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LIVE 2007 Entrance System
2007-10-31 11:19:29
Konting tulog na lang! Malapit na po ang pinakamalaking online gaming event ng 2007! To make your life a little easier, here’s a quick and easy guide for you to go by. For P50.00 here’s what you get (last year, it was P20 for one day… but check out below) 2 days pass to Level Up LIVE P20 [...] ...
Entrance  System 

Casual Games Means Opportunity For Mobile
2007-10-31 01:30:15
In a study conducted by I-Play, a wholly owned mobile subsidiary of casual games company Oberon Media, of 1,000 online casual games players visiting partner game sites, they found out that casual game players are more likely to play games on their mobile phone. This is good news for first-movers like our Level Up Mobile platform. Here [...] ...
Games 

Gamer Babe: Luna
2007-10-30 11:00:27
I first met Luna when I was writing about Anino Entertainment’s PC Game, Anito. That seemed like an eternity ago. I was working back then for Fast Forward magazine and PC World. Ever since, we’ve become good friends and bump on occasion on conferences, expos and shows. Luna is a very intelligent and and extremely ‘well read’ [...] ...
Gamer 

Hitman The Movie
2007-10-30 04:00:03
The latest “game to film” adaptation, Hitman is set to be released to the big screen this November 21. In Hitman the movie, our anti-hero, Agent 47 is an international assassin who works for a group known only as “The Agency”. Hitman the movie stars Timothy Olyphant. You will probably remember him as Thomas Gabriel and co-stars [...] ...
Hitman  Movie 

Myspace Helps Catch Killer
2007-10-30 01:30:55
Who said SNS sites can’t do any good? Just recently, police in Oakland, USA were able to catch a murderer by logging in and finding clues on the myspace website. Soon after, the authorities were able to apprehend the suspect in the senseless killing of San Leandro High School football player Greg “Doody” Ballard, Jr. According [...] ...
Killer  Myspace 

Join the GM Tristan Blog Carnival
2007-10-29 11:00:00
Alright, I have to admit… the first title that came to mind was “If You Don’t Join My Blog Carnival Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later”. Whew. That would have been a rather long perma-link URL so I opted to the more prudent and direct call to action title above. Ok. I joined blogcarnival.com a few months [...] ...
Blog  Blog Carnival  Carnival 

Mandy Lynn
2007-10-29 10:00:37
You may have noticed a new “girls” link in my category section @ my sidebar and also at my navigation bar above. To add to this collection, today I am featuring model Mandy Lynn. 26 year old Mandy is of German/Italian descent, born at Long Island, New York. She has appeared in a lot of Playboy [...] ...

The New gmtristan.com: Girls, Games and Gadgets
2007-10-29 06:00:34
Ah… the joys of waking up late on a Monday! No work! Bwahahaha… promised myself that I’d blog to relax before the toxic week of LIVE. Just recently, after studying the keywords searched on google that referred me, I decided to slightly shift the focus of my blog and focus on three new things (well, not TOTALLY [...] ...
Gadgets  Games 

Alodia Tops Animax Kawaii Girls Contest
2007-10-29 02:00:14
Philippine Otaku and Cosplay goddess, Alodia Gosengfiao has topped 8 other girls in the recently concluded Animax Kawaii Girls online voting contest. She’s the lucky winner of P100,000 worth of stuff from Levi’s. Photo below is c/o Alodia’s DeviantArt gallery. Congrats, Alodia! You rock!!! alodia, gamer babe, girls ...
Contest 

Level Up LIVE 2007 Tournament Prizes
2007-10-28 07:00:06
The Philippines’ BIGGEST and BADDEST online gaming tournament is just around the corner. At November 3 and 4, all roads will lead to the World Trade Center as various teams and individuals compete for over 1.6 MILLION in total cash and prizes at stake! I already blogged about the cash prizes for the side events and this [...] ...

Level Up Mobile
2007-10-28 02:00:16
Here’s another FIRST in online games and MMORPGs! Level Up in cooperation with the Philippines’ biggest telecommunications company, Smart, is proud to announce LEVEL UP MOBILE! For Smart subscribers, just text LEVEL UP to 299 to download the Level Up Mobile Menu. With the service, gamers can do the following: Link your MyLevelUp Account to your phone Manage your [...] ...

Level Up Live Filmfest: Real Life Online
2007-10-26 03:49:16
It’s only a few days to Level Up LIVE 2007. 8 Days to be exact. I think I’m going to enjoy this long weekend and “recharge” my internal batteries to prepare for 3 days of no-sleep and “Red Bull” spamming when I go off with the team for the ingress. Anyways, the deadline for entries for [...] ...
Life  Real Life 

Top 10 Weapons We Don’t Have Yet
2007-10-25 12:00:47
Now these are NOT video game weapons. I already featured the top 10 video-game weapons before. This post is about real-life weapons that we wished we had right now. Technology is really growing at a fast pace. What seemed like science fiction a few decades ago is now reality. Do look at the bulky tablet PCs in [...] ...

Early Birds’ Prizes for LIVE 2007
2007-10-25 07:00:09
Last year, people were camping out as early as 10pm on the night BEFORE the big event (LIVE 2006). There were even false “sheets” about who was there first. We gave out a lot of in-game prizes for the “Early Birds”. This year, by virtue of tradition (and with even more titles in our online [...] ...
Birds 

Butterfly Wing Vending at Valkyrie
2007-10-25 02:30:39
If you live under a rock, you won’t know that teleport items such as Butterfly Wings or “Bwings” are illegal in Valkyrie, Philippine Ragnarok Online’s newest Free-to-Play (F2P) server. But someone just e-mailed me an interesting screenshot. Apparently, you can see in the photo below that a single butterfly wing is vending at 99M! Holy (*#&*(!@$! Check out [...] ...
Butterfly  Valkyrie 

Optimus Prime On Ebay (The Real Thing)
2007-10-24 14:23:33
No! It’s NOT an action figure. It’s not a toy! It’s the real deal! Someone had the cool idea of modding a REAL Peterbilt Truck to look exactly like Optimus Prime and then he placed it on ebay for bids. It’s a real Transformer… except that it doesn’t transform. It started at $1,000.00 and the final selling price [...] ...
Ebay  Real Thing 

Gamer Babe: Charlene
2007-10-24 09:17:44
Many people will probably remember her as the sexy succubus or the “T-back” girl at the Level Up LIVE 2006 cosplay. But Charlene Datan is also a true-blooded grrl gamer! She’s played through almost all MMORPGs offered here in the Philippines. Charlene is a 20-year old student taking up ES Electronics Communications Engineering. I took a little [...] ...
Gamer 

Contest: Color The Porings
2007-10-22 19:00:15
I told you we’ll be having more blog contests before the end of this month. This here’s my new “Color The Porings” blog contest. Joining is brainless. First, I’d like you to take a good look at the photo below. And then all you have to do is ENTER YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HERE and then just comment below [...] ...
Contest 

CSI:NY in Second Life
2007-10-22 13:00:05
Here’s a first! There will be a special episode of CSI:NY which features Second Life, one of the biggest MMORPGs today. This will be one of the first TV shows that directly incorporate an online game. And that game, Second Life, will also hold an in-game event to help promote the show and vice-versa. Talk about [...] ...
Life  Second Life 

Beyonce is S.I. Swimsuit Cover
2007-10-22 07:00:44
Hot diva Beyonce Knowles is the cover of the coveted Sports Illustrated magazine swimsuit edition 2007. Oh yeah, did I mention that she’s coming here to the Philippines this November 7? Yeah, I already did, for a live concert. PittyDPat was the envy of the office when he brought his own copy of the SI mag. Before [...] ...
Beyonce  Cover  Swimsuit 

iPod Bikini
2007-10-22 03:00:07
Good Morning! It’s another Monday. I scheduled this post to happen at 9am. By this time, I’m likely in the thick of traffic heading on to Mellow Touch’s “Wake Up Call” show for a radio interview about Level Up LIVE. Anyways,  here’s something to liven up your work week. Caution: the photo below is not “work safe”. Combine [...] ...
Bikini  Ipod 

Attending to Casual and Hardcore Players
2007-10-21 13:00:46
Whenever me, my fellow managers and even staff at Level Up Philippines discuss our current games portfolio, one of the issues that crop up is how to classify the games. A lot of talk and debate boils down to putting the dichotomy within 2 - casual and serious (hardcore). When you look at it from the [...] ...

Free Special Headgear for Philippine Ragnarok Online
2007-10-21 10:00:36
Here’s a bonus treat for all Philippine Ragnarok Online players. Starting October 17 (and ending in November 14), we’re giving away TWO (2) special headgear for those who buy game time (not Rok Points). The higher the load, the better the free item. Note that these items are not permanent. Obviously, this will be for the other [...] ...
Headgear  Ragnarok 

Low Blow Tactics
2007-10-21 02:30:56
My brand managers and I are in constant coordination with our Sales force. These “unsung hereos”, the men and women of the sales team are always in the field and sweating it out whenever the marketing team requires a “roll-out” of collaterals - posters, CDs and flyers. I can understand and emphatize. It’s no easy [...] ...

Video: Countdown To War
2007-10-20 08:54:15
Here’s another entry for our Level Up LIVE 2007 Filmfest. This is the second entry and so far both have been for RF online. The first one featured dancing accretians which I already posted a couple of days back. Meanwhile, this one, I think, is entirely rendered by the participant. It shows an accretian going through the [...] ...
Video  War 

MMORPG Trends
2007-10-20 03:00:02
A lot has happened to the MMORPG industry ever since the release of titles such as Ultima Online and Everquest in the late ’90s. Business models have evolved. One of the first was the subscription model, often being “pushed” by a free trial limited either by days or character level. In fact, that mode of [...] ...
Mmorpg 

GMA Statement on Glorietta Makati Blast
2007-10-19 21:34:34
Below is the statement of President Gloria M. Arroyo regarding the blast yesterday at Glorietta mall, Makati. The explosion happened at around 1:20pm at the area near the Luk Yuen tea house. I was deeply worried and I immediately called all my staff and friends who I know frequent the area. Thank goodness, everyone was safe. [...] ...

Starcraft The Board Game
2007-10-19 13:00:53
Every now and then, me and my old pals gather up to play board games. Back in college, it used to be pen-and-paper RPGs like D&D, Vampire, Star Wars, Rifts, etc. But the hassle and time-consuming process of creating characters and gathering everyone for a campaign just doesn’t cut it nowadays (everyone’s busy with this [...] ...
Game  Starcraft 

Explosion At Glorietta
2007-10-19 08:22:26
This just in! At 1:20pm today, a loud explosion occurred at the Glorietta mall in Makati. According to a fast report at inquirer.net,  the cops think it’s from an accidental LPG explosion; “Our initial report is that it was an accidental explosion of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas). We are still trying to determine if there are any [...] ...
Explosion 

Marvel Universe Online
2007-10-19 07:00:29
There’s very little information about the up and coming title co-developed by Microsoft and Cryptic Studios. There’s a short blurb about it at the Cryptic Studios website. The wikipedia entry also states that the game is being developed for both the XBox 360 and PC/Windows Vista (of course, it’s Microsoft). Release date is a “To Be [...] ...
Universe