Not to say they all need to be point and click titles like The Walking Dead, but I think we need to get away from this idea that EVERY game needs to be massive and sprawling.

FORBES: When Time Slips Away: A Request for Shorter Games

But the assumption must be that all sanctions under the stability pact are now a dead letter.

ECONOMIST: Europe's fiscal follies

The wrecked spirits Millan encounters may be "kids that I once knew" and "all dead hearts to you, " but their effect on her clearly isn't as impersonal or otherworldly as the subject matter suggests.

NPR: Stars: Of Haunted Spirits And 'Dead Hearts'

This result, though preliminary, suggests it might be possible to establish some sort of dialogue with people who had previously been considered all but brain-dead.

ECONOMIST: Vegetative state

Of course, you'd be taken care of, but all the money in the world won't mean much if you're dead.

NPR: 'In The Mix' Marks Usher's Film Debut

But with six games left for City this season and hopes of a first English title in 44 years all but dead in the water, Mancini's own position at the club will also be under scrutiny.

CNN: April 10, 2012 -- Updated 1100 GMT (1900 HKT)