For this issue of G!VOICE, we are fortunate to invite our  long-time human resources correspondent, Fay Chen, to offer us valuable advice. Fay is the most prestigious consultant and chief technical adviser for the ── DDI, Asian branch. ▲G!Voice visits our longtime human resources correspondent, Fay, at the DDI South-east Asian Headquarters in Taipei 101. Management is all about social skills and interactive communication G!VOICE: From your past experience with the Logistics, Creativity, R&D and Operations team, what strengths do you think they each have? What suggestions would you give to each of the four main units? I think

We saw eSports contestants’ game faces on TV, we saw them discuss and try to win the game, but do you know what they’re really like off the screen? G!VOICE gained access to the Gama Bears’ private life. We will show you how these three teams were made up. Are you curious? Let’s read on!  24hr Exclusive Spot Checks on eSports Players 9am-10am: Getting up and Going to the Office Players of Gama Bears currently live in the dormitory situated at a clean and quiet community not far from the company. G!VOICE conducted a random spot check on the

In the digital time, millions of information is transferred or exchanged in the virtual world in the speed of light at every second. If you want to be the leading creator in the digital entertainment time, you must have a clear sense of market trend. There are certain ‘required credits’ you must study and obtain before you could become a creator. These would be useful tools when Gamanians to explore and expand the territory in the future.     Required Credit 1: Communities? Networking? Get it Straight First!    What is a community? Scholar Shafer (1999) defined it loosely

Most Gamanians tend to take the same route from home to Gamania every day. Although the route is the same, sometimes affected by the mood, weather, or as simple as a random smile from a pedestrian, the ‘view’ would suddenly change!  In this special issue, we invited Gamanians from around the globe to share their work routes. You can simply click on the Google Map and experience the work route with our representatives. Are you ready to travel with us? Let’s go!  Taiwan GTW Unit: GTW-NT Name: Joseph Huang Joseph lives in hustle-bustle Tucheng filled with shops and stores. You

“Connecting People” was once a powerful slogan (too bad the company that came up with this has gone downhill). This slogan aptly describes the intimate correlation between technology and digital entertainment platforms. Simply put, the big environment dominates the wave cycle of digital entertainment market. With countless ups and downs, the ones that survive are of the fittest.      Want to Surf on the Crest of the Wave? Find the Perfect Wave First    The big environment means the ‘popular’ and ‘pervasive’ trend. If one could be aware of the market trend early, he can access the market

Facing rapid changes in the digital market, information update becomes daily homework. For people who might panic about inundating information, they may even receive too much useless information. There are also people who feel absolutely no need to update new information. How do you train and advance your ‘level’ of digital entertainment market observation? I think people who love playing online games would share the same experience, “If you discover somewhere good to upgrade your level, you develop a model and repeat it to swiftly accumulate experience value.” How do you develop such model? To avoid becoming one of

As a Gamanian, being unique is everyone’s common trait. If you make a visit in GHQ, you’d get to see all kinds of Gamanians: be it pretty-Gamanian, parkour-Gamanian, Lit. & art-Gamanian, musician-Gamanian or paranoid-Gamanian etc. A song goes like this, “You said I’m like a Gamanian, capricious and unpredictable, in fact you don’t know Gamanian’s heart…” Because Gamanians are so unique, it is not that easy to ‘get’ them. You can’t judge a Gamanian by its face! Observing Gamanians daily routines is not enough to get to know what they hide inside. In this special feature, we sent out

Inheriting the concrete “old ”to abstract” new” There are 117 canals and 118 islands linked by 401 bridges in Venice, Italy. This is the only city in the world that does not have cars for transportation. The gondolas in particular are especially meaningful, because of its significance in Italian culture. Each boat is painted in black with an assigned rower. For the past few centuries, gondolas have been the main vehicle for Venice. However, the administration offices in Venice are trying to save the gondolas, which are on the verge of being replaced by public ferries. Culture is the

  The combination of contemporary culture and modern technology cannot be made without creativity. East London has become a great example of cultural hybrids: its music, art, bars and graffiti, to just name a few examples of where to look. The richness of the cultures also are reflected in its mode of technology. East London’s science park has become one of the most creative centers that meet different kinds of modern demands. Modern technology is naturally linked to rich culture in places like this. It is the diversity of this region that set a perfect ground for exploring all

▲Gamanian observers from marketing and technology perspectives: Bea (left) and Gilbert (right).  Facing the rapid changes in the global market, are you fully prepared? G!VOICE interviewed Gamanian observers who possess of keen market senses, Bea and Gilbert, to share their observations on the marketing and technology aspects of digital entertainment market. Still haven’t caught up with the trend? Let’s hear what they have to say!  Observation from the Marketing Perspective: GOBU3 of GTW, Bea Wang ▲GTW-GOBU3-Bea Wang(王蘭君) Rapid Changes in the Market: Are You Ready? Judging from the game companies who participated in the exhibitions, web game and mobile

The Group Staff Survey 2010/2011 result (1) gathered Gamanians’ thoughts and opinions about the company, among which the item, ‘customer service’ showed that there is room for improvement regarding managing relationship with internal and external clients. When thinking about how to improve customer satisfactory rate, we should consider both internal and external aspects. If every unit in a company could provide good service, naturally they could provide better products and services to external clients. It is all correlated. If Gamania could commit to customer service on all fronts then we could turn around the bad Gama-reputation that players perceive us.  

“Innovation” is often sorted into the field of “designers”, “engineers” or “management personnels”. As a matter of fact, it concerns every single member that takes part in an organization. Each can (and should,) find their “role” as a creative thinker... Yet, we were not encouraged to this type of Design Thinking in our education. Today, G!Voice wishes to introduce some simple methods that will help you “think outside the box” (Grin).  1. Be used to doing things you aren’t used to Everyone is used to sticking to things and procedures that they are familiar with (of course...). However, these “habits”