Rewards
As much as I love gaming and writing, I can only manage to sneak some of it in between my mental breaks during work and school. For me, both gaming and writing are cathartic, whenever I feel stressed or frustrated, I usually run to the nearest Timezone for Time Crisis or House of the Dead 4 OR I write in my blog. These two things have been the only things that kept me sane these last two months.
Moving on though, I recently had an article published in GAME! Magaine, the newest and hottest PINOY gaming magazine. It’s in the June-July issue where we also featured Ragnarok (if memory serves me right that is). I wrote an article about Ran Online. It’s another MMORPG game that hit the Philippine market with its amazing style. As you all probably know, I am a HUGE anime fan–and Ran’s campus style world hooked me in. I actually have this insane obsession with Japanese schoolgirl outfits and with Ran I get to fulfill that latent ambition– well, at least in cyberspace.
The editorial assistant of that magazine, my sis, Michiko sent me an email which I just read this morning after a couple of days. One of the readers saw fit to mention my name out of the many professional and more hardcore gamers who wrote in the magazine and yes, I’m very flattered. Here it is:
"hi GAMErs.. im happy that you include ran online in ur reviews but I think that its for newbies guide only..kung pwede po sana sa next ish nio meron na rin yung sa episode 2 ..kasi im not a newbie in this game,but i dont have any background about the episode na lalabas this september..sana po yun yung malagay sa 4th ish nio..thanz din kay Ms. Joan Carla Guevarra ..sana po xia p din ung gumwa sa next..keep up the good work..nicely done GAME..!! josh atienza ^_^ "
There’s a big grin on my face right now–I mean, wow, he actually wrote down my whole name. Hehehe. You know for me, there’s no better reward than having readers enjoy what I write. It’s so much better than any cash or check. ^_^
So do check our GAME Magazine, I have an article in the June-July issue and I have another article in the next issue. WAI! ^_^
August 24th, 2006 at 4:33 pm
Hey Puny girl, you play time crisis??? How’s that possible holding those toy guns with your dwarfish wimpy fingers? ^-’ So you’re that brake-dancin’ anime kid i saw last time beating he hell out of that dance revolution machine thing huh…Nice moves!(oh that poor machine) House of the dead 4??? I’ll bet a gran you can’t even score a single point…tsk tsk tsk…too bad.
August 25th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
She’s not puny.. clumsy maybe.. but never puny.. If you have nothing to do other than pester people (who you maybe are just insecure of).. well then just curl up your sorry ass and stuff your mouth with your usual pantry fillers. If your looking for attention.. go stand naked in the street.. hopefully somebody will notice.. if it’s really that bad. Kudos Princess! Wish theres House of the Dead 5 na.. so we can kick those zombie ass again! woohooo!
August 27th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
Hey Francesco, how about I bet two grand that I can kick your ass to kingdom come in any Time Crisis or House of the Dead game or even Tekken, Soul caliber, DoA, name the time and place and I’m there! Let me just remind you that I am a part of a Pinoy gaming magazine and I earned that right by kicking any male chauvinists’ rear end who presumed I can’t bring a decent game just because I’m a girl! Ooops, I forgot, you only fight by posting insensible comments against a 22 year old girl, you’re not man enough to face me. Also, your grammar’s deteriorating but nice try. ^_^ I love you Gusing!
August 28th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
played with joan once and she truly knows how to shoot.. hehehe..
uuhh.. popcorn thread din pala ang blog mo jo?
soloist ako kgayun jo, always in timezone alone, playing intial d. (damn car bakit di ako makapag drift!!!) and i’m addicted to those friggin pinball games!! hehehe.. nauubos 250 ko everytime i go there!! ubos allowance ko for clientcalls.. hehehehe..