To do so, the show chose to focus on common collegiate themes: competition in the classroom and the sports arena; relationships and sexuality; independent living away from home.
More than once I thought longingly of the color-saturated design of David Neumann's "feedforward" (2007), and of its adroit, sophisticated navigation of many similar themes: competition, the fierce but fragile male ego, the need to dominate but also to be accepted.
"Saw 3D," the seventh and final installment in Lionsgate's horror-rific franchise, took the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, beating its Halloween-theme competition with $24.2 million in sales in its debut week, according to Hollywood.com, which compiles box-office statistics.
While each set of companies is likely to make different arguments why its deal should be approved, both are expected to pursue at least one similar theme: competition from all quarters -- from casinos on Indian reservations to Internet gambling -- is forcing them to merge.
Genkibowl VII, released in January 2012, brought four new activity types to Steelport around a Professor Genki-themed competition.
When it launches, Arena will be restricted to events organised by major tournament operators, but Ybarra says the vision is to extend outwards so that publishers, developers and players can set up their own themed competitions.
The Fund is harnessing the best ideas from inside and outside of Defence through activities such as themed competitions and the Open Call for Innovation, delivered using the Defence and Security Accelerator," said Harriett Baldwin, responding to the parliamentary question.
Musical Chairs, with its psychologically disturbing themes of competition and abandonment.
Because the sounds it uses are based in video games, the music plays off themes of competition, fun, risk, and reward.
It is innovative stuff, a long way from Blairite themes of competition and market reform of the public sector, and Brown's Treasury-based redistribution of the proceeds of growth by tax credit.
NASA will open up the new themes for competition—one at a time starting February 2014.
