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TDU2, the latest online racing game for the X-Box and
PC platforms has lots of surprises and game play. Developed by Eden Games and published by Atari Games, this is the 10th game in the series. As with the other games in this series, you need to keep racing, winning and gaining experience all the way through the 60 levels of the game. The tracks are set on the islands of Oahu in Hawaii and Ibiza in the Mediterranean. Both the islands are realistically modelled using satellite images. The total race tracks run to 3,000 kms. One can commute from one island to the other by driving to the airport, applicable only on completion of 10 games. There is the Solar Crown championship as well as single player challenges to meet such as taxi and car delivery, police chase, race and speed camera events. The races are often met with by spectacular weather effects such as electrical storms and rain slick roads that make your car skid. To progress through the game, the player has to earn experience points. These points can be earned via four categories: Competition (racing, completing challenges), Social (making friends in the game, joining clubs), Discovery (discover all roads, take photographs of specific locations, find all car wrecks) and Collection (buy cars, houses, furniture, clothing/basic needs). Winning races allow you to earn money and bonus can be earned by driving very fast, performing stunts and drifting though turns at high speed and by avoiding crashes. One can explore the island and inspect car wrecks, as this would unlock more vehicles that are exotic. The range of cars available is fantastic. There are cars like Koenigsegg, 2010 Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder, Pagani Zonda C12S Roadster and many more. There is a combination of high performance street racing cars and off the road hulks. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate this game at 7.5 for uniqueness, cars, control and game play. The game will cost about ` 2,500. Buy it if you have to, or else skip it.
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Three Colours Trilogy
` 349 each
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Shemaroo
Kieslowski directed a series
of three interrelated movies
individually titled Blue (1993), White (1994), and Red (1994), but collectively known as the Three Colours Trilogy. All the |
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three films are set in contemporary French society. Blue concerns with how the wife of a composer copes with the death of her husband and child. White shows a man deal with a Polish immigrant whose wife wants to divorce him because he can’t perform in bed. Final entry in this trilogy of films, Red, concerns a model who finds a retired judge keen on invading people’s privacy. All the three films are deeply personal and fable-like, and they represent humanistic filmmaking at its very best.
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Timeless Music
From Pakistan
` 299 each
Various Artists
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The classical and ghazal doyens from Pakistan, who have left an indelible mark in the world of music, now come alive in the Timeless Music from Pakistan series. This six-pack collectors’ album brings forth the musical genius of a generation which paved the way for singers like Mehdi Hasan, Ghulam Ali and others. These rare recordings have the full-throated and swift taans of Roshan Ara Begum, the upper register of Patiala gharana’s Fateh Ali Khan, the intricate sargams and bol tans of Salamat Ali Khan,
the rendering of darbari raag by Ustad Shagan Khan, and much more. Ghazal lovers are likely to have a great treat listening to these bygone heroes of our shared musical heritage. |
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