The Plucky Programmer

We’ve all heard of weird Japanese games, but they continue to surprise us even now. And this time, when its coming from Sega, it did cause my head to turn. The game called “Toirettsu” is a word play on “toy”, “let’s” and “toilets”. As the Sega Toys website points out, “You’re able to game with pee!” (Translated) The “game” is actually an amalgamation of various minigames, which I will not  [ Read More ]

This is dumb, agreed. But Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal bears the most striking resemblance to Peter Pettigrew (a.k.a. Wormtail-Harry Potter, remember?) I have ever seen before. (I see people who look like this very often, trust me on this). I guess this character has not been played by Timothy Spall, as wiki tells me, but Kapil Sibal wearing make-up and a long, flowing blonde wig. What a startling revelation! I  [ Read More ]

If you live in India, chances are that you’ve read/heard about this movement already. But still, isn’t it stupefying that just 1411 tigers left in the entire span of our country? Its been our carelessness that’s resulting in their deaths. Give them a chance! Show your support by spreading awareness and if possible, donating. Check out Aircel’s neat website that’s been the one advertising recklessly for this cause. Agreed, it  [ Read More ]

I tried to make a Vogon in Spore Creature Creator. Ended up looking so absolutely un-Vogonic, that even the green putty found in my dead dog’s armpit does that fine, green, slob of a creature more justice than my creature. So in order to hide my fundamental creature design flaws, I covered it with the most inconspicious apparel possible— Scuba diving gear. And now, since my poor critter had nothing  [ Read More ]