MMORPGs should always have merchandise that they can sell. Not only does this increase brand recall, it’s also an alternative revenue stream for the company. When I was at the Gravity Festival in Seoul, Korea, they really had a lot of Ragnarok merchandise up for grabs. I bought some Ragnarok Goblin figurines and since I [...]
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Filipinos have always been fascinated with noontime shows. Eat Bulaga has made it big in both ABS-CBN and GMA 7. There was also a time when SOP and APO were big hits. Lately, the noontime show wars has been put into the spotlight because of the Wowowee Scandal. Joey De Leon, host of Eat Bulaga, [...]
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One of my favorite anime titles finally released another episode – Bleach 138 is now out! For those who don’t know about Bleach, it’s a fantasy japanese animation series that focuses on the Shinigami (Death Gods). In a nutshell, the Shinigami are like angels that protect the balance of souls in the world. Souls that [...]
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After unveiling their new mobile phone handsets in Singapore, NOKIA announced that they’re transforming their mobile phone gaming service into an entirely new gaming platform. I totally agree with the readers of this blog when they pointed out that the life blood of a gaming platform is the content – the games. The NOKIA N-Gage [...]
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I’m convinced that the Philippine movie industry and our politicians are already going bannanas (crazy). Here’s a quick summary of what happened in the past few days. First, Joey Marquez, ex-mayor and actor, was just convicted of graft and corruption. He’ll be spending 6-10 years in jail as punishment for overpriced brooms that he bought [...]
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In an unprecedented move by the Philippine Senate, the Wowowee scandal will be put under the spotlight as Senator Mar Roxas declared today that he will file a resolution seeking for a Senate probe on the alleged cheating. Apparently Wowowee’s segments are covered by the promo policies of the Department of Trade and Industry. The [...]
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Abe Olandres is one of the people who inspired me to start blogging. I’m an avid reader of his blog and I was pleasantly surprised to read about the new phones that NOKIA unveiled in their event “NOKIA: Go Play!” in Singapore. They showcased 4 new phones and one of them was touted to be [...]
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Triple H finally returned to the squared circle in WWE’s pay-per-view: Summerslam 2007. Personally, I didn’t think that the creative people in WWE weren’t able to come up with a good story arc for the return of the Game. Come on! Triple H against King Booker? That’s as lame as William Regal being the General [...]
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The Philippines MMORPG community is really addicted to bonus EXP rates. But before I even go there and discuss the topic, I’d like to announce that Philippine Ragnarok Online will have bonus EXP rates on September 5 – 12, 2007. This is to welcome Episode 11.1: Rachel which will go live on commerical servers on [...]
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I’ve been getting reports that the FIP problem is back. I need this confirmed by our FIP players so we can do an internal investigation. I’ve already asked our IT Team though to look into this already. Please discuss and limit all comments pertaining to this problem in this post. Let’s not be OT with [...]
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