By Relly Carpio
INQUIRER.net
HUSBAND and wife gamers and bloggers Philip and Joanne Ortiz recently had their blog Third World Gamer added to the official communities recognized by Xbox.com.
Xbox Singapore held a promo last month looking for “Friends of Xbox,” bloggers who talk about the Xbox and their experiences with it. Philip Ortiz’s blog was one of those chosen by Xbox Singapore, and is now linked within the communities.
“I tried it, knowing that there are other blogs out there that are better than mine. So I was pleasantly surprised when mine was one of
those chosen,” he said.
“After that I told them about PinoyXbox.com where I and my wife are moderators. We hope that my blog’s inclusion would be the foot in the door for PinoyXbox.com to also be recognized, and eventually our country to become a supported country for Xbox,” he added.
Not all countries are supported by Microsoft when it comes to their Xbox product. The Philippines is one of them.
“It has been suggested that Xbox players [here] should form communities and hold Xbox-related events. This is in the hope that in the future, recognition and eventually support would follow,” Ortiz said.
Right now, PinoyXbox has an estimated 3, 700 users. PinoyXbox.com was launched in 2002 while the Third World Gamer blog was started in 2005.
March 15th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Wow, it would be great to get my blog included but I think you have to be in the click in order for that to happen.
February 9th, 2008 at 11:16 am
uh-oh…. someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed…
February 8th, 2008 at 5:42 am
I mean what’s the big deal really? Is this even newsworthy? A blog being recognised by an american company?????????????? Get serious dudes. If you don’t have stories to tell, better leave the page blank for a while or hire a researcher.