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Flash Action
by Badong Reyes
MANILA, Philippines -- The most popular and most often played games in the world are not games like Counterstrike or World of Warcraft. They don't even use 3D graphics for the most part and are typically free. Yup, the most popular games being played today are completely free of charge.
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The Business of Innovation
by Badong Reyes
Around this time last year, the Philippine online gaming scene saw a new and potent player enter the market. IP e-Games was the proverbial freshman in a market dominated by older and established gaming companies. One year later, we have IP e-Games as an experienced veteran with a successful year behind it.
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Shadowgrounds
by Badong Reyes
There's a more-or-less universal law that applies to human endeavor. It's called the "Keep It Simple, Stupid" law or KISS for short. The implication of this law is that the simplest way possible is usually the best way to do anything.
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Extreme Elevation
by Badong Reyes
Level-Up Games is pretty much the 500-pound gorilla in Philippine online gaming. It's been about five years since this game publisher moseyed in to shake things up for Pinoy gamers with their free installer and accessible pay-for-play business model.
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A Publisher Rising
by Badong Reyes
Hardcore gamers love to bash game publishers. Any time a game gets released with deal breaking bugs - and there are way too many of those - fans start complaining loudly about how the "suits" messed up what could have been a great game.
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Darwinia
by Badong Reyes
BADONG G. REYES -- There are top quality games and games that aren't quite as top quality as the publisher would like you to think. We've all seen major hype turn into commercial fiascos, as expectations don't meet with the actual reality. Can anyone remember Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness? Case in point.
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Roman classic
by Badong Reyes
After several years of pressure from various strategy freaks, I picked up a copy of the two-year-old "Rome: Total War" just to see what the strategy grognards were raving about.
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