D3

“It has been said that in the end of all things we would find a new beginning.” Blizzard has once again made its audience wonder-struck and anxious. June-28th Blizzard confirmed Diablo-3 and released the gameplay videos , cinematics and artwork for Diablo-3. This sneak peak into Diablo 3 has surely created an adrenaline rush amongst the huge and massive fans of diablo 2 who were eagerly awaiting any development news on Diablo 3. My eyes Popped when I saw the announcement of Diablo - 3. Diablo 2 was a pure source of battle lust for the battle hungry gamers and seems like Diablo-3 will increase that by much more than anticipated. Diablo-3 would be a pure source of adrenaline boost and food for battle lust.The Gameplay footage is very promising, amazing eye catching graphics with newt character animation and design has always been blizzard’s speciality and in the gameplay video it speaks for itself.

Also Diablo 2 was a co-operative game meaning a treat for lan players/ MMORPG players. Diablo 3 will surely boost up the co-operative gaming in a new direction

Here’s the official trailer for diablo3

As described by my gamer friend Diablo -2 ended on an abrupt note and the sequel was long awaited. Seems the wait is still long atleast an year. But Blizzard will make sure that the wait is worth. Have a look at the gameplay video and then you will realize what power and entertainment diablo 3 holds for the diablo fans. In the sneak peak blizzard has only shown one new character class and atleast one more new character would be grealy expected by the diablo lovers. The artwork released by Blizzard is awesome. Check out their official site for Diablo 3 for more stuff.

Decard Cain reappears in Diablo 3. This will undoubtedly be the best release of 2009 in the RPG section. Kudos .

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Just like a shinigami without a matching sword is waster , a gamer without a similar mouse and a supporting mousepad would not be able to perform to his/her full capacity.

Here is a showcase of my babies

Razer Copperhead Chaos Green
An unyeilding mouse with a huge potential.Not to be underestimated by anyone, a true a**-kickin mouse and a tool for giving a silent death to all your opponents in a fps multiplayer game. Awesomely killer looks especially in the dark when the green glow fills you up with chaos and brings a dudeness in you gaming style. A true Kenpachi Mouse
For a full specification and price listing you can go to http://www.razerzone.com/
Technical Specifications

• 2000 DPI Laser Engine,32KB Onboard Memory
• 1000Hz/1 ms response time as compared with 125Hz/8 ms response time for conventional gaming mice
• 7 independently programmable buttons optimized with Razer’s Hyperesponse technology for ultra tactile button feedback and maximum actions-per-minute (APM) game play
• Zero-Acoustic Ultraslick Teflon feet(yum yum)
• High speed motion detection, up to 45ips and 20g / Over 7080 frames per second
• Award winning Razer drivers featuring On-the-Fly Sensitivity DPI adjustment pioneered by Razer

Style

Ownage

Dudeness

Smoothness

Steel Series QcK+ A door mat sized mousepad. Now no more getting fragged when trying to bring your mouse over to the mousepad , this XXL sized mousepad lets your hand and mouse roam around :). Good for low sensitivity mice. And personally my Razer Glides on it and gives me more frags. Boom Headshot !!!

Technical Specifications

• XXL-sized cloth mouse pad
• 450 x 400 x 2 mm / 17,7 x 15,7 x 0,08 in

buttery mmm

With these two babies I don’t have to care about my mouse slipping away from the mousepad and the response time of my mouse. Playing Unreal Tournament with these babies always gets me Godlike, Holyshit ,Unstoppable and MMmmmonster KiLLL.

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Seeing as it was Petroglyph’s (composed of ex-westwood employees who made the command and conquer series) first original, own ip based game, I was pretty interested in the game for quite some time. After, finally getting a chance to play this it has been a mixed bag. Throughout the single player campaign you will be constantly be reminded of two contrasting things - how much original, interesting stuff is there in the game and how much polish it lacks.

Talking about the interesting stuff each race felt fun and unique to play. Walkers are one of the most interesting units in any rts ever. The game has three races - The evil Heirachy, their arch rival race - Novus and the Saviour race - Masari. all of these units have their distinct weakness and strengths which you will need to use to master them full. It’s as much fun to play using the Walkers and wreaking havoc on your enemies as it is using your forces effectively to take them down (gives a great feeling of accomplishment). Other races are also many interesting dynamics. Building up the control lines network intelligently of Novus and using them to quickly move around is really awesome. Gives you a full control of the battlefield. The Masari, though a bit conventional, also had interesting elements like using light/dark modes as per requirements . In short all the factions offer a lot of interesting options and and area lot of fun to play

Moving to the other aspect the of the game, that is the lack of polish. The units are difficult to control and use. It feels clunky to to move the units around and the gameplay suffers quite a bit because of that. It’s also pretty difficult frustrating to do simple stuff to manage unit groups, see the units currently selected etc. Camera controls are similarly awkward. You cannot move around the camera easily to see the battlefield as you want. Due to these problems the gameplay feels a bit slow pace and micro becomes pretty difficult. There are also a few bugs in the the game, one especially frustrating bug was crashing after 10 secs of loading saved game (was later on fixed in a patch - so this patch could be essential for some)

The single player campaign is pretty standard save the world kind of stuff although the missions for each factions themselves are pretty interesting. The story being pretty simple progresses nicely and is decent enough to provide enough motivation to finish the game. The last faction campaign consists of conquer the world types of missions where you conquer one territory after other, and you can go by shortest rote or take your time by first controlling all the neighboring territories. This mode though pretty simple helps keeping the thing fresh

Didn’t play a lot of multiplayer because of games for windows crap, but from what I played the game seems to have lots of interesting strategic options. It has the standard skirmish mode and also the conquer the world mode where players will be battling over the territories in the world map and fighting rts style in the territory mas

Graphics are decent and the unit art design is also good. The various units like walkers and other heirachy machines really have a menacing and brutal mechanized look which is suits them perfectly. The Novus shiny and bright look makes them a good contrast to Heirachy and Masari’s radiating look also suits them pretty well

It felt like a shame that while the game offers original stuff while at the same time it forgets to offer basic stuff which are common in most of the rts nowadays

Here’s a trailer for you gamies

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Wondering, why the 11 commandments, when there were 10?

The need to bring this post in line with the 11^th division ( ehh still confused about 11^th division and zaraki kenpachi, drool here) and the 10 commandments. Since Kenpachi still is the 11^th Division captain so the 10 commandments have become 11.

• Thou shalt always be the Dudeness in battle, to be a kenpachi player is to always remain a Dude in the battle, to always keep a stock of health and rejuvenation items ready, and to keep fighting till Life turns to zero!

• Thou shalt not underestimate the opponent

• Thou shalt let your nakama(= friend,team members) fight

• Thou shalt not use cheats/hacks

• Thou shalt release your Bankai only when needed

• Thou shalt not boast about your Bankai

• Thou shalt keep saving timely

• Thou shalt not abuse the opponent but can be a bit showy

• Thou shalt learn from your mistakes

• Thou shalt train hard to do a level up

• Thou shalt not be disappointed when thou does not hath a Bankai instead a strong will and fierce battle spirit shalt be used to defeat the Bankai

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Fully Inspired by Zaraki Kenpachi, This is the first featured post of Kenpachi Gamer

“I had no memory of seeing anything there but the color of blood, the people around me were all more like animals than humans. A baby like me could have been stomped to death at anytime. Then you came.” These were the exact words of Yachiru (who always sits on the shoulder of Zaraki Kenpachi) when Kenpachi found her. More about Yachiru can be found here.

Here is a sweet tribute to God-Max Zaraki Kenpachi who saved Yachiru from that hell. Behold Zaraki Kenpachi is here -

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“The Gods of Olympus have abandoned me ,now there is no hope” and Kratos cast himself from the highest mountain in all of Greece. After 10 years of suffering, 10 years of endless nightmares it will finally come to an end. Death would be his escape from madness.

The game starts with this dialogue and a video of Kratos jumping from a mountain. To know about it in more detail and the plot you can go here. The game is totally awesome and according to a CNN review “God Of War is the type of game that makes you remember why you play games in the first place”. If I were to add my comment I would say that every PS2 gamer who hasn’t played God Of War has missed out on a fierce gaming spirit.

God Of War has an amazing gameplay , with very scenic graphics which fascinate you from the very beginning. Battling monsters, medusas, cyclops,minotaurs etc.. brings out the kenpachi in you. For all fantasy lovers this game brings your fantasy level up by a notch. An intense hack n slash action and puzzle solving. A very cool user interface and the special magical powers which come as Kratos proceeds in the game are very tempting. Here is a pic of Kratos when he is using Poseidon’s Rage

A cool lighting engulfs him in a circle of some range and Kratos is hung in the air with that power. All the enemies coming nearer get toasted to death

Also here’s a tribute to God Of War

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Gamer is a multi - meaning term but essentially who is a gamer ? The most probable answer would be “A person who plays games is a gamer”. Well every person plays games but lets define it in a new style which is zaraki kenpachi way. Basically a gamer is a person who is very passionate about the game he/she likes and can go depths to explore that game and defend it if the time comes. Also the gamer loves to game ,he/she thrives on the feeling of playing the game, the adrenaline boost, the pleasure in defeating opponents, the pleasure in helping team members or the pleasure in giving a full 100% to that game is what can be called as a gamer.

If you have watched bleach and have came across the character of zaraki kenpachi, then basically a true gamer can be compared to have a kenpachi within himself/herself. Now more about zaraki kenpachi can be found here. The main point is that kenpachi is a man who lives for the fighting spirit and is not afraid of taking any damages whatsoever for enjoying the battle. And in true ways that is what a gamer is all about. Whether lose or win, if you cannot enjoy the game you played, then there is no point playing that game because then you are just another brick in the wall, another rat in the rat race.

Even if you suck at competing others in a multiplayer game like CS or DOTA but you enjoy the game whole heartedly and are determined to overcome your weaknesses you are a true gamer. Now going a bit off the context the favourite quote of Zaraki kenpachi which I like is “Bankai is for the Weak !!! “. Bankai refers to a special sword power which zaraki kenpachi does not have but still he has the potential to overtake and conquer all of the persons who have bankai. Going into a more deeper and metaphorical meaning, a gamer should not curse himself/herself about his weakness but rather use that weakness as a learning point to rise.

Now for all the kenpachi fans and those who haven’t heard about him (go watch bleach) here is an awe inspiring and cool pic of kenpachi

Cheers!! and remember “Bankai is for the Weak”

here is a video to cheer all the gamers up

Keep Gaming

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Centuries ago, when men were foolish and practiced the demonic magics, it was common to invoke lesser demons and subdue them in order to gain their power.Fooling the little stature of those sorcerers, The Lord_of_Terror spawned from the very bowels of the skulking evils who awakens only once every thousand years to feed off the spawn of its own bile and pus.Lord_of_Terror,the hulking, tenacious turpitude with prodigious vendure is an earth demon that dwells deep within the network of subterranean caverns of the Burning Hells.
So Mortals! I am abominable, prodigal, tainted, The Frozen Terror and The Handmaiden of Annihilation and I like to snap the neck of my prey with a single strike, dragging it off to consume for next meal.

Of course Everyone knows about Diablo 2 - Lord of Destruction. But even if it sounds a little familiar or unfamiliar you can check it out at the above link. One of the masterpieces of Blizzard and people around the world including me still appreciate them for this game. For Blizzard it was a milestone from initial days of Diablo where one would just be crawling dungeons with either a warrior or a rogue or a sorcerer. Lord of Destruction has a total of 7 classes and variety of powers, skills and weapons to choose from. Being a true follower of Zaraki Kenpachi I love to kill and battle and Diablo 2 satisfies this battle lust. Being a Dark Fantasy based hack n slash game the dark fantasies totally take control over the players. For the story kindly follow this path. Diablo 2 was well ahead of its time with an engulfing story, amazing cutscenes between the acts and cool but evil boss characters. My first game ever but I cherish it and love to harass Diablo, Mephisto, Baal and Duriel.

An ingenious character leveling up system which has been copied by many games like Sacred,Titan’s Quest and others. No matter how much you level up or collect items you cannot have enough of diablo 2. There are plethora of items and sets still to be discovered ( of course you can do a cheat and use character editor but then there won’t be a kenpachi left inside you . )

Here is a pic of all the characters

Left to right - Amazon,Assassin,Necromancer,Barbarian,Sorceress,Druid,Paladin

Be it amazon’s valkyrie, Assassin’s shadow master, Necromancer’s mages and fighters, barbarian’s warcry, Sorceress’s blizzard / frozen orb, druid’s shapeshifting or paladin’s hammer each and every one of them when played gives you chills.

Here are Some of the bosses that will surely bring out the kenpachi in you

Sky shall rain fire,
Seas will become as blood;
Righteous shall fall before the wicked,
And all creations shall tremble,
Before the Burning Stands of Hell !!!

People who have not tried this game and like Role Playing Games plus hack n slash should check it out and believe me you will never have enough of this game

P.S. Kenpachi says Kudos

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I will Start off with a list of games i have played along with their genres

Action

• Max Payne (both 1 and 2)
• Serious Sam
• Soldier of Fortune
• Splinter Cell
• Crusaders of Might and Magic
• Command and Conquer: Renegade
• Medal of Honour: Allied Assault
• Unreal Tournament
• Quake 2
• CounterStrike
• Half Life
• Bad Boys II
• Kiss Psycho Circus
• Hidden and Dangerous
• Lord of the Rings
• Harry Potter
• Soul Reaver 2
• Manhunt
• Jedi Outcast
• Recoil
• Call Of Duty
• Prince Of Persia(Sands of time,The Two Thrones, Warrior Within)

Strategy and Role Playing

• Age of Empires
• Warcraft
• Heaven and Hell
• Heroes of Might and Magic IV
• Diablo( I, II and expansion)
• Majesty
• Troy
• Praetorians
• Anno1602
• Sim City
• Caesar
• Pharoah
• Command and Conquer series
• Zeus
• Transport Tycoon(and other various tycoons)
• Traffic Giant
• Myst IV
• Syberia
• Nowhere Midnight
• Submarine Titans
• Warlords IV
• Civilization
• Sid Meyer’s alpha century
• HomeWorld
• Star Wars : Brood wars
• Metal Fatigue
• Tribes II
• Neighbours From Hell
• Sacred
• Neverwinter Nights
• Dungeon Siege
• Morrowind
• War of the Rings
• Age of Mythology( Titans also)
• Rise of Nations
• Mafia
• Warhammer Dawn of war
• SpellForce 2 Order of the phoenix
• Heros of Might and Magic V
• Black and White-2
• Battle For Middle Earth - 2
• Desparados
• Titan’s Quest
• Baldurs Gate
• Demon Stone
• Nox

Sports

• Need for speed II, V , VI
• NFS Underground( 1 and 2)
• NFS MostWanted 2
• NFS Carbon
• Shanghai Racers
• MotoCross Madness
• Tony Hawk Skater
• Twisted Metal
• Initial D :Mountain Venegance
• Moto Racer
• F1
• Cricket 2002, 2004
• FIFA 2002,2004
• UEFA 2000

Phew!! thats all I can think of right now but I find it intimidating to me everytime i go through it

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