Hey Mario, She isn’t worth dying for!

This is so Awesome at so many levels 😀

I find myself singing this in fun 🙂 So so true, because

Reality of the World!

And then some people think they can keep bullshitting and making others fool always.

Not to mention, when you use someone and then raise a hue and cry to prove yourself CLEAN.

My Matrimonial site profile? WTF?

I was wondering why I keep getting emails from this particular matrimony website called JeevanSaathi… like who the fuck is interested in marriage anymore?
A relation which of-late has become a so-called agreed upon so-called union of people that cheat, lie and back-stab while showing off as if they are loyal to the partner by means of wearing symbolic accessories. Zero true feelings and complete disguised smiles. Really? Who wants that?

Anyway, wanted to figure out.. opened an email and I see that people are viewing my profile already!
I was like, WTF.. why do I have a profile?

And I went to the site profile url and it shows this:

Apparently my matrimony profile?

See that? A profile with bunch of lies.
Who the fuck is 5’7”? and my father has his own business????
Hell No. My father was poor.. and he struggled a lot to get me a good education so that I can live a better life.
And he also lost his life doing that…. AND I am very proud of him and what he did for me.

Like pure WTF!

They got my birthday and email right (which is available all over the web), my ethnicity and other crap wrong, height wrong,.. and that thing about “handsome” might be wrong too.

Then I notice that the mobile number listed as my contact number is my SIM card that my ex used to use.
Also, last edited on 4th April 2013? Wow.. keeping my profile updated.
What do I make out of this? o,O

How to know if she is your soul mate?

Soul mate doesn’t take off when you’re down.

Haha 🙂 Funny, but sometimes that is what you need.
A soul mate that sticks around to give you emotional support when you’re almost dying; the one who comes back to you leaving the world on hearing about a mishap that would have happened to you.

Alas! Some people just take the opportunity to take off (same day or the next day or two days later… same thing.. you haven’t recovered yet), even if you’ve been there for them at a similar situation(or lets call that “every” situation) they were in.

It is a learning that life gives, letting you measure the depths of love and a lesson for you to never make that mistake of trusting again.

2 of my favorite Anime Characters

Alrighty folks, time for my Desk Pic of the Week 🙂 and a Quiz 😀

There are 3 anime characters in this pic (2 being my personal favs) 🙂

Can anyone correctly name all 3?

Two of my fav anime characters are there in the pic.
There are total 3 anime characters in the pic.
Can you spot and identify them all? 🙂

The Heart Broken Biker – Vlog 009 – DoomsDay, Shit just got Real!

Everyone who has made fun of the DoomsDay will learn to believe after this rare footage.
Shit just got real! 😉

Don’t be a Sinner like me… I have realised…. Believe it you Fools… Dont be a Sinner.. Believe it!

 

P.S: Didn’t want to do a vlog on this, but something hit me in the last moment and I picked up the camera and did a quick one.

Credits:
Sound Tracks:
Original Sin (For not keeping virginity) – from Anime Hellsing
Jerk it Out – by The Caesars
Dread Rock  – by Paul Oakenfold (Matrix fans? – heard it in Matrix Revolutions)

P.P.S: Reality Check.. DoomsDay isn’t here yet.
Destructions have happened in Real World and will keep happening
… 21 Dec 2012 has nothing to do with mark of new destructions.
World might eventually end someday thousands/millions of years later or may not.
Get ya lazy ass back to Work. 🙂

Indie Game Dev/Designers – Things to Do, Things Not To.

Couple of hours ago I got a request for a game review by an Indie/seemingly Indie dev.
Playing that game, and even some similar games earlier makes me write this list of Do’s and Don’ts for an Indie.

SideNote: Yes, I tend to play a ton of games to learn design flaws and excellences, as an Indie myself; I think its a must..

I however, will avoid making references to those games; because I consider it rude/too harsh on young Indies 🙂

So, here’s a list of Don’ts to start with.. and I’ll keep adding/updating the list as I come across more and find time to instantly add it.

If you’re an Indie, you might wanna skim through this list.. I know it gets excited and hyper to launch a game, but a quality stuff matters more than just throwing something half done out there and then asking around people to review it.
Take it with a pinch of salt 🙂

Indie DONT’s:

1. Don’t release your game as a version 1.0 / any stable to any app store before it actually is a properly done game.
Most of the games I get asked to review look like prototypes.
Please take feedback from other Indie game devs who have already released a good game before considering your game ready for app store shipping.

2. Don’t spoil the gameplay by accompanying it with horrible art.
I’ve seen some games have potential due to their gameplay, but the art sucked to an extent that it made the game eyesore and I stopped playing after 3-5 minutes.
I’m not saying everyone can be a great game artist, but if you don’t have the skill.. please take external help.
Your game will end up selling more and you will see rewards.

3. Don’t spoil the gaming experience by using ear-paining sounds / using no sound at all.
Game sounds are as important as Game Art is. Please get some good sounds in the game…unless your game is the next Limbo.
The player needs to be hooked up both visually and acoustically.
I simply tend to fall asleep if there is no sound in the game; if there is a horrible one, I’d anyway turn off the sound and hence again fall asleep.

4. Don’t ignore your Animations.
Games run on different devices, they can be slow/fast. They could be loaded with other processes eating up the memory.
If a gamer clicks/touches on a certain option on your menu and has to wonder whether the “touch/click” did happen or not… then you’re in trouble. You were probably missing a simple animation that changes color of an option on touch.. letting player know that ‘ok you have touched this option, now wait’.
That’s just the simplest level. There are tons of places where devs/designers seem to miss simple animations that make the game feels responsive.

5. Don’t LIFT art from other games and put them in your Stable release.
Again on the topic of art, I happen to notice a game that uses another game’s Protagonist (developed by a different entity; so not your property) and change the ‘color’ and use it as one of the Antagonist in their game. Not just that, they’ve also used couple of minions (with color changed) in their game.
Which is kinda shocking, because Yes, you can use art from internet for prototyping, you can use license free sprites in your stable release too, BUT using another game’s IP (Intellectual Property), in your STABLE release! A Big NO.
You should be just thanking your stars that your ass isnt sued already.

6. Don’t ask your friends/family/colleagues(non-gamers) to write a Nice review with 5 star rating on app store.
The moment a real gamer looks at those reviews / even a real investor looks at it.. we know that it’s a premeditated review. And on top of that, when we play the game and it turns out to be not-that-great… your game loses even more respect (and even you as a developer lose respect) to have asked people to write “This is awesome. You exceeded my expectations” and also give a “5 star rating”.
I encounter those, I don’t play another game from same developer.. I don’t even care to look at it.
Have some standards, Have some respect to the appstores that might get you revenues later. Don’t forge it. Get real reviews from real gamers.
I’d anyday be happy to play a 3.5/4star rated game that is fairly good, than play a 5 star rated game that has forged reviews and is crappy as hell.

7. Don’t overlook minor User experience stuff
Games that don’t have a ‘Turn sound off’ option, that don’t give enough visual feedback on touches, that don’t have a tutorial on how to play, that has a misguided ‘help’ button, don’t have an exit button/option, don’t bother to reward users on small achievements.

8. Don’t be like an ad serving Porn Site
I agree its difficult for us Indie’s struggling with revenues, but that doesn’t mean you’ll go and put ads at places where player NEEDS to touch/click in order to play the game; forcing users to either click the ad or making user accidentally click ads in between gameplay.
Both are terribly annoying!
I’ll give you an example: Today I played a game that has all its ads stacked up at the end of each level/within a “more games” option in the menu (ads, cross game promotions etc). and then another game that had its ad placed at bottom-center of the screen where I needed to “swipe” to play the game.
Guess what:

First game – I played for 20 mins. I finished couple of levels, wrote them a nice review on app store. Gave 5 star rating. Wanted to tweet but their tweet button was bit broken sadly. Clicked on 11 of their ads featuring other games, downloaded 9 of them and will play them tomorrow. The game still exists on my tablet and I’ll play it again.

Second game – Looked at it 3 secs. Tried to play without touching the ad on accidental swipe. Hated it. Closed. Uninstalled. Will never play it again or may be even not look at another game from same publisher.

9. Don’t have unambiguous/endless/vague objectives if your game has levels and is not an RPG/Puzzle
Damn you if your game says it has 150 levels, and I’m playing the first level since last 15 minutes and your game is a ‘Casual’ genre. Of the 15 minutes, 5 minutes I try to figure out what the fuck I am supposed to do (lack of tutorial), 10 minutes after figuring out due to self-intelligence I’m just killing same minions again and again, with same difficulty level, with no sense of when the stage is “marked” complete or what are the objectives to be met to complete a stage.
Game is uninstalled and it will be long time before I look at another game that says same publisher.

Contributions from Redditors 🙂

11. Don’t advertise your game before it’s ready to be advertised. – by HollisFenner

12. Don’t Bite more than you can Chew! – by ChainsawSam

13. asskickingjedi and MrFidelmios have a list of valuable advises which I thought would be injustice if shortened to put them here.
So linking you directly to it – http://www.reddit.com/r/IndieGaming/comments/14po9p/indie_game_devdesigners_things_to_do_things_not/
Alrighty Guys, that’s it for now.. As promised I’ll keep updating the list. Gotta get back to work 🙂

Keep the Internet ‘Free’ and ‘Open’

Internet and Science are two things which needs to be “Open”. Both are absolute essentials for progress of mankind.
Closing even one of them means you’re sending us back to dark ages.

We elect Government to run a country, not make choices of how much knowledge should be accessible to us.
And any Government that decides to hinder that doesn’t deserve to be in power.

Come join hands with me and other sensible people on this planet… and take an action with help from Google.

https://www.google.com/takeaction

Google+ in Hyderabadi Style

So, I got my invite from friend, work buddy Walter, hmm wanted different kind of circles on google+; here it is:

* Click on the Image to read through the big size of the image 🙂

Areee....Googal Plus Yaaron

SBI Phishing

Someone has put good amount of time creating this phishing page 🙂

SBI Phishing

ICICI website insecure now

Looks like they put in some updates on their login page code, which has pushed it over to the insecure side.
Who wants to login? 🙂
Really no time to investigate if this is serious or just fine.

ICICI insecure!

Update from others: Looks like icicidirect also had a security flaw and someone here has had time to pester the ICICI guys to fix it 🙂 … Nice work mate!