Charles Onyett said that it is almost impossible not to notice how " laughably bad it is ", and that many plot twists are presented then never resolved, though he also admitted that it doesn't really factor into the gameplay.

In comparison, Charles Onyett says in an editorial for IGN that " expensive, one-time purchases are facing extinction ".

In a February 20, 2009, interview with IGN UK about the Wii and DS versions of Broken Sword: The Director's Cut, Charles Cecil and Dave Gibbons re-iterated their interest in a sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky.

Charles White from IGN praised Ichigo's climactic fight against Byakuya Kuchiki as one of the best fights in the Bleach series, and later Ramsey Isler gave additional praise to both the design and voice acting for Ichigo's inner hollow.

Charles Maurras of the French far-right reactionary monarchist Action française admired fascism and praised Mussolini as a Bonapartist " in spirit ", and the Action française adopted fascist policies.

The US philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce praised Cantor's set theory, and, following public lectures delivered by Cantor at the first International Congress of Mathematicians, held in Zurich in 1897, Hurwitz and Hadamard also both expressed their admiration.

More favourable critics praised Benigni's artistic daring and skill to create a sensitive comedy involving the tragedy, a challenge that Charles Chaplin confessed he would not have done with The Great Dictator had he been aware of the horrors of the Holocaust.

Later Christian chroniclers and pre-20th century historians praised Charles Martel as the champion of Christianity, characterizing the battle as the decisive turning point in the struggle against Islam, a struggle which preserved Christianity as the religion of Europe ; according to modern military historian Victor Davis Hanson, " most of the 18th and 19th century historians, like Gibbon, saw Poitiers ( Tours ), as a landmark battle that marked the high tide of the Muslim advance into Europe.

Deburau's son, Jean-Charles ( or, as he preferred, " Charles " ), assumed Pierrot's blouse the year after his father's death, and he was praised for bringing Baptiste's agility to the role.

Charles N. Brown, publisher of Locus Magazine, has praised Baen's approach in an interview in The New York Times, saying " Baen has shown that putting up electronic versions of books doesn't cost you sales.

Her pacifism was influenced by the writings of Immanuel Kant, Henry Thomas Buckle, Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin and Leo Tolstoy ( Tolstoy praised Die Waffen nieder!

When the film was first released, The New York Times film critic Frank S. Nugent praised the film, writing, " The comedy, through Mr. Douglas's debonair performance and those of Ina Claire as the duchess and Sig Rumann, Felix Bressart and Alexander Grannach as the unholy three emissaries ; through Mr. Lubitsch's facile direction ; and through the cleverly written script of Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, has come off brilliantly.

The books have been praised by critics such as Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times, who wrote: " A cascade of language, a rumbling tumbling riot of words, a pub soliloquy to an invisible but imaginable audience, and the more captivating for it.

Middleton's work has long been praised by literary critics, among them Algernon Charles Swinburne and T. S. Eliot.

Charles de Lint praised Hearts in Atlantis as " the Great American Baby Boomer Novel ," saying that " when he's at the top of his form, as he certainly is here, he can be as provocative and inspired as < insert your favorite literary author here >.

F & SF reviewer Charles de Lint praised the novella as " a terrific story, highlighting King's gift for characterization and his sheer narrative drive.

The scene included a young Charles Lederer and Chaplin later praised the scene but insisted that it needed to be cut.

While he was in many ways a typical medieval king, Charles V has been praised by historians for his pragmatism, which led to the recovery of the territories lost at Bretigny.

Charles Ardai of Computer Gaming World praised its setting for containing the " right combination of gravity, silliness, genuine scholarship and mystical mumbo-jumbo ", and called it a " strong enough storyline to hold its own next to any of the Indy films.

Charles Evers, activist and brother of Medger Evers ( activist assassinated in 1963 ), praised Law and said he acted “ not for the Negro, but for justice and what is right .”

Peanuts creator Charles Schulz praised Mutts, calling it " one of best comic strips of all time.

The industrialist's work for the railroad was highly praised by its president, Charles Francis Adams ; Hanna's knowledge of the coal business led to him being appointed head of one of the board's committees with responsibility in that area.

" However, Charles Spencer of The Daily Telegraph praised Schwimmer, reporting he " proves inspired casting.

Later, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Lamb and others praised this poet.

Both collections were highly praised by the influential novelist, critic and editor William Dean Howells in a review published in the Atlantic Monthly, entitled " Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt's Stories ".

Vinci's opere buffe, of which Li zite ' ngalera ( 1722 ) is generally regarded as the best, are full of life and spirit ; his opere serie, of which Didone Abbandonata ( Rome, 1728 ) and Artaserse ( Rome, 1730 ) are the most notable, have an incisive vigour and directness of dramatic expression praised by Charles Burney.

Although in June 1940 articles in Action Française signed by Maurras, Léon Daudet and Maurice Pujo praised General Charles de Gaulle, Maurras quickly came to acclaim the fall of the Third Republic, replaced by Marshal Philippe Pétain's Vichy France, as a " divine surprise ".

Charles Coughlin praised the late Mayor Jimmy Walker in New York, Hayes ( who had earlier denounced Walker for his perceived lack of morality ) ruled that no ecclesiastical visitor might address a religious gathering without the Cardinal's permission.

In 1828, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve praised Chénier as an heroic forerunner of the Romantic movement and a precursor of Victor Hugo.

* 1963 – Charles Ingram, English game show contestant and author

* 1889 – Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly ( d. 1967 )

Charles notably presented the gladiator-style game show Robot Wars and narrated the comedy endurance show Takeshi's Castle.

Charles provided the voice-over commentary for the UK version of the Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle, shown on Challenge and Ftn ( 2002 – 2004 ), in which contestants attempted to pass a series of near-impossible physical challenges, to reach the final showdown at the castle and win cash prizes.

Charles presented the virtual reality game show Cyberzone ( 1993 ) on BBC2 ; the late-night entertainment show Funky Bunker ( 1997 ) on ITV ; the reality television show Jailbreak ( 2000 ) on Channel 5 ; and the late-night chat show Weapons of Mass Distraction ( 2004 ) on ITV.

Charles was a contestant in the Celebrity Poker Club tournament ( 2004 ) on Challenge, where he reached the semi-finals, and in the Channel 4 reality game show, The Games ( 2005 ), which documented the contestants ' intensive training regime and each live Olympic Games-style sporting event, in which he came fourth overall in the men's competition.

The first explanation is that the ancestral game was introduced to Britain from France during the reign of Charles II of England, and was played under the name of paille-maille or pall mall, derived ultimately from Latin words for " ball and mallet ".

The game of mall was a fashionable amusement in the reign of Charles the Second, and the walk in Saint James's Park, now called the Mall, received its name from having been appropriated to the purpose of playing at mall, where Charles himself and his courtiers frequently exercised themselves in the practice of this pastime.

In Game 7, Craig Counsell's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth tied the game at 2, then, with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 11th, Edgar Rentería's soft liner glanced off the glove of Cleveland pitcher Charles Nagy and into center field to score Counsell and give the Marlins the win.

Charles Henry Goren ( March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991 ) was a world champion American bridge player and bestselling author who contributed significantly to the development and popularization of the game following upon the heels of Ely Culbertson in the 1940s and rising to prominence in the 1950s to the early 1960s.

By the 1970s, the idea that the game had been created solely by Charles Darrow had become popular folklore: it was printed in the game's instructions and even in the 1974 book The Monopoly Book: Strategy and Tactics of the World's Most Popular Game by Maxine Brady.

* 1959 – Quiz show scandals: Twenty One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.

Its current name was coined by Charles L. Bouton of Harvard University, who also developed the complete theory of the game in 1901, but the origins of the name were never fully explained.

Another of the early enthusiasts of the game was King Charles V of France, who had a court set up at the Louvre Palace.

It is important to note that this game, called " French ruff " by Charles Cotton, is similar to écarté.

Most recent designs are For The People and Empire of the Sun, each of which won the Charles S. Roberts Award for best game in their category.

** John Charles Daly, South African-born journalist and game show host ( b. 1914 )

It appears in Charles Dickens's 1861 novel Great Expectations, as the only card game Pip, the book's protagonist, as a child seems to know how to play.

It was a waiting game Charles won: the battle began on the seventh day, as ‘ Abd-al-Raḥmân did not want to postpone the battle any longer with winter approaching.

During his years in Oxford, Blunden published extensively: several collections of poetry including Choice or Chance ( 1934 ) and Shells by a Stream ( 1944 ), prose works on Charles Lamb ; Edward Gibbon ; Keats's publisher ; Percy Bysshe Shelley ; John Taylor ; and Thomas Hardy ; and a book about a game he loved, Cricket Country ( 1944 ).

Game show hosts Bob Eubanks, Wink Martindale, and Chuck Woolery served on the panel, as did frequent 1970s game show panelist Jimmie Walker, and Match Game regulars Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly shared a square for the week.

Players like Candace Parker of the Sparks, Maya Moore of the Lynx, DeWanna Bonner, and Samantha Prahalis of the Mercury, Angel McCoughtry of the Dream, Sylvia Fowles of the Sky, Tina Charles of the Sun, and Liz Cambage of the Shock brought a new level of excitement to the game, adding talent to the teams of young veterans such as Diana Taurasi, Seimone Augustus and Cappie Pondexter.

The game won the Charles S. Roberts Award ( Origins Award ) for Best Science Fiction Boardgame of 1981

King Henry III of England banned the playing of the game by his archers, and in the 14th century, Charles IV and Charles V of France also forbade the sport to commoners.