Samrat Sharma

gamer/geek/dreamer

Namaste

Sam' house of a thousand mindfscks welcomes you. What I do here is none of your business, but derive as much pleasure as you will.

Archive for February, 2009

Who wants to be a Slumdog Millionaire?

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Indians, eh? It is the contradiction in us that makes us who we are. The diversity, the different viewpoints, and always, always the vociferous opinions that bring forth the most argumentative parts out in us. We love a good argument, let’s not mince that out and the bigger the success the bigger the argument about [...]

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I think

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

I think grief, real grief, not dropping and denting your new iphone, I think that sort of grief sometimes makes people stronger. Not in the sense that it is a recommended cure for weakness, but in the sense that the best qualities of strength tend to come out of a person’s resilience, which only really [...]

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Battlefield Heroes beta impressions

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Meet Aldo Raine. In a fan boy-ish turn of events, this is what I have ended up calling my Battlefield Heroes character. I’ve been playing a lot of DICE’s Battlefield Heroes beta lately – and it’s great.
The game is fun, the shooting and the movements are top notch – as is to be expected from [...]

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This week’s Gaming Zeitgeist

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

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Come home to Wake Island

Monday, February 9th, 2009

So Electronic Arts and DICE announced a bunch of new Battlefield games. It’s all cool, but remember kiddies, what is most important in life is what is usually obfuscated by needless faff:
Using the same engine [as Bad Company 2], Battlefield 1943 takes players back to WWII. The game offers endless hours of 24 player multiplayer [...]

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