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Iron Man Latest Trailer

The latest movie of Marvel - Iron Man, just released their latest trailer a few days ago, February 28, 2008! It’s amazing how Robert Downey Jr. suits the role of Tony Stark. I remember being very pessimistic about him playing Iron Man but it looks like I was wrong. I’m pretty sure that this movie [...]

GMA Should NOT Resign

I’ve always been monitoring the NBN-ZTE-Lozada issue since it began and I’ve actually been blogging about it in my Philippine Politics Blog. I avoid talking about politics here at Waukster since this blog is primarily about the online gaming pop culture and politics is too sensitive to discuss. However, I’ll make an exception today and [...]

Life at Level Up Games

I went around the office today and ask some random employees the question “How does it feel working for Level Up Games?” I’d like to share with everyone the answers of the four employees I was able to ambush interview, namely: Keith Morales (RF Brand Manager), JP Pelayo (PW Brand Manager), Toti Alido (FS Community [...]

WoW Real Money Trading

Real Money Trading (RMT), also known as the “PHP” trade is one of the most popular terms in the online gaming vocubulary. It’s basically selling in-game items or virtual assets for real life cash. This doesn’t just happen in the Philippines, in fact it’s also rampant in World of Warcraft. It’s so profitable that companies [...]

Final Fantasy Themes by Orchestra

Ragnarok Assistant Brand Manager Rob Yatco gave me this link to a video on Youtube that showed a full orchestra and choir performing various themes from Final Fantasy Advent Children. I was a bit skeptical at first but after watching it I now find myself looking for the MP3’s because I want them on my [...]

Veins Flame & Resonance Event

MVP hunting has always been one of the most enjoyable and rewarding activities in any MMORPG. In the latest patch of Philippine Ragnarok Online, the Flame Lord, Ifrit, makes his debut as the newest and toughest MVP in town. The Ragnarok Team has decided to give you guys more incentive to take him down with [...]

Ben Colayco’s Gadgets Interview

Level up Game Boss Ben Colayco was recently featured in an article published in the January 30 edition of the Inquirer Gadgets Gallery section. In the interview, Ben names his favorite gadgets and narrates how they are now part of his everyday life for both business and pleasure. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:
INQ: What [...]

New Premium Headgears Trailer

Several new premium headgear will be added in the coming weeks. There’s no definite schedule yet so we will all have to wait until this is confirmed by the Ragnarok Team. Our Product Development group made a promotional video to showcase the new premium headgears. Note that some of them are animated and if you [...]

Naruto Shippuuden Review (Ep. 39-43)

Naruto Shippuuden has picked up the pace and I’m slowly getting hooked again into watching it. I’ve always been a fan of the rivalry between Naruto and Sasuke so it’s good to see that the anime series is now heading towards that direction. . After defeating Akatsuki member Saosori, Sakura gets a valuable tip - [...]

Level up Top Philippine Website

Abe Olandres, one of the top bloggers of the Philippines, recently wrote about the top local websites in the country. Based on the Alexa rankings, the official website of Level up Games (www.levelupgames.ph) is the number 1 locally made website in the Philippines. It’s followed by the website of our competitor, e-Games. This is an [...]

2007 Top 10 Posts

In just a few hours from now, we will be entering 2008 and leaving behind 2007. I’ll be praying that none of you guys lose any fingers or any other body part during the fireworks hour at around 11-12 midnight, hehe. To close the year, I’m going to revisit my personal favorite top 10 posts [...]

Maria Ozawa in Perfect World

I won’t bother explaining this post too much. I was able to find the entry of a player who copied Maria Ozawa for the Perfect World Perfect Match Contest which was held at the World Trade Center for LU LIVE 2007. Thanks to JC Medina for sharing with me the picture.

Stunning resemblance. [...]

Cosplay.ph LIVE 2007 Pictures

One of the event partners for Level-up! LIVE 2007 was Cosplay dot Ph. Pablo, aka Nethermir, is a good friend of mine and it was really nice to see them help out with the Cause Play booth. Anyway, there are a lot of cosplayers and photographers over at Cosplay dot Ph. They made an album [...]

DOA Japan Bikini Girl Contest

Dead or Alive (DOA) is one of the most famous video games in the world. If I’m not mistaken, it even has a regular tournament in the annual World Cyber Games. To spice things up, the owners of DOA in Japan had a Bikini Girl Contest which they launched last September. It’s actually related because [...]