The "Angry birds" game — with its sometimes monotonous launching of slingshot birds — seems to provide a thin source of creative material for deeper storytelling.

“愤怒的小鸟”这款游戏——就是时不时的用弹弓发射小鸟——看起来对进一步发掘深层次的故事形成了壁垒同时让创造性素材变得贫乏。

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Disney's preview material on the game paints a dark yet familiar picture of a b-lister.

迪士尼的游戏预告片段描绘了一幅黑暗却又熟悉的二线明星画面。

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I read that material, more out of obligation than enjoyment. For enjoyment, for me, it’s a beer and the football game.

没有，没有，我不过是个凡夫俗子，虽然读过有关材料，但总觉得是被逼读的，一点乐趣也没有，对我来说有意思的事莫过于喝着啤酒看足球赛了。

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One early submission is a dice game made of scrap material by an inmate who also included detailed, handwritten instructions on how to play the game he invented in his cell.

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The idea is to give the production the uptempo feel of a basketball game while covering plenty of material from the pair's first meeting in the 1979 NCAA championship game, to their decade-long rivalry, to Johnson's announcement that he was HIV positive, to Bird's struggles with late-career injuries.

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Petronio uses the format of a TV game show to review material with her students.

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The game will feature some material from and consistency with the HBO show, though how that actually factors into gameplay remains to be seen.

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