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I Hope Your Vacation Wasn’t Like This
2008-03-24 01:08:34
I was driving through Metro Manila last Thursday and Friday and man, it was like a ghost time. Best motoring I had (every year). Most urbanites were out-of-town and headed to the beaches for the long Holy Week break. How was yours? It’s Monday now, vacation’s over and it’s back to work for a lot of [...] ...

The ICQ Toothpaste
2008-03-23 05:28:48
Do you remember ICQ? One of the first instant messaging services in the web? The Israeli company that developed ICQ has recently partnered with a pharma company to come up with a real, working ICQ TOOTHPASTE (see below). I kid thee not. In fact, it seems that their marketing mantra is “help P2P communication (person to person) [...] ...

[ infotech ] Wifi Can Now Reach 60 Miles
2008-03-23 01:05:33
Wifi here at the office can reach the veranda at the 6th floor but the signal is low (we’re at the 11th floor). I sure wish there’s a way to boost the darn signal. Well, methinks my prayers are finally answered. Intel has recently figured a way to boost WiFi to 60 miles. “The wireless technology, [...] ...

Now Accepting Guest Posting
2008-03-22 02:29:59
Blogging can sometimes take its toll… well, sometimes. But I’d like to open up gmtristan.com to guest posters since I believe that this is a perfect avenue to share your talents and thoughts about the hobby/hobbies that we so much love. You can write about any topic that I currently cover - games, girls, gadgets or [...] ...

Where Do Your Blog Visitors Come From?
2008-03-21 09:01:49
I really love Google Analytics. It’s the blog and site metric webware that I use. It allows me to see at a glance my blog’s stats: how many visited, from where and what they read. If you have a blog, I suggest you try it too. Now, a year into blogging, I’d like to show you [...] ...

Winners of the PW Billboard Contest
2008-03-21 08:20:56
Sorry for the slight delay. Here are the 4 winners who will receive 200 Immortal Stones each in my recently concluded Perfect World Billboard Blog contest. The answer: 26 real people in the billboard The winners ricky rcky_001@yahoo.com seyerks   dickgordon24@yahoo.com.ph Tristan Jay Celeste  tristanjayceleste@yahoo.com D4rkw1n  glencarla26@hotmail.com I will be emailing you later today with instructions on how to get your prizes. Thanks, [...] ...

Religion and Video Games
2008-03-21 03:54:08
It’s Holy Week once again. It’s time to reflect upon the real reason for the holiday. While we’re at it, I’d like to repost this piece which I did last year (around the same time) at my old blogger blog. It’s about Christian video games, its history and how it affects us today. I invite you to [...] ...

NCAA Scores
2008-03-20 23:24:59
The first day of the US NCAA college basketball season just opened a couple of days ago. It’s good to see some of the potential pro stars in the NBA duke it out against their collegiate rivals for pride and team spirit. In case you’re into NCAA College basketball and are looking for real-time scores, here [...] ...

[ movies ] New Hulk Movie - Ed Norton
2008-03-20 10:22:53
Yey! The Hulk is back. HULK SMASH!!! This time it’s goodbye Eric Bana (the 2003 Hulk) and hello Ed Norton (I love this guy… see him American History X, dudes!). The new Hulk is set to be shown June of this year. I won’t spoli who his enemy is. Just check out the trailer below, kids. Another [...] ...

Xbox 360 Fails 67% of the Time
2008-03-20 02:10:08
Egad! Now that I’m in the market for a new console, things are looking bad for my first choice - the Xbox 360. According to this poll by Cheap Ass Gamer, some people have reported that their Xbox 360 fails 67% of the time. And some have even reported not single, but repeated failures. I can [...] ...

Guest Posting for MommyOnTop
2008-03-19 08:08:56
The new mommy blog, www.mommyontop.com is run by my officemate, friend and soon-to-be “kumare”, Meng Abad Morales. It’s good to know that she’s finally taken up blogging seriously. Judging from the looks of it, mommyontop.com will go a long way. Keep it up, girl! At any rate, and as a welcome respite from all the tech [...] ...

HD Trailers - My New Hobby
2008-03-19 01:49:46
Eversince I got my big-ass TV, downloading high-definition (HD) movie and game trailers has been a new and enjoyable hobby for me. In fact, I even “infected” some officemates and friends to scrap the idea of just watchin low-res streaming vids and trailers and really experience what high-definition truly is. Now, they’re into collecting HD trailers [...] ...

Marketing: Why Signs Are Important
2008-03-18 20:08:03
If you’re into the Marketing profession, like I am, it’s essential to know the importance of outdoor advertising or signs Here in the local online gaming industry, we do a lot of signage - posters, streamers, tarps, vinyl or a lot of other materials. We try to cover the crowded “real estate” of the Internet cafes [...] ...

Don’t Let Bad Credit Ruin Your Day
2008-03-18 19:40:16
I’ve been going through my credit card purchases recently. A couple of small purchases here, a dinner there, the occasional gas really adds up. This lead me to search for some tips and stuff that I should know just in case I get into bad credit. I found out that the number of people having debt [...] ...

Get FREE Coupons for FlyFF Philippines
2008-03-18 07:00:41
Ey FlyFFers! Heads up! GM Atma and the lovely GM Kumiko recently came up with another great and fantastic promo for FlyFF Philippines. It’s called the Get Coupons promo. What’s it about, you ask? Simple lang! If you haven’t topped-up before, simply top-up and we’ll add bonus coupons for you! It can’t get any simpler than that. Plus, we’ve “produced” a simple [...] ...

The New RF Online Guild Top Up Promo
2008-03-18 04:57:33
With the success of RF’s latest patch, Crimson Dawn, the RF Marketing team and the GMs are continuing their invasion of the local MMO industry with the recent launch of the new and improved Guild Top Up Promo! How does it work? It’s quite simple, when you top-up for RF, you can tag it to your [...] ...

WTF?!? MS Excel is the Next 3D Graphics Game Engine?
2008-03-18 02:20:02
Crysis may have set a new benchmark in terms of what the 3D capabilities of the modern-day computer are. Alone in the Dark is setting the pace for HD console gaming… but do you know that Microsoft Excel may be revolutionary when it comes 3D game engine platforms? Hard to believe? Continue reading… Peter Rakos of Gamasutra [...] ...

Level Up Link Bombing
2008-03-17 07:21:14
Don’t be surprised by the term “link bombing”. I just wanna share a few bullets of what’s currently happening (or will happen soon) for all our current games. RF Online The Guild Top Up Promo just launched. Your guild can get FREE in-game items just by topping up as a team. Brainless! Meanwhile, the GMs have cooked up another [...] ...

Mario Writes to Nintendo
2008-03-17 01:08:29
We all know Mario, our favorite Italian plumber, right? He’s been with us through some good and sucky games. And yes, he’s getting old. Recently, our the jolly be-moustached plumber sent an open letter to Nintendo to formally complain and explain to them HIS side of the story. I thought I’d share this with you guys. Dugg [...] ...

Pacquiao Marquez 2. Pacman Wins!
2008-03-16 06:12:38
It’s all over, folks… Manny “Pacman” Paquiao, the pride of the Philippines has defeated Mexican Juan Miguel Manuel Marquez in a 12-round split decision for their world lightweight fight just concluded at Las Vegas. This fight is the much anticipated rematch from their last encounter 4 years ago. According to ESPN, Pacquiao won a narrow split decision [...] ...

Pacquiao Marquez Match Results
2008-03-15 19:08:19
Well… we all know their fight is today. But I’d like to share with you a few facts and the results of their previous battle (which was a draw) before the whole nation and the world face the boob tube or the internet for this most anticipated rematch between our very own, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao [...] ...

[ gadgets ] Dirty Tech
2008-03-15 04:06:43
Have you ever noticed how much grime, grease and dirt gets on your gadgets? More specifically on your mice or keyboard? Oh yeah, baby. You might not notice it now. But if you’re a slob, all the crumbs from your food will get in the cracks on your keyboard and all that disgusting grime will make [...] ...

Ideas for a Holy Week Gaming Gig
2008-03-14 03:07:18
What are you going to do for the coming Holy Week (next week)? Work and school most likely ends on Wednesday (Mar 19) and the entire Metro Manila crowd will probably head on to Boracay or nearby beaches. But why not have a gaming gig for Holy Week? It’s about time you spend quality time with friends [...] ...

Olivia Munn
2008-03-13 02:52:57
Due to a “request”, I’m featuring this week’s GM T Girl - Olivia Munn. Olivia may be the hottest nerd gamer chick ever. Born July 2, 1982 in Oklahoma, Olivia is half-Chinese and half American. After some modeling jobs and stints, her real claim to fame is being the host of the popular tech TV show, [...] ...

Bb Pilipinas World Interview 2008 Janina San Miguel
2008-03-12 16:02:57
OMG! This is one of the hottest topics in town right now. Last weekend, the newly crowned Binibining Pilipinas World - Janina San Miguel shocked us all when she ate her own words and totally gave in to “pressure” even though she told host Paolo B that “No, I don’t feel any fressure right now”. What follows [...] ...

User Generated Ragnarok Battle Animation
2008-03-12 05:45:28
We all acknowledge talent in the community. I for one know how creative players can be. In fact, I always stressed the importance of UGC (or User Generated Content) for a game. If the content can’t actually be used for the game client, at least it creates a viral impression upon players and would-be new [...] ...

[ movies ] Rambo Death Chart
2008-03-12 02:09:22
Have you seen the new Rambo movie? I did and I enjoyed it. I won’t call it great. It simply is entertaining. Considering that Stallone produced, wrote, starred and directed this flick, it’s not so bad either. Story? What’s that? Not to spoil it, I’ll just say that it follows the old “Rambo formula” - he’s [...] ...

Alone in the Dark Tech Demo
2008-03-11 06:00:55
When it comes to new and great ideas in gameplay and realism, Alone in the Dark is the game to beat. Alone in the Dark was one of the pioneers in the survival-horror-action genre and now the guys at Atari are well on their way to revolutionize how we play games. AitD will provide a complete [...] ...

Baguio for the Weekend
2008-03-11 01:48:56
Last weekend, I was at Baguio to do field work and check on the Internet cafes there. Each senior manager is tasked to do sales/field experience and mine was at the summer capital. It’s been around 10 years or so since I’ve been to the City of Pines. I left for Baguio Friday, March 7 and [...] ...

Transport Strike for Metro Manila Pushes Today (Mar 11)
2008-03-10 17:53:08
OMG! Breaking news! The planned transport strike by transport groups such as PISTON will push through today, March 11, 2008 Tuesday. The bad news is, it doesn’t cover JUST jeepneys but taxis, buses and tricycles as well. Some of the companies that my friends work for have already declared no work today. But we here at the [...] ...