“I'm obsessed with 'Game of Thrones.' I love comedies - I really like '30 Rock' and 'Modern Family.'” GamesComedyModernRocksObsessedThronesModern Family Author:Kunal Nayyar
“'Modern Warfare,' 'Black Ops,' these are all the next level of video games. The people are more detailed, the fighting is more exact, and I can't speak for every gamer out there, but I know when I play, I feel like I'm actually in the game. It's that intense.” PeopleKnowsFeelsI CanPlayFightingNextGamesSpeakBlackLevelsModernIntenseVideoWarfareGamerNext LevelModern Warfare Author:Kevin Garnett
“For the sake of my children and grandchildren, I hope that the human talent for self-destruction can be successfully controlled, or at least channelled into productive forms, but I doubt it. I think we are moving into extremely volatile and dangerous times, as modern electronic technologies give mankind almost unlimited powers to play with its own psychopathology as a game.” ThinkingGivingHumansChildrenSelfPlayMovingFormGamesTechnologyDoubtModernMankindTalentDangerousDestructionSakeMy ChildrenProductiveControlledUnlimitedGrandchildrenSelf DestructionChildren And GrandchildrenPsychopathologyUnlimited Power Author:J. G. Ballard
“This game the Persian Magi did invent, The force of Eastern wisdom to express: From thence to busy Europeans sent, And styled by modern Lombards pensive chess.” GamesForceModernBusyChessEasternPersianPensive Author:Isaac Asimov
“The Escalation programmers come from a completely different background, and the codebase is all STL this, boost that, fill-up-the-property list, dispatch the event, and delegate that. I had been harboring some suspicions that our big codebases might benefit from the application of some more of the various “modern” C++ design patterns, despite seeing other large game codebases suffer under them. I have since recanted that suspicion.” DifferentBigsMightSufferingGamesSeeingModernEventsDesignBenefitsPropertyPatternsVariousListsBackgroundsDespiteApplicationSuspicionProgrammersBoostDelegatesDifferent BackgroundsEscalation Author:John Carmack
“I think [Wine] will be, at a minimum, incredibly useful to archeology, like DosBox has been for playing Wing Commander. Certainly it has been known to save the day with modern titles, too. But to have it as the agreed-upon way to how you play video games on Linux is completely unacceptable for several reasons, both technical and moral.” ThinkingWayHas BeensReasonPlayGamesKnownMoralModernWineWingsVideoTitlesMinimumCommandersLinuxArcheology Author:Ryan C. Gordon
“I did Call of Duty Modern Warfare as Gaz, then I did Ghost in Modern Warfare 2, which has become one of the most iconic figures in the history of computer games.” GamesModernFiguresDutyComputerGhostWarfareIconicCall Of DutyModern WarfareComputer GamesModern Warfare 2 Author:Craig Fairbrass
“A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.” GamesModernHuntersPursuedCoquette Author:Mary Elizabeth Braddon
“We [Americans] are game-playing, fun-loving creatures; we are the otters of the universe.” UniverseGamesFunModernCreaturesModern LifeOttersFun Loving Author:Richard Bach
“Ben Skinner's brains and courage take us into the belly of the beast and expose the ugly truth of modern slavery. Instead of sensation, A Crime So Monstrous gives us desperately needed insight and analysis. This is an important book, the first deep look into America's confused relationship with human trafficking and slavery today. Skinner's balanced dissection of our government's haphazard policies will be controversial, but it can also be the foundation for a new anti-slavery agenda, one that ends the political games being played with the lives of slaves.” GivingFirstsHumansLooksImportantBookEndsGovernmentTodayAmericaPoliticalGamesBrainModernCrimePolicyNeededFoundationSlaverySlaveUglyInsightAnalysisBeastConfusedAgendasSensationsBalancedBellyControversialMonstrousHuman TraffickingTraffickingBeing PlayedHaphazardDissectionPolitical GamesAnti SlaverySkinnerModern SlaveryUgly TruthSlavery Today Author:Kevin Bales
“I can't imagine Hunger Games, even with its very popular books, being nearly a success that it's been without Jen Lawrence being the perfect person to play that role - a very modern celebrity, a very down-to-earth, accessible, celebrity.” PersonsI CanBookPlayEarthGamesPerfectRolesImagineModernHungerDown To EarthVery PopularPerfect PersonPopular Book Author:Nina Jacobson
“The analysis of statistics is a big part of the modern game, and it's important as a modern manager to embrace areas that can help your team and players improve.” ImportantHelpingBigsGamesPlayerTeamModernAreasEmbraceManagersAnalysisStatistics Author:Brendan Rodgers
“Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game” EndsGamesForgetToo MuchModernConcernedStructureChessForget ItPawnsChess GameCheckmateChess Pawns Author:Nigel Short
“I'd rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year.” WayYearsGamesLosesModernFootballCoachesModern LifeElevenFootball Coach Author:Abe Lemons
“Finding a single investment that will return 20% per year for 40 years tends to happen only in dreamland. In the real world, you uncover an opportunity, and then you compare other opportunities with that. And you only invest in the most attractive opportunities. That's your opportunity cost. That's what you learn in freshman economics. The game hasn't changed at all. That's why Modern Portfolio Theory is so asinine.” WorldYearsRealHappensOpportunityGamesModernChangedTheoryReturnCostFindingsEconomicsInvestmentCompareAttractiveReal WorldPortfoliosFreshmanDreamlandOpportunity Cost Author:Charlie Munger
“Comparison, a great teacher once told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game that we can't win. Once we define ourselves in terms of others, we lose the freedom to shape our own lives.” GamesWinningTermLosesSinTeacherModernShapesComparisonTrapsModern LifeGreat TeacherCardinalsCan't Win Author:James C. Collins
“You have to be physical - that's the way it is in a midfield in the modern game.” WayGamesModernEngland Author:Jamie Redknapp