The games at addictinggames.com and other premier game sites may be casual, but their use of graphic violence to generate profit is strategic and calculated.
I believe the drone-to-divide is strategic and calculated.
It focuses on creating algorithms for strategic interactions, calculating Nash equilibrium etc. Carmichael (2005) has defined games as: A scenario or situation where for two or more individuals, their choice of action or behavior has an impact on the other (or others).
It may be strategically more prudent to invest scarce and precious resources in carefully calculated strategic "bets" rather than keep throwing them after waning industrial sectors and declining firms and in that sense, it may be best to provide aggressive socioeconomic re-training, re-insertion, and/or early retirement programs to allow for real growth strategies to be implemented.
Anybody who knows anything about campaign politics knew this was a cold, calculated, strategic move designed to drive a wedge between Bush and evangelical Protestant voters who overwhelmingly support the president.
Rogers, a cofounder of CNBC, is taking calculated strategic and financial risks to win what he calls "a major land grab" in advanced television.
And he's mastered the art of "authenticity" — that combination of staged closeness, strategic imperfection and calculated self-deprecation that's the key to charming the web.
"Audacity, calculated risk, and a clear strategic aim were MacArthur's attributes", and he disregarded the estimates.
"This was a very calculated and strategic decision," Mr. Nardelli said.
Rather, after talking to survivors and perpetrators alike over the years, I've come to believe that the atrocities are calculated and strategic, serving two main purposes.
