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Why isn’t there a cricket game for Wii yet

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It is more than a year since Nintendo Wii gaming console started taking the gaming market by storm. As of date, all sorts of sport titles are available for the Wii, but none yet for Cricket. Cricket being one of the most popular sport in the world, it is a big surprise that no company, including EA has come forward with a cricket title for the Wii.

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The motion sensing remote is more naturally suited for the batting action than any other game. In cricket crazy nations like India and Pakistan, the Wii cricket game will be a sell out, no doubt. Cricket - these days, is played all the year and so there won't be any loss of interest among the gaming crowd. It is high time that some game creator takes advantage of this and laugh all the way to the bank.

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December 21st, 2007 | Posted in entertainment, technology | 2 Comments

How to become a popular guy on the internet

The following ideas will help you getting on to the front page of a social networking website like Digg. Guaranteed. 

  1. Create a calorie calculator application for the jail broken iPhones. (It will make it to the front page of Digg with a title like “Finally, AMAZING calorie calculator application for iPhone [PICS]”)
  2. Write a bitching article about Vista’s poor performance as against Windows XP and Linux (“One year on and Vista is going down the drain!!”)
  3. Write a news article on how Ubuntu Linux is making inroads in Ethuvanian computers. (“Ethuvanian government selects Ubuntu over Vista for the 11 computers they are buying this fiscal”)
  4. Publish the photos of a hard drive from your father’s computer. (“This is how a 64MB hard drive used to look like [PICS]”)
  5. Create a dock replacement for Leopard OS. (“The best looking dock for the Leopard”)
  6. Write a news item about RIAA and MPAA’s anti-piracy measures. (“RIAA wants you to pay royalty for the song you hum while using the toilet”)
  7. Write a useless article like this and post it to Digg (“Top ten Linux commands for newbies”)

November 29th, 2007 | Posted in entertainment, technology | No Comments

Further proof that Digg is controlled by teens and kids

All hell broke loose at technology news site Digg today. The front page of Digg was full of posts about a key which can be used to decode HD DVD movies. It all started when Digg 'moderators' deleted a few stories on the above mentioned key. News spread like wild fire and there were all sorts of key stories posted to digg in no time. Almost all these key stories received not less than 2000+ diggs. To add fuel to fire, a digg crew member posted a blog entry about "Digg's interest to protect intellectual property rights of its owners". That was enough. There was more mayhem. Incidentally, this post was just an eye wash, as Digg always carried stories on Windows Vista/Photoshop and OSX86 cracks.

After absolute chaos, digg founder Kevin Rose admitted the mistake and assured that such things will not happen in the future.

While this incident sounds very funny and silly, it is a very clear indication that Digg is mostly controlled by teens and kids. Posts like "Ubuntu FTW!", "Apple all the way" are pretty common in the comments section of Digg. While initially I was a fan of Digg, I eventually lost interest because of the fanboyism and switched back to Ars Technica. They only cover tech news that matters with a great insight.

May 2nd, 2007 | Posted in entertainment | No Comments