WWE GAMES

The WWE’s series of called Smackdown have been going on for a long time. The Smackdown games aren’t completely horrible. They look nice, have tons of moves, they have real wrestlers and a create-a-wrestler mode to make whoever you want. There is one glaring problem with the Smackdown series though and that is the storyline mode.

I’ve always been more of a fan of the wrestling than the lame storylines in the WWE but for a video game it’s different. A video game is always better when there is some kind of storyline and that sort of thing should definitely be present in a pro wrestling game.

In the latest WWE game called WWE Raw vs. Smackdown 2008 the storyline mode is called the 24/7 mode and it is quite possibly actually worse than last year’s storyline mode.

The 2007 version of Smackdown actually had some pretty decent stories; each one started the night after a Pay Per View and went until the Pay Per View, much like in real life. The problem was that the storylines only last one full year and the next year you do the same storylines over again.

In the 2008 version of Smackdown the first whole year isn’t even that enjoyable. At one point in time in my 24/7 mode as Edge I had a storyline where I feuded with ECW and the feud went on for about five months at least. It’s bad enough that one story went so long but the story wasn’t really even good. It was just one week you wrestle this ECW guy, then next week you wrestle this ECW guy, and then you fight the guy you fought the first week again. Apparently destroying him wasn’t good enough the first time.

I also have a problem with half of the year being dedicated to feuding with the ECW roster. No offense to CM Punk, Elijah Burke and Tommy Dreamer because I like all of them, but if I’m playing a WWE game and feuding with wrestlers they aren’t the guys I would choose to be the focus. Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Edge, John Cena, the Undertaker, the Hardyz and many others should be used a lot more than any of them. I think I only had one match with Triple H and my path didn’t cross with John Cena, the most popular wrestler in the WWE, at all.

JAMES BOND RETURNS

The film sees Daniel Craig reprise his role as the iconic British agent after his debut in Casino Royale in 2006, and will also feature glamourous Bond girls Olga Kurylenko and British newcomer Gemma Arterton. A one minute clip of the film, showed Bond swinging on a rope after an explosion at an art gallery in Siena, Italy, then meeting with M - played by Dame Judi Dench - outside in the snow.

Arterton, 21, fresh out of drama school, plays the role of MI6 Agent Fields in the film, and Bond’s love interest. Describing their scenes together, she said: “I felt like a giggly girl, and I felt so young and inexperienced - but I kissed James Bond!” Ukrainian actress Kurylenko, who plays the character Camille, said that she has yet to film any scenes, but is working hard preparing for her role. “I’m doing weapons training and body flight training for aerial scenes and stunt work for fighting,” she said.

“My days are so long, and it’s very physical. She’s going to be very different from the previous Bond girls. She’s on her own mission and she’s driven by revenge.” The title is taken from a short story by creator Ian Fleming which was part of the For Your Eyes Only collection in 1960.

Few clues have been given about the film plot, but the written version has no super-villains, guns, or global conspiracies. It centres around a dinner party conversation in the Bahamas between Bond and the Colonial Governor. Bond is told of a young Diplomatic Service man who marries a flight attendant. When she becomes disillusioned with her life she begins a blatant affair which ruins her husband.

He retaliates by ruthlessly crushing her spirit over the course of a year, leaving her financially and emotionally ruined. The crux is the emotional phenomenon the Governor calls the Quantum of Solace, the smallest unit of human compassion that two people can have. As long as that compassion exists, people can survive, but when it is gone, when your partner no longer cares about your essential humanity, the relationship is over. Bond becomes depressed by the story as he realises he is alone, and that no one in the world has a “Quantum of Solace” for him. Filming on Quantum of Solace began in November 2007 and it will be released in the UK on November 7 2008.

passion of cricket

One of the famous and heartful game consider by me was Cricket. I used to play cricket in college days. then After a long time I played cricket match near my homes with a well-known team in our area, I was really a great match played that too after a very long time. I am posting this because consider this match as the best ever match played by me. We lost the toss, the opponent decided to bat first, and they scored a massive 119 in 12 over. I think we were out of touch in bowling and thus conceded a high score. But I managed to bowl well in first 2 over and to my surprise I took hat trick wicket in my 2nd over, nevertheless their bottom knocked out my team bowlers including the 3rd over of mine. We planned well such that they do not reach more than 60’s but they scored twice than what we thought of restricting. I had no other option except to open the innings for my team, since I had a good touch in batting as well. I think we had a better start, we were in momentum and we didn’t lose wicket until our 7th over and got 68 runs, I felt I was batting extremely well, we were struggling a bit in 9th and 10th over and got 85 runs in 10 over and the first wicket fell down in the 10th over only. it was not easy to get 35 runs in last 2 over, I got 2 six and a 4 in 11th over and I scored 50 runs for the second time in match. I was happy that I scored 50, we needed 15 runs in last over, and we lost a wicket of the first ball and followed by a run out. we managed to get only 8 runs of last 4 balls. All my teammates were highly disappointed but I was happy with my performance.

POISION THREAT FOR CHOCOLATES

The manufacturer of popular chocolate bars Mars and Snickers has appealed to customers to destroy the confectionery as police order a statewide recall in the wake of extortion threats.

Tens of thousands of bars were pulled from shop shelves last night after police revealed that MasterFood had received three threatening letters since May.

The latest letter, received yesterday at the firm’s head office in Ballarat, said seven contaminated Mars and Snickers bars had been placed in shops around Sydney.

“No one should eat a Mars bar or a Snickers bar they have bought,” said Andy Weston-Webb, the president of MasterFoods Australia and New Zealand. “Please destroy it … It’s not safe to eat Mars or Snickers bars.”

Mr Weston-Webb said the statewide recall was to minimise risk to the public.

Tens of thousands of Snickers and Mars chocolate bars were recalled in the Australian state of New South Wales following a threat to contaminate the products, writes Claire Johnston.

Masterfoods, a management organisation that represents private US company Mars in Australia and New Zealand, said that a threat has been made to poison a member of the public using tampered chocolate bars.

The company has begun the recall of tens of thousands of Snickers and Mars bars from over 5,000 stores in New South Wales as a result.

“Due to the very serious nature of the tampering threats, we are instigating an immediate withdrawal of Snickers and Mars from all NSW retail outlets,” company president Andy Weston-Webb said in a statement.

“No one should eat a Mars or Snickers bar that they have bought. Please destroy it … it is not safe to eat Mars or Snickers bars,” he added.

Police tests indicated that a Snickers bar posted to MasterFoods’ head office last month had been contaminated with an unidentified substance. This was followed by a letter this week in which the author claimed to have contaminated seven Snickers and Mars bars in the Australian capital, Sydney.

“There is a foreign contaminant definitely within the bar, as to what that substance is, chemically or physically, we are not aware,” said a New South Wales police spokesperson.

Australian police have yet to find evidence that the threat has been carried out

GLOBAL WARMING

Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century, and its projected continuation.

The average global air temperature near the Earth’s surface increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the 100 years ending in 2005.^[1] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes “most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-twentieth century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic (man-made) greenhouse gas concentrations”^[1] via an enhanced greenhouse effect. Natural phenomena such as solar variation combined with volcanoes probably had a small warming effect from pre-industrial times to 1950 and a small cooling effect from 1950 onward.^[2][3]

These basic conclusions have been endorsed by at least 30 scientific societies and academies of science,^[4] including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries.^[5][6][7] While individual scientists have voiced disagreement with some findings of the IPCC,^[8] the overwhelming majority of scientists working on climate change agree with the IPCC’s main conclusions.^[9][10]

Climate model projections summarized by the IPCC indicate that average global surface temperature will likely rise a further 1.1 to 6.4 °C (2.0 to 11.5 °F) during the twenty-first century.^[1] This range of values results from the use of differing scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions as well as models with differing climate sensitivity. Although most studies focus on the period up to 2100, warming and sea level rise are expected to continue for more than a thousand years even if greenhouse gas levels are stabilized. The delay in reaching equilibrium is a result of the large heat capacity of the oceans.^[1]

Increasing global temperature is expected to cause sea levels to rise, an increase in the intensity of extreme weather events, and significant changes to the amount and pattern of precipitation, likely leading to an expanse of tropical areas and increased pace of desertification. Other expected effects of global warming include changes in agricultural yields, modifications of trade routes, glacier retreat, mass species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors.

Remaining scientific uncertainties include the amount of warming expected in the future, and how warming and related changes will vary from region to region around the globe. Most national governments have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but there is ongoing political and public debate worldwide regarding what, if any, action should be taken to reduce or reverse future warming or to adapt to its expected consequences.

SAW 5

Saw 5 which is one of the horror film in the SAW series. I didnt expect this much horror as I saw this movie yesterday. As a huge fan of the series of films i was satisfied with the way the movie as taken.The series has always remained consistently interesting, with one of the most compelling and ever expanding plots in film history. The director has kept the suspense and horror live. As i was seeing the movie, it was very interesting. The background music was really cool. But i have to agree with other user comments . They felt this part is little bit boring than other series of this movie. What ever other comments be, i liked this movie. There would always be a suspense and horror in the saw series which the people like to see this kind of films. The saw series is one of the major collection in the box office hits.

BOND GAME

This is Activision’s first attempt at trumping EA with the 007 licence. This means that Treyarch is working hard with the Call of Duty 4 engine to bring the best James Bond experience to life, through video games. Featuring both first and third-person action, a nifty cover-system and quick-time scenarios, Quantum of Solace has lots of potential for actually being a good game.

This is sort of a last minute preview considering that the game is due out next week. But there’s nothing in the rule book that says a last-minute preview isn’t applicable for informing gamers about another movie-based game. It’s quite all right, though, because for the first time in move-to-game history, Activision has done something new and inventive: they used a game engine that actually helps produce fun games. Running on the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare engine, 007: Quantum of Solace takes gamers into the role of 007 like never before.

There isn’t much to say about this game so close to its release that won’t sound like a review, but I will say that the action is absolutely entertaining. The gun mechanics are as good as CoD 4 (duh), and the mixture of third-person wall-covering adds a good touch of strategy to the overall play mechanics. A neat addition to the wall-covering in this game is the third-person view. During firefights, players will play Bond from outside of his eyes, to get a better look at the surrounding environments, as well as how much damage is being done to said environments. Not to hammer a nail through the floorboard, but the CoD 4 engine supports dynamic environmental deconstruction. So players will see set pieces blasting from one area to another and possibly all the way to kingdom come. Well, maybe not kingdom come, but you get my drift.

In addition to the third-person wall covering, the game will also feature third-person fighting, adventuring and some platforming. The game goes in third-person (just like in previous first-person 007 games) to accentuate moments that would otherwise feel un-Bondsy in first-person. For instance, the fighting uses the button-rhythm mechanic that recent Bond games have employed, which allows players to perform a series of preset, yet dynamic sequences. Hey, it sure beats the fighting system in The Bourne Conspiracy. Close-combat can also be used as stealth-tactics in the game – performing these moves allow Bond to stealthily get around some areas without alerting the enemies.

Enough about the close-combat. Let’s talk weapons. Bond can carry two main weapons and a sidearm at any time. There’s approximately 22 different guns in the game. However, each weapon can be modified and altered to suit the player’s weapon specifics. Hence, if you want a sub-machine gun with a scope and a silencer, guess what? Yep, it’s possible. The loadouts can also be modified for multiplayer matches as well. Hence, the weapons are almost a throwback to Rare’s massive multiplayer weapon options in Perfect Dark.

Katrina's stills in yuvraj

katrina a charming girl looks great in yuvraj movie. here is some of the stills which i never seen before. i'm a great fan of katrina. she looks great where most of the people admir her. she is the first person searched by her fans in internet.

INDIAN BOUGHT A WORLDS COSTLIEST HOUSE

This is the house bought by one of the world’s richest man in india “Laxmi mital”. This is the one of the costliest mansion in london which cost £117million. This is the world’s costliest home which has more than100 rooms.
we have to be very much proud that an indian bought the world's costliest house in the world.
but at the same time india is one of the poorest country as they are many beggers in each and every part of the country.
so government has to take some action to overcome these poverty, as an indian each and everyone has to raise the voice so as to make a new era.

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F1 RACE

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton is the 30th - and youngest-ever - world champion. Lady Luck was on his side after title rival Felipe Massa dominated at Interlagos. The Brazilian crossed the line first after a pluperfect performance - and seemed to have achieved the impossible - as Hamilton trailed in sixth.

Rain in the closing stages had prompted the first five - Massa, Renault’s Fernando Alonso, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, Hamilton and Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel - to pit for wet tyres. Crucially, Timo Glock, running sixth for Toyota, did not.

Massa, Alonso and Raikkonen resumed in first to third places, but Hamilton and Vettel fell behind Glock. That was still good enough for Hamilton. But then, under pressure on the 70th lap, he made a crucial mistake and slid wide. It was all Vettel needed and the Toro Rosso driver pushed through to snatch away the fifth place that Hamilton needed to become champion.

Even as Massa crossed the line, Hamilton was only sixth and the Brazilian was the champion. But as Vettel and Hamilton slammed out of the final corner, Glock’s Toyota was slowing in front of them, the German struggling for grip on his increasingly unsuitable rubber. From the jaws of defeat, the British driver snatched back the crown in one of the most dramatic title deciders in history. No Hollywood script could have been more exciting.

Massa controlled things throughout, with Toyota’s Jarno Trulli soon falling back from an initially strong second-place run as everyone began changing from wet to dry-weather tyres after seven laps. Vettel, running a different fuel strategy to the other leaders, was always a threat, running second ahead of Alonso and pressuring Massa several times before stopping earlier for fuel. Raikkonen ran some way behind this trio, but closed in rapidly on Alonso in the final stages and was close to him as Massa crossed the line 13.2s ahead.

Hamilton took few chances, was always around fourth or fifth, and looked easily on target until that dramatic battle at the end. Glock finished sixth, limping across the line well ahead of McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen, and Trulli, the final points scorers.

GHAJINI STILLS

Here is the new look of aamir khan who makeup his boby and hair style for his film ghajini. The film ghajini is directed by murugados who directed the film in tamil version. for the remake of ghajini aamir puts six aabs for which he works very hard. asin is the pair of aamir khan where she makes first debut in bollywood.

SALMAN'S NEW LOOK

Few years ago, played the role of Veer in Yash Chopra’s love story Veer-Zaara. Now salman khan is all set to star in an action film titled Veer. The story of this film (directed by Anil Sharma) has been written by Salman himself. This picture gives you a clearer idea of what to expect from this flick.

Salman, who is always known for experimenting with his looks, is seen in a beefed up, bronzed look with unusually long hair. The actor is seen wearing a fur jacket and an ethnic neckpiece and kada (bangle) Also from the looks of it, Salman seems to be playing a warrior of another era given the fact that he is seen holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.

In the recent past, abishek tried the ’superhero meets warrior’ look in Drona but unfortunately the film sank without a trace. Will Sallu bhai be able to pull of this warrior act in Veer, one will have to wait and watch.