Lately I have stopped playing indoor games. My current versions of indoor games have diminished to in-pc games. Yes, I'm addicted to playing games on my PC rather then with a human opponent. I have come to like the clichéd title "man vs. machine" better, quite challenging I must say. I'm thrilled about the thought of beating the machine. I was a FIFA fan. Now, I play NFS. My loyalties keep shifting. I'm not an avid gamer. Still anything new thrills me and I can't RIP until I've nailed all the levels on that game be it full version or a demo. Prelude to all the above was this revelation, incidentally it occurred pretty late in my life. Many like me, must have figured it out by now.While I was browsing the net for the new arcade board games I found this thing called "3D Battle Chess". The game download visuals were quite appealing. I already had 2 versions of chess game on my PC. But there was something intriguing about the "3D Battle Chess" First, It didn't cost me a dime (it was free for download) Second, it just took less than 3MB of my disk space (Psst..I use my office notebook to play) Third, this was the most interesting part "3D Battle Animation" Yes, the animation was totally awesome. It was not a normal 3D chess board. As the name suggests the battle was for real. The pawns came to life. It was like having your own army, cavalry and of course a live bishop, king and her majesty herself. Whoa! This game must have already been available in market for long now. But guess what, I found this amazing thing very recently. It reminded me of the Harry Potter Movie, especially the Wizards Chess scene in the sequel sorcerer's stone Playing this thing was absolute delight but watching pawns alive, the knights slashing it out while the queen brilliantly took command along with the bishop to annihilate their adversaries. For a moment I forgot that I was playing chess, it was like a role play, I felt like a medieval War Queen.(yeah like "Xena the Warrior Princess", C'mon, I know she was not a Queen). The game was just beginning to get addictive. I was no pro in chess. Trust me, I remember losing it more often than winning. But this time it was different. Game was On! Ha ha…., you bet I had the last laugh! After every game
My strained mind and eye needed some rest. I took a refreshing break. My way of refresher was a long drag of Marlboro Lights. While, I allowed my brain and lungs feed on good amount of nicotine. The Origin of chess game began to bother me. I remember reading somewhere that it was originated in India. (such strategic games can only be invented by Indians and nobody else!) But who invented it? No, my intelligence was not pondering for the name of the person. But a gender Yes! The Gender, after playing quite a bit , I came to the conclusion that, this game must have been built and strategize by a woman rather than a man. A true feminist approach, isn't it? I bet, anybody who have come know this game be it an amateur, professional, novice or a beginner would agree. (No Offense meant to any "Male Soul") It's the game of the Queen! not the King .
