Archives for: July 2006

(Update) Video: True-to-Life story of Online Gamers

This video was made by a Japanese Ragnarok Online player. The idea is to show a true-to-life story of how matured gamers guide and teach newbies. This is a very good movie in the sense that many gamers, old and not-so-new alike will be able to relate a… more »
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AJAX + WordPress = AjaxWp

Gianni Milanesi developed an interesting version of WordPress, the popular blog application for those with their own servers by making it AJAX-enabled. He calls it AjaxWp. The project page it self is at this link. more »
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Dear aunt

Oh em gee, a video report about a Microsoft Windows Vista demo of its voice recognition. You gotta watch this. more »
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Guild Wars Nightfall Off-screen Preview

Saw something in YouTube related to Guild Wars' upcoming Campaign 3 "Nightfall". I don't know how long that video will stay available in YouTube. If the offscreen video was illegally shot, then it will be removed, but if it was publicly shown in… more »
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Google Adds Voicemail

Google Adds Voicemail to GoogleTalk and gMail. As shown in the screenshots which you can find here, GoogleTalk will allow you to record a voicemail and it will convert your voicemail into MP3 format and will be sent to the recipient. It's cool, it's… more »
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Digg Stack and Digg Swarm

While reading new stories via Digg, I noticed the red word "new" in the lower block of the left menu besides the name Digg Labs. Sounds like Google Labs to me and I have an idea what it is, so I clicked. I found, well, Digg Labs, and they have tw… more »
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Clinics for Addicted Gamers and Game Tax

China: Clinic offers gamers path back to realityFrom China Daily dates July 14, 2006, clinics are starting to offer services to get addicted (online) gamers back to the real-world. This isn't just in China but more and more clinics are offering this… more »
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Windows Live Mail Desktop beta now Open

Just a heads up, the Windows Live Mail Desktop beta is now open for all. You can now download and beta test WLMail Desktop without needing an invitation. I strongly suggest that you try this one out if you are using Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express… more »
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Xfire - Blizzard Movie Contest

Xfire and Blizzard teamed-up again to hold another World of Warcraft Movie Contest. They did this last year and it produced top-notch WoW Videos from different categories - Comedy, Music Video, StoryLine (SL), Simply Funny, and others. With over $23,… more »
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Guild Wars Extra Character Slots now Available

The promised extra character slots are now available via an "in-game store". Players should see an "Upgrade" button at the top-right corner of their screens when they log-in the game. Currently, the store offers only extra character slots, as they prom… more »
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Do you use BRB, BBL, LOL, in Verbal Conversation?

When having a verbal conversation In-Real-Life (IRL), do you unconsciously use internet and gaming acronyms like:BRB - Be Right BackBBL - Be Back LaterGTG - Got to GoLOL - Laughs/Laughing Out LoudROFL - Rolls-On-Floor-LaughingIMHO - In-… more »

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Minor Changes in gameshogun

We are announcing that gameshogun is now a blog network. From hereon, each blog here in gameshogun are now a blog on its own. The network's URL also changed from gameshogun.info to gameshogun.ws, the main page is from hereon serve as a consolidation of… more »

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NHN Opens Service in the US

Korea's top online gaming company and game portal, and Korea's top earner in the gaming industry - NHN, opens service in the United States. This is a great move for them, and just as they said when I met them, they will start invading the Western market… more »
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Blood Knights and Shamanistic Draenei

World of Warcraft revealed new secrets for their upcoming expansion The Burning Crusade - Blood Elves have learned how to harness the Light and thus become Paladins and the Draenei received the power of the Elements and has started to follow the Shamanis… more »
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Singapore makes push into next generation of cyber games

An interesting article from Channelnewsasia about Singapore's plan to develop its online gaming market, a market that is getting bigger and bigger every year. So how can Singapore develop its workforce to harness some of the global games market esti… more »
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Guild Wars Nightfall New Professions

It is official, the title of Guild Wars' Campaign 3 is Nightfall which I first posted on May 15, 2006, and I first shared the information about NCsoft's new domain names for Guild Wars Nightfall as well. Read the NCsoft and ArenaNet Press Release… more »

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ArenaNet Announces Guild Wars Nightfall

Guild Wars players invited to play in exclusive Player-versus-Player event as Beta testing launches for next Guild Wars CampaignTuesday 18 July 2006, Brighton, UK/... ArenaNet®, developer of the world’s leading subscription-free online role playin… more »
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FeedBurner Acquires Blogbeat To Further Expand Internet Feed Offerings

I am one of the invited closed testers of Blogbeat and I like it, and just now, FeedBurner and Blogbeat released a joint Press Release.Feed-driven, real-time blog analytics complement the market leader’s core feed management services for online… more »
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