Filed Under (PC Community speak) by Bharat Joshi on 04-03-2011
I recently read an article by one of my favorite games journalists. Someone whose writing I have been following for around a decade. Tom Francis, who writes for PC Gamer, has always struck me as the kind of person that seems to eloquently (and often hilariously) verbalize exactly how I feel about games and the [...]
Filed Under (PC Community speak) by Bharat Joshi on 18-02-2011
Day three begins with me making some drastic changes. Every forum I read over the course of the weekend had confirmed that my character build was flawed from the very beginning. A sorcery- melee build will always be an uphill battle. I could focus on damage dealing and be fine in PvE but with power [...]
Filed Under (PC Community speak) by Bharat Joshi on 08-02-2011
Compared to day 1, the next couple of days were a mixed bag. For starters, I had to look at this as I tried to log in: In a way its good news, people are obviously playing the game and there should be no dearth of players to team up with. A healthy player base [...]
Filed Under (PC Community speak) by Bharat Joshi on 29-01-2011
When DC Universe Online was first announced my first thoughts were anything but positive. The very idea of being a spandex wearing peon grinding through dull urban environments was enough to make me gag. Besides, I don’t really like MMOs to begin with. With the sole exception of Guild Wars, my attempts at trying to [...]
Filed Under (PC Community speak) by Bharat Joshi on 07-01-2011
2010 was a great year for the PC. We were treated to some truly splendid titles and now that 2011 is finally here, I can give some thought to what I think was the year’s best. It goes without saying that this post will be a little redundant for those of you that have been [...]
Filed Under (PC Community speak) by Bharat Joshi on 09-04-2010
I hate consoles. I really, really do. The “whys” are way too many to list. Suffice to say that the core reason is what consoles have done to games in general (read dumb them waaaay down). Well that and Deus Ex 2. I will never forgive the X box for blasphemy like that. But what [...]
Filed Under (PC Community speak) by Bharat Joshi on 19-02-2010
Ubisoft: Hi there! Welcome to Ubisoft. Me: Thanks. Ubisoft: What can we help you with today? Me: Well, I purchased this game from you today called “Assassin’s Creed 2”… Ubisoft: Ah yes, isn’t that a fine game? Me: I wouldn’t know, I haven’t been able to play it yet. And actually, I don’t think I [...]
Filed Under (PC Community speak) by Bharat Joshi on 02-02-2010
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 [...]
Filed Under (PC Community speak) by Bharat Joshi on 24-12-2009
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 [...]
Filed Under (PC Community speak) by Bharat Joshi on 15-12-2009
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 [...]