Banzaii - The blog of online games and games of Jorge Mediavilla

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My desperate call seeking partners to Banzaii has borne fruit. Here is his presentation in his own words:

My name is Jorge, I have 24 years old and from Alcoy a lovely city with lots of history located in Alicante. I'm in Socio Technical and Diploma in Social Work.

My experience in the gaming world comes from a very small starting with ZX Spectrum, and past Master System, Game Gear, PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS and Xbox 360.

I started in this Internet with a blog about video games, doing game analysis, reviews, or recommendations, eventually needed the help of someone and I found out that he also needed a collaborator Banzaii more for the blog, in this way is how I met Jorge Mediavilla and began to work together in Banzaii.

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Welcome OrzeR, I hope this experience will be of much and look forward to your articles. If someone else is encouraged to collaborate and write here, it's as easy as leave a comment.

Dandel I see an interesting video of a presentation by Pep, director of Meristation in Barcelona initiator. I'd really like to see and hear most often Pep, because it is living history of the internet gaming press in Spain, although there who does not like.

Pep reviews on video Meristation history and that history has been somewhat Meristation a natural way, there was no business plan or anything, which has its charm.

In his lecture as an entrepreneur is inferred that the tenacity, hard work and innovation that marked his page at the beginning has been its core values. It also ensures that the objectivity and independence are important values ​​that should govern any gaming website.

One hour of lecture goes a long way and went over what came to be offered for Meristation in full dotcom bubble back in 99. He came to offer 1,000 million and even more, though not very solid deals. Finally, it seems that the website will be PRISA in court, although that has not said anything at the conference, I guess the advice of his lawyer.

Pep has confirmed the good health of the gaming industry in the crisis we are experiencing, especially when compared with other sectors such as construction.

Glad to know that 90% of people who collaborate with the magazine, billed, which was one of my biggest criticisms of Meristation. I myself offered myself for years, but finally I did not do anything because there was no money involved. She says, there are 6 people working in Llagostera and about 30 throughout Spain collaborating with the magazine, which is not bad.

Jabs:

Chapter jabs, Pep has not bitten her tongue. He says he is in favor of the blogger phenomenon, but has only bad words for them, since they do not appear in the Nielsen panel (you must have at least 50,000 unique users ip Spanish as a minimum) and still take advertising campaigns . He has also criticized the lack of respect for these new media compared to Meristation, which has always been hard, but its editorial line has never defamed or insulted.

He also says that many blogs have started as independent voices and then cease to be once they enter thousand euros in advertising.

The latest jab was the newcomer to Eurogamer, whose notes are higher than those of its parent English, it would be, as Pep, stronger and more rigorous. The Spanish version would thus inflated notes would not be objective and as users more "hardcore" are not stupid, not you visit the page.

He has also had bitter words for, people who spent years working for free for Meristation and now feel cheated. Pep says he does not force anyone, it was they who were offered and when they pleased, have taken other directions work and nothing has happened. Come on, nobody forced them and if they were innocents, it is your responsibility. I also know there are people who then got good jobs because of his articles in Meristation ... I like I say, I volunteered at the time, but not seeing a hard, did not start to cooperate.

No boomtown, video and conclusions:

Pep also made efforts to consider how not to die of success when he was just enough money to pay for hosting, how he always tried to be realistic and not use credit or risk capital even if this has taken away opportunities, or as the mainstream media are doing wrong to recommending video games bad games just for the money publictario.

He also talked about how expensive it is the video and had to enter the competition because he did (because Vandal, as he admits) and how they have had to adapt their editorial and vocabulary to new players which has attracted policy Nintendo video games and indirectly to gaming sites.

Pep believes the key is having the best content, the most rigorous and objective, and will not misguided, but the table has more legs. Do not forget the design. I think the Internet progresses and the design of "Meri" ever more loudly calls for a good update.

It is in the air the question of whether Pep should have been more ambitious at times to bring even more top-Meri. Also in the chapter on assumptions and speculation, the paste that really could have taken Meristation Pep at the time. There was talk of many millions.

* You can watch the full video of the confer ence in dande l: Watch video

Those of Ars Technica , which are a "enteraos" have a "deep throat" in Sony has ratted them the big announcements this year. Namely: Fixed to have the new PSP, which will be touch screen, no UMD, with a keyboard that hides behind the screen and digital distribution. I can not but applaud his ears. Although some analysts (other enteraos) say they will not succeed , you have to increase their coffers with me as long as the price is not prohibitive, which is not the oven scones.

It also confirmed the PS3 Slim, who would even be ready for release, but it would be an ace that Sony will be putting on the sleeve. He submitted later and would not leave the market until later this year to give them time to more uninformed users end up with the "old" PS3 off the shelves.

Lowering the price, nothing at all, at least until further cheapen the components . By the way, the Sony conference will take place on June 2 at 20 hours (GMT). If I get urls to follow it live on the Internet, I tell you (or vice versa if you find it before me)

PS: This "post" is not pictured because I'm tired of hitting "fakes" of PSP

I read an interesting article in Meristation Pep entitled "The role of paper" that gives me time to think because I've not explain why there is no paper Meristation. Like Pep, I also forward the great end of game magazines being produced worldwide .

For a brief summary, Pep sentence because the news magazines are obsolete when they reach the consumer's hands, because they have not renewed their contents and formats after decades in the stands and are not deep enough. Praise the freshness of magazines like Marcaplayer, with whom I collaborated on some items , but not given long to live because the audience has already gone online and advertisers are not attractive except gaming magazines publishers themselves. Pep just concluding that, as you pay for a magazine, should provide insightful content, quality and would be expensive to get a loyal and distinguished, not massive, but very attractive to advertisers.

I've seen magazines outside our country to go digital charm, such as 1up.com, but I have not seen a successful digital publication that dares to take the paper version. Why? How do we know then that does not work? From my point of view would make sense because the market with a well known brand, the contents would not involve additional cost would be a good support of digital publishing for more conservative advertisers could reach an audience that barely fits on the internet which can be decisive when buying games. Anyway, would not the whole hog with this project and less with which it is falling, but not categorically rule it out as it can be a great complement to digital publishing.

The lack of depth in many gaming magazines in our country is clear and the Internet is utilized to overcome this problem. For me, this is the great error of the magazines. As stated Pep, Marcaplayer is a breath of fresh air in this direction, but not connect well with your web paper. We are still orphans of a publication that truly connect both worlds well beyond a link or section to collect the best posts of the board.

As you pay the magazine, common sense tells you that the content should be better than you find free, but it is not. Actually pay a lot of things (printing, distribution ...) that have nothing to do with the content, which is where most tend to save costs. Anyway, no need for you to pay enhanced content. Only you have on CD, nothing more.

Today, the quality is not considered in journalism in general, when is the key. And actually the magazine normally sold well below cost price, paid by advertising, and by writers who have just exhausted. And it is the oven for pastries, the tendency is to produce content of even lower quality to overcome the crisis, cheaper and dismissal, not to generate good content as called Pep.

In conclusion, the future of gaming magazines is not very flattering, but I do not give to have disappeared, at least at all. I hope that some will decide to launch a Web project intenresante that Create loyal, to complete and deepen the content, to create community and can be a good butt for employees of the magazine, as has happened with 1up.com, whose mother magazine , EGM, has passed away.

Image of a "Kindle" White Chocolate Surprise

Another song is Kindle and other ebook readers and digital media, which gradually will prevail, but not in the near future.

Update: I break with the bullet that has hung Xurxo on his Twitter about how he sees the writing paper to the Internet and vice versa . Will the "Huns" move towards "others"? Good question

Gone are the reluctance of the major manufacturers to connect their consoles. In a few years we have completely isolated console media centers calling loudly connection. (1)

(1) Read more at the Yahoo! Games blog or journal marcaplayer, page 38.

You told me a while Grandío Paul, director of Vandal, its intention to have a TV show itself, not only the videos you send the distributors. Today it has launched this new project, Vandal TV , with the launch of zero, and you can see . Without much ado, slowly but relentlessly, Vandal increasingly more improvement. Although we can not say that this has been a pioneer, yes it was for example with the topic of blogs and many other improvements. It is a website worth taking into account.

This new enhancement, seen in XXL player, joins the redesign and improved content. This new program zero is the first edition of a program to-date information on video games produced by Vandal every week will review the latest developments in the scene. It will have different blocks, including updates on major releases or announcements of games, news and other things which will be added over time. Hope this is the beginning of a growing supply of audiovisual content themselves.

It is inevitable to compare Meristation TV . In my humble opinion and after seeing just a program, I think I prefer to Paloma Ferro, the announcer Vandal, without detracting from Lorena Lopez, Meristation, which also does pretty well.

I also still working hard to improve the video on Yahoo ! Very soon I'll be able to announce also new.

The first time I heard of blogging was for over five years. I was wandering still working as a journalist in charge of promoting the jet ski championships when I saw an article in El Mundo that talked about blogging and its height. My boss at that time encouraged me to open one, but I was not interested in keeping a journal public. I could not see much sense.

I also thought that with a minimal audience, little could be done, but over time I have seen that the latter was wrong. A blog really does not need a large audience, do not need critical mass. What is needed is quality content, a new approach and connect with the right audience. The success of a blog is then to emerge as opinion leaders in a hearing that is not massive, but it is well segmented and is extremely interesting for many advertisers.

The rise of blogs is also due to the crisis of traditional journalism, the mass media. I have to say that journalists we're doing pretty badly in the issue of credibility (although in our disclaimer I must say that the business of media has in many cases only commercial vision and do not care about the product). Poor working conditions also affect much, but be that as it may, the traditional media have a crisis of credibility that are taking advantage of blogs, which are sold with truly independent, and although many are not, people thinks so.

Last week, the marketing team brought some users to not lose focus on them and for us to learn a little what level out there. Upon arrival at the topic of blogs, I was surprised to see them as a sincere conversation, face to face, something much more human and personal that you trust more. This is because bloggers respond to comments, we care, we take a personal and very important to each of our visitors.
In addition, users often have their own blogs. They themselves are sincere in your blog and think you are too. I certainly try to be the best in Banzaii.

To me the blog has helped me a lot, the scene to meet people, build community, get jobs and collaborations, allows me to experiment, to have my own project, my own media in which I express myself freely, write a little not to rust out, take some initiative ...

Anyway, that experience has been very positive and I encourage everyone to make the leap. Now I think my next project will draw something using Joomla, a free content management system very powerful, and perhaps open a new blog with another subject. Now I'll tell you ...

I read on Gamespot , a site that may not know but that is the source of almost everything you read in Spanish web pages that SCI (Eidos), which owns franchises such as Tomb Raider or Hitman, through bad times, including layoffs and restructuring. One of the most striking changes is the creation of a new casual games division, to be called Eidos Play. SCI keeps up the way other companies like Electronic Arts and Take Two.

My opinion is that casual games are not the goose that lays the golden egg, the great decision that will remove the hook, but a step in the right direction, a step that is consistent with the philosophy imposed Nintendo today and remoteness of the industry of those games that generate violent rejection and bad press. Casual games are games of direct and immediate gameplay aimed at players unusual that occur with low costs and revenues which, if the game becomes a huge success, can be spectacular.

How will this line of strategy games? What is clear is that either these games out for Wii or download on the PlayStation Store or Xbox Live Marketplace. I do not think outside of Wii make much sense to flood the Game shopping with these products. Some may make sense, as those who have already succeeded in Intenet and are well known as Diner Dash or Cake Mania, but not all.

Internet should be a key player when it comes to market and sell these games. What I do is a flash version of the game, as Sony has released Patapon , and would promote, without eliminating conventional advertising in social networks using new marketing techniques of Web 2.0. So put on sale over the Internet with systems of digital rights protection. The strategy and distribution of casual games by these large corporations, therefore, should differ from the games "hardcore" and, of course, do not forget the mobile version.

The long-anticipated redesign of Vandal.net already released. The former gave me no good "feeling" at the time of its release. This gives me better spine although I think the videos have lost enough weight now.

The video, in English, shows in a fairly fast graphics and what the web 2.0.

- Seen in Microserfs .