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I have long observed that the "meat" and "butt" traded up in Meristation. A game can be good, but there is always room for improvement. A buxom in the promo, a few pixels big to hide and ready, and we have the image click secure. Too tempting for the unwary gamer beardless skip it ...

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Occasionally I get emails from people who want to work and earn a living in this video game, but do not know how. At most I refer to Masters or blogs of people who are working on it. Another option is to work in some media as a journalist specializing in video games. Precisely Meristation have posted the news that seek a correspondent for Madrid , to cover different events, presentations and parties (not many) that are held in the capital.

If you meet these requirements, see page Meristation to see how you can send your CV:

• Over 18 years
• traditional video game player
• Bachelor's degree or pursuing graduate (priority journalism, visual communication and branch of information science).
• Experience in publications
• Willingness to travel.
• Driving license and own vehicle.
• high level language.
• high English, both spoken and written.
• fixed residence in Madrid

Luck!

Update: Neither monster nor Infojobs or milk. Given the avalanche of CVs received the news has already closed the registration for this offer. There wafers for this position.

Leo Meristation an interview of the director, Pep Sanchez, Cristina Infante, chief marketing officer of Sony hardware, I have found very interesting because it clarifies some thorny issues about PSP Go.

1) The prices will not fall despite not having the costs of physical distribution.

Meristation: What is the pricing?

Cristina Infante: Not fully decided, but the idea is put on the same price at UMD and download.

M: That's going to cause complaints ...

CI: We have a network of distribution that do not want to compete unfairly in online selling cheaper than the price at which they must sell the UMD.

2) They are negotiating with distributors to sell PSP Go. We will increase hardware sales commissions to offset the loss in the software.

M: One of those stores in England said it would not sell because after selling PSPgo would stop selling games for the machine. Are there similar complaints in Spain?

CI: We are negotiating with distributors for the sale of PSPgo them interesting.

M: Expanding margins on commission?

CI: One of the possibilities.

3) Although I thought and had read somewhere that Sony was going to facilitate the digital download games you already have UMD, now going to be no.

M: Have you thought about owning a PSP that already has several games on UMD and PSPgo is purchased? Should re-buy the games to enjoy?

CI: We are mulling how we can solve this problem, which is small and has no simple solution. We have no official response to this situation.

* Read the rest of the interview at IGN . It is very interesting.

I advised my friend Jesus (Thanks!) That Meripodcast, who initially stopped temporarily, will happen to a better life actually as Meri reads itself . What was to be a season finale will be a definite slowdown motivated by "the lack of advertising spend this year and poor outlook for the next campaign."

What results has been achieved since 27,000 listeners each week, as long as Meristation. Anyway, if no funding is not a empecinar in getting things done ... To all those who really liked the meripodcast and are now in the forum refused to accept the fact, they pose if they had been willing to pay something, however little, for the program.

It was good while it lasted. A pity. Perhaps in the near future the phoenix rise again. I hope so.

Is about to break loose the war in every year. Once again, the forces measured at Electronic Arts Konami's hosts in an epic battle in the style of Lord of the Rings. With football games, or are of Sauron declared PES fan because it is bad and the mythical section " What the eye does not see "on Canal +, or are of Gandalf, who switched to FIFA when he saw that would win the battle. No room for more football games.

Out of silicones, the thing is presented this year also uneven. EA FIFA 10 has already shown, a remodeling of my beloved FIFA 09, picking up good reviews in progress, while Konami has not taught anything. It's good that Torres and Messi will appear on the cover, but what we really want to know is whether to remodel the engine last year or will be a new one. How much have made progress in a year?

Messi and Torres are the image of PES 2010

At EA, rather than improve the game graphically, have worked on polishing errors reported by users. Some of them I have to admit they were pretty bloody, as the subject of the post and rebounds so unrealistic, the advantage rule, throw-ins or hard to avoid the offsides ... The fact is that they work ahead and I hope soon to check progress.

EA also will present its first game in Spain. The presentation is being now in the Sports Palace of Madrid. I know that the people of PES is already preparing his, but who gives first, gives twice.

In any case, the decline of PES versus FIFA is a fact. While in Spain and Italy are going to counter again worldwide PES managed to sell 8 million copies while 2009 FIFA placed 10 million , according to EA's own figures.

On the official website of FIFA 10 have made ​​a compilation of the best reviews of progress appeared in Meri, Vandal and other sites that you can help.

As for PES at the moment there is only smoke. You can give a caladita on its official website .

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

The head of Sony Computer Entertainment, Kaz Hirai, not of this world. Someone who drop these pearls must be from another planet:

Pearl 1: Judging the success of PS3 considering only the 3 years at the market is "premature." "For other companies that have a lifecycle of five years is easier to judge the performance after two years." He said the PS3 life cycle is 10 years. (Seen on Eurogamer ).

* Anyone else think this?

Pearl 2: "It's hard to talk about Nintendo because we do not see your console as a competitor. They are in a different world and we operate in ours. " (Seen again Eurogamer ).

Kaz, a proud resident of Ganymede

* Operates on Earth Nintendo and Sony, on Ganymede. To my knowledge, they are both consoles and both point to the casual and hardcore audience. Or not?

Pearl 3: "The only option was to use the Sony Blu-Ray. From the standpoint of the players had no other choice. Why? For disk capacity. " (Seen in Meristation ).

* I know no one to tell me he bought the PS3 for the blu-ray. I get the impression that we have shoehorned. Where there is a good hard drive ...

Pearl 4: About the price of PSP Go. "The value that European users will get good and do not think they are so directed by issues like the price as in other markets." (Come back to see Meristation ).

* As you know, the PSP Go will cost 250 euros, much more expensive than in the U.S., which cost $ 250. By contrast, now, we would pay $ 351, or 100 more than in the United States. A new joke.

As a journalist, I'm very interested in the fact of how a rumor Meristation forums is becoming news these days. One such el_amo_de_todo, in which profile you can see that is related to the web www.cineycine.com has published a list of video games from Electronic Arts (EA), which presumably will drop in price in March, with discounts very greedy in games like Mirror's Edge or Dead Space.

The rumor appeared in the Meristation Forum on February 4. Then it was copied in many other media forums such as Gameprotv and Edge . In Kotaku saw in Edge and made ​​news the next day, which eventually ended up as a virus spread. The same rumor as Meristation published news quoting an anonymous source and binding to itself the February 6, two days after it appeared in the forum and one after Kotaku is echoed.

Logically, in Meristation thought that if other media echoed their forums, they would not be less. Today such el_amo_de_todo still has not provided its source (because it could bring problems to the source) and it is uncertain whether the list is real or not. After then Meristation Kotaku post, the rest of the media have gone after falling like dominoes .

Can happily publish rumors?

I talked to Kotaku and they say they have contacted EA without obtaining an answer. Following this refusal, decided to publish, without knowing for sure if the list of games and prices was true. I have also contacted EA and although not officially comment on rumors, the truth is that I have said that at this time are often made changes in prices and has been a leak. They do not say-of course-but I bet it was someone from the recently laid off in EA Spain ...

Regardless of whether the rumor is true or filtration (I think it is), the question is whether this list should get out of the forums. And to do so, how should we put it? How should we make people know that there is a confirmed news? Because do not forget, every time we take a false story or we swallow a "fake", we are doing wrong to our work as journalists.

I believe that rumors can be given but only if we make it very clear in the headline and the intro that this is an unconfirmed rumor. I think the key is honesty and check sources. I love making Gamespot, which gives the rumors out of the "feed" normal news in a different section called "Rumor control". Then there will be time to get the sound of that section and take it to the news confirmed. I think a good solution.

The rumor is clear that interest the audience usually works, but we must not get carried away by the immediacy or the need for scoops, because a published rumor that turns out to be false is misinformation and has consequences.

You can have consequences

In this case the rumor may be doing much harm to EA. This list can be very damaging to EA, in difficulties after poor Christmas sales, since nobody in their right mind would pay 70 euros for a game that will lower their price in half shortly.

I would like to know your opinion on the subject, about the rumors, whether to publish or not and how. It should also be clear to the people who have not studied the right to information that can not be publishing false news, only news we have the right to publish truthful, and that EA could sue for disclosure of trade secret claim damages because someone could drop a good cigar ...

It's no secret that the situation in the PRISA group is dramatic. The shares have plummeted, creditors want their money back and are desperately seeking liquidity. After the difficulty of selling Digital Plus at a decent price, is now rumored that perhaps opt for the sale of one of its two most profitable and prized asset: La Cadena Ser or group Santillana.

To all I have to remember that Meristation belongs to the group PRISA, as the courts of the Town and Court of Madrid. How does this affect Meristation? Do Cebrian and company would raise the sale of Meristation? The truth is that Hobby Press and considered purchasing it for a while and was rumored to also be interested Vocento. If you look hard, pure profit, a business that could cost them two hard sell for quite a million so as to achieve the desired liquidity, but I doubt it was a lot to lift PRISA trouble and also if you look a little medium to long term, Meristation not misplaced and could take advantage of that video games are becoming the entertainment industry more profitable and more solid future.

Do you guys think? Do you detach PRISA "Meri"?

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.

Prisacom has won the appeal he had filed Meristation so that confirms that the Internet division of Prisa, Polanco's group, buy the games over the web quoted 600,000 euros, the price agreed in 2002. Meristation Clearly, right now, is worth much more money, so it is certainly big business.

It seems that finally Pep and his lieutenants will have to mount another stall where legions of kids probably will continue to work freely in search of a dream, the possibility of forming a community among all video games and a website completely independent and honest. The reality is that Meristation has some owners and, if you work evenings and nights leaving you to send free items, profit from them and you can officially consider yourself a dreamer, if not worse.

About 4 or 5 years I wrote to "Meri" because he had attended a presentation of the Conflict games and wanted to make a breakthrough. He replied that it was a Pep web videoadictos to videoadictos and there was not paid for nothing and, moreover, that game was caught and had to choose another. As you can imagine, that was that.

I also know people who were working because he liked and then eventually even found work in the scene. At least they have some use, but what I think is do not let others profit from your hard work. Open up your own blog, such as Akihabarablues, and try your luck. At least it's your own project! Just turns out well. Vandal began as a page on Geocities and now look where they are!

Sorry for Pep because he worked hard on Meristation. I hope to mount a new website, as strong or stronger that "Meri" and continue making war. The more competition the better for users and more challenge for which we compete. Prisa sure know Meristation exploit the brand and the community, although some doubt, but surely some will follow you wherever you go Pep. This is the key, who's going to be the community.

Related links:

The news in Europe Press
The information in El Pais, Prisa through

Meristation forum is on fire with the theme

Update: The guys Anait are those who have more blood with the news on his blog. This time of akihabarablues , which seem to have overcome their trauma, are quite aseptic and provide that is not a final judgment, as I imagined. Those Joystiq make a complete review of the whole issue from the beginning. And while still not saying anything Meristation although users require a communication in the forums. Is the subject of lawyers, I guess.

Although we want to show the contrary, the truth is that those who buy video games have the power, the fans decided to each of our purchases. I can assure you that you have very, very much in mind and we can do much damage. With good boycotts can do against injustices such as the European price of Rock Band.

The Harmonix, in the words of manager of product development Greg LoPiccolo, just to ensure that fans "can not conclude that Rock Band is worth the money, and that is your prerogative. But it will not make the game magically lower price because it ye ​​will. " Come on, that the fact that here the complete kit will cost 240 euros while in the U.S. only pay 107 to change will not change, or at least that you create. From Banzaii make a solemn appeal to not buy it: You'll see and then take him down. "Magically". Remember: We have the power.

Do not believe them to be able to lower the price? The community has achieved many things coming together and making requests online. Very recently EA itself has had to "back off" and change its plans to make us pay for extra weapons in Battlefield Bad Company. Want more proof? Users have united and are collecting signatures to film director Uwe Boll does not return to destroy our favorite games with painful movies. If you reach one million, has promised to withdraw.

Other times we have together to get reprints of games like ICO, the prequel to Shadow of the Colossus and have achieved many things. We can still get many more. Remember, do not be ripped off with Rock Band and, for that matter, do not be pig in a poke either with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. It's a demo with a few cars and few circuits. Do not be fooled by Meristation ; pay 40 euros for a demo is a joke by having very good graphics.

• Related links:
• News: Harmonix said that Rock Band will not lose money "magically" .
• News: Uwe Boll, the misunderstood genius

If you read my article the other day on Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will know what I think: It's a great game, great graphics and gameplay, but lacks cars and tracks and the lack of deformation in the cars and circuits is unforgivable. I would not pay for this game and I expect to Gran Turismo 5.

The point is that reading the first analysis there I meet people who think like me, like vandal.net. In Vandal consider it a demo: "It is certainly a great demo of what will Gran Turismo 5 but, unfortunately, just a demo". As a "taste of a bigger game" have decided not to give notice.

As to whether they would recommend their note or write: "If you like the car enough to pay 40 euros for a product that is not finished and that it offers, is too expensive to be worth that price, Later, you will have great and kill the bug until it reaches up to 2009, the final version. Otherwise, wait for the updates you make Prologue worth buying, or you reach the end game. "

In Meristation I find that I have given a note of 8.5 out of 10 and who begin by stating that "provides sufficient incentives to justify the outlay." Such inducements are the improvements brought about this new version over the Japanese, graphics and online play, who confess not being able to prove. GT5 Prologue "offers so much content, the truth, it can be considered almost a whole game. [...] Although only a fraction of what will be the final Gran Turismo 5, offers much more than offer some entire games that are on the market. And not for 70 €, but for 40 € ".

My Meri's arguments do not seem solid, but anyway, I guess there's so much criticism as critical.

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  The critical vandal .
  Of Meristation .

The video game websites better like fine wine, some more than others and more or less successful. Meristation, Vandal, Anait, Yahoo! Games ... all we are introducing new features. Repasémoslas.

Meristation is immersed in the adventure of monetization and would not hesitate to use the phone. Besides conducting competitions coming via sms, you can now subscribe to its mobile news.

But this is not the most important, perhaps the big launch have been blogging. Launch the service 19 months after Vandal and using drupal, not technology itself as Vandal. It also draws attention to launch using the domain instead of Meristation gamefilia.com. I do not know why. Another thing I see is that it takes rectangles which I suppose is Meristation, while sharing advertising vandal.

GameSpot also trying to be more profitable thanks to the mobile. In your case try to monetize professional tricks to which only you have access through the mobile. I do not think GameSpot Meristation not get rich with the phone, offering fairly narrow profit margins, but we must try.

Meanwhile, anaitgames, one of the most popular gaming blogs have launched Anait tv with a video that begins well, very funny, and then diluted a bit. However a very positive initiative.

I have heard that both Vandal and prepare Trucoteca news very soon, but what I can tell you not to occur, so stay tuned.

Update: The guys from Meri is in full expansion of services, throwing things out left and right. Now post a new podcast service which begins tomorrow. The radio program director to lead Pep Blade and his horde (because they're monsters, good) in an Internet radio show about 30 minutes. More on Meristation own .

- Blogs in Meristation.
- Pro Tips on GameSpot.
- First video in Anaitgames.

Ubisoft is being mounted on the dollar. His Assassin's Creed has sold one million units within days. Spend enough these days for a Game Center to see the flood of people asking. Although success is not only due to play Altair, because they have released other good games, the fact is that sales have increased 51.8% and earnings by 11.7%, which contrasts with the company recorded losses during the first half of the period 2006-7.

It is clear that the quality of the games is an important factor, but I think the other great success of Ubisoft is a major marketing campaign that targets primarily model to the Internet. I've written many times that the paper is dead. If even Axel Springer, publisher of most gaming magazines, was in the bid for Meristation! While many game companies do not want to give it, your audience is connected to the Internet, and this is key to selling.

Such is the success of Ubisoft, the numbers are so good, they have decided to move games like Haze and Splinter Cell: Conviction to the next fiscal year. Without economic apreturas, we will find more games and higher quality finishes. Of course, sometimes the shit but well, such as Beowulf, but in this case have the movie, which is always a good boost. And then you have to prepare a new games like Rainbow Six or End War ...

Related News:
- Ubisoft sales increase .
- Assassin's Creed over a million .