Archive for May, 2008
One of the most unique sections of Waukster Online is the Level Up Employee Interviews. Last month we were able to catch up with our Chief Financial and Human Resources Director, Rick Laig. Today, I’m going to feature another special interview with the Marketing Director of Level Up Games, Jake San Diego. Jake has provided [...]
May 18th, 2008 | Posted in LU Yosi Break Session | 33 Comments
Level Up Games, in cooperation with the local government of Cebu and various universities there, held a Mural Painting Contest in Cebu. The canvass was a 1 KM stretch of walls and students from various universities had to paint them with responsible gaming and education themes. I’m really happy with this project since this goes [...]
May 17th, 2008 | Posted in Lead Article, Ragnarok Online | 9 Comments
A few years ago, I helped co-found the Tribo Habagat guild in World of Warcraft Bonechewer server. I decided to quit since I couldn’t focus on WoW at that time since it was RPC season and the guild was looking up to me for leadership. A good friend of mine who’s still playing sent me [...]
May 17th, 2008 | Posted in Other PC & Console Games | 10 Comments
The cat is out of the bag! It started with ePLDT, Level Up’s mother company, releasing the revenue figures for Level Up in the first quarter of this year. Within a matter of days, one of our competitors made their own press release claiming that they’ve beaten Level Up and that they are now the [...]
May 16th, 2008 | Posted in Lead Article | 24 Comments
Pinoy Money Talk recently compiled the top 50 Philippine blogs according to Alexa ranking. I’ll repost it here so everyone who’s interested in reading the top local blogs can bookmark the urls. It’s nice to see that Waukster Online landed on number 31 (LOL).
Anyway, here’s the list:
1. DotaStrategy.com/blog
2. Rickey.org
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May 15th, 2008 | Posted in Gadgets & Tech | 10 Comments
Time really flies really quickly. It’s already Wednesday again and here’s the weekly update for Philippine Ragnarok Online. More than the usual item mall additions and discounts, today marks the first day of the Ragnarok Philippine Championships Agit Lords and Wild Cards competitions. Take note that the winner of RPC 2008 will be our official [...]
May 13th, 2008 | Posted in Lead Article, Ragnarok Online, Ragnarok Weekly Updates | 70 Comments
Marvel is doing an excellent job with keeping the buzz with Incredible Hulk, Captain America, and the Avengers. First, they planted Nick Fury in Iron Man, and we now have proof that they also planted several important teasers for Captain America. It’s really not obvious so you will need a great eye to spot it, [...]
May 12th, 2008 | Posted in Anime & Movies | 3 Comments
Finally - we’re going to see legal iPhones in the market soon! As announced in the Globe corporate website, they will be the exclusive distributor of the highly anticipated mobile phone in the country. I have a feeling that there was an intense battle for the license behind the scenes between Globe and our sister [...]
May 12th, 2008 | Posted in Gadgets & Tech | 33 Comments
I’ve finally bought my car! I’ll write more about it in the coming days but for now I’d like to share with everyone a simple guide on car financing for brand new cars. I’m not an expert in this so I can only write what I personally experienced in my quest to get a new [...]
May 11th, 2008 | Posted in Featured Articles | 21 Comments
I’ve split some of the sections here at Waukster Online to accomodate a few other topics that I would also like to write about every now and then. Starting today, this section will cover Cosplay AND Music. That means that I can write about my favorite songs, artists, or whatnot here. To kick things off, [...]
May 11th, 2008 | Posted in Music & Cosplay | 14 Comments
Right after the massive success of Iron Man, Marvel Studios announced their line-up of movies all the way up to 2011. It looks like the last part in the Iron Man movie was really there to set-up the succeeding offerings of Marvel. It’s pretty clear that they’re focusing on the Avengers plot and if DC [...]
May 10th, 2008 | Posted in Anime & Movies | 9 Comments
First, let me apologize to everyone for not posting in the past two days. I was actually out of town for the Level Up annual outing so I wasn’t able to write anything while I was there. Don’t worry, I’ll make it up to you this weekend. I’ll be posting a lot of interesting articles [...]
May 9th, 2008 | Posted in Lead Article, Ragnarok Online | 39 Comments
We’ve uploaded the videos of last year’s Ragnarok World Championships in the Level Up LIVE 2008 website. To those who don’t know, our good friend Joey Alarilla went with us to Seoul, South Korea, to cover the tournament and the Gravity Festival. He took these videos and they were actually featured on Inquirer.net! Thanks again [...]
May 6th, 2008 | Posted in Lead Article, Ragnarok Online | 41 Comments
Here’s a new in-game event for everyone to enjoy! It’s actually very simple - you go out and literally wipe out Geographers for their drops and you can turn them in for bonus EXP and other items. It’s really nothing complicated so I won’t bother elaborating on the details. Here’s the official announcement as posted [...]
May 5th, 2008 | Posted in Lead Article, Ragnarok Online | 27 Comments
First, I’d like to thank everyone who signed the CHEAPER MEDICINES BILL online petition. The law was passed last week and we’re now just waiting for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to sign the bill. This is really a great milestone for the country and I look forward to more affordable medicines for future generations. Thank you [...]
May 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Lead Article | 13 Comments