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<title><![CDATA[Gameology]]></title>
<link>http://thegameologist.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/gameology/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Decman</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thegameologist.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/gameology/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We are gamers. We are, arguably clearly, the most awesome, most intelligent group of people on this ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">We are gamers. We are, <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">arguably</span> clearly, the most awesome, most intelligent group of people on this green Earth. We make split-second decisions with ease. We have survived terrifying foes. We have saved the world. We have destroyed the world. We have obliterated more enemies than people probably exist on the entire continent of Africa. We have masterminded intricate, complex strategies and solved cryptic puzzles that would take the average mortal lifetimes to conquer. No longer should we hide our inherent geekiness. Be proud of your amazing hobby.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">On <em>The Gameologist</em>, I plan to celebrate our rich gaming heritage in style. Our way-of-life is still young, but I am certain that more fascinating revolutions will occur in this new decade. The industry is in the midst of upheaval. A successful big-budget video-game can expect to take in the equivalent or even more than its Hollywood counterpart. <em>Modern Warfare 2</em> made a staggering $550 million within its first five days on sale. DC&#8217;s Caped Crusader made less than half of that within the opening week of <em>The Dark Knight</em>. We are now experiencing a new ubiquity of online gaming. <em>World of Warcraft</em> has over eleven million subscribers. Of course, not all of them are hardcore 12-hours-a-day players, yet the sheer market penetration is amazing in itself. Online capabilities have been crucial for the success of the current generation of consoles, whilst many developers now seem to have shied away from traditional singleplayer altogether. The video-game left the geek&#8217;s basement in the &#8217;80s, flew into the tech enthusiast&#8217;s front-room in the &#8217;90s and rocketed onto the global stage in the &#8217;00s. Facebook games like <em>FarmVille</em> and <em>Mafia Wars </em>have brought our hobby to scores of internet users who would normally have never looked twice at a past-time considered unsociable or even anti-social. In fact, a mind-boggling <em>26.5 million people </em>play the farming simulator everyday. Even gaming legend Sid Meier has announced a Facebook installment of his massively selling <em>Civilization</em> series. Whether or not the emergence of casual-gaming will have a detrimental effect on the industry will be seen in the 2010s.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">So, ladies and gentlemen, stay finely tuned into <em>The Gameologist</em> for industry news, game reviews and previews, my opinions and analysis (for whatever they&#8217;re worth) and a bit of gaming history.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">It&#8217;s time for some gameology.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Keep getting the headshots,</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Decman</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gameology 2.0]]></title>
<link>http://scitblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/gameology-2-0/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Helen Curtis</dc:creator>
<guid>http://scitblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/gameology-2-0/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Photo credit: Call To Adventure on Flickr Gameology is a &#8220;scholarly community dedicated to the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><div id="attachment_750" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/call-to-adventure/3151564315/"><img src="http://scitblog.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/arcade2.jpg?w=300" alt="Photo credit: Call To Adventure on Flickr" title="Street Fighter IV at the Family Arcade" width="300" height="169" class="size-medium wp-image-750" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo credit: Call To Adventure on Flickr</p></div>
<p><a href="http://www.gameology.org/">Gameology</a> is a &#8220;scholarly community dedicated to the study of videogames&#8221;. The resources have been put together by a group of academics and iinclude essays, videos, and images. The site has a detailed <a href="http://www.gameology.org/resources/bibliography">bibliography</a> of articles and other sources on the subject. The articles are likely to have a slant towards humanities rather than a technical approach as they note in the <a href="http://www.gameology.org/content/about">&#8220;about&#8221;</a> page but other views are welcomed.</p>
<p>You may find the <a href="http://www.gameology.org/links">links</a> section useful for further reading and, although they don&#8217;t appear to be tweeting much at the moment, you can also follow Gameology on <a href="http://twitter.com/gameology">Twitter</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Achievement]]></title>
<link>http://jemiam.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/achievement/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jeremy Wong</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jemiam.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/achievement/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So I was playing a little known game called Psychology Assessment 423 on Monday and being the gamers]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So I was playing a little known game called Psychology Assessment 423 on Monday and being the gamerscore whore that I am, I racked up a few achievements:</p>
<p><a href="http://jemiam.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/achievement1.png"><img style="border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;" height="65" alt="achievement1" src="http://jemiam.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/achievement1-thumb.png?w=422&#038;h=65" width="422" border="0"></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://jemiam.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/achievement2.png"><img style="border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;" height="65" alt="achievement2" src="http://jemiam.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/achievement2-thumb.png?w=422&#038;h=65" width="422" border="0"></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://jemiam.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/achievement3.png"><img style="border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;" height="65" alt="achievement3" src="http://jemiam.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/achievement3-thumb.png?w=422&#038;h=65" width="422" border="0"></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://jemiam.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/achievement4.png"><img style="border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;" height="65" alt="achievement4" src="http://jemiam.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/achievement4-thumb.png?w=422&#038;h=65" width="422" border="0"></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://jemiam.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/achivement5.png"><img style="border-right:0;border-top:0;border-left:0;border-bottom:0;" height="65" alt="achivement5" src="http://jemiam.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/achivement5-thumb.png?w=422&#038;h=65" width="422" border="0"></a> </p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Netting me a total of 1250G&#8217;s for completion of the game and it&#8217;s expansion!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Anticipation]]></title>
<link>http://jemiam.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/anticipation/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jeremy Wong</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jemiam.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/anticipation/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Another thousand five hundred more words to go. Yes I wrote that out word for word. Makes me feel be]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Another thousand five hundred more words to go.</p>
<p>Yes I wrote that out word for word.</p>
<p>Makes me feel better that after writing approximately eight thousand and five hundred words I still have words stored in my written speech bank.</p>
<p>I cannot wait to finish this.</p>
<p>Has been one heck of a journey.</p>
<p>Only got a little bit of my discussion and conclusion to write about and tidy up my literature review and method section!</p>
<p>Actually I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll make it to the lofty ten thousand word mark, but I think the conciseness of my dissertation, couple with my extremely well-structured and seamless flow will get me my elusive HD.</p>
<p>Well, I was just talking with Jess who claimed I have a healthy ego, and that&#8217;s because I like to exercise it like this.</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s not quite done when I finish this dissertation, I still have to write another thousand five hundred words on a group review/journal in the context of group theory.</p>
<p>Maybe I&#8217;ll write it in my blog since I seem to have an affinity towards lengthy post.</p>
<p>That may make that little assignment more conducive.</p>
<p>Oh I&#8217;m losing track of what the title originally purported.</p>
<p>I cannot say how much I want to play Dead Space.</p>
<p>Everyday, I&#8217;m just so tempted to unseal the plastic wrapping and inhale the smell of a new disc and slot it in my 360 and start gaming.</p>
<p>But assignment calls.</p>
<p>And unless I finish my assignment tonight, I probably won&#8217;t play Dead Space until next week when I should be studying for exams&#8230;. HAHA</p>
<p>But that is because I&#8217;m flying off to Sydney this weekend for the Hillsong Men&#8217;s Conference!</p>
<p>Should be a great time even though I do not like Sydney.</p>
<p>Actually it&#8217;s more of the company that I&#8217;m going to enjoy, having the opportunity to engage someone (Hocks) in deep discussion about Christianity for a few days would be extremely refreshing for my spirit.</p>
<p>I hope for my sake at least, anticipation breeds motivation.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dead Space]]></title>
<link>http://jemiam.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/dead-space/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jeremy Wong</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jemiam.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/dead-space/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Even though Dead Space has pretty much been released all over the world, the official release for Au]]></description>
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<p>Even though Dead Space has pretty much been released all over the world, the official release for Australia is tomorrow and I secured myself a copy one day ahead because I&#8217;m a special video game reviewer for the Australian market. Okay I lie, haha, it&#8217;s only because I pre-ordered it from Harvey Norman and the guy in charge of the games department was so excited he called me yesterday to tell me that I could pick it up already. I don&#8217;t normally pre-order games because there isn&#8217;t much incentive too unless it&#8217;s a behemoth like Halo 3 and might run out, but this time it comes with an artbook (of which I&#8217;m still waiting on) that might make some good coffee table reading if the pre-release images of the game are anything to go by. But sadly here I am stuck in uni ploughing away at my dissertation and probably won&#8217;t get to capitalise on the earlier than normal reception of this game.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t really know too much about this game because I don&#8217;t want to spoil the storyline etc for myself and just in case I&#8217;ll get let down (unlikely if the scores on reviews are anything to go by and it&#8217;s already being touted as the best game experience of 2009). But put simply it&#8217;s a survival sci-fi horror game, pretty much silent hill or resident evil set in space. Can&#8217;t say I have played those games in the series, but I do really enjoy playing a good single player game, e.g. Bioshock last year. But with that said, I hope my playing of Dead Space won&#8217;t follow the path of Bioshock where I pretty much never got further than chapter two because I didn&#8217;t have the time to sit down to be immerse in the whole expereince in pretty much one continuos sitting. And that&#8217;s how I like to play my games.</p>
<p>So because of that, even though I got this game sitting in my bag, I&#8217;m at uni trudging away at my dissertation which I had every intention to finish a few days ago. But now a reschedule should hopefully see me finish the huge majority of it by tonight, and just leaving some editing and stuff for tomorrow. And then it&#8217;ll be pretty much studying for exams. And once exams finish I can begin my quest to start and finish these games again! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So my to-play list after exams would be:</p>
<ol>
<li>Bioshock</li>
<li>Dead Space</li>
<li>Gears of War2 (If I got the cash ahaha)</li>
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<p>And all these will be interspersed with Guitar Hero: World Tour. Party times at my house!</p>
<p>Goodness me my Xbox360 is going to be my best friend post-exam&#8230;</p>
<p>who needs a relationship! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Actually I&#8217;ll make special exception if said person has an awesome tv, and surround sound system. Simply because I want the full immersion of experience only possible by a surround sound system that I lack.</p>
<p>Oh well, here&#8217;s hoping that dead space left in my dissertation will be filled.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[War is coming!]]></title>
<link>http://flemsiker.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/war-is-coming/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eko Adi Wicaksono</dc:creator>
<guid>http://flemsiker.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/war-is-coming/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sudah hampir 1 bulan kami uring uringan mempelajari Warhammer Online, mulai dari perencanaan karakte]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Sudah hampir 1 bulan <abbr title="gw, mamad, gembi?">kami</abbr> uring uringan mempelajari <a title="Warhammer Online" href="http://www.warhammeronline.com" target="_blank">Warhammer Online</a>, mulai dari perencanaan karakter hingga pemilihan posisi server yang akan dimainkan.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Minggu pertama</strong><br />
Download video-video ingame serta mempelajari class &#38; race. Mulai dari podcast, trailer, hingga rekaman gameplay dari closed beta dan open beta.</li>
<li><strong>Minggu kedua<br />
</strong>Menetapkan faksi yang dipilih, kami memilih Order!, dan menetapkan class yang akan dimainkan.<br />
Mamad akan memainkan Witch Hunter, gw akan memainkan Warrior Priest (setelah berganti2 pilihan antara Ironbreaker dan Bright Wizard), dan mungkin gembi (kalo ikut main) akan memilih Shadow Warrior.</li>
<li><strong>Minggu ketiga<br />
</strong>In depth study about class. Mulai bertanya2 ke forum &#38; pemain close dan open beta. Mulai mempelajari path build melalui <a href="http://www.wardb.com/career.aspx?id=12#0:0:0:0:0:0:30" target="_blank">career calculator</a>, action, serta tactic masing2 class.</li>
<li><strong>Minggu keempat<br />
</strong>Mencari toko yang menjual Warhammer Online di Indonesia. Susah memang, karena ini harus menggunakan software orisinil, tak banyak toko di Indonesia yang menjualnya. Akhirnya kami mendapatkannya di sebuah toko di Jakarta, itupun baru dijual pada tanggal 23 September (padahal release resminya 18 September) dengan harga 379 ribu rupiah.</li>
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<p>Yah, jalan menuju 23 September sudah makin dekat, semoga software yang kami pesan benar2 ada tepat pada waktunya. Sembari menunggu saatnya mengerjakan TA kembali <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[GO Anyone?]]></title>
<link>http://flemsiker.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/go-anyone/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eko Adi Wicaksono</dc:creator>
<guid>http://flemsiker.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/go-anyone/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Belakangan ini gw dah gak sempet lagi main WoW gara-gara banyak kerjaan.. Karena kalo main WoW gak b]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Belakangan ini gw dah gak sempet lagi main WoW gara-gara banyak kerjaan.. <img src="http://forum.indogamers.us/images/smilies/umnik2.gif" height="21" width="23" /> Karena kalo main WoW gak bisa sebentar, dan gak bisa ditinggal lama.. akhirnya gw menemukan game online baru yang sesuai untuk mengisi waktu luang di saat-saat kerjaan <img src="http://forum.indogamers.us/images/smilies/yes.gif" height="20" width="20" /> yaitu Ghost Online (GO).</p>
<p>Ghost Online ini juga mematahkan perkiraan gw bahwa game online komputer 2D sudah gak menarik lagi, ternyata game sejenis ini memiliki daya tarik tersendiri lho <img src="http://forum.indogamers.us/images/smilies/nyam.gif" height="20" width="20" /></p>
<p>Enaknya lagi main GO ini bisa ditinggal lama, saat udah mulai mumet kerjaan, gw tinggal switch window ke GO, main sebentar, mungkin sekitar 30 menit, kalau sudah, bisa diswitch lagi ke pekerjaan.. beres kan <img src="http://forum.indogamers.us/images/smilies/victory.gif" height="23" width="28" /></p>
<p>Dan lagi game ini memakan resource yang cukup kecil, jadinya tidak akan memberatkan sistem, bahkan saat compiling software</p>
<p><img src="http://forum.indogamers.us/images/smilies/yipi.gif" height="49" width="50" /></p>
<p>Nah ini gw kasih contoh skrinsyut GO online <img src="http://forum.indogamers.us/images/smilies/mdr.gif" height="18" width="18" /></p>
<p><a href="http://flemsiker.wordpress.com/files/2007/11/ghost-soul_bln11tgl11jam23mnt34dtk5.jpg" title="ghost-soul_bln11tgl11jam23mnt34dtk5.jpg"><img src="http://flemsiker.wordpress.com/files/2007/11/ghost-soul_bln11tgl11jam23mnt34dtk5.thumbnail.jpg" alt="ghost-soul_bln11tgl11jam23mnt34dtk5.jpg" /></a> tuh karakter gw lagi bawa-bawa kipas, iseng bunuhin monster rendahan cuma buat di skrinsyut <img src="http://forum.indogamers.us/images/smilies/happy.gif" height="20" width="20" /></p>
<p><a href="http://flemsiker.wordpress.com/files/2007/11/ghost-soul_bln11tgl11jam23mnt31dtk0.jpg" title="ghost-soul_bln11tgl11jam23mnt31dtk0.jpg"><img src="http://flemsiker.wordpress.com/files/2007/11/ghost-soul_bln11tgl11jam23mnt31dtk0.thumbnail.jpg" alt="ghost-soul_bln11tgl11jam23mnt31dtk0.jpg" /></a> kalo yang ini lagi mancing, nanti lama-lama dapet ikan, bisa dijual ke toko buat nambah duit..<img src="http://forum.indogamers.us/images/smilies/dance2.gif" height="25" width="42" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Absolutly have no life!]]></title>
<link>http://flemsiker.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/absolutly-have-no-life/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eko Adi Wicaksono</dc:creator>
<guid>http://flemsiker.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/absolutly-have-no-life/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We are dealing with someone who absolutly has no life.&#8221; Quote dari seri South Park epis]]></description>
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<p><em>&#8220;We are dealing with someone who absolutly has no life.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>Quote</em> dari seri <em>South Park</em> episode 1008 &#8220;<em>Make Love, Not Warcraft</em>&#8221; ini memang cocok buat gw dalam beberapa minggu lalu. Tiap malam kerjaan yang dilakukan hanya bermain <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_warcraft" title="World of Warcraft" target="_blank">WoW</a> saja.. dimulai dari kira2 jam 11 malam hingga jam 3 pagi.</p>
<p>Apa saja yang gw lakukan di dalam dunia <abbr title="World of Warcraft">WoW</abbr>?  tentu saja <em><abbr title="Menaikkan level karakter game">levelling</abbr></em>.. dan jika sudah mencapai <em>level </em>tertinggi berarti saatnya mencari barang2 <em>equipment </em>yang terbaik, inilah yang paling lama dilakukan, karena mengumpulkan barang-barang tersebut tidak semudah menaikkan <em>level</em>. Barang dengan kualitas tinggi hanya bisa didapatkan dari monster tingkat tinggi juga, yang kenyataannya sulit untuk dikalahkan. Tapi, bagaimana jika barang semua sudah didapatkan semua? perang.. perang.. dan perang, itu salah satu yang dapat dilakukan. Bermain game online memang sangat menyita waktu, karena yang namanya game online pastinya tidak memiliki akhir (<em>ending</em>).</p>
<p>Terus, buat apa dimainkan kalau gak ada endingnya? Bisa bermacam jawabannya, dimulai dari gw sendiri, bermain game online tujuannya hanya untuk wasting time, padahal mungkin ada hal-hal yang lebih baik dilakukan dibanding bermain game online. Selain wasting time, gw juga suka game online yang agak &#8220;ribet&#8221; atau kompleks, karena disitulah gw tertariknya, bagaimana cara meng-<em>costumize</em>-kan karakter game gw menjadi yang terbaik.</p>
<p>Ada juga yang senang bersosialisasi, karena game online pada dasarnya adalah bentuk lain dari chatting, dimana antara pemain dapat saling berkomunikasi melalui <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_chat" target="_blank"><em>text chat</em></a>, bahkan hingga menggunakan <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_chat" target="_blank"><em>voice chat</em></a>. Tidak hanya itu, beberapa komunitas game yang cukup akrab dimana biasanya saling melakukan acara bersama atau sekedar <abbr title="Kopi Darat">kopdar</abbr> saja. Komunitas tersebut biasanya terbentuk karena mereka tergabung dalam satu <em>guild, faction</em>, atau bermain dalam satu <em>game center</em> yang sama.</p>
<p>Nah, satu lagi ada alasan yang cukup menarik, <em>money making</em>. Nah ini dia, berbisnis dalam game online, mungkin hanya sedikit orang yang tidak mengenal game online yang mengetahui hal ini, namun berbisnis dalam game online sudah banyak dilakukan dari jaman dulu, bahkan di indonesia sendiri sejak zaman <a href="http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexia" target="_blank">Nexia</a> sudah banyak yang membarter <em>ingame item</em> dengan <em>real-world money</em>.</p>
<p>Belakangan ini tradisi membarter ini sudah menjadi budaya di dalam dunia online game pada <abbr title="Indonesia">negeri kita</abbr> ini, walaupun para distributor game online di negeri kita sudah memberikan larangan bagi para &#8220;pelaku&#8221; bisnis ini. Di luar indonesia, hal ini bukanlah sesuatu yang aneh atau illegal, dapat dijumpai banyak karakter virtual yang dijual, bahkan melalui situs jual-beli seperti <a href="http://www.ebay.com/">e-bay</a>. Di negeri kita sendiri penjualan <em>virtual item, virtual money,</em> dan <em>virtual character</em> ini sudah banyak mendulang uang.</p>
<p>Contoh nyatanya saja, teman gw sendiri, sebut saja <abbr title="Bukan nama sebenarnya">Rani</abbr>, hobinya bermain game online, dan kini ia sanggup mencari uang (virtual money, misalnya disebut <em>gold</em>) hingga mencapai 20 juta <em>gold</em> dalam waktu sehari (kira-kira 10 jam permainan), dimana dalam dunia nyata, <em>gold</em> tersebut dapat laku dibeli orang dengan kurs Rp 15 ribu / 1 juta <em>gold</em>, jadi kira-kira dalam satu hari, Rani mendapat Rp 300 ribu kotor, dipotong biaya main yang mungkin hanya Rp 20 ribu saja (harga rata-rata paket malam di <em>game center </em><abbr title="Bandung">kota saya</abbr>). Jumlah yang cukup banyak bukan? belum lagi jika Rani menemukan sebuah benda langka dalam petualangannya di dunia maya itu, sebut saja sebuah &#8220;cincin super duper sakti banget&#8221;, harga satu buah &#8220;cincin&#8221; tersebut bisa saja mencapai minimal Rp 2 juta!! angka yang tidak kecil untuk sebuah &#8220;benda virtual&#8221;, yang sebenarnya hanya berupa data kecil di dalam server game tersebut.</p>
<p>Selain menjual <em>item</em>,<em> gold, </em>atau <em>character</em>, banyak juga yang menyediakan jasa-jasa <em>ingame</em> maupun jasa di dunia nyata, misalnya jasa <em>ingame</em> yaitu, jasa penarikan <em><abbr title="Tingkatan pada sebuah karakter game">level</abbr></em> yang biasa disebut dengan jasa <abbr title="Gaji Buta">GB</abbr> maksudnya disini yaitu sebuah karakter dengan level rendah akan dibantu dengan karakter dengan level tinggi hingga mencapai suatu kondisi yang disepakati. Bantuan ini dapat berbeda untuk setiap game. Tentunya bantuan tersebut dapat dibayar menggunakan mata uang <em>ingame</em> atau <em>real-world</em>. Selain jasa tersebut ada juga jasa yang lebih mahal lagi, yaitu jasa menaikkan <em>level</em> karakter hingga mencapai kondisi yang disepakati. Untuk jasa ini, umumnya para penyedia jasa merupakan <em>gamer</em> yang sudah profesional dan ahli, karena tentunya ia harus dapat menaikkan <em>level</em> karakter pelanggannya secepat mungkin.</p>
<p>Kembali ke kasus Rani tadi, bagaimana dengan kehidupan sehari-hari Rani? bisa dibilang, <em>she absolutly has no life!</em> Karena Rani harus bermain dalam 10 jam sehari di depan komputer, dan umumnya malam. Tapi bagi dia mungkin justru merupakan keasyikan tersendiri, karena bermain <em>game</em> merupakan hobinya, apalagi <em>online game</em>. (wah panjang sekali ulasan tentang alasan <em>money making</em>-nya)</p>
<p>Nah, apapun alasan anda dalam bermain game online, ingatlah bahwa terlalu banyak bermain game online dapat menyebabkan sebuah <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction" target="_blank">kecanduan</a> yang sulit untuk disembuhkan. Jangan sampai anda menjadi seperti yang digambarkan oleh seri <em>South Park</em> diatas. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<dc:creator>Eko Adi Wicaksono</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Tadi siang sempet main ke kampus, kebetulan ketemu sama darkmaster, dia nunjukin gim yang baru dibel]]></description>
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<p>Tadi siang sempet main ke kampus, kebetulan ketemu sama darkmaster, dia nunjukin gim yang baru dibelinya, DiRT. Buat yang gak tau, DiRT itu masih seri Colin McRae, alias genre balapan mobil. Namun, terpaksa niat meminjam diurungkan setelah melihat minimum requirement yang terletak di balik case dvd. Yang mana speknya yaitu:</p>
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<li>Windows XP</li>
<li>DirectX 9.0c</li>
<li>Pentium 4 @ 3.0GHz or Athlon 64 3000+</li>
<li>1GB RAM.</li>
<li>Graphics Card: GeForce 6800 / Radeon X1300 or above</li>
<li>DirectX Compatible Sound Card</li>
<li>Shader Model 3 is a MINIMUM REQUIREMENT for this game</li>
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<p>Gila aja!! GF 6800 bo! mana kuat VGA gw, walaupun VGA gw cuma beda 200, alias GF 6600..?!?  Kenapa yah gim2 sekarang kok berat-berat speknya? udah gitu makan space gede di harddisk pula.. Padahal kalo dari segi grafisnya gak jauh2 beda sama yang sysreq (System Requirement) &#8211; nya lebih rendah. Yah, mungkin karena gw belum nyoba gim ini, jadi gw gak tau persis keindahan grafisnya, tapi buat apa sih grafis bagus, kalo gak bisa gw mainin <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />  . Semoga saja tidak semua gim baru kedepannya membutuhkan spek minimal seperti ini <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  , kalo ngga gw harus nabung lagi buat ganti notebook <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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