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Ghajini. A name that’s been in the media spotlight for quite some time now, whether it’s fans swooning over Aamir’s new butch look in the movie or whether its Destructoid that splashed it on the front page much to the chagrin of Indian gamers who were hoping that this one dies a quiet death without being noticed. Based on a Hindi movie, which in turn is based on a Tamil film of the same name, which in turn is “inspired” by Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece “Memento”, Ghajini – The Game is purportedly India’s first 3D game, and joy to the world, it’s based on a Bollywood big-ticket movie! Please, don’t even get me started on the flick, which I consider a blight on Aamir’s acting abilities; a movie on which I wasted two precious hours of my life. I sure wish someone clobbered me over the head with an iron rod so that I would forget everything that happened after I decided to watch the bloody film! But then, this article isn’t about the movie.
Allow us to start this post with a big thank you to all you guys for the feedback for the video review. We have received tremendously encouraging feedback for our first Prince of Persia video review, as well as some healthy criticism. Be assured, we will keep on improving with each and every video of ours.
For those who asked us if the Prince of Persia was just one-off review and if there will be more, well, here is the next video review from The ANGRY Pixel, Left4Dead. We think, even at the risk of saying it ourselves, our best video review yet. Video reviews, as a medium, is giving us a great playground to play in and explore our capabilities. There will be more of these around here in the coming days for sure.
As always, pour in your comments and criticisms. That is the only way we can improve. Also, don’t forget to check out the new TAP TV intro and the credits. Special thanks to Reginald Miranda for being just plain awesome with the guitar.
If there’s just three mods that have held my interest for years now, they’d have to be Natural Selection 2, Recall to Hell and what I consider the crown king of them all, Black Mesa. With Recall to Hell appearing to be dead in the water while NS2 and Black Mesa forge ahead, a lot of you may have seen the new official trailer for the mod, which was released at the end of last month, running on The Orange Box build and looking so damn good I want it yesterday.
But for all those people who saw the trailer, but didn’t dig deeper, the Black Mesa team had also released a slew of videos on their YouTube channel, including an audio blooper reel, reading outtakes and a whole bunch of other stuff. I’m going to let the audio speak for itself, but I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time. Goes without saying, I just found my new ringtone! This one goes out to all Half-Life fans like me who’ve practically memorized the opening train ride lines.
UPDATE #2: The game is now available in India. Check here for more information.
UPDATE: We spoke with the distributor, who said that there was a minor unforeseeable delay, and that the game has already been despatched to all metros and should be available on shelves by Saturday (6/12) morning at the latest. If you don’t live in a metro, expect to find the game at your favourite game outlet by Monday (8/12) or Tuesday (9/12).
When Calvin once asked why the world couldn’t even be unfair in his favour, he would’ve been really happy if he was one of those thousands of people who were left confused, heartbroken and angry after news emerged that GTA IV for the PC could get delayed in the country.
And, to add to one of those rare occasions where we are the bearer of good news, it looks like you really wouldn’t have to wait after all if you were planning to drive Mr. Bellic around town on your monster PC. So yes, the game is coming out on December 3rd, as originally planned and yes, it will be available at the previously mentioned low, low price of INR 499, so there’s really no excuse not to buy one copy for playing and one NRFB copy for a keepsake, like someone I know is planning to do.
And for all those people who were getting increasingly paranoid over the game’s SecuROM DRM software, (yours truly included) it looks like things aren’t as bad as they are with EA’s games. Head over here for a 2-page interview by PC Games Hardware with Rockstar where every detail about the relaxed DRM mechanism in use by GTA IV PC is revealed.
It’s here!
After having talked about it countless times in the past few months, the Alone In The Dark Contest has finally shown up. Blame the delay on our lazy admins for not having it up and running much earlier. Guess we will have to go with the age-old saying that it is never too late for anything.
Participants of our Game of the Year 2007 contests would immediately feel at ease with this one. This time around, to get more and more people to jump on-board, the contest has been made much more accessible. Mind you, it is just a teaser for the things to come in the following months, so you better stay sharp.
[STORY UPDATED: Consider this story old, squashed and curb-stomped upon. It looks like the thousands of GTA IV gamers who bombared our inboxes about this news would actually not have to worry about waiting ages for the game or importing it from elsewhere. The game will be made available on December 3rd and will retail for INR 499. Check this story here for more information.]
After having a blast getting slaughtered by dogs in the Xbox 360 and PC betas and suffering the ignominy of having it played back to us on the kill cam, Call of Duty (yes, I said doody) World at War fans in India will be able to start kicking the living crap out of my hapless soldier in the game starting today. In what is a welcome change from seeing games release months after their international release dates (or sometimes, not at all, thanks to stupid, mutated two-headed bovines and even dumber Fox network-ey legal types) World at War will be available for the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PS3 for INR 1299, 2499 and 2799 respectively. Sure, you’re not running around gunning Soviet / Chechen / Islamic fundamentalist hydrids and saving the world seven seconds before nuclear annihilation, but hey, at least this time you have the option of being able to train your gun sights on World War II cannon fodder with your friends instead of being humiliated by getting knifed nine times in a row by the multiplayer whore (read “best friend”) sitting next to you.