Posted in Mauritius, Music, Films & Games, tagged Call off the search, Katie Melua, pictures, Piece by Piece on October 13, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Hello Mauritians I’ve got some devastating news! Music is not restricted to what you hear on Mauritian radios, in other words, Music does not stop at Shakira, Britney Spears, Boys Band, Fireball … Indeed there is real Music as well, music that is worth listening to and music that sell despite not featuring sexy girls [...]
Posted in Anime, Music, Films & Games on July 16, 2007 | 12 Comments »
I think it’s high time I write a post on the different categories of anime and manga. There is so much confusion on this issue (loads of people confuse anime for hentai or anime and manga for example). So let’s start (with the basics) and get things straight.
Anime v/s Manga
Anime and Manga are related but [...]
Posted in Music, Films & Games on July 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The ESWC has started in Paris and gamers from all round the world have gathered for this fab event. Just imagine, more than 750 of the world best gamers fighting each other - I would have been thrilled to see that (no way I could compete though!!!).
So the games include: Counter-Strike, Quake 4, Warcraft 3 [...]
Posted in Music, Films & Games on June 23, 2007 | No Comments »
A Rockstar game is again in the limelight - Manhunt 2. After the very controversial Manhunt 1, Rockstar games have released Manhunt 2 and that game is attracting a lot of attention … not because it is extremely good but coz it’s “extremely violent” according to different rating boards.
The game will definitely be rated “Adult” [...]
Posted in Computing, Music, Films & Games on May 19, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Python is All Around
I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
Python is all around me
and so the feeling grows
It’s written on the web
It’s everywhere I surf
So if you really love coding
C’mon and python it
You know I love coding
I always will
My mind’s [...]
Posted in Anime, Music, Films & Games on April 15, 2007 | 21 Comments »
I like watching anime and I’ve seen quite a few since the last two years. I now even know some Japanese words other than “aligoto”,”katana” and “Sayonara” (hope I got the spelling somewhat right).
But I’ve also started to notice some stereotypes; in most anime you are likely to find a clueless boy, some very cute [...]
Posted in Computing, Mauritius, Music, Films & Games on March 10, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Computer Games are one of the most profitable software business in the world. The revenue generated each year is massive - estimated to $ 7 billion in 2005 - and it is now general knowledge that video game sales exceed the Hollywood’s film industry’s annual box office. Yet the problem with games is that [...]
Posted in Computing, Music, Films & Games on March 6, 2007 | No Comments »
A long time back, to make Computer Games, you had to know Assembly language. Eventually the Industry moved to C then C++ and for a time that was good. C++ is very fast and we can stoop very low as well as rise very high. But there are major issues with C++: though I like [...]
Posted in Music, Films & Games on February 20, 2007 | No Comments »
The number of 3D movies coming out every year is on the rise and last year (2006) we’ve had our load. From Cars to monster house, we’ve had a whole range and it is beyond any doubt that the quality of the animation is improving! However storywise, I wasn’t too impressed - cars which was [...]
Posted in Anime, Music, Films & Games on January 13, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Another of Miyazaki’s anime which is as usual very very good - what you you expect! But still I prefer the “lightness” of Kiki my favourite witch
This is the story of a pretty hatmaker, Sophie, who is put under a spell by a witch which turns her into an old hag but [...]
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