The Plucky Programmer

[Above: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Official Trailer] When I was a kid, the one game that I can say that really took me out of my comfort zone of strategy games (Age of Empires was the norm in the day) and put me into the wide world of gaming was not a shooter, fighter or adventure game, but an RPG. It was Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, old even in that  [ Read More ]

Unless you’re living under a (soundproof) rock, you will have heard of the Foo Fighters. Formed by ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl (who is now on the vocals and guitar), they have been a fairly successful post-grunge band. Though their last full studio  album was released in 2007, there was also a Greatest Hits release in 2009 featuring two new songs, Wheels (Youtube link) and Word Forward, produced by ex-Nirvana producer  [ Read More ]

Rating: 4/5 The iOS game market is clearly an ever expanding, ever booming one. Its easy to get lost in the sea of new releases, with review sites claiming almost every second release as either ‘simple, elegant and surprisingly fun’. Well if you’re like me, you probably need some games on that thing just to play while on the move. For some reason I never liked Angry Birds (hated it  [ Read More ]

The Book The Cosmos. Infinitely intriguing, scientists have been writing about its marvels- sometimes accurately, sometimes not- for years. You’ve probably heard of or (atleast tried to) read a Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. While that is a great work in itself, for the casual reader it may sometimes be too technical  for those not inclined towards science. (None of those people whom I recommended this book ever  [ Read More ]

After a year long stint with www.speedhost.in, akshatb.com is now moving to a new webhost (and domain registrar), GoDaddy.com. It will take a few days to fully come in effect, but the gears are now in motion. Though the previous host delivered what it promised and was only slightly cheaper, the plan shackled the website under a monthly and daily bandwidth cap, which when exceeded prevented the website from being  [ Read More ]