The following isn’t really a blog post. It’s an excerpt from an email conversation I had with some like-minded folk about the state and direction of gaming in the Indian context. Credit for this goes to NT Balanarayan. He is the one that got the ball rolling on this one. Some of the questions asked [...]

Just dropping in to say a big THANK YOU to all who sent in their wishes. Now that the honeymoon is over with, we now find ourselves being busy beyond belief setting up the new apartment. Doing that while coming back to work AND trying to get back into shape after a month of gorging [...]

Just letting you guys know that I wont be blogging for a while as I’m leaving for my honeymoon. Me and the missus will be back on the 20th of Jan. Till then, take care and keep playing.

The musclebound psycho has no idea that I’m right above him. From the shadows, I watch with a smug expression as two of his gun toting buddies walk right towards the motion sensitive trap I set for them. BOOM! The explosion sends one of the idiots flying over the railings in a spectacular show of rag doll physics, the other hits a wall and [...]

Real time strategy games (RTS’s) have come along way. There was something inherently addictive about old school RTS titles like Age of Empires and the ridiculously popular Starcraft. The mecahnics were simple enough.  Build a base, collect resources, build an army, go forth and pwn. This is obviously a gross over simplification but it serves [...]

It is a little known fact that 95.2% of all males above the age of 13 absolutely WANT a zombie apocalypse *. Why? Well, to our testosterone-flooded, Romero-fueled, eternally adolescent minds, it would be fun. And each of us, to a man, is convinced that while the rest of the human populace would be snack [...]

I finished Dragon Age Origins last night. I should say that I finished playing Dragon Age Origins last night but I won’t. Why? Well, in the 75 hours that I have spent with it, I have been accused of regicide, been an instrument of vengeance, been hit on by a bisexual elf, made deals with [...]

Finally got Dragon Age up and running on my system at home. Can’t play this thing at The Bunker as I keep getting interrupted. Here’s what I think so far (I’m only 10% of the way through):
1)      The game started on a slow note. I was initially peeved at having limited choices with regards to [...]

I just went through the L4D2 demo a couple of times this morning. Felt like visiting an old friend. An old friend that’s had some cosmetic surgery and genetic modding done. From the precious little Valve has released in the demo, it seems there’s enough new stuff here to keep most of us happy.
One thing [...]

Dragon Age will be hitting computers around the globe in a couple of hours.
There have been a few reviews out already and the initial responses from the critics have been excellent. One thing about the game that I was always dismissing as hype was the whole “spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate” thing. Based on what [...]