Beijing Olympics 2008 ::: 8.8.08

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Simply the best ever Olympic Games opener!!!

That is how I am going to describe the Beijing Olympics 2008 Grand Opening! Imagine an Olypic torch bearer running in mid air??? And the finale, that is the lighting of the Olympic flame put the mythical Barcelona Olympic Archer shot to shame!

The fireworks capped the night. Remember the Bombing of Baghdad? Well, it is nothing to how the Beijing skyline lit up after the Olympic flame is in full view.

The Chinese are simply on top of the world right now. Even the US can not match the patriotism, the nationalistic fervor, the economic prowess and the total edge of the Awakened Dragon. The Beijing Olympic Games is the proof. Indescribable!!!

Whoever is the head of the Beijing Olympic organizing committee, Congratulations!!!

Globe iPhone 3G - August 22

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Come August 22, 2008 the Philippines is going to experience firsthand the magic of iPhone 3G. Globe announces that they are going to launch the much awaited sequel to the original iPhone. Happy? Excited?

The price is very affordable. It comes at a very cheap price of P41,899! Toinks!! What a bummer!!!


Well! The price matches the mobile experience. This includes faster connection, support for ActiveSync, built-in GPS and you can run hundreds of 3rd party applications through it.


Globe will be offering special post-paid plans to would be subscribers. Want to learn more? Want to subscribe? Click here!

GTA GTA'ed as in Get the Axe

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Swooping!!!! That's how I would call it!!!

After the deadly incident involving a GTA and a Thai teen where the 18 year old boy gets to re-live his online gaming illusion by killing a cab driver. The Thai authorities spearheaded by the only legal distributor of games and software in Thailand started to take off the game in Thailand. And they did not stop at that. They even warned people about the types of games they buy. For a company to do that at the behest of its own interest, I give my big props to them. This is such a big deal, not only to the gaming community in Thailand or anywhere else but also to those who are conducting businesses, especially here in Asia.

If only Philippine companies can do the same. Imagine the same thing happening here in the Philippines. Do you think these game distributors in the Philippines will have the conscience to do the same? I tend to think not!

Well!

Grand Thai Auto

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Ever heard of any direct link with playing GTA and violence? Check this out!

A Thai teenager robbed a cab driver and stabbed him to death because he could not afford toplay Grand Theft Auto. The young man even confessed that he copied it from the game. He used the $15 allowance given to him by his civil servnt parents two purchase two knives.

Now that is daaaaangerous!!!

If I am a parent, I will not let my kids play these kind of games. And so my next question. Is GTA liable in such cases wherein a game addict tends to copy the violence seen while playing and do things in real life? Is there enough rules and regulations concerning games? If movies and television and radio have content regulating body, why not games?

Calling our dear Philippine lawmakers...