GTA 5 review-Grand Theft Auto V

Where do you even start with reviewing something like Grand Theft Auto V? Much like the opening of the game proper, when you’re pretty much deposited in downtown Los Santos with the keys to the city jangling in the pocket of your low slung jeans, there’s so much ground to cover you fear you’ll never fit everything in.

Ostensibly this is the story of three contrasting career criminals drawn together by a convoluted chain of events. Franklin is a young gangbanger with a talent for driving; marksman Michael is a master strategist skilled at planning and pulling off heists; and Trevor is a psychopathic pilot with a penchant for starting - and finishing - fights.

You’ll directly control them all, switching freely between them between missions and at opportune moments while on the job.

Each has their own special skill, starting stats and side missions but crucially, given how much time you’ll be spending with them, they’re also cracking company and the perfect antidotes to GTA IV’s more sombre storyline.

Plus, being able to dip in and out of Michael’s dysfunctional family life, Franklin’s turf wars and Trevor’s trailer park empire eliminates the element of grind that occasionally prolonged progression in past GTAs.

Merc S350 CDI toppled and caught fire

A brand new Mercedes Benz S Class car overturned and caught fire after ramming a roadside concrete barricade at Manoor, near Edappal, on Saturday. The car driver, Mohammed Rishi, escaped with injuries. He was admitted to a private hospital.

Rishi had apparently slept at the wheel. He was taking the car from the Benz showroom in Kozhikode to Kochi. It had been brought to Kozhikode for a demonstration. Eye witnesses said the car hit the barricade and overturned. The driver was saved by breaking open the car’s windshield. The car caught fire in 15 minutes after it overturned. Local people said the fire brigade arrived late. They later blockaded the fire brigade, which led to tension for a while. Traffic along NH-17 came to a standstill following the accident.

Sony Xperia E dual

Introduction:

The Sony Xperia E dual is the thrifty Scotsman's dream phone come true – cheap, versatile, and able to work with two SIM cards simultaneously. That latter feature allows one to take advantage of two carriers' deals from a single device, or have two separate phone numbers – one for business and one for personal matters. At the same time, the Xperia E dual provides access to Google Play's vast library of Android applications. It also has acceptable hardware specs, such as a 3.5-inch screen, 1GHz processor, and a 3.2MP camera, so all the basic necessities seem to be covered.

Sony Xperia Z ‘Make Magic’

The Sony Xperia Z is gearing up for a worldwide launch in mere days and it is rolling out with a big marketing campaign. In its homeland of Japan, though, Sony has already made the Xperia Z available and has launched it with a beautifully done ‘Make Magic’ campaign and now you can see the first two video ads.

In a creative 30-second pieces, Sony shows the emotion of using the Xperia Z rather than focusing on technicalities and particular features.

To freshen up your mind, the Xperia Z is a 5-inch 1080p device running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and featuring a water and dust resistant body, and an Exmor RS sensor for its camera