The simple nature of the graphics seemed to make our Wii something we pull out at parties to interact with each other rather than sequester ourselves in some kind of first-person roll-playing game in an elaborate digital world.
It's a finale that has been compared to "Apple dissolving Microsoft", and led to some players calling for the game's developer, CCP, to "roll-back" the game to the previous day and cancel the change.
Earlier, in October, Zynga cut full-year earnings estimates on weak game performance and delays in roll-outs of new games.
The Powerball is a lotto, or roll-over, big-jackpot game with horrendous odds.
Having played through the game myself I was ready to roll out my usual assessment of these pint-sized Lego video-game renditions, describing it as a scaled down version of the Wii U version, but then I stumbled upon my kids playing the game.
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The idea is that the campaigns will not be intrusive, like pre-roll video ads, but will be in-game virtual goods and features that users actually like and want to engage with.
And so with all of that activated and headed straight for the hearts of Generation Y viewers on Sunday, now Mercedes-Benz can just sit back and watch the returns roll in for its Big Game presence right?
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Yankee Stadium has liquored-up "bleacher creatures" performing an inane roll call of player names as the game is about to start.
The problem now is that any tinkering is hampered by the fact that versatile rookie guard Iman Shumpert tore his ACL and meniscus in Game 1, meaning the team will have to roll out the deer-in-the-headlights act of second-year guard Landry Fields in any experimental lineup.
For instance, against Boston earlier this month in the last game before Linsanity began, the Knicks ran nine pick-and-roll plays, according to Synergy.
Chip-scale sensors already tell an SUV's master computer when the vehicle is about to roll over and the Wii game controller when the live player wants to swing the virtual bat.
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