The game, especially in the beginning, hounds me with quick-time events, button-mashing illusions of control.
Nothing indicates this more than the fact that quick-time events (QTEs) are a thing of the past.
Excluding these one-time events, the company said ad revenue would have grown in the "low single digit" percentages.
We define non-GAAP operating income as operating income plus expenses related to SBC, and, as applicable, one-time events.
After adjusting for one-time events, the company reported EPS of 11 cents which beat consensus estimates by 22%.
The output in Q3 was held back by several one-time events including upstream asset divestments and operational downtime.
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For instance, The Witcher 2 made use of these really annoying things known as QTEs, or Quick Time Events.
Quick Time Events essentially rip away the regular mechanics of the game and replaces them with timed button pressing.
Uncharted 3 was a decent game, but too linear and too interested in quick time events (QTEs) for my taste.
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Excluding one-time events, its operating loss was 60 cents a share, below the consensus estimate for a loss of 52 cents a share.
The ever cautious Witty won't make sales forecasts but says underlying revenue growth is 6% when Avandia's decline and other one-time events are excluded.
Sony has already talked about how they are relying less on Quick Time Events, which is itself a huge leap in the right direction.
Such one-time events are typically good only for a temporary spike.
The new core mechanics of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt immerse the player in the experience completely, with no Quick Time Events, only intuitive RPG gameplay.
Facebook has been trying hard to win over skeptics who doubt it can ever become as much a forum for conversation about real-time events as Twitter.
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Non-GAAP net income and EPS. We define non-GAAP net income as net income plus expenses related to SBC, and, as applicable, one-time events less the related tax effects.
The first of these sort of nation-binding, everyone knowing where they were at the same time events was when George Washington died, and the nation went on for months of mourning.
Banks around the world are being whipsawed by the fact that much of the bank-funding market is opaque, and information produced by central banks can lag behind real-time events or be limited in detail.
Add to this the use of quick time events (QTEs) and a story that feels stretched beyond its natural limits, and you have a franchise that is in serious need of change or, and I hate to say this, retirement.
Google considers these non-GAAP financial measures to be useful metrics for management and investors because they exclude the effect of SBC and as applicable, one-time events so that Google's management and investors can compare Google's recurring core business operating results over multiple periods.
However, this year the fourth quarter was one week shorter than the comparable quarter a year ago, so after adjusting for that and other one-time events the company said that profit would have been about even and sales would have actually posted slight gains.
And though the game is challenging for the most part, the final boss battle is a breeze made up of mostly quick time events, which is odd because God of War titles are generally known for their mind-numbingly tough final fights (looking at you Zeus).
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Last year the convention center jettisoned about a dozen supervisors and placing 23 of its 44 full-time events workers on a call-in-as-needed status, all part of an effort to slash operating costs and free up tax revenue that the city of Minneapolis might use elsewhere.
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The cycling events continue Wednesday with time trial events for men and women.
New Forest East MP Julian Lewis, has written to transport minister Norman Baker calling for such events to be subject to the same licensing regulations as road races and time trial events currently are.
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Part of this increased satisfaction is derived from employees being able to time shift events in their days attend to a child after school and defer work to a time of day that is less family-critical.
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At least in the short term, time and events are not on Mr Orban's side.
To Rodgers, this isn't the first time world events and ideologies have interfered in an otherwise life-affirming ritual.
The war in Iraq illustrated the simple truth that national alliances shift and alter with time and events.
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