by Kuriakose Saju

July 18, 2008, was a landmark day for me. After close to seven months of keeping a close watch on YouTube for new trailers and reading up on message boards on the most obscure fan sites for any information on the latest cinematic outing of Gotham’s caped crusader, The Dark Knight finally hit theatres.

Honestly, mate, seven months of waiting and you’d think, “This is never going to be as good as you would want it to be.” Boy, was I wrong? The Dark Knight blew my mind! You watch Heath Ledger as the Joker in this three hour long adventure and you would totally understand why he decided to go the way he did.

So, after this ultra-dark Batman installment, I was totally shocked by the irony of a new videogame on the masked marauder that would come out in September. Why is it ironic, you ask? Isn’t it normal for Hollywood franchises to follow up their movies with video game adaptations. Yeah, it is. But not when the fabled Batman, who strikes terror into the heart of all criminals in Gotham, is constructed in Lego bricks!!! Click here to continue reading ‘The Brick Knight, anyone?’

by Oreo

The Hunter is known for their pets, their long-range, sustained DPS, and their traps.The three trees of a Hunter are all viable for a hunter to choose for leveling, player versus player combat, or end game raids or instances, but since only two of the three trees allows for the complete use of talent points the player is forced to cross trees, hybridising into other talent trees. The three trees all have options to offer for utility, open DPS, and survivability. Click here to continue reading ‘World of Warcraft: Hunter Builds’

by Kuriakose Saju

8 am: Morning finds me with a headache, whereas last night had found me molesting mushrooms with Luigi. I think at some point we wandered over to Peach’s palace as well, thanks to Yoshi and his fetish for midnight walks. Luigi, as usual, told me to head on home after we were done squeezing out fireballs from the roof (Yeah. Fireballs, baby! It’s like having firework guns stuck into our arms! On account of being videogame characters and all that).

I think he’s seeing one of the palace maids, might even be dating her. I, on the other hand, need to get over to a client’s place and fix his pipes… pipes at his place as well… ermm. Click here to continue reading ‘A day in the life of … MARIO!’

by Oreo

The Rogue is primarily a melee damage dealer. This section lists common talent builds for both dagger and sword. But in my opinion the most fun class to play with. I personally while leveling went for a triple-spec combat hemo with two daggers and the starter gear and then respected to ShadowStep Build for some really fun PvP.

Just a warning although rogues are a fun class to play with one miss click or a wrong move can just spoil the whole attack and you can be bait for the other faction’s player but it isn’t that hard to master the rogue. Click here to continue reading ‘World of Warcraft: Rogue Builds’

by Nike Okami

Most of us think of the drop-dead gorgeous art direction of an Ico or Shadow of the Colossus and we immediately remember a masterpiece of visual proportions being played out on the screen. Original soundtracks for games have also surpassed the usual 16-bit arrangements of yore, as anyone who listens to the beats of The World Ends With You and the gentle melancholies of Silent Hill can testify.

However, when we think of it in terms of gaming, what actually constitutes ‘art’? Click here to continue reading ‘Philosophy and Gaming: Part 3′