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Blog Tip: Captivating Headlines
2008-04-15 03:22:13
Actually this tip doesn’t just apply to bloggers. It also applies to writers or web editors who make posts or articles on web-based or printed material. In a nutshell, you have to write with your headline (first) in mind. In my previous article, How to Write Better News, I tackled the fundamentals of creating crisp and direct-to-the-point [...] ...

A Pinoy MMORPG?
2008-04-14 02:26:57
I’ve always toyed with the idea of conceptualizing and designing an all-Filipino MMORPG, one that shouts “truly Pinoy”. It’s in my “career wish list”, so to speak. I guess there’s nothing wrong with daydreaming. But I know we’re not far from achieving it. Some of my friends have already designed Anito, the first true Filipino PC game. But when [...] ...

Get More Value for your Gaming Money
2008-04-13 03:44:42
Even if the game is Free-to-Play, you need money to sustain your online gaming. If you play at an Internet Cafe, you will spend on hourly rentals - this is usually P20 per hour here in the Philippines. Don’t forget your essentials like food, drinks and transportation and you’ll only be limited by your daily budget. This [...] ...

Free In-Game Items With Gamer Sim
2008-04-12 04:15:24
We are now launching the Level Up Gamer Sim. Currently, our sales force are rolling it out to cafes nationwide. We’ll be coming up with a list of where the sims will be available soon. The Gamer Sim will be sold at an SRP of P55.00 each. And best of all, each purchase will come with selected [...] ...

Embracing Failures
2008-04-11 03:08:46
I’m currently reading a business book, Re-Imagine by Tom Peters. In it, interestingly enough, is a section on embracing failures. Tom writes; “Failure is something that companies and individuals must… embrace. Frankly, at all costs. Unless you’re searching… wildly! … you’re not going to reach that Brass Ring Called… Hyper-Sucess amidst a Brawl with No [...] ...

Interviewed at The Path to the Pegasus Letter
2008-04-10 06:53:40
Hey peeps. Just a short and sweet post. I recently got interviewed at The Path to the Pegasus Letter where I talk about the origins of this blog, girls, blogging in general, how much I make (almost) and my predictions for the web. Thanks a lot to Daniel. I appreciate it, dude. Just wanted to return the favor [...] ...

[ toys ] Lego AT-AT
2008-04-10 04:11:56
I loved Lego when I was a kid. And I also loved Star Wars. Here’s a cool combo of the two - an actual MOTORIZED AT AT Walker Check it out. The challenge is to assemble the thousand-piece kit. Once you’re done, you can actually enjoy your own creation and see it move. Look closely below and [...] ...

Girls Aloud
2008-04-09 02:48:27
Girls Aloud is the hottest and most popular British girl music group. Formed as part of the British reality TV show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, Girls Aloud set records as the first all-girl group to debut at number one in the UK charts. Google it and you’ll know what I mean. Girls Aloud consists of [...] ...

Ozine Fest 2008
2008-04-08 08:39:52
It sure was a busy weekend for me. I was at the Ozine Fest 2008 last Sunday, April 6. Venue? SM Megamall megatrade hall. The Ozine event is all about Otaku - cosplay, anime, manga, toys and of course, online games. And we were there in full force as co-presentor. I arrived around 3pm just in time to catch the [...] ...

Gamer Cribs: Girard Garcia
2008-04-08 02:42:37
When we go on coffee breaks here at Level Up, we always end up talking about gaming. We compare notes on the best setups, how to avoid 3RLs in Xbox, etc. etc. This made me think; wouldn’t it be cool to feature and show my readers some of the actual gaming cribs of actual Pinoy gamers? [...] ...

April Fools on the Web
2008-04-07 08:36:43
Were you a victim last April 1? Apparently a lot netizens were. Here’s a collection of pranks pulled off by some websites during that wicked day. I wasn’t prepared at all for doing an April Fools prank on my friends. Sigh. Aside from sticking some outrageous post-its at random people at the office, that was mostly it. [...] ...

My New Nokia N77
2008-04-07 04:11:28
I’m saying goodbye to “old faithful”… my Nokia 6680. It has served me well. Goodbye, old friend. Meanwhile, I say hello to a new associate - my new Nokia N77. The phone, my official office service unit, arrived last Friday from SMART and that (along with Rica Peralejo coming to visit us) completed my week. I really [...] ...

Rica Peralejo Was Here
2008-04-06 03:39:20
Well… she was in the office… yeba! Why, you may ask? She video-taped a portion for the ABS-CBN morning show “Umagang Kay Ganda” last Thursday. I guess the show was was looking for good Guitar Hero players…. (check out one of the comments here) and found us (*snicker). Well, we didn’t just showed her just guitars but the [...] ...

Weng Weng Rap Video
2008-04-05 14:48:57
Boy! It’s been a long week. Apologies for the infrequent posts. Me and my team are doing our quarterly reviews and we’re buried deep in tons of spreadsheets. I also organized an internal gaming league for my officemates and we had the debut games yesterday, Friday (more about that in a separate posts). Meanwhile, I’m trying to [...] ...

Internet Cafe Must Haves
2008-04-03 07:52:20
When you walk into an internet cafe, what are the things you look for? Is it ambience? Do you ask how fast the computers and the connection are? These and many more can make or break a cafe. There are several factors to success, most notably would be good customer service. Let’s try to analyze what [...] ...

Is It All About the Graphics?
2008-04-02 08:04:42
Lately, I’ve been musing over how huge the hardware requirements for video games are. Want to play a game such as Crysis? Then you’ve got to bleed cash for you to enjoy it. How about HD gaming? Surely, you need a high-end console such as the Xbox 360 and the PS3. But some consoles have [...] ...

Bonus Silk for SilkRoad Online
2008-04-02 03:17:55
The official website for SilkRoad online has recently announced various bonus silk events. Here’s the official article: We have prepared the Bonus Silk Event with various update. We ask for our users’ interest in this event and detailed information is as follows. [Event Outline] Details: Bonus Silk will be added when charging Silk product more than 500 Silk Payment Option: [...] ...

FlyFF v11 Destination Azria
2008-04-01 02:08:03
By now, you probably know a little about FlyFF version 11. The brand team for FlyFF, led by the famous GM Atma decided to call this version “Destination Azria”. The focus of this campaign is to invite everyone to try out the new map in V11 called, duh, Azria. Azria offers a lot of new monsters which [...] ...

More Than 100 Quests For Ragnarok 2
2008-03-31 02:17:32
Here’s some latest update from everyone’s fav anticipated MMO title, Ragnarok 2. According to the translated script of this Japanese article, Gravity Korea announced an update last March 26, 2008 on Ragnarok Online 2. An “Armor Reinforcement System” allows protective equipment to provide special effects, thus giving more value to equipments than normal items. Monsters are also to use [...] ...

A Guide to Web Hosting for Bloggers
2008-03-29 21:51:01
It all starts out as a hobby for most people. Blogging, that is. But once you learn the exciting world of blogging and how you can GIVE value to others by providing content and sharing your ideas then success will not be far away. At the onset, one can go for the free blogging services like [...] ...

New Servers for RF and PW
2008-03-29 19:28:58
The launch of a new server is always welcome news. To us, on the business side, this means that we’ve created a lot of demand, and the worlds (servers) are becomming too crowded too fast. It’s a good marketing and business problem. It also goes to show who’s the better online gaming company (*snicker). That’s [...] ...

Unreal 3 Engine For 2 New MMOs?
2008-03-29 02:12:49
Hot off the press… MMO giant NCSoft has just announced that they are allowing the use of the Unreal 3 game engine for the development of 2 unannounced and yet-to-be-developed MMORPGs In their statement, the company said that “it has reinforced its relationship with Epic Games, Inc. by licensing Unreal Engine 3 to develop two unannounced, top-tier massively [...] ...

Gamer Gadget Roundup
2008-03-28 00:24:31
If you’re a gamer, it’s best to have gadgets specifically designed for your stringent needs (or requirements). Here, in my latest gadget round-up, I review 4 cool gear that you simply cannot afford to ignore. Store your screenshots and character info in a big 4GB flashdrive, get ready to connect all your devices with a sleek and [...] ...

Console vs Online Gaming (by Kelvin Uy)
2008-03-27 05:58:59
This guest post is by Kelvin Uy. Kelvin immediately wrote me when he heard that I was opening up guest posting in this blog. In fact, he’s scheduled to conduct his OJT (on-the-job-training) at Level Up this week and we’re both equally excited to meet and get to know each other. On with his article… I remember [...] ...

G.I. Joe the Movie
2008-03-27 02:14:23
This new (real-life, not CG or animated) movie will hit theaters in 2009. G.I. Joe the movie is from Paramount and the action-adventure stars Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arnold Vosloo and Christopher Eccleston. Ray Park (Darth Maul) stars as the legendary Snake Eyes (pictured below. [...] ...

Second Skin - MMO Movie Documentary
2008-03-26 05:55:41
Second Skin, by Purewest Films (www.secondskinfilm.com) is new, movie/documentary about online games and MMORPGs. What’s interesting here is they take 7 gamers whose lives changed forever because of virtual worlds. The movie tackles identity, community, economy, love, addiction and many other facets of this growing worldwide “boom”. The movie states that 50 million people play MMORPGs [...] ...

Gamer Profile: sylv3rblade
2008-03-26 01:48:19
Ey peeps… been quite awhile since I posted a new Gamer Profile. Today, I’m going to showcase a regular visitor and active commenter here at the gmtristan.com community, sylverblade. At 22, aside from gaming, Steph (pronounced “stip”, he claims) likes writing, blogging and doing programming. He’s also an avid gamer and has tried FPS, MMO and other [...] ...

6 Things MMOs Owe to D&D
2008-03-25 08:07:18
The passing of Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons is a true loss not just to the pen-and-paper or traditional RPG industry but to the entire gaming community. There is much that we owe D&D - part largely to Gary’s ideas and imagination. From the rudimentary rules of miniatures war gaming, Gary culled the rules [...] ...

Honda Remix Concept Car
2008-03-25 02:18:30
Concept cars are way cool! And Honda is not one to be left behind. Presenting the Honda Remix, unveiled last 2006 at the LA Auto Show, this uber-sexy and stylish car is sure to make jaws drop. I want one! The REMIX explores the shape and design of a two-seat sports car focused on agile and [...] ...

Marissa Miller
2008-03-24 04:33:32
Model Marissa Miller loves surfing. In fact, it was during surfing that she had a break in her modeling career. She was discovered by Mario Testino, a famous photographer. He took a few pictures of her and went back to his studio.  Not long afterwards, Marisa was called and asked if he wanted to become [...] ...