Aside from catching the occasional movie at a theater or sports game at a bar, players will go bowling or to church services with one another.
The main house also includes a two-bedroom third story and a finished basement with bar, game and laundry areas.
What happens to these expectations when a developer comes out with a game that really raises the bar?
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Again, most of the real estate is devoted to your own game, with a black bar underneath reminding you which button to press when you want out.
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The 49, 300-square-foot, two-story home surrounds a courtyard and includes a two-level basement with amenities including a game room, bowling alley, bar and media library.
In a game where these majors set the bar in terms of cash and quality-of-life compensation, and very young startups set the bar in terms of providing realistic shots at big windfalls, no other type of business has any chance of really competing for top talent, with any mix of cash and stock it can conjure up.
Fulham almost saw their hard work undone with the last kick of the game when substitute Zhilyaev blasted over the bar from eight yards.
On the hour-mark Maynard had the chance to put City back in front but he fired his shot just over the bar in an increasingly open game.
But a game like Halo 4 certainly raises the bar.
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With 19 minutes left, Coventry should have got back in the game but Leon Best headed over the bar from six yards out but Matt Hollandalso smashed a 30-yard scorcher against the crossbar at the other end.
Some 50 social games have implemented the bar, which launched earlier this week. gWallet hints that it is in talks with big social game publishers, presumably Zynga and others, to place the bar in some of their games within a month.
Lambert, returning from a three-game suspension, then lifted a a 25-yard free-kick narrowly over the bar as the visitors started to get a foothold in the game following a slow start.
He wants to create a game where the story is more dynamic, where your actions have consequences beyond a morality bar, and where the actions of villains are taking place throughout the game in a dynamic way as well.
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With the bar at the top of the game screen, upwards of 100% of the players can view the brand offers.
Glenn Ferguson had a glorious chance to get the home side back in the game but his header went just over the bar.
In added time City's Jamal Campbell-Ryce's shot was pushed over by Gilks, who had hardly been pressed all game, while Burgess twice headed over the bar.
The Middle Eastern side, runners-up when hosts in 1996, went on to dominate the game after Hong's spotkick hit the bar but could not beat goalkeeper Ri Myong-Guk.
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With Red Dead, they introduced a regenerating health bar, easier shooting and much easier game play.
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She was waiting in line with friends to get into the bar after taking in a Red Sox game, which is a Patriot's Day tradition for the Newport, R.
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So I'm basically going to find a place that a very, like, kind of lousy, ugly sports bar just around the corner from where the game is.
Then, after 40 minutes, a free-kick punted forward dropped over everyone's heads to the back post where Yahia wonderfully cracked home his effort off the underside of the bar, a goal fit to win any game.
Cousin then almost rescued a point for his side when he won a free-kick on the edge of the penalty area in the dying moments of the game but could only rifle the resulting shot over the bar.
Forman and Bleckman, the transplanted Pittsburghers, each go to a bar in their new towns to watch the Steelers game.
Viduka had a chance to make the game safe in the 72nd minute but he shot over the bar in the box from Ray Parlour's cross from the right.
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Teammate Kevin Kuranyi also headed against the post in the first half, while Mohamadou Idrissou nodded against the bar for Freiburg , who ended a four-game losing run to move up to 15th.
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Sidibe tested Carson with a superb 25-yard strike after some nifty footwork and Rory Delap showed there is more to his game than an outrageous long throw when he shot over the bar after an impressive run from midfield.
And they almost lost the game in stoppage time, when French substitute Gaetane Thiney hit the bar.
And although many of his peers might be thinking of taking root in the members' bar of the MCC, Blowers' passion for the game - and for commentating upon it - remains undiminished.
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