31 Mar, 2008
Here’s some latest update from everyone’s fav anticipated MMO title, Ragnarok 2.
According to the translated script of this Japanese article, Gravity Korea announced an update last March 26, 2008 on Ragnarok Online 2.
An “Armor Reinforcement System” allows protective equipment to provide special effects, thus giving more value to equipments than normal items. Monsters are also to use a variety of skills and improved strategies when fighting. High-level characters can now go through more than newly added 100 quests.
And yes, that’s the entire translation of that short update. That’s all she wrote, ika nga. I’ll update more as news come in.
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30 Mar, 2008
It all starts out as a hobby for most people. Blogging, that is.
But once you learn the exciting world of blogging and how you can GIVE value to others by providing content and sharing your ideas then success will not be far away. At the onset, one can go for the free blogging services like Blogger or Wordpress but pretty soon (and when your readership and hits grow), you’ll want to take your blog to the next level by getting your own domain and finding a web host.
Here are some practical tips to help you find the best web hosting service for your blog.
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30 Mar, 2008
The launch of a new server is always welcome news. To us, on the business side, this means that we’ve created a lot of demand, and the worlds (servers) are becomming too crowded too fast. It’s a good marketing and business problem. It also goes to show who’s the better online gaming company (*snicker). That’s why we’re all excited about the launch of new servers for both Perfect World and RF Online.
For players, new servers are a good way to start. Your build sucked? Try the new world and learn from your mistakes. Want to start a new “all-star” guild? A new server is also the perfect avenue. Or, you might want to be a part of power level race since you already know where the optimized places to level are. Whatever your reasons, new servers always offer a smile.
Dates and details of both servers after the jump
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29 Mar, 2008
Hot off the press…
MMO giant NCSoft has just announced that they are allowing the use of the Unreal 3 game engine for the development of 2 unannounced and yet-to-be-developed MMORPGs
In their statement, the company said that “it has reinforced its relationship with Epic Games, Inc. by licensing Unreal Engine 3 to develop two unannounced, top-tier massively multiplayer online games. NCsoft has achieved spectacular results working with the Unreal Engine over the years”
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28 Mar, 2008
If you’re a gamer, it’s best to have gadgets specifically designed for your stringent needs (or requirements).
Here, in my latest gadget round-up, I review 4 cool gear that you simply cannot afford to ignore.
Store your screenshots and character info in a big 4GB flashdrive, get ready to connect all your devices with a sleek and stylish USB port, a great wireless keyboard and finally, a device that Brainiac will use if he were a gamer.
Check it out!
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27 Mar, 2008
This guest post is by Kelvin Uy. Kelvin immediately wrote me when he heard that I was opening up guest posting in this blog. In fact, he’s scheduled to conduct his OJT (on-the-job-training) at Level Up this week and we’re both equally excited to meet and get to know each other.
On with his article…
I remember the first time I played console games with the Nintendo system. Those were Street Fighter and the famous Super Mario Bros. It me took countless hours of playing - until I finished the game and then play them all over again. Meanwhile, new Playstation and PS2 games have been published to grab a significant portion of the market share.
With the evolution of technology, game developers have crossed through another medium called the Internet and massively multiplayer PC games have been produced. Thus was born the MMORPG.
Which is better? You decide.
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27 Mar, 2008
This new (real-life, not CG or animated) movie will hit theaters in 2009.
G.I. Joe the movie is from Paramount and the action-adventure stars Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arnold Vosloo and Christopher Eccleston.
Ray Park (Darth Maul) stars as the legendary Snake Eyes (pictured below. Click to enlarge).
There’s no trailer yet but Paramount released two official photos of Park as Snake Eyes.
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26 Mar, 2008
Second Skin, by Purewest Films (www.secondskinfilm.com) is new, movie/documentary about online games and MMORPGs.
What’s interesting here is they take 7 gamers whose lives changed forever because of virtual worlds. The movie tackles identity, community, economy, love, addiction and many other facets of this growing worldwide “boom”. The movie states that 50 million people play MMORPGs - your friend, relative, officemate, classmate or even your mom could be a gamer.
Their official movie site details the film more: “Second Skin takes an intimate look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging genre of Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs). World of Warcraft, Second Life, and Everquest allow millions of users to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces. Second Skin introduces us to couples who have fallen in love without meeting, disabled players who have found new purpose, addicts, Chinese gold-farming sweatshop workers, wealthy online entrepreneurs and legendary guild leaders - all living in a world that doesn’t quite exist.”
Trailer follows
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26 Mar, 2008
Ey peeps… been quite awhile since I posted a new Gamer Profile.
Today, I’m going to showcase a regular visitor and active commenter here at the gmtristan.com community, sylverblade.
At 22, aside from gaming, Steph (pronounced “stip”, he claims) likes writing, blogging and doing programming. He’s also an avid gamer and has tried FPS, MMO and other genres. He particularly hates cheaters… and so do I.
Anyways, let’s hear it from sylv3rblade himself…
The interview after the jump
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25 Mar, 2008
The passing of Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons is a true loss not just to the pen-and-paper or traditional RPG industry but to the entire gaming community.
There is much that we owe D&D - part largely to Gary’s ideas and imagination. From the rudimentary rules of miniatures war gaming, Gary culled the rules for the first D&D system. He, together with Dave Arneson, opened the universe to gaming. Imagine what fantasy gaming, video games and MMORPGs would be like without D&D and without Gary’s legacy?
What a bland landscape that would be. There wouldn’t be any Lynx, no Cloud or Final Fantasy and certainly Ragnarok or WoW would never have been conceived.
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