You gotta Build, Rule and Conquer

Sounds like a catchy phrase huh? well that's the slogan for the newest mmo broswer game to be released in the Philippines. Cubizone Philippines; one of the newest MMO publishers in the Philippines will release Casvian; a strategy and role-playing web based game will start their close beta next week.



For those who have no idea on how the gameplay is, just imagine playing Heroes of Might and Magic, but online and in a web browser

for more info, visit the official site: http://buildruleconquer.ph/

I'll be posting the review of the game in a few weeks after it's beta release..so stay tuned

Pumpkins!!!!!

Ahh Halloween or some call it All Hallow's Eve, the special where kids get to wear costumes (and not only otakus and game geeks get to wear costumes) and roam around their town to grab candies on every door they could knock.

But what's Halloween without it's famous trademark: the Jack o' Lantern, pumpkins that are carved with scary faces that are sometimes are being displayed outside or sometimes inside the house as decorations.

Some hardcore people would break the tradition of pumpkin carving by carving different designs. from movies to comics and now....gaming!

The folks at Kotaku managed to compile some of the coolest carved pumpkin designs for gaming, so here are the pics: enjoy and Happy Halloween!

Bioshock

Borderlands

Bowser

Earthworm Jim

Fallout

Kratos

Half Life logo

Master Chief

Left 4 Dead logo

Mario

Pac-Man

Plants vs. Zombies

Hero Nation Event

HERO NATION
THE ULTIMATE YOUTH GATHERING!

November 30, 2009 at A-Venue, Makati Ave., Makati City

Let’s unite and join forces and enjoy this event!

Featuring these exciting and fun activities!

1. The Way of the Cosplay
2. Hero A.C.T.S. (A cosplay true scene – photo contest)
3. Hero In Tune! (Battle of the Bands)
4. Hero Com (Hero Original Comics Competition)
5. On-the-Spot Draw A Hero Contest

o The Ultimate Hero Category
o The League of Heroes Category

6. Dub It Out: The Director’s Cut (dubbing competition)
7. Street Dance Battle
8. i Animate Showcase (Animation Showcase)
9. Might of the Online Warriors

o Run-Up Online
o ABS Interactive Online Tournament

Support Activities

1. Chess Master Competition
2. Arcade & Console Gaming Area
3. ABS Interactive Online Gaming
4. Wall Climbing
5. Hero’s Creative Wall

….and much much more!

See you there!

Sources:
philanime.com
Hero TV Forums

Event Aftermath: Komikon 2009

Last October 18, 2009 held the 5th Komikon (Filipino Komiks Convention) at the Megatrade Hall 1 in SM Megamall.

Komikon is the gathering of Filipino comic book artist from the past up to the present which featured art galleries of old Pinoy Komiks and booths of upcoming Komiks from the new generation.

Originally the Komikon was set at the UP (University of the Philippines) Bahay ng Alumni at UP Diliman, but for the first time, they venued at the SM Megamall

Komikon also held their wnd Komikon Awards were they give recognition to the talent comic book artist in the local industry, here are the winners:
source: komikon.org

Best Graphic Novel / Anthology: Martial Law Babies by Arnold Arre
Best Comic Series: Cast by Jamie Bautista, Nautilus
Best Comic Magazine: Mangaholix by Groundbreakers, Inc.
Best Comic Strip Compilation: Pugad baboy by Pol Medina Jr.
Best Webcomic: Kubori Strips for the Soul by Michael David (www.kuborikikiam.com)
Best Cover: Cast issue 11 by Arnold Arre
Best Comic Creator/s: Arnold Arre
Best Cartoonist: Hazel Manzano, Callwork
Best Komiks Character: Michiko of Ninja Girl Ko!, Mangaholix
Best Comic Scene: Ces’ Poem from Will, Cast issue 10 by Jamie Bautista & Arnold Arre
Grassroot Award:
1st place: Life as Viciously Impossible by Daphne Martinez (Lambchild)
2nd place: Nurse Macho Origins by Mangaholix
3rd place: Kalayaan by Gio Paredes, GMP Comics

Comic Aid Award: Elbert Or and Japan Foundation Manila

Here are some pics from the recent Komikon 2009



















Until next year for Komikon 2010

What Happened?: The Experience on Cinemanila Machinima Festival

Last October 20, 2009. Cinemanila hosted a Festival for Machinima shorts and music videos at Fully Booked Bookstore, Taguig City. It hosted some of the Machinimas from foreign and also local machinima artists, and at the same night they awarded the best machinimas in the festival. The following are the categories and winners of the Machinima Festival:
(By the way, congratulations to the winners of the festival, let's give them a big pat on their backs for their great effort in making really great machinima shorts)
source: http://cinemanilamachinima.org/main/

1ST CINEMANILA MACHINIMA FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS

BEST SHORT FILM:

Shelf Life Episode 1 by Pixel Eyes Productions

BEST MUSIC VIDEO:

Inside Your Head by Erica Cruz

(based on the votes accumulated from October 12 - 16, 2009)

AUDIENCE CHOICE FOR SHORT FILM:

Shrink Wrapped by Russell Boyd

AUDIENCE CHOICE FOR MUSIC VIDEO:

Worship the Will by Ian-Dean Loreńos

BEST E-GAMES MACHINIMA SHORT:

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Now you would be wondering why the Best E-Games Machinima is left with a ?
Well it's because something really weird happened. E-Games never showed up in the said Film Festival, but they are one of the major sponsors of the festival. and there is also an E-Games entry on the Machinima Festival, and yet they never showed up and didn't even gave any award for the category. So I try to check the official Cinemanila Machinima site just to make sure and the E-Games category is indeed included on the Rules and Mechanics section
http://cinemanilamachinima.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=12

Pic below:

and also I checked their official website and found this:
http://www.e-games.com.ph/Content/Portal/Contents3.aspx?ContentId=4777

Pic below:

*note: by the way, this isn't edited, these pics are taken from the websites.
source: http://popgoespj.blogspot.com/2009/10/postscript-to-postscript-story-in.html

So why the E-games category wasn't awarded?

So this lead to the big question...

What happened?

Did something happened with their agreement that might gone sour? Did they have amnesia or something? or is it one of their magic tricks?

To my discovery, I've heard news that E-Games "dropped the sponsorship in the middle on the contest" which is a really bad move if you tell me.
For more info, you can visit PJ Punla's blog about the recent Machinima Festival
http://popgoespj.blogspot.com/2009/10/postscript-to-genobody-and-cinemanila.html#links

Up to now, there is still no word from E-Games on their recent disappearing act.

Okay back to the film festival results...

Well it was unfortunate that Darrick's video didn't win any awards, but I still congratulate him for being able to showcase his creation on the Machinima film festival, which is still a great privilege to become a part of the festival.

Also Darrick made a blog about this, you should also check it out
http://fantazzztic.com/2009/10/my-fantazzztic-and-not-so-fantazzztic-cinemanila-experience/

Congratulations to Cinemanila for a successful Film Fest and more festivals to come in the future and also to the winners and participants for their great effort.

*update: MMOtaku also posted about the Machinima Festival:
http://www.everyjoe.com/mmotaku/cinemanila-machinima-film-fest-aftermath/

Well it seems that this almost answered the big question, so the next question that will bug us in the future is...

Will E-Games do the Disappearing Act again?

Well, we'll stay tuned for that...