Archive for December, 2009

Ingat

That’s the Tagalog word for “Be Careful” or “Be Safe”.

Apologies for the gross pic. But that’s what you get if you don’t be careful around firecrackers this coming New Year. Saw this over at Facebook. Ugghhh!

So, let this be a public service reminder… let’s all be safe!

Happy New Year!

Game of the Year for 2009

Wonder what game made it to Gamespot’s annual Game of the Year search?

Wonder no more… won’t spoil it for you… watch the vid. Thanks!

Getting Started With The PS 3

If you’re a new PS 3 owner, like muah, here’s a cool guide from Gamespot to help you get started.

It has a lot of interesting tips and tricks such as suggested games, getting the most out of HDMI and your hardware, how to stream video, the basics of online gaming (via the PSN) and more.

Head on over to the article. It’s a good read. If you’re thinking of WHAT to get from your Christmas cash-loots… think no further… get yourself a PS 3. ‘Nuff said.

Twas The Dark Night Before Christmas

Bravo! Awesome video. Won’t spoil it for you…. Merry Christmas!

Photography: Macro Without Macro Lenses

Merry Christmas, readers!

Here’s the debut blog post entry for my new “Photography” category. Am not an expert, honestly. Just a noob hobbyist trying to share what I discover from friends and the web. For starters, here’s an interesting hack/trick as taught to me by good friend and officemate, Mark Minoza. Thanks, buddy! – The cheap Macro-without-the-macro-lens trick!

One of the reasons why I got started in photography (and one of the reasons for the purchase of the new DSLR) is my fascination and love-affair with toys and toy photography. If ever there’s a specialty that I’d want to get into, it would be that. At any rate, if you want to get up-close-and-personal with toys (or flowers and insects, for that matter), you’d need to invest in a good macro lens. Them lenses don’t come cheap. For example, for my Canon 500D, the Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens will set you off around P50,000.00 (around $1,000).

Near/same results can be had for just around P500! Curious? Hit jump now…

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Merry Christmas to All

To all my readers and friends. Here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas!

Looking forward to another great year ahead for all of us!

Peace!

~ Mon Macutay (aka GM Tristan)

Female Gamers Grew in 2009

The year 2009 is slowly coming to an end. While many will post the best games of 2009, I’d just like to point out a nice fact – the number of female gamers grew this year.

According to an official report by the NPD, there was a growth of 5% versus last year. From 23% growth in 2008 to 28% in 2009. Said growth attributed to console gaming “Since the rise in console usage among Console Gamers can be mainly attributed to the Wii, which increased in usage by 19 percentage points from last year.”

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Gadgets: Kodak Zi8 HD Pocket Video

Thinking of getting a great Christmas gift for yourself? Consider this… now the Mino-Flip has some serious competition.

Cool!

Canon Lands Square On Ampatuan’s Face


I think I made the right choice with the DSLR purchase

Check out this video as a Canon camera/lens is smacked by a mediaman on Mayor Ampatuan’s face. The guy charged with the massacre at Maguindanao. Nice one, dude… whoever you are.

That’s one tough lens! Wohooo!

The Ultimate Way To Protest

When we Filipinos demand change… we do it this way.

So, what’s wrong?


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