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The stopwatch doesn't have a bias to who's driving.
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James Morris, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
There’s a stopwatch mechanic that might be one of the best uses of time dilation ever seen in gaming, where Astro can slow down time at the push of a button to turn everything from spinning knives to floating leaves into platforms with a Matrix-style take on platforming.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
Sentiment, however, could not reverse what stopwatches showed.
—David O. Stewart, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
Use a clock with a second hand, a stopwatch, or the timer on a cell phone to track the time.
—Vincent Iannelli, Parents, 30 July 2024
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James Morris, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
There’s a stopwatch mechanic that might be one of the best uses of time dilation ever seen in gaming, where Astro can slow down time at the push of a button to turn everything from spinning knives to floating leaves into platforms with a Matrix-style take on platforming.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
Sentiment, however, could not reverse what stopwatches showed.
—David O. Stewart, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
Use a clock with a second hand, a stopwatch, or the timer on a cell phone to track the time.
—Vincent Iannelli, Parents, 30 July 2024
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“Stopwatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopwatch. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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