By now Harmony could see that most of the adults in the train were winded and resting, or else siphoned off from the games by the challenging lure of the great cliff towering above them.

The games were over, this was life.

The CTCA program of activities was profuse: William Farnum and Mary Pickford on the screen, Elsie Janis and Harry Lauder on the stage, books provided by the American Library Association, full equipment for games and sports -- except that no `` bones '' were furnished for the all-time favorite pastime played on any floor and known as `` African golf ''.

It was late, we were playing kissing games, and Jessica and I were called on to kiss in front of the others.

In this connection, it might be noted that the theory of games was a mathematical discovery long before its uses in political science were exploited.

This was typical of such games, which were earnestly played to win and practically never wound up in an expression of good fellowship.

As the twenties grew older, and as radio broadcasts of baseball games began to involve more and more people daily in the doings of the professionals, the great hitters ( always led by Babe Ruth ) overshadowed the game so that pitchers were nearly of no account.

In some cities games were broadcast throughout the week and then on weekends the announcer was silenced, and fans must needs drive to the city from all the broadcast area to discover how their heroes were faring.

The questions women asked at baseball games were standard grist for amateur comedy, as were the doings of women automobile drivers ; ;

The Texans have two more road games -- at Buffalo and Houston -- before they play for the home folks again, and it looks as if coach Hank Stram's men will meet the Bills just as they are developing into the kind of team they were expected to be in pre-season reckonings.

The last couple of years the Bears management got the business from the `` Living Room Athletic Club '' when games were cut off.

Atari had been in the process of manufacturing another vector game, Lunar Lander, but demand for Asteroids was so high " that several hundred Asteroids games were shipped in Lunar Lander cabinets.

Like many games of its time, Asteroids contains several bugs that were mostly the result of the original programmers underestimating the game's popularity or the skill of its players.

During World II the winter games were canceled but after that time the Winter Games have been held in St. Moritz ( 1948 ), Innsbruck, Austria ( 1964 and 1976 ), Grenoble, France, ( 1968 ), Albertville, France, ( 1992 ), and Torino, Italy, ( 2006 ).

The 1890s games were more closely fought, Australia taking their first series win since 1882 with a 2 – 1 victory in 1891 – 92.

The publishing rights to the Amber DRPG games were acquired in 2004 by Guardians of Order, who took over sales of the game and announced their intention to release a new edition of the game.

The following year he was put in charge of the Greek games that were staged in honor of the Temple of Venus Genetrix, built by Julius Caesar.

* They were given the rights of the Vestal Virgins like the freedom to view public games from the upper seats in the stadium.

Spolin felt that playing games were good exercises and can benefit in future acting.

Despite this all of the games released on ROM were packaged as ' serial ROMS ', from which the micro would load programs into main memory in exactly the same way as if it were loading from tape.

Although not as well supported by the biggest software publishers as rivals like the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a good range of games were available for the Electron.

The apparatus used by gymnasts was once a common sight in American gyms, but about 1930 it was dropped in favor of games.

The bay laurel plant was used in expiatory sacrifices and in making the crown of victory at these games.

Today, the stadium is used by amateurs, whilst the Bundesliga Club holds its games in the new stadium " Neuer Tivoli " – meaning New Tivoli-a couple of metres down the road.

The Plus 1 needed Page & D for it's workspace, and some games used this space.

The CPC series was pitched against other home computers primarily used to play video games and enjoyed a strong supply of game software.

Only the sound is used in 7800 games.

Both video and sound are used in 2600 games.

Its flexible design enabled it to play games which used display list manipulation to generate a pseudo 3D appearance such as Ballblazer ( 1987 ) and F-18 Hornet ( 1988 ).

The game data still needed to be copied from ROM to RAM before it could be used, so less memory was available and the games loaded relatively slowly.

AMOS was mostly used to make multimedia software, video games ( platformers and graphical adventures ) and educational software.

A normal activity for high schools in the US is attending Friday night football games in Autumn, while Sunday afternoons are reserved for the professional game, particularly the National Football League, and Saturdays are traditionally used for college football.

This is most often used in wargaming, though many abstract strategy games such as Abalone, Agon, hexagonal chess, and connection games use hexagonal layouts.

Games played ( most often abbreviated as G or GP ) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated ( in any capacity ); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.

It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players.

Hole card games are sometimes played on tables with a small mirror or electronic sensor which are used to peek securely at the hole card.

The Bust-a-Move title was used for all subsequent games in the series in the United States and Canada, as well as for some ( non-Taito published ) console releases in Europe.

The Orioles wear their black alternate jerseys for Friday night games with the alternate " O's " cap, whether at home or on the road ; the cartoon bird batting helmet is still used with this uniform ( see description on home and road design below ).

A percentile skill-based system, BRP was used as the basis for most of the games published by Chaosium, including Stormbringer, Worlds of Wonder, Call of Cthulhu, Superworld, Ringworld, Elfquest, Hawkmoon, Elric !, and Nephilim.

Other, non-Chaosium games have used BRP for its core rules.

* Bethesda Softworks Archive, a common extension used by this company for the data needed by its games

The Catalina Casino, a famous landmark overlooking Avalon Harbor on Santa Catalina Island, California, has never been used for traditional games of chance, which were already outlawed in California by the time it was built.

Software ( or firmware ) is also used in video games and for the configurable parts of the logic systems of automobiles, televisions, and other consumer electronics.

The electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms ; examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles.

The input device used to manipulate video games is called a game controller, and varies across platforms.