The phrase "absence of game" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is no game available, whether in a literal sense (like hunting or sports) or metaphorically (like a lack of options or opportunities).
Example: "The absence of game in the area has led to a decline in local hunting activities."
Alternatives: "lack of game" or "dearth of game".
The absence of game time explains Kyrgyzstan's fall down the rankings since these qualifiers were announced.
That is typified by the complete absence of game film from the commercials, which instead tell warm and fuzzy, even whimsical stories that are fan-focused.
Now it's available for all, with 30 dungeons to fight through, impressive 3D graphics and – in the absence of Game Center / iCloud on Android – canny use of Facebook to synchronise your game across multiple devices.
To account for the absence of game-day testing, Birch said, the threshold for a positive amphetamine test has been set lower, so players can be caught a day or more after the fact.
But the arenas are dark and tensions are rapidly increasing in the absence of games.
The absence of games culture coverage on telly bothers me more than most, as I have spent the best part of three years trying to convince a fairly unreceptive crowd of TV execs that commissioning such programming isn't a colossal waste of their time.
The absence of games culture coverage on TV bothers me more than most, as I have spent the best part of three years trying to convince a fairly unreceptive crowd of TV execs that commissioning such programming isn't a colossal waste of their time.
Indeed, as well as the rather flimsy link between game and film, there's also a distinct absence of the game's presence in any of the film's marketing.
They point to the absence of the game from the league calendar from 2004 through 2010 and the paucity of promotion given this year's game -- consisting largely of a tractor-trailer with the ice-making equipment making four stops between Toronto and Calgary so fans could see the machinery -- compared with that given the Winter Classic.
The prestige that presently attaches to the World Cup would drain in the absence of the game's major powers.
