Mortal Kombat Online Multiplayer is so much fun!!

Playing "Ultimate Mortal Kombat" for the DS is so much fun, especially the online mode. I love playing the online mode and kicking everyone's ass on the internet. It is just so much fun. Well the true story.....I get my ass kicked more from other players online!! But no regrets. The online mode of this DS version is the best I've seen so far from this series. There has never been a more satisfying online multiplayer experience on the DS thank this MK game. It perfectly sets you up with other players online who are just waiting to show of their moves. I have always been a huge fan of the multiplayer online version games available on the DS and this game proves to be on top of my list.

Watch the online Wifi multiplayer experience below:


Well coming back to the experience part, so how does it work? Well simple, you just switch on the game, chose multiplayer option and BANG! you are thrown into the MK world where your opponent is randomly selected. Then comes the player selection screen where you select your favorite player, and then you are into the game! The matches are configured as a normal MK game, 2 rounds = 1 match. After every match your rank is updated online. So in real-time you can track what is your ranking among other players around the world who are playing MK. I'm rated 1988.

The single player campaign is your regular MK 3 title format where you have an option to choose any of the 3 choices, easy, normal and hard category and then fight! The sound effects are top quality, no compromises here. The visual quality though is a little let down considering this is an actual port of the original MK 3 game. No visual improvements here. But no regrets, every downfall in visual is made up by seeing so much BLOOD! The blood effects are in full flow!

After you complete the single player campaign, you have an option to play the Puzzle mode which I'm not a big fan of. I liked to dive into the online mode more often than to play any of the other modes.

Sop if you are an MK fan and want to have a great fighting game on your DS, this game scores on all your requirements. If you want to play a online fighting game on the DS, then this game is a must buy. So keep fighting....FATALITY!

Real-time Ocean Rendering using FFT
Ever wondered how do games render those beautiful oceans in real-time? Well a quick answer would be Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT). These are magic words which allow you to compute some of the best looking water rendering bodies. Have a look at the video below where a ocean was computed using FFT:


FFT is a tricky subject and involves some deep math to understand its concepts. The below article discusses some of the nuances of ocean computation and rendering using FFT.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3036/deep_water_animation_and_rendering.php

The below video shows another example of how FFT is used for ocean rendering:

Finally Finished Manager mode in FIFA 08 (DS) - 5/5 stars!
I finally finished 5 seasons in the manager mode of fifa 08for the ds. This means I finally have achieved 5 out of 5 stars for this feat as a manager! Man I'm thrilled! It has been a very very long 5th season playing as Chelsea but finally I as a manager managed to come second in the EPL charts as well as win the Champions league! So considering there are 38 matches to be played a season and then playing the FA cup, champions trophy every season, the tournament can be very long. A season would cover a average of 50 matches. A normal football match would last for 20 minutes. This means 1000 minutes for an entire season! Which would mean 5000 minutes for 5 seasons....man this was long! But all this was well worth it. I used to play this game while I was traveling to work in the train. It is interesting that I finished 5 seasons playing this game in the train! Thats the power of handheld gaming! I love my DS!

So what do I do next? Well first would stop playing this game as I've exhausted its worth. I want to move on to play a solid RPG game, one of my favorite genres. I have started playing this new rpg game called "The World Ends With You" by Square Enix, the gods of rpg brand makers. So FIFA 08, bye for now!