<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3785460</id><updated>2011-07-28T10:42:15.920-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fun n Games</title><subtitle type='html'>This is a blog about my thoughts and ideas related to computer/video games design, management, usability, testing, bugs, critiques etc...anything that does not have to do with programming!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Apar</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3785460.post-111966055593788726</id><published>2005-06-21T20:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-24T20:49:15.943-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Laugh along Burnout 3</title><summary type='text'>How does one end up laughing like crazy while playing Burnout 3 if you are interested read on. Before I get on that I have to say that I have another post under construction about Burnout 3 which is going to be back dated as I started it long back and have been adding some thoughts into it. But to the topic on hand...Typically its a very gritty and action packed game you hit other cars and race </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.eagames.com/official/burnout/burnout3/us/home.jsp' title='Laugh along Burnout 3'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/feeds/111966055593788726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3785460&amp;postID=111966055593788726' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111966055593788726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111966055593788726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/2005/06/laugh-along-burnout-3.html' title='Laugh along Burnout 3'/><author><name>Apar</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3785460.post-111921513527384957</id><published>2005-06-19T16:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-03T21:59:33.690-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Medal of Honor - Rising Sun</title><summary type='text'>I dont know why but everytime you finish a game (regardless of the platform) you get a sense of completion and maybe even a sense of achievement, is that being stupid or silly or is that your small private moment of glory. I had one such moment today about 15 mins back I finished Medal of Honor Rising Sun, I know its one game in the endless line of games that EA had created but so what! Apart </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.eagames.com/official/moh/risingsun/en/home.jsp' title='Medal of Honor - Rising Sun'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/feeds/111921513527384957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3785460&amp;postID=111921513527384957' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111921513527384957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111921513527384957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/2005/06/medal-of-honor-rising-sun.html' title='Medal of Honor - Rising Sun'/><author><name>Apar</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3785460.post-111921543561223753</id><published>2005-06-05T17:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-19T20:53:36.393-04:00</updated><title type='text'>is that it?</title><summary type='text'>That the question a friend of mine asked me...so what does it have to do with games you may say? Well let me put it in context for you and then probably you will get it.I have a friend who thankfully has nothing much to do with the gaming industry and so can give me an objective view about the industry without having a personal agenda apart from being a wannabe avid gamer (hope you got that). We </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/feeds/111921543561223753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3785460&amp;postID=111921543561223753' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111921543561223753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111921543561223753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/2005/06/is-that-it.html' title='is that it?'/><author><name>Apar</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3785460.post-111817646852880616</id><published>2005-05-29T16:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-03T21:58:50.543-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Replay - Call of Duty</title><summary type='text'>Call of DutyI never got a chance to take a serious look at Call of Duty and I must say this is an old game (relatively) compared to some of the games that I am playing at the moment. Infinity Ward the guys behind the game have done a great job with the game giving you different weapons from different countries perspectives, the US, Russian and English to be precise the mechanics are very smooth </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/feeds/111817646852880616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3785460&amp;postID=111817646852880616' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111817646852880616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111817646852880616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/2005/05/replay-call-of-duty.html' title='Replay - Call of Duty'/><author><name>Apar</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3785460.post-111585751039122352</id><published>2005-05-11T20:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-03T21:53:23.166-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Little Known Games 01 - OMF 2097</title><summary type='text'>Here is the first in the series (hopefully!) of smaller games that I have come across and have liked a lot. I will try and keep this straightforward...make no discrimination about how big the budget was or whether it was 2D or 3D or released on a very niche platform. I will give credits to any images etc. I use by defalut I am using Mobygames as my image source unless I mention otherwiseOMF </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.omf.com/' title='Little Known Games 01 - OMF 2097'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/feeds/111585751039122352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3785460&amp;postID=111585751039122352' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111585751039122352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111585751039122352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/2005/05/little-known-games-01-omf-2097.html' title='Little Known Games 01 - OMF 2097'/><author><name>Apar</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3785460.post-111549771750825236</id><published>2005-05-07T16:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-07T16:28:37.516-04:00</updated><title type='text'>too many games too little time</title><summary type='text'>I know a lot of people will relate with me on this one, or is it just me. there are too many games (not al good mind you!) that require your time attention and not to mention the money. I am interested in playing thse games for two reasons one simply because they entertain me. But th other is from the point of a designer and a hard core reviewer that sits inside me looking for innovative, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/feeds/111549771750825236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3785460&amp;postID=111549771750825236' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111549771750825236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3785460/posts/default/111549771750825236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://apar.blogspot.com/2005/05/too-many-games-too-little-time.html' title='too many games too little time'/><author><name>Apar</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
