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Level Up Live: Now Actually Live!

Level Up Live 2008Every year since 2006, Philippine game publisher Level Up holds a big offline event they call Level Up Live. I scoffed at its first iteration. The thing came out one year after Microsoft’s Live brand, making it look like an offline poser attempt to emulate online cool by slapping on a Web 2.0 buzzword. I figured it would go the way of E3 — bloated and irrelevant fluff doomed to collapse.

Level Up Live 2007, however, surprised me by offering something more than fluff. Click here to continue reading “Level Up Live: Now Actually Live!”…

GM Tristan in a Suit

GM Tristan in a Suit

Level Up marketing manager Mon “GM Tristan” Macutay usually appears before gamers in a cap and shirt. That’s why I almost didn’t recognize him in a suit at the Crazy Kart presscon Wednesday. This photo’s for his blog fans.