News

Indian Holy Man May Hold Solution To Game-Interrupting Bathroom Breaks

Prahlad claims he has lived without food or drink for the past 70 years, yet I can’t spend two hours playing World of Warcraft without having to pee. What could I possibly learn from this Indian holy man?


January 6, 2010
In Real Life

Tennessean Plays GTA For 40 Hours Straight, Pees Three Times

Barely four months after an Indian equity broker logged a world record by playing Grand Theft Auto IV for 40 hours and 20 minutes, a 19-year-old college kid in Tennessee has beaten it.


October 21, 2009
In Real Life

Man Plays Grand Theft Auto For 40 Hours Straight

What did you do between September 4 and September 6? Twenty-six year-old private equity broker Chirantan Patnaik played Grand Theft Auto IV — for 40 hours and 20 minutes straight.


July 13, 2009
In Real Life

India’s Got Mario Talent

A group of talented folks do their version of Super Mario Bros. for television program India’s Got Talent.


May 31, 2009
In Real Life

Search Is On For Darjeeling’s “Arcade Boy”

If someone can pull off the needle-in-a-haystack search for a kid who managed a game parlour in the Indian Himalayas 10 years ago, a “mysterious benefactor” will send the arcade a Dreamcast.


May 19, 2009
In Real Life

Have You Been To The Highest Arcade In The World?

Probably not. It’s located in the Indian city of Darjeeling (yes, like the tea), which sits 7,000 feet above sea level. And while it’s not much of an arcade, it still gets the record.


April 19, 2009
In Real Life

India’s First Game Gets India’s First Game Controversy

Never mind that Hanuman: Boy Warrior - billed as the first console game developed entirely in India - is a crappy game. It’s controversial! Well, to an American Hindu, anyway.


February 6, 2009
In Real Life

Bollywood Gets Into Gaming

Following in the footsteps of their California kin, India’s Bollywood has started courting the video game market with their own movie stars.


January 23, 2009
News

India Gets First Indian Made 3D Game

Video games based on Hollywood movies are nothing new. Video games based on Bollywood movies are newer. Hit flick Ghajini is getting just that.


December 3, 2008
Uncategorized

How Splinter Cell Voice Actor Survived Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

In late November, we brought word that game voice actor Michael Rudder (Far Cry Instincts, Prince Of Persia: The Warrior Within, Splinter Cell) was among the casualties in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.