Trackmania Nations Forever - Review

Platform- PC
System Requirements- 1.8 GHz processor, 512 MB Ram, 64 MB video card, 1.5GB HD space
Cost- Free
Downloadable at: www.trackmania.com

Imagine you have been given a F1 car and a track where you can do different form of stunts and race with different people. How would you feel? Great. If this fun is provided to you free of cost then what would be your reaction? Amazing!!! Same was the response when Nadeo introduced Trackmania Nation two years ago free of cost. Now Trackmania has come with a sequel ‘Trackmania Nations Forever’ and ‘Trackmania United Forever’. Both freely downloadable games compatible with each other with some new tracks-progressively difficult and even in game editor to create your own tracks.

Features :

A completely free game.

A captivating solo mode with 65 brand new tracks.

Solo and team based multiplayer modes. Join millions of players online on the TrackMania servers.

One complete TrackMania environment: Stadium ‘’Forever’’.

An in-game editor to create your own tracks, video studio to realize your own movies and a paint shop to customize your vehicles.

Official ladders for solo and multiplayer.

Compatible with TrackMania United Forever (profile and multiplayer servers).

The first thing that any player notices in any games is that the graphics of the game which does not matches, if you compare, with any other game that releases today. But then which of those games comes  free?  While  talking about the  gameplay its really fascinating. The single player mode is easy to start with but it gets progressively difficult. The multiplayer mode is also very good. One of the feature being the challenge mode. You can send your best time as the challenge for your friends.

Overall it is a really good game and can be revolutionary in the free games history.

My Rating - 3.5/5

 

My Paper Presentation

Recently I with my friends Rajeev Bapat and Nitn Saple took part in paper presentation competetion arranged by our college whose results are still awaited. The topic for our paper presentation was ‘Automatic Meter Reading System’.

I am posting my ppt material here to just share the knowledge that I gather about this topic

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A Slapstick Tragedy

For days continuously much has been written and said about Harbhajan Singh slapping Sreesanth. The IPL governing council even banning Harbhajan for 11 IPL matches and letting Sreesanth with a warning.

Now I just feel that we were totally wrong in supporting both these angry young men of Indian Cricket. As we keep supporting them they keep doing such things again and again. Though Harbhajan Singh is not wrong much times as he is provoked most of the times by his opposition considering his short fuse but he always react to these provocations in a wrong way.

Sreesanth as always the incontrollable angry man can’t control his emotions and his aggression and crosses the line many times.

The IPL is right in banning Harbhajan but I think the BCCI instead of imposing any ban or fine ont both these players, counsel them. Probably one visit to a good psychotherapist is what is needed to them

 

Cricket The Football Way

Nearly 2 weeks ago the IPL started off with a bang of Mccullum’s blazing 158 and from then the IPL hasn’t looked back as it is winding the success story that even Ekta Kapoor’s famous weepy saas-bahu saga couldn’t match.

Till now the Aussies dominated the League but now that the Aussies returning to their native land to report for their national camp the league will become more interesting. Keeping this in mind the tables will roll and the underdog but the giant killers till now will become one of the strongest team as they don’t lose any of their player due to their good planning. Even Mumbai Indians the bottom team at the moment stands a real good chance to make a comeback since they too don’t lose any player at the moment but will lose Bravo at the later stage.

But the biggest thing is that now even the PCB is planning a similar league in Pakistan and even the English and Aussies will be definitely plaaning such leagues to revamp their domestic cricket bring crowd to stadiums, the game’s really heading the football way. With the BCCI’s idea of holding a tournament between top 2 teams from the IPL, Aussies T20 league,  SA’s T20 league  ala Champions League of football will really bring more interest to the game as more talented players will be exposed to quality cricket. I would really like if the IPL start arranging ODI’s and tests too. Just it to become as successful as the ongoing tournament will need more immaculate planning as the time to adjust such matches would be difficult.

But with this the no. of international matches will surely decrease and definitely the ICC will also need to mange these tournaments in the FTP. But if these leagues can bring more viewership to cricket then why not implement it?

Lets experiment, shall we?

 

Krazzy 4- Review

Cast : Suresh Menon, Arshad Warsi, Rajpal Yadav, Irrfan Khan, Juhi Chawla, Dia Mirza and Rajat Kapoor

Before watching this movie I had a presumption that this would be a comedy movie as the promos suggested. But after watching this movie I am still undecided whether this is a comedy movie or a movie with social message. I think Raja Sen wanted this to be a comedy film giving a social message but I found the final product not ending that way.

Actually when you see such a talented list of actors on the cast list then you would think the film would rock you and would be blockbuster material but sadly all the talented actors seems to be wasted.The only saving grace to be the item number of Hrithik Roshan which happens to appear in the end when everything’s over.

This film deals with four people with some mental problems. Raja (Warsi) has no control over his temper, and gets upset by the slightest provocation. Dr Mukherjee (Khan) has personality disorder. Gangadhar (Yadav) still lives in the pre-Independence period; his friends are Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi! Dabboo (Menon) has not spoken for years. Their psychiatric Dr. Sonali (Juhi Chawla) is the only one who understands them and wants them to become normal and is trying different measures to do it. But when she gets kidnapped they found out the outside world that they left years ago is really more insane than they are.

Just if the makers had added some more comic capers and a little more substance to each actors role especially Rajat Kapoor who happens to play Juhi’s husband, the movie would have been a totally different package.

My Rating - 2.5/5 ( out of the 2.5, 1 is for Hrithik’s dance steps. Really great moves. Can see everyone trying to imbibe those moves.)

 

Sorry

I am really sorry for all my readers that I wasn’t able to write in my blog for so many days due to my mother’s accident and my submission work(i.e. my college work) but I am back to blogging and as I’ve said it earlier I love this experience of blogging.

 

Happy Holi

Happy holi to all my readers.

 

Battlefield Bad Company : Preview

Platform :PS3 and XBOX 360

This game out of the Battlefield series promises to be one of the biggest games of this year.

Features:  (as listed on  the EA website)

In a world that’s 90 percent destructible, the gameplay possibilities are infinite.

A full suite of the franchise’s trademark multiplayer options with deep gameplay modes designed to take full advantage of the game’s massively destructible environments.

A comprehensive list of features to be released shortly.

Videos:

Watch out some of the videos of this game

Now look what the producer has to say about the game

This one is a nice promo

This is a developer’s diary

 

Flavour-Enhancing Poison

I am not a doctor or student of medicine so I wasn’t aware of this thing as such until I happen o read it out in today’s newspaper (Mumbai Mirror).

MSG or Monosodium Gluamate is a flavour enhancing ingredient used by many in restaurants and in processed foods. But according to a 1995 FDA-commissioned report an unknown percentage of population may develop monosodium glutamate symptom complex characterized by following symptoms

• Burning sensation/ numbness in the back of neck, forearm and chest
• Tingling, warmth and weakness in the face, temples, upper back,neck and arms
• Facial pressure or tightness
• Chest pain
• Headache
• Nausea
• Rapid Heartbeat
• Drowsiness
• Weakness
• Sweating

But what is this MSG? You must be wondering. MSG is a fine slt like white crystal substance used for enhancing the flavour of the foods. Leading neuroscientists calls it excitotoxin or neurotoxin because of its degenerative effects on the brain and nervous systems. It stimulates neurons to the point of exhaustion or cell death.

Some people experience the Adverse effects of MSG within an hour of its consumption. Besides the above mentioned effects MSG can have following consequences

• Obesity
• Asthma
• MSG can also cause damage to intellectual development, growth patterns, reproduction and gonadal functions.
• It also shows devastating effects on brain development including dyslexia, aytism, schizophrenia,violent episodes, panic attacks,seizures depressions and cerebral palsy.

There’s also a myth around MSG that it is restricted to Chinese cuisine. But it is used in all kinds of restaurants, nowadays even in sambars to make it more delicious.

So before getting your hands on any food read the labels or enquire about MSG.

 

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