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  Just a Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Just a Game is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Triumph, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music).
The album remains the band's most popular release, due in no small part to the fact that it contained their first big hit and most popular song, Lay It On The Line.
In addition to featuring some of the finest rock and roll the world had ever known, the vinyl LP version of the album featured one of the most interesting concepts ever seen - a sleeve that folded open to reveal a board game!
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Just_a_Game   (143 words)

  
 Murder, or just a game?
They said the killings were part of a role-playing game whose rules required the loser to let the winners kill him and his family.
But some experts on the games have cast doubt on the killers' stories, saying their account doesn't fit with the traditions of such games -- the best-known of which is Dungeons and Dragons --- in which players assume characters and develop stories within the boundaries of elaborately defined fantasy worlds.
By claiming the family died as the result of a game, the suspects are entitled to a jury trial in which they are expected to plead temporary insanity.
www.rediff.com /news/2005/may/31game.htm   (757 words)

  
 Dads Today — Just a Game: Learning Not to Keep Score
It was a game played for the sheer joy of taking the field with friends old and new and watched so that spectators could bear witness to the miracle of life passing one inning at a time.
During the game, a dad was asked to sit in as bench coach, helping a batter get into her helmet and a catcher out of his gear.
After the game, a father beamed proudly as his son was named the MVP of the game.
dadstoday.com /resources/articles/justagame.htm   (1383 words)

  
 Not Just a Game!
The $12-billion-a-year game industry surpassed the revenues of Hollywood theatrical releases years ago, and it continues to zoom upward.
Just a year old, Pro Logic II allows true 5.1 program material to be encoded onto 2-channel media that's compatible with mono, stereo, LCRS or 5.1 playback.
Bands are fighting to get singles tied to new game releases, and these days, a song on a hot new game can translate to a lot of revenue for an upcoming or established act.
mixonline.com /mag/audio_not_game/index.html   (428 words)

  
 It's Just a Game
Just twenty-five years ago, there really were no computer or video games.
Games seem to be a natural part of the human experience.
In the end, it won't be just a game, even though it will have the clear objectives and feedback and rules that games have.
www.mondaymemo.net /001016feature.htm   (1068 words)

  
 "It's Just a Game"
After 12 games our team had scored 5 goals – and with one goal and a few assists – Owen was the leading point scorer on the team.
But I was furious when during the second game of a tournament in Niagara Falls NY when I saw him sit Owen for a short handed penalty, again for a power-play, and a third time for the last 2 minutes of the game as we worked to hold a 2-1 lead.
game was just as tight but we came out on the short end with a 3-2 loss.
www.firstunitariantoronto.org /Sermons/just_a_game.htm   (2534 words)

  
 It's Just a Game!
The indignant gaming community however wanted to know how they connect the killings to the video game (and which video game, for that matter) and ask if there aren't any other dark forces or disturbing problems in the lives of the boys.
Gamers who are not maladjusted in any way and are just out to have a few rounds of relaxing, perfectly normal fun say that it isn't fair to crack down on computer games because there are a few people in the world the world who are clearly off their heads.
The gaming community is just as outraged at the mud slinging at computer games and are vitriolic and derisive in their counterattack on what they think is a supremely unintelligent set of objections.
www.computersathome.com /games/violent.html   (1921 words)

  
 Just a game?
Games developers need it to remain that way, as they want to keep their responsibility to a minimum.
Just like a real bomb, when it exploded, the servers running that section of the universe went down, destroying the realm and everything in it.
Wallace's reputation in the game is such that an interior designer, eager to curry favour, furnished his mansion for free.
www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/-just-game-/2006/05/19/1657036.htm   (3423 words)

  
 Just a Game
It was just that...he got bored, once in a while.
Lance was just too cute when he blushed.
Lance didn't deserve to be with someone who'd just been looking to pass the time on a boring tour.
www.geocities.com /leash1230/justagame.html   (5888 words)

  
 But it's just a game!
Sure, for the person who's winning, it's a blast, but even that can only last so long, it's an empty victory, and when things are said and done, the 'new game rules' have been forgotten and the old ones that were meant to be played by are reinstated.
However, the problem here is that the old game rules aren't known, because people haven't taken the time to read the books.
It's become a nasty state of affairs when people are afraid, intimidated, or just plain too proud to ask, and unfortunately, that's what's happened here as well.
journals.aol.com /iijellyil/RPInsanity/entries/2005/01/14/but-its-just-a-game/1195   (373 words)

  
 Lance at Airsoft Radio: It's all just a game...
Airsoft is the Phillips head screwdriver in the tool box, right next to the metric socket set that is IDPA and the laser level that is MILES, the torque wrench known as the Firearms Training System (FATS) and the hammer known as Simunition, all of which were created with the best of intentions.
Airsoft is just one more tool in the training toolbox, albeit an often underrated one.
Oh, and for you history buffs, IDPA was formed when IPSC shooters had decided that IPSC had become so much of a game that it no longer had any basis in reality.
www.airsoftradio.com /2006/03/its-all-just-game.htm   (2004 words)

  
 Wired News: Military Training Is Just a Game
The game the Institute for Creative Technologies has been working on with the CIA for about a year -- at a cost of several million dollars -- will let agency analysts assume the role of terror-cell leaders, cell members and operatives.
Training aside, video games are increasingly viewed by top brass as a way to get teenagers interested in enlisting.
Games such as America's Army, developed and published by the Army, and Guard Force, which the Army National Guard developed with Alexandria, Virginia-based Rival Interactive, can be downloaded or picked up at recruitment offices.
www.wired.com /news/games/0,2101,60688,00.html   (874 words)

  
 JUST A GAME
JUST A GAME The Monkees There's a way There's a way for you and I If you'll just stay.
Just a game that's played in fun But not too real.
When you're away the image of your face is clear, It is clear across the room and I am here, Against the wall, afraid that it is all Just a game Just a game Just a game.
lyricsplayground.com /alpha/songs/j/justagame.shtml   (173 words)

  
 Error Macro: Nintendo DS Archives
The recently passed Louisianna game bill has been temporarily blocked by a judge while it's determined how unconstitutional the law is. Early signs say: A whole lot.
Game critics have chosen their best of E3 awards, if you care about that sort of thing.
Games First has a new preview of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, and one particular bit of information sticks out as a potential problem.
www.errormacro.com /nintendo_ds   (2466 words)

  
 Just William Game
The first part of the game consists of constructing William's house and garden fence as per the diagram on the rules.
The object of the game is to get rid of all of your jobs, climb over the garden fence and land on the "William" spot.
Not all games have enough ratings or sufficiently strong correlations to produce recommendations.
www.boardgamegeek.com /viewitem.php3?gameid=18133   (111 words)

  
 New to the Internet or Want to Know More About It?
However, the game is just a trial version with built-in limitations, not the full version of the game that you’ll get when you purchase it.
As soon as the game developer is informed of your purchase they send you a registration key and instructions on how to complete the registration process to release any limitations in your game and activate its full features.
Different game developers have different types of registration keys: a code to be inserted in the special field, a file to be double-clicked, the address of a secret page to download the full version from, etc. The game developer will give you clear instructions.
www.gamealbum.com /ifyouare.html   (2418 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Just a Game: Music: Triumph   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Just A Game is the blue print for Allied Forces.
Triumph's third album Just a Game was originally released in 1979 on RCA.
Just a Game introduced us Americans to Triumph which consisted of Gil Moore(drums, vocals), Mike Levine(bass) and the great Rik Emmitt(guitars and vocals).
www.amazon.com /Just-a-Game-Triumph/dp/B0006VF6GQ   (1780 words)

  
 Man Bytes Blog: A Frenzy of Lexicological Optimism » It’s Just A Game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A single player game which creates an intolerant environment isn’t pleasant, but as everything about the game, from its title to its cover art, will probably indicate the type of content you can expect, designers and publishers of those games are as safe as Hooters… which is to say, somewhat.
If you bring it up to me in game, though, be prepared for an in character opinion that, if you’re not pumping out the future soldiers of our mighty army you’re a waste of resources, and you should probably be added to the food pile rather than taking anything away from it.
Where the crossover between game space and social space occurs, however, is a grey area and the game space of WoW, by and large, fosters, or at least actively ignores, the social bigotries of many of its players.
blog.pjsattic.com /corvus/2006/02/its-just-a-game   (3065 words)

  
 CANA - Ouija
Its beginnings lie in the distant past when an earlier version (a tripod device) was used in the ancient ws of Babylon and Greece to contact departed spirits.
The modern version of this game was developed by a man named Planchette, a spiritualist (someone who contacts the dead as part of their religion).
Although the pointer is often moved intentionally or subconsciously by the players, you are putting yourself in a vulnerable position when using the Board.
cana.userworld.com /cana_ouija.html   (554 words)

  
 Just a Game : a Highlander Fanfiction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
He knew he needed to think of a game that appeared to be a contest of brawn, but was in truth, a contest of brains.
Just before the lightning began, he saw a dark figure disappear into the shadows of the trees.
Sorcha was gone, but as long as the book she had created existed, as long as people read it and used it and wondered at its beauty, a part of her would live on.
home.comcast.net /~thenightsky/Stories/justagame.html   (10759 words)

  
 Sports: More than just a game
Before integration, the Blake-Middleton rivalry was among the state's biggest, but the once all-fl schools were closed by court order in 1971 and the series was dormant until 2002.
Both bands had dazzling shows before the game and at halftime that featured a dynamic blend of music and dance moves.
Next year's game is expected to be played on a Saturday, Hubbard said.
www.sptimes.com /2005/09/25/Sports/More_than_just_a_game.shtml   (615 words)

  
 3D Gamers :: Game Listing :: Just Cause Info
In Just Cause, you take on the role of the flamboyant Rico Rodriguez - an undercover CIA operative specialising in regime change - as he tries to overthrow the corrupt government of San Esperito.
It could be to your advantage that this tropical paradise is about to implode as various factions vie for power - it just needs a gentle nudge in the right direction.
Just Cause offers the freedom to tackle your assignment however you want: play the island's factions off against one another; incite a rebellion among the masses; or build alliances with rebel forces and drug cartels.
www.3dgamers.com /games/justcause   (210 words)

  
 game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
As you play the game, you will have the chance to explore these issues as a player using a gameboard, in your journal, through the eyes of your mentor, and in the step cards, wild cards and moral dilemmas that you will solve.
As you move through the game with your group you will score points.
They may comment on any aspect including: how their playing groups functioned, why old groups split up, how they formed new groups, applications between the game and life and any risks they may have taken and the results.
www.pablonerudaacademy.org /archives/game.htm   (807 words)

  
 It's Just a Game
While your grandpa was still alive you devoted your time to just enjoying his company, but now that he has passed you spend your time remembering the good times you had.
But, with the way the game had been going for us, I shouldn’t have been surprised when we were unable to score off either turnover.
Halftime of the high school basketball games was a chance for him to be recognized ­ to be cheered as he finally hit that 13-foot jump shot from the baseline.
www.stolaf.edu /depts/cis/wp/malmgren/coursework/philosophyofsport/itsjustagame.html   (1198 words)

  
 Is it really just a game?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
When the focus of the game shifts from beating a faceless computer opponent to defeating another live, human player, the stakes tend to get a bit higher.
However, people who play these types of games come in all shapes and sizes; there is no requirement to meet the most important factor of the game: Imagination.
When you play a game offline, with no one to oppose you but the nameless "computer", the game in and of itself can do little to make you mad.
www.fortunecity.com /olympia/baugh/270/game.htm   (2051 words)

  
 White Wolf RPG Chat (Online Roleplaying Games)
Dark Ages: Bremen Moderated Chat - This chat is a moderated Java chat game, run by volunteer Storytellers, set in the Dark Medieval city of Bremen, Germany in the 1230's A.D. Come discover the secrets of old Bremen during the Dark Ages.
This chat game is moderated by volunteer game masters and presents the fictional city of Rookhausen, set in the empty quarter near the border of Darkon and Nova Vaasa in the dread realm of Ravenloft 3rd Edition.
Unmoderated d20 Chat - This chat game venue combines the freedom of Unmoderated with the occasional appearance by volunteer Game Masters.
www.white-wolf.com /chat/index.php   (831 words)

  
 ____justagame - Just A Game. - Pictures
Below is information about the "Just A Game." community on GreatestJournal.
We want new faces, fresh meat, so check this list to see if the character you want is a no-go, and also check the suggestions at the top so you get an idea of what we're looking for (but we're not restricting you at all to what's listed there).
Oh and there is a question in the application that isn't hidden somewhere in these rules which you get the answer to when you test.
www.greatestjournal.com /userinfo.bml?user=____justagame   (898 words)

  
 games.Just-RPG.com - Game center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Here is where you can try any of our games out, find the games you like and own them for life.
Just visit one of the many game pages on our site and either download a free trial version of the full game or play the online version right in your browser.
Game center is produced and managed by Oberon Media Inc.
games.just-rpg.com /about.htm   (154 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Just another game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
At a time when devoted fans can buy huge packages of games, and when non-fans can choose between the dog-grooming channel and the Japanese kitchen knife channel, it has become a challenge to unite audiences around a single sporting event.
That task is made harder by the challenge of determining months in advance which teams will be worthy of a marquee game.
Howard Cosell, whose voluble pomposity made him sound as if he was covering Armageddon rather than a football game, reached iconic status.
www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/editorials/2005-12-22-mnf-edit_x.htm   (545 words)

  
 IGN Boards - NARC... JUST A GAME!
I see it being a good game, but I could have seen it being a GREAT game had the developers incorporated something this game is missing...
They tried to make the drugs more usefull in the game with a bit of reality base, LSD you see stuff and think stuff, in the game you can use it to distinguish between bad and good enimies.
I just want to plau a fun game it doesn't have to be the most relistic game ever just fun enough for me to play and this game looks to have that.
boards.ign.com /board/b6842/77982906/p1?17   (1216 words)

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