Lisa Genova (born November 22, 1970) is an American neuroscientist and author. She self-published her debut novel Still Alice (2007), about a Harvard professor who suffers early onset Alzheimer's disease. The book gained popularity and was acquired by Simon & Schuster; it was published in January 2009 by Pocket Books (now Gallery Books). There are over 2.6 million copies in print, and it has been translated into 36 languages. It was chosen as one of the thirty titles for World Book Night 2013. The book was adapted into a film in 2014 and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Julianne Moore's highly acclaimed performance as Alice Howland.
Genova has written fiction about characters dealing with neurological disorders. Gallery Books published her next two novels, which also became bestsellers.
Genova has italian ancestry, she graduated valedictorian, summa cum laude from Bates College with a BS degree in biopsychology and received a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Harvard University in 1998.
Lisa is a village in the municipality of Ivanjica, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1113 people.
Coordinates: 43°37′22″N 20°11′18″E / 43.62278°N 20.18833°E / 43.62278; 20.18833
Lisa is a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed and published by Dingaling Productions. The game was written, designed, and composed for by Austin Jorgensen, and was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux on 15 December 2014.
In Lisa, the player controls Brad Armstrong, a middle-aged man with a drug addiction who must journey through the fictional wasteland of Olathe in search of his adoptive daughter, Buddy. Along the way he is forced to make choices that permanently effect both his own well-being and that of his party members.
The game received mostly positive reviews, with praise for its writing and soundtrack, but criticism for its unforgiving difficulty and pacing, and a lack of technical polish. Reviewers especially enjoyed the game's emotional story and use of dark humor.
Lisa features a combination of traditional turn-based RPG combat in a 2D side-scrolling overworld. Players control Brad (and his accompanying party) as he struggles to overcome his addiction, suffering from withdrawal that limits his effectiveness in battle. The overworld features an assortment of settlements with shops and bars, where recruitable party members can often be found.
The following is a list of characters from the Dead or Alive video game series, created by Tecmo and Team Ninja.
^1 Playable in console version.
^2 Unlockable character.
^3 Playable boss.
^4 Unplayable in arcade version.
^5 Unplayable character.
^6 Unlockable in Dead or Alive 5.
^7 Added in Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate.
^8 DLC in Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate.
^9 Added in Dead or Alive 5: Last Round.
^10 Guest Character
Voiced by (English): Joe J. Thomas (Dimensions), Patrick Seitz (DOA5)
Voiced by (Japanese): Daisuke Gōri (DOA–DOA4), Kenta Miyake (Dimensions–present)
Live-action actor: Kevin Nash
Bass Armstrong (バース・アームストロング, Bāsu Āmusutorongu) is a retired professional wrestler and Tina's overprotective father. He is also the widower of Alicia Armstrong, who died of a disease when Tina was only six years old. He disapproves of Tina's aspirations of wanting to be a model (DOA2), a Hollywood actress (DOA3) and a rock star (DOA4). Consequently, he enters the DOA tournaments to put an end to her fame-seeking, only to fail at each attempt. In the fourth tournament, it is revealed that he intends to win so he would have enough money to enter the "Hyper Battle Grand Prix", which he then loses after seeing Tina's picture on a billboard and crashes into it after losing control of his bike. Like Tina in the English versions of the game, he, too, speaks with a Southern accent.