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iRunner for Your iPhone

Amy Tucker — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:39:37 +0000

iRunner is the perfect game for people with an iPhone and very fit fingers.

You’re challenged in four different events-100 meter sprint, 100 meter hurdles, 300 meter beach circuit and the 300 meter mountain circuit-and can even challenge yourself against other players.

Not only will your fingers get a good workout but you can win TONS of prices! Click here to see the prizes in all of their glory.

Here’s a list of the monthly prizes that you can win:

Laptop Computer
Deluxe Massage Chair
SVGA Projector
50″ Plasma TV
iPhone – ( Even though you should have one already! )
PlayStation 3 – Console
Xbox 360 – Console
32″ LCD TV
Projector
SLR Camera
320GB Hard Drive High Definition< Set Top Box
28″ Widscreen LCD Monitor
Digital Camcodrer
Nintendo Wii – Console
Nintendo DS Lite – Console
PlayStation Portable – Console
PlayStation 2 – Console
Guitar Hero : World Tour
2 x PS3 Wireless Console Controller’s
PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii – SingStar (newest volume for the month)
Portable GPS Navigation System
Portable DVD Player
iPod Nano
iPod Touch
Digital Camera

The game costs $1.99 at the Apple App store. Go get it. Your fingers will thank you.

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iRunner for Your iPhone

Poverty and the Global Financial Crisis

Aiza — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:17:41 +0000

reposted from aizadgreat.com

I just started with my new work last Monday and admittedly it was a big huge culture shock for me. The company where I’m at now is uber conservative and formal as compared to the wild and crazy atmosphere where I came from.

But what struck me most is the almost personal way that the big bosses relate to all their employees, even with the rank and file. Like how timely that one of the bosses sent an email to everybody about the present global financial crisis and how we can deal about it as an individual.

I’m not going to post everything here since I really don’t have the guts to email him and ask if I can repost his email for all the world wide web to see. So here’s a gist of what he sent.The response to the crisis may be addressed to in three levels:

At individual levels, we can talk to our family members about the current financial situation and how each can contribute to the crisis at hand. And don’t forget to ask your kid’s opinion, you’ll be surprised at how much stuff school or even friends have taught them about saving and belt tightening.
At corporate level, as employees, we can also help by saving up on electricity, putting non-critical expenditure to hold. To avoid frills and to maximize our patronage of our own merchants will go a long way.
At national level, as citizens of this country, of what we can do to help out. It’s tiring (at least for me) to keep on pointing fingers at others as to why we’re experiencing these crisis. Its high time to think of what we can do to help and focus our efforts on it. Just like the 2nd level, patronizing Philippine made products will definitely keep more Filipinos in their jobs. I know, sometimes, imported goods are cheaper but a peso or two difference will go a long way. Just like what the boss shared in his email, instead of patronizing mineral water from Malaysia, served in an uppity resto, ask for a local product. Conserving energy, just like my BAD post last year, and avoiding wasteful consumption will go a long way to help our country.

Aside from all of this, we should remain calm at all times. Panicking WILL NOT help. And save up as much as three months worth of family expenses.

Its been a while since we ate at our favorite fast food chain and went malling, its one of the steps we thought of to belt tightening. We also spend a lot of time outdoors, when its not raining, so that the little girl gets to play with other kids in the complex and we get to save on electricity, too.

And instead of bringing the car (employee parking is free, wee) with just me in it, I take public transpo. I also try to walk instead of riding the jeep to save up and at the same time, the 5 minute walk will be beneficial for my health too.

So what has all of this got to do with poverty?

If everybody becomes more pro-active in fighting poverty, instead of pointing fingers and putting the blame on the government or to anyone else, I’m sure our lives will definitely become better.

Thank you, Mr. Boss, sir. Your email has become an eye-opener for me.

Image courtesy of Corbis.com

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Video Game Addict Test

Aiza — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:30:02 +0000

While surfing for good material to write, I chanced upon this test from a co-worker’s site. The results were hilarious. I think.

I am 87% Video Game Addict.You got a problem, man. You won’t find the answer to life in a video game. Turn off that console or computer, go outside and try some reality for a change. Take the Video Game Addict Test @ FualiDotCom

I tag anyone (especially people from the Tech Channel) who’d want to test out their addiction, too! Please don’t forget to ping me back or even just a teeny-tiny comment of your results. Gotta love this question: Do your real world friends (if any) call you by your multiplayer profile name? My answer? Yeah, they do….LOLs.

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Social Networks See Potential of Games

Aiza — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:33:07 +0000

Gaming used to be more of the social activity before the advent of video games. Then a few years ago, gaming moguls (the console makers) realized the importance of having gamers hook up with fellow gamers, either via connection cables and now through the internet.

But ask any casual gamer where’s a nice place to meet up and play with just about anybody of your choice. Where else but on social networking sites.

At least the author of this article thought so too.

Sites like MySpace and Scrabulous saw the huge potential of supporting and installing games on their sites. Imagine having hundreds of games to play for free, with your friends or even with total strangers. The number of visits and returns for these players would translate to more income.

Playfish co-founder and CEO, Kristian Segerstrale, even called social networks “the greatest game platform that has ever been built.”

Zynga, the developer of “Texas Hold’Em,” which appears on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Hi5, can attest to that. Mark Pincus, founder and CEO, claims that the title pulls in 900,000 players every day.

Sheesh, that’s a lot of eyeball exposure if you ask me.

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Girl Gamer Shirts

Aiza — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:05:08 +0000

A while back, I tagged of all the bloggers in the games channel. The best thing I loved reading about their answers was their ideal gamer shirt design. I still can’t get over it. I wanted to get myself gamer shirts (since I had none) but I can’t seem to find them in our tropical little island. Here are some of my favorites:

And my ultimate favorite:

Maybe if there’s a shirt saying Gamer Mommy or Gamer Mom, that will be super for me too.

Image taken from Penny Arcade Store, Cafe Press and Etsy

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Girl Gamer Shirts

Not Sure What Kind of Gamer You Are?

Aiza — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:55:12 +0000

As spotted at the new Level Up Games site, GM Tristan took the Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology, to determine what kind of gamer he is. So if you’re not sure if you’re leaning towards being hardcore or casual or a little of both, try out the quiz and see for yourself.

View my results after the jump.

Based on your answers you are …

EASK

EASK players often live by the phrase ‘The journey is often more enjoyable than the destination.’ They are motivated by meeting the challenges of the world, but they are usually in no rush–because seeing the creatures and places of the world is even more fun.

Breakdown: Achiever 60.00%, Explorer 80.00%, Killer 13.33%, Socializer 40.00%

Not really much of a killer, eh? LOL.

Please feel free to share your results here, too.

Image taken from GamerDna.com

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Here’s a quick interpretation of what results will be like:

The Bartle Test was originally designed for players of MUDs (multi-user dungeons) but continues to have applicability to virtual worlds of all kinds–especially MMORPGs. The test attempts to measure a player based on what they enjoy most about a game, based on four axes:

The Four Bartle Catagories

People with high Achiever scores tend to prefer collecting points, levels, treasure and accomplishments that set them apart from other players–or simply present challenges.
People with high Explorer scores tend to enjoy finding all of the unique areas of the world, often enjoying the immersion of the experience. Finding a place with unique monsters and seeing what those monsters do is usually more fun for an Explorer than defeating the monsters themselves.
People with high Killer scores prefer the player-versus-player aspect of any game more than anything offered by the environment. They often relish the adrenaline and challenge of pitting themselves against real players.
People with high Socializer scores enjoy interacting with other people, forming organizations, and finding cooperative solutions to the challenges within the virtual world.

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Acting Out Gaming

Aiza — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:14:08 +0000

I rarely come across TV shows that I like to be crazy enough to download a whole season’s worth of episode. I did that with newcomer The Big Bang Theory and now with Gossip Girl. (Chuck’s up next) There’s just so much buzz about these shows that made me want to watch them all. (Much to the chagrin of the husband, heehee)

So there I was, watching the 8th episode of Gossip Girl when a couple of the female characters challenged the other for a round of Guitar Hero. I was thrilled until I actually watched them play. Acting is one thing, but acting out gaming is another. Watch the video after the jump to see what I mean.

Guitar Hero @ Gossip Girl
by souriya

Guitar Hero @ Gossip Girl
Uploaded by souriya

It seems like they need some more practice, and actual playing experience, to convince viewers that they really do play. At least the characters at the Big Bang Theory are either gamers themselves or they are good in acting out playing Halo.

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Acting Out Gaming

Games Improve Productivity

Aiza — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:04:44 +0000

Now here’s one article that’s right up my alley. *grin*

PopCap recently published a press release showing that banning internet personal use can actually cost around $7.5 billion in business money. Gasp! It also states that casual gaming in the workplace has a positive effect on the work environment.

How do you say?

Well for starters, browsing the internet is one way of breaking work monotony and cutting off that priviledge causes employees to feel resentful about their workplaces. Plus, ten minutes of playing games helps relieves stress and can actually help the mind focus at the task at hand. Sounds good to me.

I just hope this isn’t a ploy for people to play more PopCap games. If it is, just point your browsers to www.popcapbreak.com for a quickie.

Maybe we should all show this to our bosses, don’t you agree?

Oh, wait…. I do work for a gaming company, and heck, they let us play during office hours. Ain’t that just cool?

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New Term: Chick Games!

Aiza — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:58:04 +0000

Now that the industry seems to see a goldmine out of a whole new demographic of gamers, news keeps on popping all over about how publishers and developers are targeting women for their upcoming titles. I just mentioned about it previously but it seems like there’s more where they came from.

Chick Games, just like Chick Flick, are games specifically designed for women gamers. If you haven’t heard of it, well is because its a self made term. Heehee.

Check out these Chick Game news from the past week:

So gear up ladies, we’re going to have a whole lotta fun gaming in the next years.

Image courtesty of Corbis.com

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What do you mean, “No Casual Gaming”??!!!

Aiza — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:08:38 +0000

*tapping fingers and raising an eyebrow*

According to Laurent Fischer, managing director of marketing and PR at Nintendo of Europe, the concept of casual gaming is just plain absurd. He told CasualGaming.biz that its either you’re a gamer or not. Well, that’s true. But as to what TYPE of gamer, that’s where casual gaming comes in.

For years, gaming has been divided into two types of gamers, casual and core. The only difference is that core gaming is something you play for days at a time. While casual gamers can just pickup the game, play it for minutes or hours at a time, leave it and just go back whenever you want to.

What Mr. Fischer didn’t like about the term “casual” is that it denotes games that are easy, ergo, not challenging.

Its like telling that listeners of pop music is not as serious as those who listen to jazz or classical. Pop music may be more mainstream and easier to listen to and having an inclination to it doesn’t mean you’re of the lesser breed.

Same goes with gaming.

Anyone can be a harcore casual gamer, just like Mr. Mike’s girlfriend, or be a casual core gamer.

Nintendo may be hailed king of games, but their execs should get their views straight. Or was this a kind of propaganda for a paradigm shift?

Image lifted from Nintendo.com

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What do you mean, “No Casual Gaming”??!!!