There are few "bosses" in the conventional sense, where the player defeats a superior opponent by direct confrontation.
In 1980, for example, a study published by the Water Resources Research Institute, at Louisiana State University, described Old River as "the scene of a direct confrontation between the United States Government and the Mississippi River," and — all constructions of the Corps notwithstanding — awarded the victory to the Mississippi River.
A string of clashes followed, but this latest incident, involving direct confrontation between the northern and southern armed forces, is by far the most serious.
John King set up a direct confrontation between Pawlenty and Romney, and instead of standing by the term he coined -- "Obamneycare" -- Pawlenty went limp, and for the second debate in a row, he went on a prolonged groveling jag.
"The provocative aerial bombardments near the border increase the potential of direct confrontation between Sudan and South Sudan," the American statement said.
He added, "We are looking at a direct confrontation between public opinion and the president of the republic".
And, of course, the creation of nuclear-armed ballistic missiles enabled the cold war, a stalemate of terror that made direct confrontation between the superpowers almost unthinkable.
On June 18th, the U.S. shot down a Syrian warplane, the first direct confrontation between the two countries since 1983, when Syria shot down two U.S. warplanes flying over Lebanon.
Robust rhetoric gives the impression that direct confrontation between India and China may not be far away.
Attacks against civilians, rather than direct confrontations between armed groups, have been a defining feature of South Sudan's civil war, which began in December 2013.
