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Title:Shadow of Doubt
Album: The Vision of Escaflowne : Original Soundtrack 2
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The song starts with a single instrument. And then they add another instrument, offbeat. And then a third, again out of beat with the first two. Just trying to concentrate on the offbeat instruments simultaneously is a musical delight.
Towards the end of the song, the pattern repeats, but this time with four instruments playing out of sync with each other but somehow with a certain harmony between them. One can get on a high with just this one piece of music.

Title: Fatal
Album: The Vision of Escaflowne : Original Soundtrack 3
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A short song (2 minutes) consisting only of whistling. The tune is divine and smooth and has no instruments interrupting or enhancing it.

Title: Max’s choice: Duty vs. Passion
Album: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
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A man has to choose between his duty and his love. He needs both to live and without either, he is lost. One of the best in-game tracks from the second installation of Max Payne.

Travelogue

Ranchi to Ernakulam via Kanpur Central, Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Bhopal, Itarsi, Kalyan, Panvel, Madgaon, Manglore and Kozhikode (Calicut).

That is 4 days of train journey condensed into a line. Add to that a night at a hotel in New Delhi, watching the Germany – Turkey Euro semifinals (with the inevitable screaming and shouting and abuses at 2 in the morning), the maniac like food spree in the Mangala Lakshadweep Exp (Banana Fry and coffee, repeated ad infinitum), the beautiful and almost Kerala like scenery of southern coastal Maharashtra and Goa (except for a certain non-abundance of coconut trees and banana plants), and lots and lots of tunnels which finally start to bore you and the grand entry into Kerala amidst heavy and brilliant rain, and you have a travelogue.

Prodigious Diablo

Today has been a day of discoveries. First I found out that Ubisoft is indeed bringing out a new game in the Prince of Persia series. Great. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. It has been tentatively titled Prodigy.

And the second is that Blizzard is bringing out Diablo 3. Lots from Blizzard stables this year then. They already have World of Warcraft : Wrath of the Lich King and Starcraft II slated for release. And now Diablo 3. Nice. I am loving it.