Gama-Island, the distinctive food and refreshment center of Gamanians, was reopened on the first floor of the headquarters in Taipei on July 25. The new Gama-Island is more spacious and comfortable and offers a more leisurely atmosphere as compared to its previous one. The area’s overall look doesn’t fall behind that of world-renowned coffee shop chains. No wonder an endless stream of Gamanians have been flocking to the place since its soft opening. “Which high-class coffee shop is to be opened here?” “I want to work in Gamania, too.” “It seems it has a strong sense of design.” These

Speaking of “Commerce”, it inevitably comes to the paradigm that “it scurries towards the crowd.” These past decade saw the global economic downturn. Consumers’ wallets have gone shallower, people feel uncertain about the economic status quo so they no longer squander money on high end brands. The show must go on, even though high end brand was taken a hard blow. Crossover was introduced to the scene and coined another trendy term, Hi Street, a hybrid between high fashion and street fashion.  Known for its practicality, street(sport) brand is much adored by younger generation which gives it an edge

Korea subsidiary of Gamania announced the new promotion video for Web Koihime†Musou in October 2011 and that the game will be introduced in the later in the year. Taking a footstep after Japan, these three gorgeous teenager fighting warriors of 3 kingdoms are expected to sweep Korea off its feet.  Web Koihime†Musou is based on the popular game, Koihime†Musou by BaseSon in Japan. The webpage game was developed and adapted by GJP. Shin Koihime†Musou won the Grand Prize for Moe-Style Game in 2009. Moe element is said to be the biggest feature in Web Koihime†Musou. The game ingeniously turned

Whether you are doing an external promotion campaign or an internal illustration, videos are great tools for briefing. The videos may have different names such as teaser, trailer, PV, MV, Gameplay, Walk Through, depending on their nature or usage. However whatever their names may be, as long as the end receiver is B2B or B2C, the videos entails the task of exhibition and illustration.   We have previously talked about “How to brief/introduce a game to players.” This time, I’d like to share with everyone how to use videos to illustrate an end result. Several years ago, Cannes Lions

Special Report ACGHK，Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong The Opening of the 13th Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2011 The “Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong” held in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center attracts a large number of anime and video game enthusiasts every year. It is a large exhibition of comics, animation, video games, toys and models. The event this year ran from July 29 to Aug. 2, with an unprecedented number of attendees estimated at 690,000. There are 170 exhibitors and 500 booths in total this year, making it the largest in history.   Gamania’s exhibit this year maintained its consistent attractive presentation

Introducing the new optimized tool for human factors design – UX LAB! Human Factors Design Center’s UX LAB is officially launched to assist all research units in conducting user experience studies and help integrate user-centered UI design concepts into the entire research team’s output.  UX LAB’s services, features and laboratory facilities are discussed in the article. UX LAB Research Scope ser Experience Laboratory) is created based on user experience which consists of “Expert Review”, “Focus Group Discussion” and “Usability test”. In terms of game development, experts evaluate the completeness and scope of the game’s UI design flow during the

Lomo is more than a camera brand, it’s a photography attitude or even a life style.  Lomo has brought up slogans such as “There is no rule” and “Don’t think, just take it,” the fun-loving and spontaneous nature is quite similar to Gamanians, who always seem to be the pioneer to explore all possibilities. SPACE 17’s feature exhibition, titled “0°-360° Viewpoint: Gamania Lomo Photography Exhibition.” We invited renowned photographer, DINGDONG to GHQ and asked him to randomly, casually take pictures that capture his impression of Gamania from various angles, creating a vivacious and surprising Gama-vision.  In to exhibition, SPACE

When it comes to the word “trendy”, we have to mention iPhone, the game changer in mobile phones. Besides the smooth hardware and first-rate man-machine interface that make iPhone distinctive, the featured applications are what make iPhone great. It has been more than 3 years since the iPhone App Store came into the market. It featured the function of “touch + sense” that has never been seen before and introduced many innovative Apps at the very start. What’s more, the originality of the developers makes one gasp in admiration. They always have a masterpiece coming out that makes them

For September’s feature activity, Gamania Mobilization, Gamania invited the pride of Taiwan cinematography, director, Lin Yu-Hsien (a.k.a Ah-Meow Lin) to give a speech on how he accomplished his dream and how he faced frustration and setbacks with all Gamanians.  The Birth of the Documentary, Jump!Boys Ah-Meow Lin once faced the plight of unemployment when he was younger. Without any financial support, he had no way but to head back to hometown and seek aid from his family. He had no other better things to do then so he took a camera and went to the local elementary school everyday

Global Exclusive Last year was a great year for Gamania TGS. Gamania demonstrated its status as a major international game company in terms of "quality", "quantity", international media exposure, popularity at Chiba and sheer force of presence. This year Gamania is not going to TGS, not going to E3 and not going to Gamescon. Instead, Gamania decided to stay home in Taipei and host its own independent digital entertainment exhibition – the Gamania Game Show (GGS). What led to this decision? Let's find out!  Hosting an independent digital entertainment exhibition is a break from Gamania's tradition of taking part

All tribes have their own identification symbols. As trendsetters, you should be dressed with the smell of the “street” and the youth. The following are basic outfits recommended by G! VOICE. You can rest assured that you will become trendy by mixing and matching these accessories. Trendy T-shirt: Don't think that any worn T-shirt or company T-shirts shopped from some 3C exhibition are considered trendy T-shirts. The reason why trendy T-shirts are trendy is that there are culture and design implications behind them, such as a sketch of screaming hands on T-shirts of skateboarders; trendy “XX” patterns of KAWS;

▲Dragon Nest’s Annual Version Upgrate: Introducing New Career, Acadmic!  Popular Gamania online game, Dragon Nest conducted a version upgrade on September 27th 2011, launching brand new career, Academic. The spokesperson for the adorable character is Taiwanese singer, Genie Zhuo. Academic may seem sweet and innocent, but she specializes in using heavy weaponry and electromagnetic guns and thus is categorized as a long-distance attacking character. When player’s role reaches level 15, he/she may choose to change the task and upgrade to “Mechanic Summoner,” in which he/she can summon up to 7 mechanic partners to assist in attack!  In addition to