Sentence examples for references to games from inspiring English sources

And directors have begun, of course, to incorporate references to games or gaming devices into their scripts and strategies, whether you look at the recent Tom Cruise 'em up Edge of Tomorrow or the work of Edgar Wright.

4. Perhaps the most likely references to games in songs may be to do with cards.

His special gift is to make these worlds recognisable enough – Doctor Sleep is full of the noise of the culture; references to Game of Thrones, Sons of Anarchy and even Twilight – that the supernatural stuff seems grounded; that its perils don't seem merely arbitrary.

When people play unfamiliar games, they tend to model them by reference to games they are used to in everyday experience.

But when he left his net to play the puck near the corner, some of the fans yelled: "No! No!" This was in reference to Game 4, when Roy left the net, lost control of the puck and gave up the tying goal that swung the momentum of the series.

One fan cursed loudly and hollered after Beltran: "Why don't you look at another called third strike?" The comment was a reference to Game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series, when Beltran took strike three from Adam Wainwright with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning, sending the Cardinals to the World Series.

"That's better than an Emmy," Bewkes said during an August earnings call in reference to "Game Of Thrones" being the most pirated show of 2012.

The team also added several references to previous games such as Sarah and Matoya being references to the original Final Fantasy game and Dusk and Alba being reminiscent of Palom and Porom from Final Fantasy IV.