Super Hero

Thursday, 14 February 2013

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi Biography

Shahid Afridi is a professional cricket player, who was born on March 1, 1980 in Khyber Agency, Pakistan. His parents are of the Afridi tribe in Kohat; he is married to Nadia and has two daughters, Aqsa and Ansha.

Nicknamed ‘Boom Boom Afridi’ for his aggressive batting style, Shahid Afridi is a brilliant all-rounder, as he is also a right-arm leg-spin or medium-paced bowler. In October 1998, he made his Test debut for the Pakistan team against Australia and became a reliable member of his side. Shahid Afridi scored five Test centuries in his career, as of the year 2008; three times against India (1999 and twice in 2006) and twice against the West Indies (2002 and 2005).

His first appearance in an One Day International (ODI) came on October 2, 1996 at Nairobi in a match played against the Kenya cricket team. He rose to become an indispensable member of the Pakistani ODI squad with his remarkable performances since 1996. By making the fastest hundred runs (included six boundaries and eleven 6’s) of 37 balls in an ODI match against Sri Lanka, Shahid Afridi beat the record of Sanath Jayasuriya, a famous Sri Lankan cricketer, on October 4, 1996. He was just 16 years, when he performed this feat and was the youngest player to have achieved such an accomplishment. With Brian Lara, he shares a joint record for scoring the third fastest ODI century out of 45 balls against India in April 2005. By making four of the top eight fastest ODI half centuries, Shahid Afridi has made a mark for himself in the history of ODI cricket. In 2007, he scored 32 runs (including four consecutive sixes) off six balls against Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi. The over was bowled by Malinga Bandara which is considered to the second most expensive over in the ODI history.

Shahid Afridi

Monday, 4 February 2013

Super Hero Squad Show Games

Super Hero Squad Show Games Detail

Where the Marvel Super Hero Squad Show works well (and it never even works all that well) for children, the game fails miserably for children. And where Super Hero Squad works well for adults…well, to be honest it never works well for adults.

The premise of the video game is very similar to the premise of the show – Dr. Doom wants to recreate, from Infinity Fractals, a sword through which he can rule the world. The role of the characters – because there are never less than two characters on the screen, even in a single-player game – is to stop this from happening. The means through which the characters will stop Dr. Doom is apparently by hitting one button over and over and exploiting painfully bad AI. The main methods Dr. Doom uses to stop the characters from succeeding is a nightmarishly horrible camera and crippling lag.

From the beginning of the game, the most apparent thing players will notice is the cheap, untidy aspect of the game. While the graphics are under par for most contemporary video games, they are functional. The sound, however, quickly becomes repetitive, with catch-phrases droning, even for beat-em-up standards. The plentiful cut scenes vary greatly; some are very well-done and others appear to have been rushed.

Super Hero Squad Show Games

Super Hero Game

Super Hero Game

Video games and super heroes both nail the same wish-fulfillment center of the geek brain, so putting those ingredients together should be a simple recipe for awesome. Not so, it turns out. Even after a few scattered success stories, "superhero video game" carries a certain stigma, much like "video-game movie." Sure, they generally aren't top-tier releases with superstar designers and budgets north of $80 million, but those aren't barriers any game needs to cross in order to rock. Something else stops these titles from finding an audience, even when the subject has a solid fanbase.

THQ demoed a bunch of games at its holiday 2010 press event a few weeks ago, but the one that I stared at for almost an hour was Marvel Superhero Squad 2. It’s the company’s second game based on the animated series, and is every bit as bright and adorable as you’d expect chibi superheroes to be.

This game picks up exactly where the second season of the TV show ended. Thanos’ is on the hunt for Infinity Stones to add to his gauntlet and tear up the universe, so it’s the Superhero Squad’s job to stop him. There are 13 playable heroes including Iron Man, Hulk, Wolverine, Thor, Falcon and Scarlet Witch. There are a ton of villains thrown in the mix, too. All of them were voiced by the show’s cast – with a few celebrity cameos thrown in for the mix (John O’Hurley as the Grand Master made me smile). That tip of the hat to the show’s audience should go a long way to keeping them engaged in the game.

Super Hero Game

Super Hero Squad Theme Song

Super Hero Squad Theme Song Detail

The Superhero Squad Show is an action-packed, family-friendly show (with a kick-ass theme song) full of Marvel’s classic superheroes and villains. In Volume 3 (now available on DVD), the greatest heroes unite in search of the missing fragments of the Infinity Sword. The show is full of nutty characters and witty humor as the world’s greatest superheroes prevent Dr. Doom and his hysterically evil minions from completing the Infinity Sword.

Volume 3 features everything from silly love spells to mayhem at Mutant High. With excellent animation, spunky voice-overs, and creative plots, The Superhero Squad Show is perfect for any geeky family. Each episode includes an original adventure. Every obstacle these heroes tackle cannot be done without some much-needed comedy. The overall dialogue flows in a way that makes the scene fun and serious at the same time. It’s serious in the manner that these guys need to get down to business to find that Infinity Sword… but like most people with egos and agendas, it takes a little longer than they would like. In fact, most of the time, they don’t realize they’re off-track until Dr. Doom’s sidekicks show up with a sword fragment. But in the end, they prevail.

Super Hero Squad Theme Song