Archive for January, 2008

Dark Illusion Card and Firecrackers

January 31 200816 Commented

Categorized Under: Ragnarok Online

The Dark Illusion Card is now available in the Valkyrie and Valhalla Armory of the Gods. The Dark Illusion Card will replace the Baphomet Card which was the featured MVP Boss Item for the month of January. The DI Card is currently priced at 3,000 Rok Points (150 PHP), making it one of the most [...]

Philippine Ragnarok Online Weekly Update (1/30/08)

January 30 200878 Commented

Categorized Under: Lead Article, Ragnarok Online, Ragnarok Weekly Updates

So what’s up for this week? Well, a lot. Since this weekend, the programmers have been working on optimizing the Valkyrie servers. Based on the feedback, there was little improvement and they’re actually scheduled to fly back to Korea again on Thursday. In the words of our Chief Operating Office - “That’s not acceptable.” It [...]

Freya Server PVP Cup 2008

January 29 200846 Commented

Categorized Under: Lead Article, Ragnarok Online

The community leaders of Philippine Ragnarok Online’s Freya Server have organized a PVP Tournament and they’re really doing their best to promote the event. They sent me the link of their trailer and I was really impressed with the quality of their work. They’ve even documented the fights and they turned it into Game Music [...]

Gadget Review: Samsung U700

January 28 200815 Commented

Categorized Under: Gadgets & Tech

Last December, I bought a Samsung U700 for my girlfriend. I ended up buying another unit for myself since I really loved the slender and sleek design of the phone. In fact, I didn’t even bother checking all the reviews about the unit first before buying it. I should really change that or else I’ll [...]

POGS: Re-Roll Cosplay Pictures

January 28 20082 Commented

Categorized Under: Anime & Cosplay

I wasn’t able to cover the entire Philippine Online Gaming Summit 07-08 event a few weeks ago because I arrived late. Unfortunately for me, I missed the cosplay segment which was actually what I was really excited about. It’s a good thing that my favorite cosplay website, www.cosplay.ph, covered the event and they even set-up [...]

Crossing the Line: Online Gaming & Real Life

January 28 200814 Commented

Categorized Under: Lead Article, Ragnarok Online

When a person asks me what online gaming is, I really can’t summarize it in just one sentence. You can’t just define online gaming as a virtual avatar that gains power by doing quests and killing monsters. It’s more than that, especially here in the Philippines. At the very core of MMORPGs is the community [...]

RF Online Brokebackers Invade Bataan

January 27 200811 Commented

Categorized Under: LU Yosi Break Session

I went to the Baptism of Papaspy007’s new born baby yesterday and I was pleasantly surprised to find out that he also invited a bunch of RF players! I’ll be posting more about the actual Baptism some other day. I’ll focus more on how the RF “Brokebackers” invaded Bataan, hehe. They certainly left an impression [...]

Gravity Programmer Team in Manila

January 26 200833 Commented

Categorized Under: Lead Article, Ragnarok Online

I’m happy to inform everyone that the programmers from Gravity arrived today in Manila from Seoul, South Korea. They will be working here until they resolve the issues that have been hounding Philippine Ragnarok Online for the past weeks - especially the connectivity and disconnection problems of Valkyrie Server! This has been a thorn on [...]

FPS Gamer Saves Life of Stranger

January 25 200812 Commented

Categorized Under: Lead Article, Ragnarok Online

I picked this article up from MMOSITE. Paxton Galvanek, a 28 Year Old FPS Gamer in the US, saved a life because of the lessons he learned from his favorite First Person Shooter (FPS) game, America’s Army. He was driving home when he saw an SUV flip over. He quickly stopped the car and checked [...]

SF3 Ryu versus MK Scorpion

January 24 20088 Commented

Categorized Under: Console Games

Ryu remains to be the main character that carries the Street Fighter franchise. For Midway’s Mortal Kombat, Scorpion can be considered as one of the major characters in the game as well. MJ12 left a comment on the Sexy No Jutsu Post with a link to a video of Youtube featuring Ryu and Scorpion locked [...]