I was manipulating characters just so they would fit in with what my father was doing".
"The polar opposite of the icy, manipulating characters he became best known for, Alan was hilarious, warm-hearted and fabulous company".
Red vs. Blue is a wildly popular "machinima" video series created by manipulating characters inside Microsoft's videogame Halo 2. Critics have hailed the comedy series, created by Rooster Teeth Productions, as the "first masterpiece of machinima".
In short, Gilman manipulates character to suit her argument.
To paraphrase Anne, why manipulate characters into situations dramatizing jealousy when they can tell us about their jealousy?
Like a digital film set: children manipulate characters and objects in five scenes, while recording their voice telling a story.
Determining genome sequences have improved our understanding of how genes work and equipped us with the tools to manipulate characters, enabling genetic engineering of crops and livestock, or precise diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
If a Sims game, in which players develop and manipulate characters in simulated everyday environments, gains mainstream popularity, marketers may look at it as a place to pitch their products to a highly attentive audience.
Spark at 82 can still manipulate characters so daringly their most improbable acts seem self-generated; in this instance, two men who claim to be the murderous Lord Lucan (missing since 1974) gang up to blackmail a Paris psychiatrist who is as unlikely as they are.
The Accordionist is also something of a puppeteer who can manipulate characters and situations, but, in the end, finds his powers severely tested.
