Although not relevant to actual play, the name of the game's designer is often prominently mentioned on the box, or at least in the rule book.

Although the Super Bowl had grown into America's biggest one-day sporting event by this point, many believe the 13th edition began the game's evolution to unofficial national holiday.

Although little is known about the invention of Texas hold ' em, the Texas State Legislature officially recognizes Robstown, Texas, United States as the game's birthplace, dating the game to the early 1900s.

Although Adventure Gamers cited the graphic style's " refusal to take itself seriously " was adding " immensely to the game's charm ", they found the secondary characters " criminally underdeveloped " and the ending " an anticlimax, leaving the player thinking he could have done so much more, if only the game ’ s programmers had let him ".

Although the basic structure of the game generally remains constant there are often regional variations of the game's original " Terry Rules ".

Although legend attributes the game's creation to Stephen de Vignolles, also known as La Hire, a knight in the reign of Charles VII during the Hundred Years ' War, it may possibly have come into France from Spain because the words " pique " and " repique ", the main features of the game, are of Spanish origin.

Although the player can choose from five difficulty levels and numbers of lives, the game's single-player mode always follows the same series of opponents.

Although it is faster to design models and textures with general purpose multimedia creation tools, games usually require the data to be in a unique format suited for that game's engine.

Although criticized for its camera system, framerate issues, and fishing stages with Big, the game was still highly praised for retaining the fast and enjoyable gameplay that Sonic was known for in 2D as well as the game's graphics, multiple character storylines, and soundtrack.

Although his knowledge of the game's intricacies is limited, he has watched virtually every game played by the club since he was a small boy.

Although the number is not part of the game's official title, the cover does feature a subtle numeral " 7 " in the artwork ( notice where the shark's fin appears to meet the black area of the ship ).

Although it could be argued that the game's origin is Spanish ( from Parchís ) due to the similarity between both games, there is wide agreement in Colombia that the game is completely Colombian.

Although the game's localization and translation was finished a year earlier, the game was ultimately deemed unprofitable for a fall 1991 North American release, and the planned release was canceled after the game had already been translated and all packaging and advertising was ready.

Although development appeared to be proceeding smoothly, Freelance Police was abruptly canceled in early 2004, just a few weeks before the game's marketing campaign was about to begin.

Although the host was based on Jim Perry, the game's logo and gameplay were based on the CBS version of the 1980s Card Sharks series, using the single sudden-death question tiebreaker in the main game and the Joker car game following the Money Cards.

Although it is unclear from the outlines Ben Chamberlain released prior to the game's closure, this conclusion likely sees the creation of a new truce between Zion and The Machines and is the basis for the new Matrix created around the concept of human thought control.

Although figures for the game's sales on Steam have not been released, Opposing Force has sold over 1. 1 million copies at retail.

Although criticizing some elements of the game's artificial intelligence and describing some of the new models as " merely window dressing ", the review concluded that Opposing Force was an " impassioned application of creative design ".

Although praising the level design as the game's strongest point, the reviewer felt that " towards the end of the game ... they were running out of development time ".

Although the thief as an archetype in role-playing games achieved popularity through Dungeons & Dragons, “ Thief ” in the Dungeons & Dragons game was renamed to “ Rogue ” in the game's Third Edition, to broaden the class to any highly skilled character.

Although he is not a fan of computer games and did not own a personal computer at the time, he co-authored the expanded storyline and wrote much of the game's dialogue, all on a mechanical typewriter.

" Although not officially released in Europe, the game was covered in an import review by Super Play in late 1993 and although they found the game's strategy components to be " top-notch ", the rest of the game was regarded as " very mediocre ", garnering only a 47 % average score.

Although not the game's birthplace, Surrey does claim the honour of being the location of its first definite mention in print.

Although the novel takes place long after Pemulis's Eschaton days ( the game is played by 12-to 14-year-olds ), Pemulis is still regarded as the game's all-time great, and a final court of appeal in game matters.

Although the name actually applies to a group of snakes, it is often used to refer only to one species in particular, the common or green anaconda, Eunectes murinus, which is one of the largest snakes in the world.

Although the Indian and Greek concepts of the atom were based purely on philosophy, modern science has retained the name coined by Democritus.

Although Dio is the earliest writer to mention them, Ammianus Marcellinus used the name to refer to Germans on the Limes Germanicus in the time of Trajan's governorship of the province shortly after it was formed, circa 98 / 99.

Although the 1987 decision settled the question of the scientific name of the genus, the common name " amaryllis " continues to be used differently.

Although it is commonly believed that assassins were under the influence of hashish during their killings or during their indoctrination, there is debate as to whether these claims have merit, with many Eastern writers and an increasing number of western academics coming to believe that drug-taking was not the key feature behind the name.

Although this document was subsequently adopted by International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) and subsequent revisions published by ISO have been adopted by ANSI, the name ANSI C ( rather than ISO C ) is still more widely used.

Although Buzzcut's first name was never given in the series, it was revealed in This Book Sucks.

Although it appears clear that Badminton House, Gloucestershire, owned by the Duke of Beaufort, has given its name to the sports, it is unclear when and why the name was adopted.

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Although the appellation Malachi has frequently been understood as a proper name, its Hebrew meaning is simply " My God's messenger " ( or ' His messenger ' in the Septuagint ) and may not be the author's name at all.

Although his name does not appear in any other part of the Jewish Bible, Rabbinic tradition holds Habakkuk to be the Shunammite woman's son, who was restored to life by Elisha in 2 Kings 4: 16.

Although he must have been familiar with the ancient name, Balcia, meaning a supposed island in the Baltic Sea, and although he may have been aware of the Baltic words containing the stem balt -, " white ", as " swamp ", he reports that he followed the local use of balticus from baelt (" belt ") because the sea stretches to the east " in modum baltei " (" in the manner of a belt ").

Although there is no proof, the name " Thomas Corbett " does appear on the list of dead and missing.

Although the name Chordata is often attributed to William Bateson ( 1885 ), it was already in common use in by 1880.

Although the Garda Síochána had suspicions that the organisation existed, they were unsure of its name, labelling it the " Irish National Republican Army ".

Although positively charged cations always move towards the cathode ( hence their name ) and negatively charged anions move away from it, cathode polarity depends on the device type, and can even vary according to the operating mode.

Although the content of the document file is arranged in a format that the word-processing program understands, the user is able to choose the name and location of the file and provide the bulk of the information ( such as words and text ) that will be stored in the file.

Although his name and history were taken from his early life with his adoptive Earth parents, everything about Clark was staged for the benefit of his alternate identity: as a reporter for the Daily Planet, he receives late-breaking news before the general public, has a plausible reason to be present at crime scenes, and need not strictly account for his whereabouts as long as he makes his story deadlines.

Although Sherlock Holmes is not the original fiction detective ( he was influenced by Poe's Dupin and Gaboriau's Lecoq ), his name has become a byword for the part.

Although he wanted to plead guilty, Justice Samuel Chase urged him to name those who had helped him or subscribed to his writings in exchange for freedom.

Although did not think of himself as a deist, he shared so many attitudes with deists that Gay calls him " a Deist in fact, if not in name ".

Although the Druze consider ad-Darazī a heretic the name had been used to identify them.