
Wonder what movies made it big last year? Wonder no more!
Hit “jump” to see the list of movies that scored big in the box office last 2008.

Wonder what movies made it big last year? Wonder no more!
Hit “jump” to see the list of movies that scored big in the box office last 2008.
After the long and detailed 2008 year end review, now I’d like to share with you some of the most memorable and most popular posts here at my blog for the past year.
2008 has been one heck of a ride and the blog has never been better. Thanks to all of you, of course, my dear readers. Without your support, diligence and visits, gmtristan.com would never experience the kind of growth that it has right now. Being human, there have been hits and there have been “misses”. One can never be perfect, yet we always strive to be better by giving more value to others in what we do.
To do that, just remember to do the what’s moral and what’s right… and do a damn good job at it. Now, let’s click the “read more” link before I reach for a hankie and get teary-eyed…
Let me just share with you the Top 10 search terms on Google and Yahoo by Filipinos. There’s a great difference between searches from the 2 search giants. For Google, the top search term was “lyrics” while Yahoo had “American Idol” as the top search term for last year.
The complete Top 10 list after the jump.

Time to say goodbye to 2008 and welcome the new challenges of 2009. 2008 was a great year for the local gaming scene and even the worldwide gaming industry.
Here’s a Year-In-Review for the past year, 2008. Join me as we look back in the great year that was.
As promised, here are photos of booth babes from the Gstar 2008 event here in Seoul, Korea.
I had a lot of meetings and activities and only managed to photograph a few of the babes. But don’t worry, I’ll get more on day 2 hopefully.
Enough about me, on to the babes…
Ey peeps!
Great news! This week, we finally launched the official website of Level Up LIVE 2008. Point your browsers to
http://www.levelupgames.ph/live2008/
This year’s motiff for LIVE 2008 is an Olympic feel. And yes, the BIGGEST online gaming event just got better. I’d like to thank everyone who worked really hard to put together the site. Project Manager Alex Mena, of course (ever dependable), Sansan, Daqs and everyone at creatives. The individual Head Judges per game (the Community Managers), the game Brand Managers, ICT and Webdev, GPS, New Media, Events and everyone who pitched in. Thanks so much for a fantastic job!
A couple of days ago, we unvieled the official teaser page of LIVE 2008. We’ve managed to embed a playlist with new videos culled from the GM T/Level Up Youtube Channel. Thanks to the efforts of our Creative team, Project Manager Alex M and webdev! Sweet!
This marks the beggining of yet another great tournament season for LIVE. I am still the overall tournament director and, together with the team, am very excited about the line up of tourneys and events for LIVE 2008.
Level Up! has always been, and always will be, about online games, tournaments, and you, the gamer!
And this year, you’ll experience a different Level Up! Live! (more…)
I’m currently heading early preparations for LIVE 2008. And yes, the Philippines’ BIGGEST and BEST online gaming event will be even bigger (and badder) this year.
Currently, the various head judges for the 5 tournaments for Ragnarok, Perfect World, RF Online, FlyFF and Freestyle are finalizing the new tournament rules and mechanics. We’re also busy laying out the foundations for the theme of this year’s Live. I can’t share it with you right now but I promise that you’ll hear it from me very soon.
Meanhwile, If you want to get the inside stuff on Live 2008, I suggest you add the LIVE friendster account to yours. The profile page is
http://profiles.friendster.com/leveluplive
and the e-mail is

I’ll wait for it, ok? Feel free to spread the word.
Hi all gamers!
I’m inviting to be with me and Level Up since we are part of the POGS (Philippine Online Gaming Summit) 2008 ReRoll event. This event will happen (all day) on Sunday, Jan 13, 2008 at the new Trinoma Mall in Quezon City.
We have lots of gimmicks in our booth. I’ll be there with some of my Brand Managers, Community Managers and GMs. So, I hope to seeya there as well.

Oh, did I say that I am giving away a brand new NINTENDO DS at the event? Hell, yeah! How to join after the jump…
I’ve scheduled this post to be automatically posted at 11:59PM tonight. This is my last post for the year.
And what a year it was! Thanks to all those who supported gmtristan.com in 2007. I had some ups and downs during my career and even while blogging. But the blog has helped me keep sane through all the months of hard work and stress. It’s an outlet to release some creativity in me and to help me share something I love with those with the same passion. I’m sure the Waukster shares the same sentiment. Hapy New Year, Carlo!
So, let’s raise our glasses for the coming New Year and bid adieu 2007! Here’s to more Girls, Games and Gadgets and more of gmtristan.com in 2008!

And since I can’t have real fireworks on the site, let’s make some noise with a video…
That, after the jump…