Mobius Online Sells Ultimate Game Card

If you're in the South East Asia region (Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore), and have no credit card to help sustain your MMORPG cravings, then cry no more! Mobius Online is selling Ultimate Game Cards!

More details after the jump!

Ubuntu for the Philippines

Some of the reasons why most computer users in the Philippines don't even want to touch Linux is because it's too hard to learn and that they can't play their favorite games on it. All I can say to that is poppycock!

I want to convince the internet shop owners and business owners out there that you don't need to resort to paying huge amounts of money to Microsoft or resort to practicing installing hacked Windows (that are just as dangerous since they hardly get updated and thus open to security and malware problems) just to get online or use a computer.

• MS Office vs. Open Office/Google Docs: Both MS Office and Open Office are virtually the same in every aspect that the only difference between the two is the price: paid vs. free. Even the updates are free, so no more buying the next MS Office update...

• Getting online: some people are still scared whether Ubuntu will get them online, but I promise you, it's even easier and faster to get online with this OS than it is with Windows. Regarding browsers, there's a Linux version of it whatever may it be.

• Typing in commands: some users I know suddenly get squeamish at the first site of the Terminal. I admit I was one of those folks but you get used to typing in commands. Plus, there are a lot of resources out there that provides step by step instructions on how to deal with the Terminal, so don't fret.

• Games: A lot of people are afraid of losing their games when they switch to Ubuntu and that's understandable. Not all games can be played with Ubuntu, but those that are worth it does! For example, I have been playing the following MMOs since I transferred to Ubuntu:

• Perfect World Ph
• Zhu Xian Online (Jade Dynasty)
• Red Cliff
• EVE Online
• Guild Wars
• World of Warcraft

I'm planning to try out Runes of Magic Ph on Ubuntu as soon as it goes to CBT.
To see the complete list of other Windows games that play on Ubuntu via Wine better check out this database.

Here are just some online guides on my current fave ph mmorpgs:

Perfect World on Ubuntu:


How to run Zhu Xian Online (ZXO/ Jade Dynasty) on Ubuntu

So there you have it. I hope to see more Ubuntu users in the future!

EVE Online: The Butterfly Effect

via youtube.com

Wow!

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If you ask me, I blame EVE Online

Yes, I've been out for a long time but it's for a good reason: I've been trying out EVE Online for the last few days and I have to say that I have some mixed feelings about it.

Good stuff:

There's no MMO out there that can even come close to becoming EVE's competitor (RFOnline comes to mind). There's a dearth of SciFi- themed MMOs out there, but this game takes the cake and then bakes some more. The ambiance while playing it made me feel like I was in a SciFi movie. The graphics are a work of art, and the ships themselves were impressive to look at.

Things to improve on-stuff:

The pace is slow. I have to admit that experienced EVE Online players already warned me beforehand that it would seem slow to the average MMORPG player, and I have to say they are right. It takes a special kind of player to be able to play this game and stick with it for a long time as Patience is a virtue I really need to work on.

So with my 14-day free EVE Online trial days done, will I go on and pay game time load for the next two months? I'm not sure. Did I have a special time while playing it? Hell yes--it's something that'll linger in my head for a very long time and for that I'll remember that EVE Online took me out of the blogging world for 14 days.