I'm SICK

Well Guys from past 5 or 6 days, I'm really really sick, I'm having fever, Cold, Flu and Sore throat problems. Throat problems are annoying, Last Night I wasn't able to sleep all night due to sickness, Till Today morning I wasn't even able to talk properly without pain but Now I'm a little better and at least I can talk properly and the excruciating pain is a lot lessened.


So this means for now I'm having Spicless food and majorly Soups and Milk e.t.c, You know what kind of useless food. Due to sickness I'm in bed and I don't have to work with brother, sister & mother in effort to clean the house for upcoming Eid-ul-Adha (Which is today Nov 27), It's a grand kind of cleaning.

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Eid-Ul-ADHA

[NOTE = I know many of you aren't Muslims but It's one healthy informatrion to note, So if anyone ever says Eid-ul-Adha or Eid-ul-Azha in front of you, You know what does it mean]

What is Eid-Ul-Adha?

Eid al-Adha "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid" is a holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God.

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At the end of the Hajj (annual pilgrimage to Mecca), Muslims throughout the world celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice). In 2009, Eid al-Adha will begin on approximately November 27th.

Eid al-Adha is the latter of two Eid festivals celebrated by Muslims, whose basis comes from the Quran. Like Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha begins with a short prayer followed by a sermon (khutba).

Eid al-Adha annually falls on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja of the lunar Islamic calendar. The festivities last for three days or more depending on the country. Eid al-Adha occurs the day after the pilgrims conducting Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide, descend from Mount Arafat. It happens to be approximately 70 days after the end of the month of Ramadan (or Eid-al-Fitar).

What does Eid al-Adha commemorate?

During the Hajj, Muslims remember and commemorate the trials and triumphs of the Prophet Abraham. The Quran describes Abraham as follows:

"Surely Abraham was an example, obedient to Allah, by nature upright, and he was not of the polytheists. He was grateful for Our bounties. We chose him and guided him unto a right path. We gave him good in this world, and in the next he will most surely be among the righteous." (Quran)

One of Abraham's main trials was to face the command of Allah to kill his only son. Upon hearing this command, he prepared to submit to Allah's will. When he was all prepared to do it, Allah revealed to him that his "sacrifice" had already been fulfilled. He had shown that his love for his Lord superceded all others, that he would lay down his own life or the lives of those dear to him in order to submit to God.

Why do Muslims sacrifice an animal on this day?

During the celebration of Eid al-Adha, Muslims commemorate and remember Abraham's trials, by themselves slaughtering an animal such as a sheep, camel, or goat. This action is very often misunderstood by those outside the faith.

Allah has given us power over animals and allowed us to eat meat, but only if we pronounce His name at the solemn act of taking life. Muslims slaughter animals in the same way throughout the year. By saying the name of Allah at the time of slaughter, we are reminded that life is sacred.

The meat from the sacrifice of Eid al-Adha is mostly given away to others. One-third is eaten by immediate family and relatives, one-third is given away to friends, and one-third is donated to the poor. The act symbolizes our willingness to give up things that are of benefit to us or close to our hearts, in order to follow Allah's commands. It also symbolizes our willingness to give up some of our own bounties, in order to strengthen ties of friendship and help those who are in need. We recognize that all blessings come from Allah, and we should open our hearts and share with others.

It is very important to understand that the sacrifice itself, as practiced by Muslims, has nothing to do with atoning for our sins or using the blood to wash ourselves from sin. This is a misunderstanding by those of previous generations: "It is not their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah; it is your piety that reaches Him." (Quran)

The symbolism is in the attitude - a willingness to make sacrifices in our lives in order to stay on the Straight Path. Each of us makes small sacrifices, giving up things that are fun or important to us. A true Muslim, one who submits his or herself completely to the Lord, is willing to follow Allah's commands completely and obediently. It is this strength of heart, purity in faith, and willing obedience that our Lord desires from us.

What else do Muslims do to celebrate the holiday?

On the first morning of Eid al-Adha, Muslims around the world attend morning prayers at their local mosques. Prayers are followed by visits with family and friends, and the exchange of greetings and gifts. At some point, members of the family will visit a local farm or otherwise will make arrangements for the slaughter of an animal. The meat is distributed during the days of the holiday or shortly thereafter.

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HAPPY EID-AL-ADHA

Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim friends, Have fun and eat awesome foods, Hope you have one awesome Eid , I've something foyou

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SOME ELSE

• First Happy thanksgiving to you all although I still don't know what it is. I read almost 20 blogs regarding Thanksgiving recently and none of them explained what is this day and Why this day is held. Whenever you are making a blog like this, I mean on any special occasion, You should make a notice that GS is a worldwide website and many people around the world wouldn't know what it is, So please explain a little at least , Please take as an advice not as offensive .

• I'm playing COD MW 2, Actually brother is playing, I just played it for a few minutes but I'm addicted to Fable TLC nowadays.

Hi and Welcome my friends to the October's Monthly Blog, Hopefully you'll enjoy it ......

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Key Moments
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PERSONAL LIFE

This month didn't started good for me, I had a Bike Accident on 2nd of October, Bike was totally busted but I only got a few scratches, Luckily Bike was repaired by Father.

I shared my Result here on Gamespot and My Friend Nappan got banned.

I was really fed up because I wasn't able to spend time on Internet, So I removed a lot of people from my friend's List and after that later in October, I made a blog that I won't use GS as much as before but nowadays once again I'm active

I left the tuition academy, Although I lost one money source but still It's good, I'm saving some time. I did it so I can give more time to the Internet and Gaming except for that the usual College and Gaming .

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GAMESPOT LIFE

• My first blog this month was mix blog, which contained Info regarding NiNtendo's 120th Anniversary, My removal of userss from my GS friends list and some info regarding my Accident.

• After That I made a really funny blog posting two funny videos, If you haven't seen it, You must, It was awesome HERE

• I shared my result with you and told you about one another of my friends here on GS, SMR-Venom who also got banned

• I made my Tagging Blog, Where I shared 10 Facts about my self

• I made a blog telling you that I won't be using GS as much as before from now on
  

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Movies I Watched
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I watched some movies in October but only a few are worth mentioning.

Music and Lyrics is a 2007 American romantic comedy film. It focuses on the relationship that evolves between a former pop music idol (of the fictional band POP!) and an aspiring writer as they struggle to compose a song for the reigning pop diva.

I really enjoyed the movie and I'll say If you like romantic comedies, You should give it a try. It's very entertaining and the 80's theme makes the movie really enjoyable and fun.

RATING = 8 out of 10

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Phone Booth is a 2002 morality thriller about a man who is held hostage in a telephone booth by a sniper. If you like thriller movies, It's a must watch.

RATING = 8 out of 10

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Ever After: A Cinderella Story is a 1998 film adaptation of the fairy tale Cinderella, The usual pantomime and comic elements are removed and the story is instead treated as historical fiction. It is often seen as a modern, post-feminism myth: interpretation of the Cinderella.

I love fairytale movies and I thoroughly enjoyed it, It's a must see if you like magical tales.

RATING = 10 out of 10

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Taken is a 2008 French action thriller film starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, and Maggie Grace. Neeson plays a former Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary operative who sets about tracking down his teenage daughter after she is kidnapped by slave traders while traveling in Europe.

Storywise Taken has a lot of loop holes but If you turn your mind off and Watch Taken, Taken can be an extremely fun and entertaining. The moves the hero does in film are really brutal and are like the upcoming Splinter Conviction.

RATING = 7 out of 10

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Quotes of The Month
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I wrote on door of heart "Please Do not Enter it"

Love Came Smiling and said "Sorry I'm Illiterate"

Sophisticated words quoted by Michell Paul

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry

Unknown

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared

Buddha

You only live once; but if you live it right, once is enough

Adam Marshall

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Ending Note
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• Nothing Special this time. I'm playing Gears of War nowadays, I wanted to play it since long. I'm also playing Fast & Furious and Gran Turismo on PSP.
  

• I may pick up Modern Warware 2 soon, My friends are forcing me a lot to buy it.

• Except for that Games in Small queue are Uncharted 2, Tomb Raider Anniversary, Perona (PSP).

Welcome to my all time pending games blog Part 2, I completed working on this a month ago and posted its First part on 10th of November. Still the ones who don't know what it is, It is a blog of my all time Pending games (As the title states) The idea of making this blog came from my chatting with David on MSN approximately 2 months ago. We both decided that We'll make a list of all time pending or left games, Mine has been finally completed, don't know about his

[AS PREVIOUS BLOG]

I wouldn't lie, This blog took me a lot of time, Yep a lot. I didn't wanted to miss any game, So I went through years of release dates of games and some discussion with my brother & cousin, Searched a lot here and there and finally came up with the ultimate list , It was tough and mostly I did it for myself cause I wanted to know that how many games I've pending or left

Usually I'm one of those who doesn't leaves a game, How terrible it is or how hard it is, It's my first priority to end it, Sometimes I also lost save data's of games, So I started from beginning. I don't like games being left

A game to qualify as pending status must have been from 5th Generation to 7th (Current) Generation and should have been completed at least 15% because sometimes we play a game, Don't like it and throw it away, Those aren't pending in my opinion that's only trying, So enough of my crap let's begin with the list

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I've Covered 9 titles in previous blog and I'll cover 9 more in this part.

[NOTE = There is a total of 18 pending games in this list and from them 2 have been beaten, So only 16 left]

PLATFORM ON WHICH LEFT = DS

REASON OF LEAVING = This is one of those games for which I bought DS, I was far ahead in the game and I had completed 112 out of 112 Puzzles until that time, Oh and the worst thing that can happen to a gamer happened to me, I lost my Save Data, I know I can play it again but wouldn't it be cheating, I'll obtain too much hint coins.

POSSIBILITY OF PLAYING AGAIN = May Be, I'm not sure. I may play it & I may not.

PLATFORM ON WHICH LEFT = DS

REASON OF LEAVING = This is one of those games for which I bought DS or can I say this was the major reason for what I bought DS. I'm not saying its a bad game, I'm only saying that it has some flaws. The Clunky controls of the game were really annoying and I just hated those and this is not only the reason why I left this game, Second reason is my English Vocabulary; It is not that strong, Sometimes I know what I want but I don't know the word.

POSSIBILITY OF PLAYING AGAIN = No, At least not now because I'm having a lot of trouble with vocabulary.

PLATFORM ON WHICH LEFT = PS

REASON OF LEAVING = Well simply you couldnt end this game, There is no story mode, Only tons and tons of challenges but I didn't even unlocked all the challenges, So I'll count it as incomplete. I think I had completed almost 60% as I recall.

POSSIBILITY OF PLAYING AGAIN = No not at all, Only If I get mad and start playing it on my PSP

PLATFORM ON WHICH LEFT = PC

REASON OF LEAVING = Well I started playing it after ending Max Payne 2, So I was never into the game and I dont know why but I just left the game.

POSSIBILITY OF PLAYING AGAIN = May be, Not sure but 80% NO and 20% YES.

PLATFORM ON WHICH LEFT = PC

REASON OF LEAVING = Well I left it long long time ago, I think it was 2006. I didn't played games on PC those days and I didn't like RPGs at all those days.

POSSIBILITY OF PLAYING AGAIN = Well I always want to give this game a retry but I never get enough time or I don't have enough patience

PLATFORM ON WHICH LEFT = PS2

REASON OF LEAVING = My Save data got corrupted.

POSSIBILITY OF PLAYING AGAIN = Yep I may play it some day.

PLATFORM ON WHICH LEFT = PS2

REASON OF LEAVING = I sold my PS2.

POSSIBILITY OF PLAYING AGAIN = No as I no longer have a PS2 and the game is not available on PC nor has been ported to handhelds.

PLATFORM ON WHICH LEFT = PS2

REASON OF LEAVING = I sold my PS2.

POSSIBILITY OF PLAYING AGAIN = Yep I'll beat it soon, The game has been ported to PSP and is almost same game with extra features also and lesser resolution. So this means ending game on PSP will also count as ended , Im currently playing it.

[DOUBTFUL]

NOTE = I'm not sure that whether I ended this game or not, I think I had ended it but brother says that I didn't, I was stuck at last level. As I recall I was in last level in medium difficulty and I started the game in Hard, I was in 5th or 6th level in Hard difficulty when the brother changed the game (As I recall), Now I don't remember that did I beat the game in medium or not But I'm counting it as Pending because my Ended games list doesn't has its name.

PLATFORM ON WHICH LEFT = PS2

REASON OF LEAVING = Brother exchanged the game without asking me.

POSSIBILITY OF PLAYING AGAIN = As the game ain't released on PC and I do not have a PS2, So I'm quite sure that I cant play this game.

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UPDATES

• Guys nowadays I'm having a huge problem, Someone has arrived in my house to live with us (In our brothers room) for at least a month and can stay till 3 months, That person has totally spoiled my time on PC and has taken over my TV and has done a lot of more stuff too. He is my cousin from another city on his vacations. So I'm still trying to adjust things with him. Hope things will get good soon but due to all this I'm addicted to my PSP, That's all for now .

• Make sure to leave a comment

NOTE = I KNOW IT'S A LONG BLOG BUT PLEASE READ IT, YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAVE 50TH BLOG EVERYDAY

I'm very pleased to welcome you all to my 50th Blog, As you all know, It'll be a boring blog as always but I've tried my best to make it interesting. Please if you have some time to spare, Read it entirely. I put a lot of effort into this one.....

I thought a lot that what can be special about this blog. First I wanted to go with "My Time on GS" blog, I did a lot of research and collected some data to make an appropriate blog. It took me quite some time in effort to collect the data and when I began writing to it, I don't know why but I scrapped that idea in the last moment, May be because in February, My GS birthday or anniversary is coming and I thought it'll be appropriate to do the blog at that time. I came up with a new idea: "My Gaming History", Once again I collected some data and did some research and finally got this out of those tons of scrap material..........

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My Gaming History

[CONSOLES]

Oh I wouldn't lie, It's very very hard to write and describe my life with respect to gaming in just a few words but I'll try my best....

• When I played my first game, I think I would have been 2 or 2 1/2 years old. The console was Atari 2600, It was my uncle's console and even at that time, It was a very very old console, Which he gave us as a gift

NOTE = I added this to describe the point properly as many people dind't understood it or are making fun of me in comments, I don't mean that I started playing games at the age of 2 or 2 12, I mean that's the first time I laid my hands on a game controller, You know kids are strange

• I was stuck with Atari 2600 till the age of 6.

• In the same time, My brother had a NES, Which he didn't shared with me cause as a naughty child . I broke the controllers and cartridges and did all other foolish things, Which a child can do, So I played with my Atari 2600.

• When my Brother bought SNES then he gave me his NES I was 6 or so in that time.

• I used the console (NES) for like 1 or so year and then my brother sold both of the consoles and bought Sega Mega Drive or You can call it Genesis too.

• Well I played only a few games on Genesis because for some reason in the childhood, I wasn't really into the games. I just played them for fun sometimes, Otherwise I wasn't addicted to them as brother.

• I only played a few games in those days, Yep may be 20 or so. 10+ on Atari, 10 on Nes, One or two on Snes and one or two on Genesis.

• Due to bad grades of my brother, Father sold Genesis and we were without any console for long time. I was like 8 or so in that time.

• I think We had Genesis for only 6 months and we played like 5 games MAX on that console.

• Well I think when I was 9 to 10, I bought SNES from one of my friends, This is the exact time when PS2 was going to release around the world.

• I played games on NES for like one year and after that with a lot of hard work and effort, Me and brother finally bought ourself a good computer, Which was able to run games. Now that's the place where I got in to Gaming, Not a lot but a little.

• I was 10 to 11 in that time, Those were good days and I was a noob gamer. Remember I'm talking about 2000 and 2001 here.

• When I was 12 years old, I bought myself a Play Station from my cousin, Yep the good old one, Now this is 2002, When PS was almost dead but still I had great time with the console.

• It was not my first time with PS, One of my cousins owned a PS1 since 96 and Me and brother had played a lot of games on his sytem. The reason we didn't had one for ourself was that my father didn't wanted us to get spoiled by the games. He wanted us to be good and responsible kids and students, Which ain't a bad thing in my opinion.

• Yes the PS (Which I bought) was the same which is mentioned above (My Cousin's, Which he had since 96). Note that (as mentioned) I had played a lot of games on this (PS) system from before but owning your personal thing is always great, Isn't it.

• I played games on PS for 2 years and after that I bought a PS2 in early 2005, I was 14 at that time. That's the time When MGS 3 subsistence was released.

• Now once again, It wasn't my first time with the system. I had used PS2 for like 150+ to 200+ hours from before, With my Cousin and friends.

• This was the nightmarish console, Which truly got me into gaming, My grades went down and every bad thing that could happen to someone happened to me. I was playing mature rated games in that time, Thanks to my brother but the problem was that my Social and educational life was pretty damn affected by this console.

• But with time, I managed and surfaced victorious. Now that's great Isn't it

• I used PS2 till 2008 and then I sold it to buy a X360, It's the time when the Great GTA IV was released. Once again it wasn't my first time with console and I had used it before (A little, Just for a few hours). Many people didn't liked X360 at start because here in Asia a lot of people love Sony.

• Well Luckily My console got RROD in less then 4 months and due to X360 not being officially released here, I lost my console. Just for your information Microsoft only covers Warranty support in 26 countries in entire world [For X360 only], Only in those countries, Where Live service is officially released. In other places you are doomed.

• We have PS3 warranty here. PS3 supports worldwide warranty system, Even If PS3 is not released in your country, You can take PS3 to Sony Centre and they will claim your PS3 warranty from other country and will repair it free of charge. Even though it takes some time but at least you can claim your warranty. So I thought I'll buy a PS3 when the price reduces to 300$.

• So I moved to PC gaming and I'm still with it to this date. Although PS3 is 300$ now but I'm comfortable with my PC, So I don't know either I'll buy one or not, When God of War 3 launches.

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Time Line

Some more Info to help you understand the above time line.

• Atari 2600 - 1992 till 1996 [My Age 2 to 6]
• NES - 1993 or 1994 till 1997 or 1998 [My Age 4 to 8]
• SNES - 1996 till 1997 or 1998 [My Age 6 to 8]
• SEGA MEGA DRIVE (a.k.a Genesis) - 1997 or 1998 till 1999 [My Age 8 to 9]
• SNES (AGAIN) - 1999 or 2000 till 2001 [My Age 9 to 11]
• PC - 2001 till This Date [My Age 11 to 19]
• PC (As Gaming Platform) - 2001 till 2005 [My Age 11 to 15]
• PS2 - 2005 till 2008 [My Age 15 to 18]
• X360 - 2008 (April) till 2008 (August) [My Age 18]
• PC (Again as Gaming Platform) 2008 till Now [My Age 18 to 19]

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[PORTABLES]

I didn't merged both Timelines to make it simpler. The Portable Timeline will easily fit in the above, If you read it carefully........

• Our [Me & Bro] first handheld was Game Boy, Which my brother got in 1996, It's the same time, When my brother bought the SNES. Yep he bought Game boy 3 or 4 months after buying the SNES.

• The second one was Game Boy Colour, Which he bought in 2001. This is the time when we were doing PC gaming for the first time.

• We bought a Game Boy Advance SP in 2004 and sold it in early 2005, The reason was that we were bored of Portable gaming. After selling it we bought PS2.

• We bought PSP in 2006, This is the time when I also had a PS2. We sold the handheld in 2008 before buying the X360.

• I bought a DS Lite for myself this year in August and to this date I haven't ended a single game on this, WOW that's an achievement.

• I also have a PSP, Well I don't own it but it's with me mostly. My cousin has two PSPs, One is his little brothers and second is his own, So mostly one of the PSP's is with me and I get the games for free too .

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Time Line

Some more Info to help you understand the above time line.

• Game Boy - 1996 till 2001
• Game Boy Colour - 2001 till 2004
• Game Boy Advance SP - 2004 till 2005
• PSP (First Time) - 2006 till 2008
• NDS Lite - 2009 (August) till Now
• PSP (Again) - 2009 (July) till Now

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THANKSGIVING Area

• As Always thanks to all of you for making it possible for me to achieve this goal, Anyone can make blogs but to get quality comments in it from quality users is always tough.

• Thanks again for giving your detailed opinion as always although I'm not very punctual in checking your blog but you people still always check my blogs and share your opinion with me.

• Thanks to a lot of old users, As mentioned before, I wanted to go with a detailed credits section but that would have made this blog even more longer and boring. So I postponed that blog to February on my GS Anniversary.

• Still this blog couldn't end without mentioning two people. First my friend David (David_lck) for being the best online friend, I ever got because it's never hard for me to share my personal life with you. Secondly Thanks a lot to Gillian (Dinkyfish) for posting the first comment in my blogs and you are one of the oldest users, I'm still in contact with and thanks for your nice and sweet nature. I know I was a noob back then but you never made it realize to me

• In the end thanks to my beloved PC for being with me all the time, Just a sneak peek of my great PC.....

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Hope you people had fun reading this blog, I put a lot of effort into this one. Truly I want your comments, I don't know why but today I'm feeling like I want a detailed comment, If you got some spare time, Please post a detailed comment, Even if it's not on blog it's okay......

Lastly please check out my computer and leave a comment if you can....... HERE

Hi Welcome everyone to Pakhair's Blog, Today is one very special blog, I upgraded my 3D card and Power Supply. I bought a new 3D card Nvidia Xfx GTX 260 Black Edition for approx. 290$ and Cooler Mastewr 600 W power supply (RS-600-PCAR-E3) for approx. 85$. So the total is appox. 375$. Yep I wasted some money.

Here's my beautiful NEW 3D Card and 600W power supply for the record, I upgraded from Nvidia Geforce 9600GT 512 MB, Which was starting to show it's age........

My New Devices

Please Watch my Album Here, For some more photos, Yep I took some time to snap them, Yopu should waste some to see them .........

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Look at the quality of Games

Grand Theft Auto IV

Crysis and Crysis Warhead

Prototype

PLZ PLZ Check out the album and the pics in it and Give your feedback, I'll love to hear it .......