[NOTE: The following was originally written for my Financial Chronicle (Edge) column, but they only used part of it in their games section, so here’s the whole of it.] Name five gaming classics that can be enjoyed for free? Impossible, you say? Hmm…: Wolfenstein 3D: Help BJ Blazkowicz outwit the Nazis and escape Castle Wolfenstein. […]
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Will there be a book 4
…of the Shadow in Eternity series? Well, as things are going right now, there will probably be a sort of mini-book, a novella, if you like. It will basically be an attempt to catch up with the present. The events unfolding in The Timeless Land (book 3) happened in 2006, when Maya was 14. It […]
20 things to do in ’10
More than half of January has already gone by, but Writer’s Log still lags in last year. It hasn’t been for want of trying, but that is a lame excuse. Anyway, here’s a to-do list for 2010 (in no special order): Don’t make lame excuses about not updaing my blog Redesign my site (eeeep!) Put […]
A walk around Sankey Tank
Went to visit a well-known Bangalore landmark on Monday, 21 December — Sankey Tank. This is an artificial lake constructed in the 1880s to supply water to the city of Bangalore. It has seen many ups and downs, but has lately been revamped to make it a really nice place to be in. The water […]
My first meme
This is my first meme. I didn’t really know what it meant or even how to pronounce it, so I had to look it up:
Meme [meem] n.A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
Um… okay. Read on…
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Gaming golden ‘oldies’
This might be the age of the PS3, the Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii, and thanks to developments like accelerometers, virtual-reality-like motion gaming is no more the domain of science fiction. But that’s no reason to forget some golden oldies that may not have had the spit, polish and realism of current-day games, but each […]
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Airing my closet…
The anti-blog brigade’s major grouse is about how “self-indulgent” the whole concept of blogging is. But heck, if one has a cheap and easily accessible medium, a somewhat captive — if erratic — audience, the possibility of showing off one’s writing/coding/designing skills (or lack thereof), and being able to air one’s opinion without much opposition, […]
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Windows Live Mail
Has Microsoft finally got it right with e-mail software? Well, it’s hard to say for sure, but Windows Live Mail is certainly worth checking out. Apart from a spanking new and decidedly good-looking interface, it comes with a host of other features, including an IM client (yes, for Window Live users), RSS and newsgroup support, […]
Brittas humour
How ironic is it that the British are traditionally hauled up for being uptight and yet hailed as having an incredible sense of humour? Well, it’s great for people like me who enjoy television comedy, of course. The Brits have amused us over the decades with the likes of — in no particular order — […]
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Express fame
Hello world, I was in the papers today! Clicky here to read it all. For those of you in Delhi, this appeared in the Indian Express on Monday, 10 August 2009. It’s in Newsline on page 6. For those without access to Express, including me, sadly, here’s a little glimpse: ~PD