into American Indian lore involving shapeshifters and ancient animal spirits as well as urban legends of an underground culture of wolves who hunt in the cities.