Many of these seem closer in tone to the pulp adventures of Indiana Jones than H. P. Lovecraft, but they are nonetheless beloved by many gamers.

While many titles ( especially the strategically heavier ones ) are enthusiastically played by gamers as a hobby, German-style games are, for the most part, well suited to social play.

Infocom's puzzles were unique in that they were usually tightly integrated into the storyline, and rarely did gamers feel like they were being made to jump through one arbitrary hoop after another, as was the case in many of the competitors ' games.

The company's breakout product was 1992's Wolfenstein 3D, a first person shooter ( FPS ) with smooth 3D graphics that were unprecedented in computer games, and with violent game play that many gamers found engaging.

For this reason, many mass media outlets have a presence on the web, by such things as having TV ads that link to a website, or having games in their sites to entice gamers to visit their website.

Thanks to Carmack's idea of extending video game life by adding unlimited expandability ( extensibility already played a big role in Doom ), an enormous Internet community of gamers and programmers alike has arisen and many modern multiplayer games are extensible in some form.

QTest also gave gamers their first peek into the filesystem and modifiability of the Quake engine, and many entity mods ( that placed monsters in the otherwise empty multiplayer maps ) and custom player skins began appearing online before the full game was even released.

However, many gamers are deterred by the time it takes to ' get used to ' the different style of hand control that a trackball requires.

Computers allow gamers separated by many miles to play a game.

However, many of the questions were U. S .- centric and this frustrated some non-United States gamers.

* The Failure-card mechanic is a prime example of the game theory concept of the prisoner's dilemma, to the extent that it has become known among many gamers as " Kill Doctor Lucky Syndrome ".

Expert players can quickly flip between many different tasks, while casual gamers have more problems with this.

Before a game, the gamers agree on how many points will be used as the maximum army size and each assembles an army up to that maximum limit.

By uniting the local gamers, many clubs got free or cheap places to keep their equipment and play their games.

Founded in 1997 as an IRC network for QuakeWorld players, QuakeNet has seen huge growth over the years as it attracted many other gamers.

Scott Battaglia of GameSpy said Pool of Radiance is " what many gamers consider to be the epitome of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons RPGs.

There are many subtypes of hardcore gamers based on the style of game, gameplay preference, hardware platform, and other preferences.

Zocchi believes the " superstition " of many gamers who use specific dice to roll high and others to roll low results from the fact that major dice manufacturers smooth out the straight edges of their dice in machines much like rock tumblers.

Many games were transitioning to DirectX at this point, and the announcement caused many PC gamers – the core demographic of 3dfx's market – to switch to Nvidia or ATI offerings for their new machines.

Linux installers for linux gamers also offers installers for many Loki titles to help them run better on modern systems.

Since the comic centers around a community of role-playing gamers, the characters are seen playing many games that are analogues of real-world games ( some of which were then published as real-world games ).

It not only won a number of Game of the Year awards, but it is also considered by many critics and gamers to be one of the greatest video games ever made and remains one of the highest-rated games on Metacritic.

It is bound in " dragon hide " and has stunned many gamers with its attractiveness and exciting flavor.

Cavedog gained the attention of gamers and the gaming press alike with the 1997 release of Total Annihilation ( TA ), winning many accolades such as multiple Game of the Year honors or being one of The Greatest Games of All Time.

While Metal Gear Solid 2 appealed gamers with the discussion of these, the bewildering maze of dialogue and plot revelation in the final hours of the game, left a sour taste in the mouths of many gamers, who expected the Hollywood-style resolution of its forerunner.

Seeing so many illustrations and reading so many testimonials to the value of Quick-Wate and Super-Protein, those two wonder-working Weider food supplements, he decided to try them and see what they could do for him.

Instead of quelling the dissension, as many captains of the era would have done ( Sir Francis Drake lopped a man's head off under similar circumstances ), Hudson decided to be reasonable.

During the trip Selkirk decided that the route through Illinois territory to Indiana and the eastern United States was the best route for goods from England to reach Red River and that the United States was a better source of supply for many goods than either Canada or England.

Hasan Ali Shah decided to escape to Afghanistan, accompanied by his brothers and many soldiers and servants.

But many children's games are mainly decided by luck: e. g. Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders require no decisions by the players.

Theorists have suggested many possible reasons for why people would have originally decided to come together to form dense populations.

A letter from Queen Elizabeth ( later the Queen Mother ), dated 17 May 1947, showed " her decided lack of enthusiasm for the socialist government " and describes the British electorate as " poor people, so many half-educated and bemused " for electing Attlee over Winston Churchill, whom she saw as a war hero.

Old and disused church buildings can be seen as an interesting proposition for developers as the architecture and location often provide for attractive homes or city centre entertainment venues On the other hand, many newer Churches have decided to host meetings in public buildings such as schools, universities, cinemas < ref >

Armoured cavalry such as the Byzantine cataphract were used as shock troops — they would charge the main body of the enemy and, in many cases, their actions decided the outcome of the battle, hence the later term " battle cavalry ".

Griffith decided to become an actor, and appeared in many plays as an extra.

IBM kept some secrets, as Coppersmith explains: " After discussions with NSA, it was decided that disclosure of the design considerations would reveal the technique of differential cryptanalysis, a powerful technique that could be used against many ciphers.

But because of high demand for trade with the West ( mainly slave trade ), and the fact that still many colonies existed, it was decided to establish the Second Chartered West India Company ( also called New West India Company ) in 1675.

Eventually, after Armstrong's death, many of the lawsuits were decided or settled in his favor, greatly enriching his estate and heirs.

It was during this period that many Faroese ( 6 %) decided to emigrate, mainly to Denmark.

The title of a work of Cardano's, published in 1552, ' De Subtilitate ' ( corresponding to what would now be called Transcendental Philosophy ), would lead us to expect, in the chapter on minerals, many far fetched theories characteristic of that age ; but when treating of petrified shells, he decided that they clearly indicated the former sojourn of the sea upon the mountains.

It was harshly panned by both contemporary and later literary critics, with even kinder critics regarding the work as " a long-winded sob story " which many have found to be " simply unreadable ," and this negative response has been speculated to be the reason Salinger decided to quit publishing.

Michael Servetus exchanged many letters with Calvin until Calvin decided he was a heretic.

He felt he had worked too many years inside studios, and combined with a visit to Dachau concentration camp during filming, he decided that he had had enough, and retired afterward.

The government also decided to disaffiliate many private Indian colleges, which had come up lately and were regarded by the Government as hot beds of nationalist agitation.

The longbow decided many medieval battles fought by the English, the most significant of which were the Battle of Crécy ( 1346 ) and the Battle of Agincourt ( 1415 ), during the Hundred Years ' War and followed earlier successes, notably at the Battle of Halidon Hill ( 1333 ) during the Scottish wars.

I decided that if I could get into as many pictures as possible, I'd become known, and there would be a demand for my work.

Like many children in postwar Japan, Miyazaki decided he wanted to become a manga artist during high school.

To the surprise of many, she decided not to seek re-election to the senate in 1989.

McVeigh initially intended only to destroy a federal building, but he later decided that his message would be better received if many people were killed in the bombing.