Off-beat= Pain-hop   An editor of an advertising company, senior editor of a fashion magazine, music producer of TV shows, radio station DJ and a well-known writer, Shiuan Liu has establish himself as a very unique public character indeed. Shiuan admits being very fond of the Taiwanese expression of “Off-beat” (literally, beat-hop), but even more the expression “Pain-hop”. Shiuan Liu: “I admire being able to insert oneself into different environments. With each ‘hop’, we leave our comfort zone and learn to adjust and adapt whatever is around us. This leads to, of course, emotional distress. Even the fact that

From the local based Simple Market, the Hua-shan concert venue legacy, to the biannual Simple Life Festival... these events all promote the same cause: Creating innovation culture. StreetVoice and other platforms now allow you to virtually experience stories and projects of such. Whether it is a reminiscence of the past or the birth of the present, the clashes that technology brought was to no means just superficial impact. Today, G!Voice invites CEO of Neutron Culture and legendary music producer Landy Chang, to talk to us about the clash of technology and cultural art! Technology-- Opening the Doors to Art

 ▲Man of the men—SJ (left) feared no defeat or challenge, bringing up 200% effort to keep going forward. He is the ‘ultimate’ man in many fans’ hearts.  After the dismal failure in 4th year of TeSL, Gama Bears did not give up any hope but continued to fight. Players went through special trainings and coaches and team leaders studied and drilled various strategies. All of this effort was invested in the hopes of winning the championship! The blessing moment finally came in the 5th year of TeSL, all the hard work paid off. This year, players of Gama Bears

G! VOICE Introduces: Adapted from a true story based on the life of legendary mathematician John Nash. Although being a academic prodigy, he had an intense personality and was socially awkward to say the least. However, it was determined that his original theories was the key to it all. His works overthrew Adam Smith's homo economicus theory that dominated for 150 years, and was offered a position in MIT. Soon he was invited to cooperate with a mysterious secret intelligence that needed his help to crack encrypted telecommunication... He fell in love with one of his students, Alicia, and

Our everyday life is filled with all kinds of signs. They transcend ethnicity, languages and nations. Through the design of icons and signs we could illustrate people, things and items to swiftly and effectively identify and communicate with one another. Semiotics is a field of study on signs, symbols and the interpretation of their use. It mainly investigates how signs can be understood by people more easily.  Why should UI icon be simplified to signs?  The picture on the far left is an actual picture of a person’s face, on the far right is a conceptual face expressed through

Winners for the first WebGame Cup were out! Vincent personally conferred the certificate of merits and prizes to the winners.    What is WebGame?  Actually WebGame is the so called webpage games, which are games that could be run independently. You don’t need to install programs, just click on the webpage to enjoy the game. These games are good for killing time and they have been sprung up on community platforms such as Facebook and Google +. Words and phrases that emerge from these web games, such as ‘stealing vegetable’, ‘feeding fish’, ‘opening shops’ have also become the ‘hit’

    Starting from culture; Catalyzed by innovation; Perfected through technology The 21st century motto is to balance life between technology and humanity. There is no doubt about this. We have come to the point where the cultural aspect has become the vital key to what defines “people”; together they create a most unique structure of social outlooks we live by. Words, language and entertainment... from which corners culture has sprung from. Innovation spices up the excitement by reinventing conventions and providing new interpretations that suggest more possibilities. Culture, innovation and technology are like three sides of the equilateral

  “Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost!” --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe     What is courage? This is a question that anyone can answer quickly, but there will never be a standard answer. Not only that, but because everyone’s answer will be different, the whole concept of courage remains very mysterious. The aim of the Gamania Cheer Up Foundation is to encourage young people to work hard to realize their dreams and be themselves! This time, G! Voice interviewed veteran dreamers from Dream Island. The interviewees include Social Secretary - Ms. Li Li-chen,

Picture this. You are sitting on a beige sofa in a roomy cafe on a sunny afternoon. Vines spiral across the panes, and sassy jazz music is tingling in the air. Chic people around you are conversing in a light, happy manner. Suddenly the pager hums softly in your hand. You get up, go to the counter and collect your coffee. The staff member does not holler out: “Mr./Ms. X, your coffee is ready!” And there is also no risk of accidentally snatching someone else’s order. That little pager, that sometimes makes you jump when it goes off, is

G!VOICE Recommend:  “’Nānā’ is the common language in Kamusari village, which means slowing things down. It is a village isolated from the world and the villagers live a sustainable living with the Nature. The main character is an urban youngster who does not have any direction or goal for the future. After he arrived in the village, he learned to cherish the forest and the importance of respecting nature. He learned that life is like climbing trees, you can only look upwards, not downwards. He gradually found his way living in the woods. This is a book that makes

    1. The Promise   “Let’s go to Tibet!” This was a pact made by 3 junior high students that sat together in class. We were fascinated by the map of Tibet in our textbooks, and were measuring the Yarlung Tsangpo River with rulers. After a decade, I became one of those “migrating” backpackers. I am standing here alone on Mt. Chomolungma (Mt. Everest), fulfilling a promise 10 years too late. In 2010, from Qamdo, Nyingchi, Lhokha, and onto Lhasa and Shigatse, I have been wandering about in Tibet for over a month. Before leaving, I looking down

A great discovery or invention often comes from the most trivial things in life. Sometimes you feel gloom and doom but when you take a look at that cute figurine on your office desk, it somehow help you clear out the bad mood!  Many things in life can inspire you or trigger emotions. There are tons of wonderfully trivial things in Gamania because Gamanians love sharing fresh and interesting things. Sometimes when we take a serious look at some of the things we are used to in Gamania, we discover new meanings or have new realization. Let’s see if

Each gamanian belongs to one of these teams. The properties for each team is fairly different, and before you start leveling up, you need to learn the focal points and required skills of each team. This issue of G!VOICE brings us each a mastermind of logistics, R&D, operations and creativity teams. They will evaluate each skill and pressure points as to come up with the best strategy plan for their members. What are their skills? How high are the combat rates? Let’s have a look now!     The office worker’s 12 must-have properties As the result of Gamanian leaders’

▲Japanese Photography Master—Moriyama Daido’s First Chinese Autobiographic Piece G!VOICE Recommend “High contrast, rough particle, vague, jumpy, and out-of-focused strong black and white photography has been the first impression the public have for Moriyama Daido’s work. This autobiographic content details his growing environment, sentiments, and his anti-routine, anti-stereotypical personality. This work depicts how he perceives the world, be it gloom and doom or free and unstrained. Through the text, we get to know the artist more, understand the most truthful definition of photography and his process of doing this.” “The passing time does not extinct, but awaits there. I see

The 37th TCS Amsterdam Marathon was held on Oct 21st, 01:00 PM. Over the recent years, there has increasing attention directed to half-marathons. These races are held alongside with marathons with only half the mileage required, though equally in need of physical and mental tenacity. Ever more participants gather to join such a sport in the hopes of conquering 21 kilometers in one setting! This year, Bianca Alexiuc from GEU, challenged, and completed, the Amsterdam half-marathon! G-Voice is honored to celebrate Bianca’s spiritual journey and delight with all Gamanians on this special occasion.    ▲The event was held on

August 6, 2012   [Gama News] As part of beanfun! Summer Carnival, beanfun! National Open of first half year came to a perfect end on August 5th 2012. Players from all over Taiwan competed nearly 4 months and finally the champion team was born! The winners of regular match and sudden death match of CS online were AlphaForce and Pi-Li GoGoGo respectively. The winners of group speed match and individual speed match of 2.0 Crazy Racing Kartrider were Low-key club and oPTTo respectively. The intense competition carried on all the way to the final moment, everyone’s emotion was brought

G!VOICE conducted a special interview with Vivian He (right), GTW-CS and Emily Huang, GTW-CS as they shared the unspoken hard work in customer service.    Currently Gamania divides customer service sector into four divisions: staff who are responsible for answering customers’ calls, staff who deal with players’ online queries, staff who set up internal trainings for quality control of the customer service, and staff who assist in testing product quality and are part of QA team. Out of these four divisions, telephone customer service occupy the most people. Being front line customer service personnel is hard work. They need

    Ah Bin: “Courage is the process of escaping your comfort zone.”    Ah Bin: “Courage is the process of escaping your comfort zone.” The foundation’s activities encourage everyone to push their comfort zones and make them larger. They encourage people to have firm beliefs in their goals and strive for them. This process then enables them to take on even more challenges. Having courage means going to do things that you find extremely frightening, uncomfortable or just don’t like and also coming to terms with the possibility that you might fail. Sometimes the weight of a challenge,