Hi guys,

I have been too busy for the last few weeks. My HSC and CET cl@sses have started and they are for 7+ hours everyday. Add some time for traveling to those 7 hours. This summer is probably the worst summer in my life. No time to play, visit GS, etc. Moreover to make thing worse, we have tests every Sunday and believe me, those tests are too hard for me.

Here's what I did in the last few weeks-

Games Update-

Got some new games and a demo.

1. Frontlines: Fuel of War
2. World in Conflict
3. Frets on Fire
4. Grid Demo

It's a surprisingly good game. Not the best, but really good and worth the price. The graphics are good and about the story, well I cannot say anything about the story because (you may find this weird) I don't watch the cut scenes. Haven't tried out the MP yet because of lack of time and some other reasons.

There are some problems that I faced with the game. Like, either its highly un optimized or I am the only one with the problem. I can run Crysis without any problems on med-high settings at an average 35 FPS. But this game, it runs at 20 FPS average even at medium settings and at resolution 1024x768. Anyone else faced this problem? Rest all fine about the game.

Overall, I am quite impressed the game. Everyone must try it and to make it better, its super cheap in India. Still the game is not comparable to Call of Duty 4.

Now what can I say about this game? Its an uber RTS. So good graphics, gameplay and real good story (I am watching all the cut scenes in this game). Moreover, it runs perfectly fine on my PC again on med-high settings. Again, I have not tried its MP because I never really understood it. I mean, we cannot play 1 vs 1 match in this game? Does it need to be co-op always? And no time to understand all that for now. No more words to say about this game as all know about it.

Anyone here tried this game? If not, let me tell you. It's a game like Guitar Hero 3. Made by fans I think. Some people like it and some people hate it. I don't know any reason to hate it. Main thing is, I like it and I am having fun with it. If you like such games, you should try it too.

The best part is, the game is free and you can download it from HERE. Just 34 MB. It comes with 3 songs. You can get more songs to it by making your own songs using the in built song editor or simply download some song packs. Awesome game, but try it at your own risk because you may get addicted to this game like I am.

Grid Demo-

Grid is all about good graphics, physics, everything that a racing game should have. The graphics and physics are unbelievably good. It's a simulator + arcade type racing game. The demo had 3 race modes, which I never cared to read and hence never understood. Two of them are races I think one race cl@ss and the other is muscle cl@ss. The third one is the drift cl@ss.

The game feels so real. Feels like we are driving a real car and the people watching us playing feel like watching a real race on TV. The best part of the game is, although it has so good graphics and physics, it is not at all heavy on the system. Runs on high settings on my PC. Well not maxed out, but high settings and solid FPS is pretty good for my PC.

Shopping-

This summer, I did a lot of shopping for myself. Bought 9 T-Shirts lol. Did some major PC upgrades too.

First of all, I got a new mouse long back (I think start of this month May). It's the Logitech MX-518 Gaming mouse. It has an awesome sensor of 1800 dpi and very good grip for me. And yeah, its huge. Compared to my normal mouse, its very big. On the first day, I was not able to control it. It was too fast for me. So fast that I was not able to click on the close buttons of the windows.

Second PC upgrade is a major one. Here is a picture of what I got-

Yeah, they are 2 PCs. Included in the picture are-

2 x Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40 GHz

2 x Abit IP35-e Motherboard

2 x Corsair VX450W PSUs

2 x G.Skill 2 GB RAM

1 x Cooler Master Elite 330 cabinet

Not included in the picture are-

1 x Western Digital 750 GB SATA HDD

1 x Western Digital 320 GB SATA HDD

3 x Asus DVD RW

1 x Tag USB Hard Disk cage

Now you may be wondering why 2 PCs. It is 1 for me and other one for my Dad.

Life Update-

As mentioned earlier, I am too busy with all my cl@sses and stuff. Still managed one day out. Although I have no interest in sports especially cricket, I went to watch the IPL match at Wankhede Stadium last Wednesday. The match was against Mumbai Indians and Mohali Super Kings XI. What an awesome match! Tension of losing till the last ball. Finally we lost the match but I enjoyed the experience. So many people cheering, and I had never ever seen a cricket match in stadium except Cartoon Network cricket 6 years back.

I am planning to go for the finals of IPL on 1st June at the D.Y.Patil stadium. Hope I get time and the ticket. Also almost forgot to tell you all that I am enjoying eating a lot of mangoes. So much mangoes that I am sure that I have put up some weight.

So that's all for now. I am a bit too busy for now and I think I will be free by 10th or 11th of June.

So bye all and enjoy gaming!

hi guys,

yesterday finally after 6 months or so, my internet problem is solved. now i get around 300 kbps

so this means, now i will be able to visit GS more frequently

here is what i get now-

I got tagged by neerajkumar_4

Well, here are the 5 things that I would like to share-

1. I hate almost all vegetables

2. I can't speak English properly and I hate to speak english. I prefer Marathi and Hindi more. (Typical Indian )

3. I am new to PC gaming. Just 6 months or so. And TF2 is my Favourite game

4. I am a Hardcore Sony and PSP lover and hardcore M$ hater.

5. I feel CSS is the hardest PC game ever

i am thinking of people who are not tagged yet

don't know who to tag now

Hey guys, I finally managed to get through lvl 20. Took me almost 1.5 months. Now I hope all will go fast.

Also got a new PSU yesterday . Now no dual PSUs to my PC. And now i can keep my case closed and enjoy with one PSU

Got the Corsair VX 450W

Hi guys, yesterday was a nightmare for me. No internet for one full day! Ohh that was horrible. No IGG, nothing. Also no online gaming. Worst days are here for me. First of all, college started. Then 12th grade tutions also started. Had problems with Steam for over a week. After I fixed the Steam problem, I got another problem. That is no internet for one whole day! Now thats called a real bad time. Moreover, yesterday was sunday. The only day when I get enough time to play online with my friends neerajkumar_4, Reetesh and anshul89.

The Game

Now the game. Yesterday I finally got Call of Duty 4 finally. Normally, I don't decide whether to buy a game on reviews. I was not interested in this game much. But after reading my friend Gagan's review of this game in IGG I seriously felt like getting it. Got bored because of slow internet yesterday. So got this game finally.

My Impressions

It turned out to be an awesome game. The graphics are amazing. The best thing I liked is the AI. Awesome work on AI. It feels just like real soldiers and all not only look like real ones, but also act, run, shoot and give commands like real ones. Also the enemy AI is good. They are not too easy and not too tough. Just perfect difficulty on "Normal".

The gun sound is very good. But the dialogs are in very low volume. Is there any wey to increase it? I checked in the sound settings. But its not there. Played it just for about 2 hours now and I am seriously liking it. But I did not liked the gameplay much. Probably because I play Call of Duty 2 too much. I still like Call of Duty 2 gameplay more. One thing I felt weird about this game is, that when we fire bullets from any gun, there is either very less recoil or no. Is it only with me or all of you realised that thing?

Still I haven't tried the multiplayer of this game because of no internet yesterday. But till now I really enjoyed the Single Player. Main thing is that the guns are awesome.

Conclusion

Finally here comes my conclusion. If you like shoters, that too military and all that stuff, this game is a must buy. In my opinion, the single player is good too. I will probably post another blog after I try the multiplayer of this game.

And this is the trailer of the game which I am looking forward to. Yes, its GTA 4

Hey guys, today I started playing Loco Roco. I must say that it is totally awesome and cute game. Though its a 2D game, the colours are great. The music is fun. And those blobs are very very cute. If you like platformers and that too fun and cute, you must get this game. Pretty old, but fun is never old. And this game is really addicting. Thats all I want to say about this game. Never really enjoyed any PSP game so much. The best 2D game after Mario in my opinion.

Now I feel why didn't I try this game before. Awesome and cute game with nice music.