Last month I was contacted by Ms. Diane Reyes of Game! Magazine but prior to that I was asked by Ms. Eva Gubat, Editorial Manager of Game! Magazine, by e-mail if I would like to be a member of their writing pool. I said to myself, if they think my writing is good enough for their magazine then why not so I told her yes.

As I’ve said, Ms. Diane, who is an Editorial Assistant, contacted me and asked if I’m willing to take on a writing assignment and guess what, the topic was Second Life. I accepted the assignment and she gave me a week to write the story. It was my first time writing for a nationally syndicated magazine and it’s scaring the crap out of me.

A few days later, I finished the story and you won’t believe how many times I read it just to make sure it’s okay. I also revised it a few times before submitting it to Ms. Diane. You know, a few tweaks here and there. The story will be on the December - January Issue of Game! Magazine.

On January 10, 2008 the December-January Issue of Game! Magazine finally hit the newsstands. I tried to get a copy but unfortunately it wasn’t available in any bookstores here in our city. Even the 7-11 store here don’t have it. I tried again today to look for a copy but just like last time I didn’t find any.

Since, I can’t get a copy, I just asked Ms. Diane if she can spare me even just the cover of the magazine. I told her that their site is down that’s why I can’t get it from there. She sent me a really big copy of the cover. It was big but it’s not of high quality. It was blurry so what I did is reduced the size to make it more sharper.

This issue of Game! Magazine coincides with this year’s Philippine Online Gaming Summit which was held last January 13, 2008. The magazine served as the ticket to the event. I really wanted to go but my current condition and the on-going Coco Festival here in our city prevented me from going but Chino Yalin, a Filipino Second Life Celeb, was there and he took some nice photos of the event too.

Game! Magazine is Philippines’ premier gaming magazine and you can get a copy at your favorite bookstores nationwide (except where I live).

Note: I’d really love to see how my story on Second Life looks inside the pages of Game! Magazine. Anyone? Please send me a copy! I’ll pay for it! LOL!