"It's important to make visitors feel part of the fantasy and then the fantasy becomes real instead of a gimmick, " says Howard Wolff, vice president of WATG, design consultant to the project.
Crossing the real world with the fantasy world makes it all the more engaging.
We must question whether the CBO is indeed using models that reflect the real world or some Keynesian fantasy about how the world should work.
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For the time being, though, Mr Clute has chosen to press his argument for real fantasy through the skeins of theory, influence and resemblance that pull the unwitting browser through this magnificent encyclopedia.
Maybe that was just to make the fantasy seem more real and feel more exciting.
Last season, for instance, NFL.com fantasy leagues were greeted with the voice of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during their fantasy drafts (just like the real draft).
The notion that tax cuts (and unspecified budget cuts) are the only acceptable economic policy actions, because they are the only ones that can ever work in the real world, is a dangerous fantasy.
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Bourdett: I should probably be more careful here, considering the last time I wrote Jeter off (after 2008), he went on to have one of the best seasons (fantasy and real-life) of his career (.334-18-66-107-30).
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This, not some Silicon Valley fantasy, it is the real techno-future.
Such a book might ignite a campaign for real fantasy, rekindling a desire for moving, vital fantasy that transcends the trilogies of magic elves and dwarves and identikit pastorals that pass for fantasy in today's mass market.
It is believed this is due to the lack of real world experience that children have and also that children sometimes get the lines between reality and fantasy confused.
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But if the distinction between reality and fantasy is blurred, children may interpret violence on the screen as being appropriate in the real world.
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We'll know soon enough whether or not it's real or just a fantasy -- if the tip (and others we've been hearing) is right, Nexus slabs will spread 'round the world come July.
Equally interesting is a separate, though related, piece of news, but which has gained far less attention: the league is directing its 32 clubs to display real-time fantasy football statistics at all games during 2011 season.
This is far short of the billions that optimistic Filipinos believe Marcos salted away, but it is real rather than fantasy money, and is now deposited in a Philippine bank.
When they meet in this space it becomes a sort of artificial fantasy space and some gamers are very resistant to any attempts to introduce the real world.
In a celebrity-saturated culture, it can be difficult for adults to draw the line between what is acceptable behavior and what may work in the fantasy land that exists in the Hollywood Hills, but isn't actually real-world appropriate.
All 10 have the potential to be this year's Longoria and help lead teams--both real and fantasy--to a championship in 2009.
"Social games will become less about fantasy and more about tapping into real-life trends, " predicts de Halleux The EA executive talks about the possibilities of creating more of these "online-offline loops" in social games that take advantage of big events like holidays or player interests like sports.
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