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		<title>Community Newsletter #6</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Houston</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[echo65 Member Spotlight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello gamerDNA Community!
Wow, it&#8217;s been awhile since we last had a community newsletter &#8211; time has sure flown by!&#160; Everyone at GamerDNA HQ&#160;is working very hard on some things that we will be talking about soon, and we&#8217;re excited to show everyone what we&#8217;re up to.&#160; Unfortunately, because of a lot of this behind the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2F10%2Fcommunity-newsletter-6%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2F10%2Fcommunity-newsletter-6%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Hello gamerDNA Community!</p>
<p>Wow, it&#8217;s been awhile since we last had a community newsletter &#8211; time has sure flown by!&nbsp; Everyone at GamerDNA HQ&nbsp;is working very hard on some things that we will be talking about soon, and we&#8217;re excited to show everyone what we&#8217;re up to.&nbsp; Unfortunately, because of a lot of this behind the scenes work, we haven&#8217;t updated the blog that much in the past few months.&nbsp; Expect that to change in the future!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gamerdna.com/now" target="_blank"><img height="320" width="480" src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/NOWPage.jpg" alt="GamerDNA Now Page on office TV" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>The GamerDNA Now page on a TV in the gamerDNA Office</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">At the gamerDNA office we have a TV setup that displays various stuff to help us monitor the site..or in this case look at cool gamerDNA community activity! &nbsp;For the past week or so we&#8217;ve had the gamerDNA Now page up on the TV, and it&#8217;s a great way to see the community interact throughout the day.&nbsp; If you haven&#8217;t checked it out already, head on over to the <a href="http://gamerdna.com/now" target="_blank">GamerDNA Now page</a> to see it in action.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Quick Newsletter Navigation:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#GamerDNA_Townhall">GamerDNA Townhall</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#GamerDNA_Member_Spotlight">GamerDNA Member Spotlight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Top_Conversations_on_GamerDNA">Top Conversations on GamerDNA</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Wrap_Up">Wrap Up</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><a name="GamerDNA_Townhall">GamerDNA Townhall</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Last month we put the call out for questions about gamerDNA, and the community responded in a big way!&nbsp; We answered these questions in a new set of videos that we&#8217;re calling GamerDNA Townhalls.&nbsp; These are videos where we answer your questions, talk about the new stuff that we&#8217;re working on, and basically give you another form of access to the gamerDNA&nbsp;dev team.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Here is the first GamerDNA Townhall, in all 47 minutes of glory:&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><embed height="270" width="320" src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGT_jQA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></p>
<p>You can check out the GamerDNA Townhall #1 blog post, as well as all the <a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/07/26/gamerdna-townhall-1/" target="_blank">comments from the community, on our blog here</a>.</p>
<p>If you have any ideas for more videos that we could do, questions that you&#8217;d like to ask us, or any other feedback &#8211; please let us know in the comments below!</p>
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<p><a name="GamerDNA_Member_Spotlight">&nbsp;GamerDNA Member Spotlight</a></p>
<p>This newsletter&#8217;s Member Spotlight is on <a target="_blank" href="http://echo65.gamerdna.com">Echo65</a>, a gamer that comes to us from Columbus, Ohio!&nbsp; He&#8217;s an avid FPS gamer, and a threat on the virtual battlefield.&nbsp; Please join me in congratulating Echo65 for being in the Spotlight!</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://echo65.gamerdna.com/"><img alt="" src="http://sig.gamerdna.com/gamerdna-card-500-150/echo65.png?f=1&amp;t=1249965084" /></a></p>
<p><strong>-Where in the real world do you live?</strong><br />
I live in Buckeye City: Columbus, Ohio.<br />
<strong><br />
-How long have you been gaming?</strong><br />
Been gaming since preschool. The school I attended had an Atari for us to play after naps. Shortly thereafter I begged my parents for an NES and the rest is history&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><br />
-What got you into gaming and what sort of games do you like the most?</strong><br />
If I had to narrow it down to a single game that really put its hooks into me and made me a gamer for life it would be Secret of Mana for the SNES. Great story, gameplay, addictive leveling, fantastic soundtrack AND<br />
Co-Op. I still play it. As for favorite genre of game I&#8217;d have to go with FPS, RPG, RTS, and platformers/adventure games. FPS because I thrive on competition, adrenaline, and overcoming the odds. The others because when I&#8217;m not shooting people (virtual/online of course) I love good a good story, exploring, strategizing, leveling and looting.</p>
<p><strong>&nbsp;-What brought you to gamerDNA and what do you think is the best feature of the site?</strong><br />
I actually found my way to GDNA through following QforQ on Twitter after he was mentioned by someone I already followed. I consider the best actual site feature to be the games collection and games&#8217; pages. I can&#8217;t wait to see some of the additions talked about in the Town Hall vid. But overall I&#8217;d say GDNA&#8217;s best feature is its great community.</p>
<p>
<strong>-Who from the gamerDNA community would you like to meet in person?</strong><br />
It&#8217;d be great to spend a day o&#8217; gaming with MykalGaiden, DVader83, Crystalia, Soyle Sama, JinTetra and Mishy. Though I fear the bill for all those airplane tickets would not be pretty.</p>
<p>
<strong>-What is your favorite game?</strong><br />
Call of Duty 4 and Halo 2 from the FPS side, and Suikoden 2, Final Fantasy VIII, and Mass Effect from the RPG side.</p>
<p>
<strong>-What gaming systems do you own and which is your favorite?</strong><br />
Sega Genesis, Playstation 2, PC, and my favorite: Xbox 360. </p>
<p>
<strong>-Believe it or not, the Christmas release season for games is starting in just over a month or so. What games are look forward to this fall? Why?</strong><br />
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for somewhat obvious reasons(1200 hours logged playing CoD4 and 5?&#8230;). Also Gearbox&#8217;s Borderlands, which looks like it&#8217;s going to play the way I was hoping Fallout 3 was going to play.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Thanks for your time, and congrats <a target="_blank" href="http://echo65.gamerdna.com">Echo65</a>! We&#8217;re happy to have you in our community, and we hope to see you around for a long time to come!</p>
<p>If you would like to be in the Member Spotlight, the best way to do that is by being a great community member.&nbsp; Jump in conversations with other gamers, share what you&#8217;re up to, and have a good time.&nbsp; You never know&#8230;<a target="_blank" href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/category/community-newsletter/">you may just be in the Spotlight next time!</a></p>
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<p><a name="Top_Conversations_on_GamerDNA">&nbsp;Top Conversations on GamerDNA</a></p>
<p>Every day thousands of gamers share their gaming experiences with one another on GamerDNA, and we like to highlight some of the top conversations recently!&nbsp; Check out what other community members are talking about:</p>
<p>QforQ asked everyone, <a href="http://qforq.gamerdna.com/game_post/YNQ6aUB/what-game-do-you-have-the-best-memories-of-playing" target="_blank">&quot;What games do you have the best memories of playing&quot;</a>.</p>
<p>Arislyn shared their story of starting up&nbsp;Mount &amp; Blade, and a <a href="http://arislyn.gamerdna.com/game_activity/zPw6zCe/arislyn-played-mount-blade-pc-on-28-jul-09" target="_blank">serious discussion about the game with lots of useful tips was had!</a></p>
<p>ShadowKing23 asks, <a href="http://shadowking23.gamerdna.com/game_post/wva6zCf/is-communication-in-gaming-in-failing" target="_blank">&quot;Is Communication in Game Failing?&quot;, and hopes that gamers will work together more online.</a></p>
<p>Mishy <a href="http://mishy.gamerdna.com/game_activity/5P55Yht/mishy-played-guild-wars-pc-on-2009-07-29" target="_blank">starts up some new characters in Guild Wars.</a></p>
<p>GrumblyBear starts up a <a href="http://grumblybear.gamerdna.com/game_post/YRh5WD9/upcoming-2009-ps3-titles" target="_blank">discussion about the upcoming PlayStation 3 games in 2009.</a></p>
<p>Mykalgaidin urges everyone to <a href="http://mykalgaidin.gamerdna.com/game_activity/fnr6zCh/mykalgaidin-played-dissida-final-fantasy-psp-on-01-aug-09" target="_blank">check out Dissida Final Fantasy for the PSP.</a></p>
<p>Fnook shares his adventures in <a target="_blank" href="http://fnook.gamerdna.com/game_activity/pYW6zCi/fnook-played-little-big-planet-ps3-on-28-jul-09">Little Big Planet and discusses some upcoming content.</a></p>
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<p>&nbsp;<a name="Wrap_Up"></a></p>
<p>That just about wraps it up for this Community Newsletter.&nbsp; You can expect more newsletters, blog posts, and even some videos in the future.&nbsp; Have any ideas for what you would like to see and learn about?&nbsp; Please let us know in the comments below, or join the <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/gamerdna">conversation on Twitter </a>and <a target="_blank" href="http://facebook.com/gamerdna">Facebook to let us know</a> what you think!</p>
<p>See you next time!</p>
<p>Sam &quot;<a target="_blank" href="http://qforq.gamerdna.com">QforQ</a>&quot; Houston</p>
<p>GamerDNA Community Manager</p>
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		<title>GamerDNA Community Newsletter #5</title>
		<link>http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/06/12/gamerdnacommunity-newsletter-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Houston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Newsletter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mykalgaidin Member Spotlight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello GamerDNA Nation!
It&#8217;s been a busy month here at GamerDNA, with lots of work going on behind the scenes&#8230;and as a result, we now have plenty of stuff to talk about!
Last week was E3, the annual Video Game Industry trade show for all the game publishers/developers to show off their cool stuff to the press [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F06%2F12%2Fgamerdnacommunity-newsletter-5%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F06%2F12%2Fgamerdnacommunity-newsletter-5%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Hello GamerDNA Nation!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s been a busy month here at GamerDNA, with lots of work going on behind the scenes&#8230;and as a result, we now have plenty of stuff to talk about!</p>
<p>Last week was E3, the annual Video Game Industry trade show for all the game publishers/developers to show off their cool stuff to the press and retailers (like Best Buy and Wal-Mart).&nbsp; The show has become a huge press spectacle over the years, and this year was no exception.&nbsp; Exclusive game announcements and trailers, even The Beatles made an appearance at this year&#8217;s E3.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/06/08/e3-2009-announcement-of-tweetmygaming/" target="_blank"><img height="300" align="middle" width="400" alt="" src=" http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0273.JPG" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><i>The &quot;Harmonix House Band&quot;, featuring Harmonix&rsquo;s CEO Alex Rigopulos on drums, playing The Beatles: Rock Band</i></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This newsletter is jam packed with details on the latest GamerDNA updates, the latest GamerDNA News, and much more.&nbsp; We hope you enjoy it!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span id="more-1369"></span></p>
<p>Quick Newsletter Navigation:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#TweetMyGaming_Launches_">TweetMyGaming Launches</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#GamerDNA_Feature_Spotlight">GamerDNA Feature Spotlight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Member_Spotlight">Member Spotlight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#GamerDNA_News">GamerDNA News</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Contests_in_May_June">Contests in May/June</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Top_Conversations_on_GamerDNA">Top Conversations on GamerDNA</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Wrap_Up">Wrap Up</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p>
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<p><a name="TweetMyGaming_Launches_"><strong>TweetMyGaming Launches!<br />
</strong></a></p>
<p>
Last week we announced the launch of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tweetmygaming.com/">TweetMyGaming</a>, a site that tracks all of the gaming conversations on Twitter in real-time, and surfaces the most popular games that are being talked about right now.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">On the website you can watch all the game related tweets from Twitter stream in to the site in real-time, see what the top games are on Twitter, or take a look at a <a target="_blank" href="http://tweetmygaming.com/game/the-sims-3/">particular game&rsquo;s page on TweetMyGaming</a> and see what people are saying about that game.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img height="306" width="400" src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/TweetMyGaming.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Last week I had the pleasure of doing interviews with MTV Multiplayer and Current TV throughout the week about TweetMyGaming, as the site is a great way to see how people are reacting to game announcements and press, in real-time.&nbsp; You can check out my segments with MTV Multiplayer below:&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a target="_blank" href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/06/02/e3-wrap-up-day-1-with-gamerdnas-tweetmygaming/">MTV Multiplayer &#8211; TweetMyGaming Day 1 Wrap-Up</a><a target="_blank" href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/06/02/e3-wrap-up-day-1-with-gamerdnas-tweetmygaming/"><br />
</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a target="_blank" href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/06/03/e3-day-two-wrap-up-with-tweetmygamer/">MTV Multiplayer &#8211; TweetMyGaming Day 2 Wrap-Up</a><a target="_blank" href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/06/03/e3-day-two-wrap-up-with-tweetmygamer/"><br />
</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a target="_blank" href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/06/04/e3-wrap-up-day-three-with-tweetmygaming/">MTV Multiplayer &#8211; TweetMyGaming Day 3 Wrap-Up</a><a target="_blank" href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/06/04/e3-wrap-up-day-three-with-tweetmygaming/"><br />
</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">We created the site as a mash-up between the Twitter API, and the newly launched GamerDNA API, called Helix.&nbsp; The GamerDNA Helix API is in beta right now, and we&rsquo;ll be adding more and more to it as time goes by.&nbsp; Right now, even in it&rsquo;s beta state, it is quite powerful and gives you access to a large amount of data and features from GamerDNA. To find out more information about the Helix API, <a target="_blank" href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcrj8bnk_25chkxgwhp">please check out our documentation here</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p>
<a name="GamerDNA_Feature_Spotlight"><strong>GamerDNA Feature Spotlight</strong></a></p>
<p>GamerDNA NOW Page</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gamerdna.com/now" target="_blank"><img height="393" width="400" src=" http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/now.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">
This past month we introduced the NOW page, a real-time feed of all of the activity on GamerDNA.&nbsp; You can use this page to see what is happening on the site, find new stuff and other gamers to check out, or even see what games are getting all of the attention within the community.</p>
<p>
Facebook Connect</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p><a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/dna/broadcast/configure/facebook" target="_blank"><img height="262" width="400" src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/facebook.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">
<p>We&#8217;ve now added Facebook support, alongside our Twitter, FriendFeed, and Tumblr integration!&nbsp; <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/06/12/how-to-gamerdna-on-twitter-and-facebook/">Check out this How-To guide on how to hook up your accounts to GamerDNA! </a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">
<p>Players Widget:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p><a href="http://gamerdna.com/member/home" target="_blank"><img height="608" width="345" alt="" src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/PlayersWidget-FINAL.jpg" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">
<p>This tracking widget allows you to pick up to 20 friends and get updates about what they are playing right now, or have played recently. It gives you a quick one-shot look at what everyone has done recently, right from an easy to find spot on your Member Homepage.<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/06/03/june-2nd-release-notes"><br />
Check out more details on our release notes for this update, which includes details on the GamerDNA Helix API!</a></p>
<p>Other Updates:</p>
<p>New Member Search, Account Settings section, and G4TV videos on GamerDNA &#8211; <a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/05/22/may-18th-release-notes/)" target="_blank">Release Notes here</a></p>
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<p><a name="Member_Spotlight">Member Spotlight</a></p>
<p>
This newsletter&#8217;s Member Spotlight has become a fantastic member of the community, and as such it is time to put <a target="_blank" href="http://mykalgaidin.gamerdna.com/">Mykalgaidin</a> in the spotlight!</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://mykalgaidin.gamerdna.com/"><img height="150" width="500" alt="" src="http://sig.gamerdna.com/gamerdna-card-500-150/mykalgaidin.png" /></a></p>
<p><b>-Where in the real world do you live?</b><br />
Louisville, CO, USA</p>
<p><b>-How long have you been gaming?</b><br />
Since I was three and my father brought home an Atari 2600. 28 years later I&#8217;m still going strong. I&#8217;d appreciate it if that number wasn&#8217;t spread around&#8230;</p>
<p><b>-What got you into gaming and what sort of games do you like the most?</b><br />
My dad got me into gaming. I&#8217;ll play dang near anything. I do have a soft spot for JRPGs, Legend of Zelda, Metroid. Basically anything with a decent story. A good narrative can turn a mediocre game into a playable game.</p>
<p><b>-What brought you to gamerDNA and what do you think is the best feature of the site?</b><br />
I first read about gamerDNA on Kotaku, I believe. I tried it out, and found a great community that was filled with people passionate about the same thing I was. Currently the feature I use the most is the<a target="_blank" href="http://gamerdna.com/now"> NOW page</a>. It makes it very easy to find new and interesting conversations, and it has exposed me to a greater cross-section of the gDNA membership.</p>
<p><b>-Who from the gamerDNA community would you like to meet in person?</b><br />
It&#8217;s quite a list, but here goes: <a target="_blank" href="http://mishy.gamerdna.com">Mishy</a>, <a href="http://QforQ.gamerdna.com">QforQ</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://colliny2K.gamerdna.com">colliny2K</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://arislyn.gamerdna.com">arislyn</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://Svoboda.gamerdna.com">Svoboda</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://Retodon8.gamerdna.com">Retodon8</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://Retodon8.gamerdna.com">Dvader83</a>, <a href="http://Shiiro.gamerdna.com">Shiiro</a>. I&#8217;d say <a href="http://Jezmyn.gamerdna.com">Jezmyn</a> as well, but I see her every night.</p>
<p><b>-What is your favorite game?</b><br />
Kind of a loaded question. There are so many fantastic games I&#8217;ve played over the years, and it&#8217;s hard to narrow it down to just one. I guess I could say Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I dig that out at least once a year and replay the entire thing.</p>
<p><b>-What gaming systems do you own and which is your favorite?</b><br />
PS2, PS3, N64, DS, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, Gamecube, GBA, iPhone, PSone, OSX, SNES. Again, it&#8217;s hard to pick a favorite, but I definitely play my DS and my 360 the more than the others.</p>
<p><b>-The E3 Expo was just the other week, what games are you most excited about that were announced/shown off? What are you excited about for 2009 in gaming?</b><br />
Another long list, I&#8217;m afraid. Final Fantasy XIII, Kingdom Hearts (DS), Metroid: Other M, Uncharted 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Mass Effect 2, God of War 3, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Shadow Complex.</p>
<p>I look forward to the expansion of digital distribution, more independent games and the expansion of current franchises. I&#8217;m not that impressed yet with the likes of Project: Natal and Sony&#8217;s Eye Toy retread.</p>
<p>
Thanks <a target="_blank" href="http://Mykalgaidin.gamerdna.com">Mykalgaidin</a>!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in being in the next Member Spotlight, all you have to do is become a member of the GamerDNA community and get involved by posting comments, game posts, and generally being a good member with a positive attitude.&nbsp; You will be rewarded!</p>
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<p><a name="GamerDNA_News">GamerDNA News</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://kotaku.com/5285906/what-games-are-we-tweeting-about">Kotaku TweetMyGaming Article </a>- Kotaku posted a nice write up about TweetMyGaming</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/10/tweetmygaming-com-tracks-the-twitterverse-of-gaming/">Joystiq TweetMyGaming Article</a> &#8211; Joystiq also gave us a nice write up on TweetMyGaming</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/18/gamerdnas-left-4-dead-stats-reveal-power-of-steam-sales-promot/">Joystiq Left 4 Dead Player Engagement Graph</a> &#8211; Last month we created a graph of Left 4 Dead game play, comparing PC gamers against Xbox 360 gamers, and Joystiq wrote a piece about it.<br />
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<p><a name="Contests_in_May_June">Contests in May/June:<br />
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<a target="_blank" href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/05/26/gamerdna-now-and-broadcast-contest-winners/">Last month we ran two separate contests</a> around our NOW page and our Facebook/Twitter integration.&nbsp; Congrats to <a href="http://fortev4.gamerdna.com/" target="_blank">ForteV4</a> and <a href="http://celestian.gamerdna.com/" target="_blank">Celestian</a> for winning the $20 Amazon Gift Card!</p>
<p>
Last week we asked everyone to <a title="join us in our chat room for the E3 Keynotes" href="../../../../../blog/2009/05/28/chat-about-e3-keynotes-with-gamerdna-and-win-swag/" id="s4rq">join us in our chat room for the E3 Keynotes</a> , because we would give out GamerDNA T-Shirts to random participants.&nbsp; Congrats to the following on winning a shirt!</p>
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<li><a href="http://yannieboy.gamerdna.com/">YannieBoy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://wink.gamerdna.com/">Wink</a></li>
<li><a href="http://crystalia.gamerdna.com/">Crystalia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://waynemsmith.gamerdna.com/">WayneMSmith</a></li>
<li><a href="http://retodon8.gamerdna.com/">Retodon8</a></li>
<li><a href="http://brianchilders.gamerdna.com/">brianchilders</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mrvista360.gamerdna.com/">MrVista360</a></li>
<li><a href="http://andyg8180.gamerdna.com/">andyg8180</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bob101910.gamerdna.com/">bob101910</a></li>
</ul>
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<p><a name="Top_Conversations_on_GamerDNA">Top Conversations on GamerDNA:</a></p>
<p>TandyQ <a target="_blank" href="http://tandyq.gamerdna.com/game_post/wj9tEQ/prepare-for-me-to-fanboy-geek-out-over-this">gets excited about Shadow Complex</a></p>
<p>QforQ asks <a target="_blank" href="http://qforq.gamerdna.com/game_post/NclKCu/what-game-are-you-most-excited-about-from-e3-2009">&quot;What games are you most excited about from E3?&quot;</a></p>
<p>Wingman709 <a target="_blank" href="http://wingman709.gamerdna.com/game_activity/LGMXat/wingman709-played-1-vs-100-x360-on-01-jun-09">shares his experience with the new Xbox Live beta of 1 vs 100</a></p>
<p>
Retodon8 <a target="_blank" href="http://retodon8.gamerdna.com/game_post/vyUXaB/nintendo-e3-conference-2">weighs in with his opinion on the Nintendo E3 Press Conference</a></p>
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<p><a name="Wrap_Up"></a>&nbsp;</p>
<p>That wraps it up for this Community Newsletter!  Make sure you <a href="http://twitter.com/gamerdna" target="_blank">follow us on Twitter</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/gamerDNA/67573803152" target="_blank">become a fan of our Facebook Page</a>, they&rsquo;re both great ways to keep up with what we&rsquo;re doing in the gamerDNA offices!&nbsp;</p>
<p>If you have any ideas/suggestions, feedback or would like to discuss this Newsletter &#8211; <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gamerdna.com/showthread.php?p=120575#post120575">Please let us know on the forums!</a></p>
<p>Thanks a lot, see you next time!</p>
<p>Sam &quot;<a href="http://qforq.gamerdna.com/" target="_blank">QforQ</a>&quot; Houston<br />
gamerDNA Community Manager</p>
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		<title>GamerDNA Community Newsletter #4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 21:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Houston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Newsletter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kvitne Member Spotlight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello gamerDNA!
Another month has gone by, which means it&#8217;s time for another gamerDNA Newsletter!  This time around we&#8217;ll be switching up the name to &#34;gamerDNA Community Newsletter&#34;..as we think Community is a lot better than &#34;Member&#34;.  After all, this is a newsletter for the community, right?

Since the last community newsletter gamerDNA has undergone [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F04%2Fgamerdna-community-newsletter-4%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F04%2Fgamerdna-community-newsletter-4%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Hello gamerDNA!</p>
<p>Another month has gone by, which means it&#8217;s time for another gamerDNA Newsletter!  This time around we&#8217;ll be switching up the name to &quot;gamerDNA Community Newsletter&quot;..as we think Community is a lot better than &quot;Member&quot;.  After all, this is a newsletter for the community, right?</p>
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<p>Since the last community newsletter gamerDNA has undergone quite a few changes.  We&#8217;d thought we&#8217;d link the update notes below:</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/03/24/march-23rd-release-notes/" target="_blank">Videos from Crispy Gamer AND play games on gamerDNA!</a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/03/31/march-30th-release-notes/" target="_blank">Images from Crispy Gamer, more games to play, and a better gamerDNA Calendar</a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/04/07/april-6th-release-notes/" target="_blank">Nudge your friends!</a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/04/23/april-23rd-release-notes/" target="_blank">New gamerDNA Site Navigation, as well as revamps to how you change your gamerDNA settings</a></p>
<p>Wow&#8230;that&#8217;s tons of stuff!  Luckily we&#8217;re not stopping there, we&#8217;ve got tons of more stuff coming along the way that we&#8217;re all very excited about at gamerDNA. Stay tuned!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/SpaceInvadersWall.jpg" style="width: 271px; height: 361px;" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Name that Game!</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">
If you haven&#8217;t already, make sure you <a href="http://twitter.com/gamerdna">follow gamerDNA on Twitter</a> to receive updates on what we&#8217;re doing.  We&#8217;ve been using it as a great way to share pictures from around the office, such as some of our walls that were decorated by <a href="http://alphadoque.gamerdna.com" target="_blank">Alphadoque</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Quick Navigation:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#GamerDNA_Feature_Spotlight">GamerDNA Feature Spotlight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Member_Spotlight">Member Spotlight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Top_Conversations_on_GamerDNA">Top Conversations on GamerDNA</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#GamerDNA_in_the_News">GamerDNA in the News</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Newsletter_Wrap-up">Newsletter Wrap-up</a>&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a name="GamerDNA_Feature_Spotlight"><strong>Feature Spotlight</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Over the past few weeks, gamerDNA has experienced quite the facelift.  Not only have we added a number of new features, we&#8217;ve also totally revamped the site navigation.  We created some articles on our blog which should help explain the new site navigation, as well as the great ways to start conversations and share your gaming with your friends.</p>
<p>Alphadoque wrote a very in depth article explaining the process that we went through and the choices that we made when we worked on the new site navigation.  Not only is this a great read, it also gives a sneak peek at our new NOW page!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/04/24/gamerdna-site-navigation-redux/" target="_blank">New Site Navigation Explanation</a></p>
<p>QforQ&#8217;s article on &quot;How to Start a Conversation on GamerDNA&quot; details out the various ways to share all your gaming activities with your friends.  Who knew there were so many great ways to share cool stuff with other gamers and see what they&#8217;re up to?</p>
<p>Check out QforQ&#8217;s article on <a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/04/24/how-to-start-a-conversation-on-gamerdna/" target="_blank">How to Start a Conversation on GamerDNA </a>and join in the fun!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/InLineCommenting.jpg" target="_blank" rel="lightbox[1296]"><img src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/InLineCommenting.jpg" style="width: 387px; height: 241px;" alt="" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><a name="Member_Spotlight"><strong>Member Spotlight</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This month&#8217;s member spotlight is a well rounded gamer, with interests in handheld gaming to PC, Xbox 360, and Wii games as well.  We&#8217;re happy to congratulate <a href="http://kvitne.gamerdna.com" target="_blank">Kvitne</a> on being in this month&#8217;s Member Spotlight!</p>
<p>We were able to get a couple minutes of <a href="http://kvitne.gamerdna.com" target="_blank">Kvitne</a>&#8217;s time and ask him a few questions about his gaming lifestyle and his predictions for this year&#8217;s E3 Expo.</p>
<p><a href="http://kvitne.gamerdna.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://sig.gamerdna.com/gamerdna-card-500-150/Kvitne.png?f=1&amp;t=1240929395" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><strong>-Where in the real world do you live?</strong></p>
<p>I live in Elon, North Carolina. It&#8217;s a small town about 20 minutes from Greensboro and an hour from Raleigh.</p>
<p><strong>-How long have you been gaming?</strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been gaming for a while. I still remember going over to my friends houses to play Toejam and Earl and the Sonic games on his Genesis. Before that are many fond memories of Mario. Good times indeed.</p>
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<p><strong>-What got you into gaming and what sort of games do you like the most?</strong></p>
<p>Sonic the Hedgehog was definitely what first got me into gaming. I&#8217;ve been a big fan of his games for a long while. After that it was Pokemon. My parents always thought video games were evil so the first ever game system I owned was a silver Gameboy Pocket that I bought for $10 from a friend along with a broken Pokemon Blue game cartridge that couldn&#8217;t save. I still played the heck out of that thing anyway</p>
<p>In terms of games that I like the most, well I always enjoy a good FPS game. I can&#8217;t get enough of the Call of Duty franchise or Bioshock. I also like RPGs, Action RPGs, and puzzle games like Professor Layton. Mostly what I look for in a game is a good solid storyline that will keep me interested and some solid gameplay that isn&#8217;t too frustrating to get the hang of.</p>
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<p><strong>-What brought you to gamerDNA and what do you think is the best feature of the site?</strong></p>
<p>I saw a post about the site a while back on gaming blog Kotaku, the social aspect of the site and the ability to post your gaming activities is definitely my favorite part. I like being able to keep track of what my online friends are playing. It also helps set up game parties with people that I know online exclusively.</p>
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<p><strong>-Who from the gamerDNA community would you like to meet in person?</strong></p>
<p>There are a bunch of people that I know from a forum called Sonic Online who I&#8217;ve since convinced to join. Meeting them in person would be pretty cool. I&#8217;d also like to meet Blamefulgecko, QforQ, and Alphadoque. Who knows? I might like to meet whoever&#8217;s reading this. I&#8217;m an easy going guy, so add me as a friend!</p>
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<p><strong>-What is your favorite game?</strong></p>
<p>That&#8217;s a really tough one, there are so many great games out there! I guess I&#8217;ll break it down by system. For my 360 I love playing Bioshock. That&#8217;s a game where I always know that I&#8217;ll have a good time. On my PC it&#8217;s gotta be Left 4 Dead. Zombies for the win! On DS it&#8217;s a tie between Professor Layton and The World Ends With You. Both are masterpieces. On the Wii, I haven&#8217;t gotten a chance to play Madworld yet, so I&#8217;ll have to do with No More Heroes. The winner for PS2 would have to be Persona 4. Such an awesome game. Dreamcast would be Sonic Adventure 2. It&#8217;s just a bit better than the first one.</p>
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<p><strong>-What gaming systems do you own and which is your favorite?</strong></p>
<p>I own a DS, 360, PC, PS2 Wii, and a Dreamcast. My favorite would have to be my 360. It has all my most beloved games on it!</p>
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<p><strong>-The E3 Expo is only a matter of weeks away and everyone is excited to hear all of the new announcements that will be made. What would you like to see announced at this year&#8217;s E3?</strong></p>
<p>Hmm, well some new additions to current franchises would be great. I don&#8217;t have a PS3, but more information about Kingdom Hearts III (maybe a 360 announcement about the game? *nock on wood*) would be awesome. Perhaps an announcement of a Portal 2? That would be just fine with me. I&#8217;m also looking forward to new info about Bioshock 2. Most anticipated game this year!</p>
<p>
Congrats to <a href="http://kvitne.gamerdna.com" target="_blank">Kvitne</a> for being this month&#8217;s Member Spotlight!  Make sure you stay tuned for May&#8217;s Member Spotlight, you may be next!</p>
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<p><a name="Top_Conversations_on_GamerDNA"><strong>Top Conversations on GamerDNA</strong></a></p>
<p>
QforQ asked  <a href="http://qforq.gamerdna.com/game_post/what-games-are-you-excited-about-this-year" target="_blank">&quot;What games are you excited about this year?&quot;</a> and received over 40 replies</p>
<p>ChangeAgent asked  <a href="http://changeagent.gamerdna.com/game_post/what-mmo-are-you-going-to-play-next" target="_blank">&quot;What MMOs are you going to play next?&quot;</a> and received over 50 replies</p>
<p>Mishy shares their <a href="http://mishy.gamerdna.com/game_activity/mishy-played-star-trek-legacy-pc-on-2009-04-22" target="_blank">experience with Star Trek Legacy</a></p>
<p>ChangeAgent asked <a href="http://changeagent.gamerdna.com/game_post/did-you-play-every-day-in-april-did-you-go-totally-green" target="_blank">&quot;Did you play every day in April?&quot;</a> and received almost 20 replies</p>
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<p><a name="GamerDNA_in_the_News"><strong>GamerDNA in the News</strong></a></p>
<p>Ars Technica sat down with GamerDNA CEO Jon Radoff at GDC and they talked about what gamerDNA is up to these days, how our site works, and gave some insight in to where we&#8217;re going in the near future.</p>
<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/04/gamerdna.ars" target="_blank">Check out Jon&#8217;s interview on&nbsp;Ars Technica today!</a></p>
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<p><a name="Newsletter_Wrap-up"></a></p>
<p>That wraps it up for this Community Newsletter!  Make sure you <a href="http://twitter.com/gamerdna" target="_blank">follow us on Twitter</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/gamerDNA/67573803152" target="_blank">become a fan of our Facebook Page</a>, they&#8217;re both great ways to keep up with what we&#8217;re doing in the gamerDNA offices!</p>
<p>If you have any ideas/suggestions, feedback or would like to discuss this Newsletter &#8211; <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/showthread.php?p=117796#post117796" target="_blank">Please let us know on the forums!</a></p>
<p>Thanks a lot, see you next time!</p>
<p>Sam &quot;<a href="http://qforq.gamerdna.com" target="_blank">QforQ</a>&quot; Houston<br />
gamerDNA Community Manager</p>
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		<title>gamerDNA Member Newsletter #3</title>
		<link>http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/03/23/gamerdna-member-newsletter-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Houston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Newsletter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mishy Member Spotlight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello gamerDNA nation! We&#8217;re back with another member newsletter and we&#8217;ve got new shiny stuff to show off!&#160; Winter is turning into Spring here in Boston..the sky is sunny again, we&#8217;re not getting a foot of snow in a day anymore, and spirits are high in the gamerDNA offices.&#160;
Over the past few months we&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2F23%2Fgamerdna-member-newsletter-3%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2F23%2Fgamerdna-member-newsletter-3%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Hello gamerDNA nation! We&#8217;re back with another member newsletter and we&#8217;ve got new shiny stuff to show off!&nbsp; Winter is turning into Spring here in Boston..the sky is sunny again, we&#8217;re not getting a foot of snow in a day anymore, and spirits are high in the gamerDNA offices.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Over the past few months we&#8217;ve been working really hard to put out some great features for the gamerDNA community and it has really been awesome to see how everyone has been using these new features.&nbsp; You should expect more features in the near future, we&#8217;re not stopping!</p>
<p><span id="more-1233"></span>One of the games that we&#8217;ve been having a lot of fun with this month is the Xbox 360 Arcade title <b><a id="xcs0" href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/death-tank-xbox-360" title="Death Tank">Death Tank</a> </b>. This game is a very fun vehicle shooter which resembles the early 90s PC classics Scorched Earth, Worms, and Gunbound.&nbsp; We gathered the development team around our conference room projector screen and hooked up our Xbox 360 to get in some lunch time (and sometimes Dinner) gaming.&nbsp; We&#8217;ve had a lot of fun and a lot of exciting matches over the last few weeks.&nbsp; Here is an action shot of the gamerDNA staff playing Death Tank during one of our late night gamerDNA patch nights:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img height="300" width="400" src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0116.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Starting with this newsletter and going forward, we&#8217;re going to be adding some different things to the newsletter to highlight some of the top conversations on the site.&nbsp; If you have any ideas for things you would like to see in future newsletters, please let us know by leaving some feedback for us on our forums or in the comments below.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Quick Navigation:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#gamerDNA_Feature_Spotlight">gamerDNA Feature Spotlight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Member_Spotlight">Member Spotlight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Top_conversations_on_gamerDNA_right_now">Top conversations on gamerDNA right now</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Anticipated_Games_for_March">Anticipated Games for March</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#gamerDNA_in_the_News:">gamerDNA in the News</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Catch_us_on_Twitter_and_Facebook_">Catch us on Twitter and Facebook</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="#Wrap_Up">Wrap Up</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><b><a name="gamerDNA_Feature_Spotlight">gamerDNA Feature Spotlight</a><br />
</b><br />
The gamerDNA development team has been focused on revamping the Game Pages over the past month, and we&#8217;re happy to show you the results of that work!</p>
<p>The new gamerDNA game pages allow you to easily see how a game matches to your individual gamerDNA, your friends that have played it, and what that particular game&#8217;s traits have in common with traits that you have entered before into the gamerDNA Discovery Engine.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/fallout-example-traits.jpg" style="width: 555px; height: 233px;" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">You can even Buy, Rent, or in some cases Play the game right here from gamerDNA!&nbsp; We&#8217;ve made some partnerships with various online retailers and game companies so that we can provide as much game content as possible to our community.&nbsp; We will be adding more as time goes by, but we&#8217;ve got quite a few in already!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/buy.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">
These new game pages also introduce the gameCurrent feature, a roll up of all the recent activity around a game.&nbsp; This includes automated and manual game activity entries, game posts, pictures, and reviews.&nbsp; You can also filter all this content in a number of different ways!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/gamecurrent.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Lastly, we&#8217;ve created gadgets on the right hand side of each game page which can give you some overall insight into the gamerDNA community.&nbsp;&nbsp; This includes the ability to see similar games (based on our Discovery Engine), Top Players of that game, and some of the top content contributions for that game.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/top_pop_games.jpg" style="width: 224px; height: 303px;" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">For more information on all of these additions to the game pages I encourage you to check out our patch notes for the past few weeks.&nbsp; You can check those out at:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/03/03/march-2nd-2009-release-notes/">March 2nd gamerDNA Update Release Notes</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/03/11/march-10-release-notes/">March 10th gamerDNA Update Release Notes</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/03/18/march-16th-release-notes/">March 16th gamerDNA Update Release Notes</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><b><a name="Member_Spotlight">Member Spotlight</a></p>
<p></b>Our member in the spotlight is someone who represents Victoria, Australia.. the great land down under!&nbsp; We&#8217;d like to give a big congrats to <a id="me:b" href="http://mishy.gamerdna.com/" title="Mishy">Mishy</a> for being this newsletter&#8217;s Member Spotlight!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://sig.gamerdna.com/gamerdna-card-500-150/Mishy.png " alt="" /></p>
<p><b>-Where in the real world do you live?</b><br />
Victoria, Australia<b></p>
<p>-How long have you been gaming?</b><br />
I&#8217;m not really sure, since I was 7 I think</p>
<p><b>-What got you into gaming and what sort of games do you like the most?</b><br />
&nbsp; Originally for Christmas I was given a Gameboy with Pokemon Yellow that started me off on games, the games I like the most are games with a rich story and characters and failing that, MMOs</p>
<p><b>-What brought you to gamerDNA and what do you think is the best feature of the site?</b><br />
I was cruising the <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/stargate-worlds">Stargate Worlds</a> forum and I saw someone with a Bartle Quiz signature, I clicked on the site and bam I found this great site. The best part is the forums of course ^ ^</p>
<p><b>-Who from the gamerDNA community would you like to meet in person?</b><br />
Ah so many people <a href="http://Mykalgaidin.gamerdna.com">Mykalgaidin</a>, <a href="http://Dvader83.gamerdna.com">Dvader83</a>, <a href="http://Jezmyn.gamerdna.com">Jezmyn</a>, <a href="http://KaimerasPain.gamerdna.com">KaimerasPain</a>, <a href="http://Melzombie.gamerdna.com">Melzombie</a> (who I can&#8217;t get to use the forums), <a href="http://typochondriac.gamerdna.com">typochondriac</a> and <a href="http://Retodon8.gamerdna.com">Retodon8</a></p>
<p><b>-What is your favorite game?</b><br />
Gah! hate this question. Most likely <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/septerra-core-legacy-of-the-creator-ibm-pc-compatible">Septerra Core</a> but I love so many games its hard to like one at a time.<br />
<b><br />
-What gaming systems do you own and which is your favorite?</b><br />
I own a PC, Gameboy / advance, Xbox and a Xbox 360, I love my xbox 360 and it only wins over my pc by a hairs breadth<br />
<b><br />
-If you could have any movie or comic book made in to a video game, what would it be?</b><br />
None, but if it was a TV show Angel or Stargate (which is happening yay!)</p>
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Congrats to <a id="vs9i" href="http://mishy.gamerdna.com/" title="Mishy">Mishy</a> for being in our Member Spotlight!&nbsp; If you weren&#8217;t in this newsletter&#8217;s Member Spotlight, make sure you check back next time around and check those Private Messages..you may be in our Member Spotlight!</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><b><a name="Top_conversations_on_gamerDNA_right_now">Top conversations on gamerDNA right now</a>:</p>
<p></b>In this Newsletter we thought we would try something new by featuring some of the top conversations happening on the site over the past two weeks.&nbsp; Here is what we found:</p>
<p><a href="http://colliny2k.gamerdna.com/game_activity/colliny2k-played-left-4-dead-x360-on-2009-03-10">Colliny2k played Left 4 Dead on March 10th</a>&nbsp; (9 Comments)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://mykalgaidin.gamerdna.com/game_activity/mykalgaidin-played-world-of-warcraft-pc-mac-on-11-mar-09">mykalgaidin played World of Warcraft on March 11th</a>&nbsp; (11 Comments)</p>
<p><a href="http://bjswick33.gamerdna.com/game_activity/bjswick33-played-halo-wars-x360-on-2009-03-09">bjswick33 played Halo Wars on March 9th</a>&nbsp; (6 Comments)<br />
<a href="http://zacic.gamerdna.com/game_activity/zacic-played-killzone-2-ps3-on-09-mar-09"><br />
Zacic played Killzone 2 on March 9th</a>&nbsp; (5 Comments)<br />
<a href="http://daceard.gamerdna.com/game_activity/daceard-played-shaiya-pc-on-15-mar-09"><br />
Daceard played Shaiya on March 15th</a>&nbsp; (9 Comments)</p>
<p><a href="http://changeagent.gamerdna.com/game_activity/changeagent-played-warstorm-web-on-09-mar-09">ChangeAgent played WarStorm on March 9th</a>&nbsp; (11 Comments)</p>
<p><a href="http://chrisprayor.gamerdna.com/game_activity/chrispryor-played-guild-wars-pc-on-15-mar-09">ChrisPrayor played Guild Wars on&nbsp;March 15th</a>&nbsp; (6 Comments)</p>
<p><a href="http://kaimeraspain.gamerdna.com/game_activity/kaimeraspain-played-warstorm-web-on-20-mar-09">KaimerasPain played WarStorm on&nbsp;March 20th</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; (10 Comments)</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><a name="Anticipated_Games_for_March"><strong>Anticipated Games for March:</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/resident-evil-5-xbox-360"><img alt="" style="width: 105px; height: 144px;" src="http://www.gamerdna.com/public/images/xd/covers/drg300/g396/g39606eodqy.jpg" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Game Name:&nbsp; Resident Evil 5</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Platforms:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/resident-evil-5-playstation-3">Playstation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/resident-evil-5-xbox-360">Xbox 360</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Game Description:&nbsp; <em>Arising from the same unholy concoction as its immediate predecessor in the series, Resident Evil 5 looks like a third-person shooter, plays like a first-person shooter, and feels like a survival-horror game.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Check out what the gamerDNA&nbsp;Community is <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/resident-evil-5-xbox-360">saying about Resident Evil 5 on our RE5 game page!</a><br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/halo-wars-xbox-360"><img style="width: 101px; height: 142px;" src="http://www.gamerdna.com/public/images/xd/covers/drg300/g381/g38153hxdrb.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Game Name:&nbsp; Halo Wars</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Game Description:&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Halo Wars is a real-time strategy game set in the universe of Microsoft&#8217;s blockbuster first-person shooter series. The game was created specifically for Xbox 360 by Ensemble Studios, the developer behind the acclaimed Age of Empires and Age of Mythology series.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Check out what the gamerDNA Community&nbsp;has to <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/halo-wars-xbox-360">say about Halo Wars on our Halo Wars game page!</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><b><a name="gamerDNA_in_the_News:">gamerDNA in the News:</a><br />
</b><br />
This past week <a href="http://ChangeAgent.gamerdna.com">ChangeAgent</a> and <a href="http://FattyChubs.gamerdna.com">FattyChubs </a>sat down with community member <a href="http://Wingman709.gamerdna.com">Wingman709</a> for his podcast &quot;This Xbox Life&quot;.&nbsp; They spoke with Wingman709 about the past year at gamerDNA, the history of the company, what we&#8217;ve been up to lately, and a little bit about where we&#8217;re going in the near future.</p>
<p>You can catch the entire podcast on the This Xbox Life website here:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.thisxboxlife.com/?p=1198">http://www.thisxboxlife.com/?p=1198</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><a name="Catch_us_on_Twitter_and_Facebook_"><b>Catch us on Twitter and Facebook!</b></a></p>
<p>gamerDNA is all about connecting with our community in different ways, and a lot of times that means connecting on various other social networks that people are on like Twitter and Facebook.&nbsp; We&#8217;d like to encourage everyone to connect with us on Twitter and Facebook, as we plan to use these platforms to keep everyone up to date on what is going on at gamerDNA, new updates and news and more!</p>
<p>Connect with us on Twitter at <a href="http://twitter.com/gamerDNA">http://twitter.com/gamerDNA</a></p>
<p>Connect with us on Facebook at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/gamerDNA/67573803152">http://www.facebook.com/pages/gamerDNA/67573803152</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><a name="Wrap_Up"></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">That wraps it up for this Member Newsletter!&nbsp; Please stay tuned to this blog for future updates on what is going on at gamerDNA, and don&#8217;t forget to follow us on Twitter and join us on Facebook!</p>
<p>If you would like to give us feedback or discuss this Member Newsletter, <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/showthread.php?p=110183#post110183">please do so on our discussion thread.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">
Thanks!</p>
<p>Sam &quot;QforQ&quot; Houston<br />
gamerDNA Community Manager</p>
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		<title>gamerDNA Member Newsletter Issue #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Houston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Newsletter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dvader83 Member Spotlight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to gamerDNA&#8217;s 2nd Member Newsletter! We&#8217;re glad to be back this month and we&#8217;re ready to show you what we&#8217;ve been working on lately, something we&#8217;re quite excited about.&#160; The past month has been very busy for the development team &#8211; They&#8217;ve been hard at work on a brand new revamp of our game [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2F13%2Fgamerdna-member-newsletter-issue-2%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2F13%2Fgamerdna-member-newsletter-issue-2%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Welcome to gamerDNA&#8217;s 2nd Member Newsletter! We&#8217;re glad to be back this month and we&#8217;re ready to show you what we&#8217;ve been working on lately, something we&#8217;re quite excited about.&nbsp; The past month has been very busy for the development team &#8211; They&#8217;ve been hard at work on a brand new revamp of our game experience/autoblogging system which just launched this week.&nbsp; Please read on to find out more about this new feature.</p>
<p><span id="more-1188"></span>As the team has been working hard and pulling some late nights, we&#8217;ve turned to some classic tunes to push us even further.&nbsp; As of late, our favorite song that always motivates the team is &quot;<a id="y6dk" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Countdown_%28song%29" target="_blank" title="The Final Countdown">The Final Countdown</a> &quot; by Swedish rock sensation Europe.&nbsp;</p>
<p><center> <img height="329" width="247" src="https://docs.google.com/a/gamerdna.com/File?id=df99kdxs_22cdrzvvfr_b" alt="" /><br />
<i>Here you can see ChangeAgent, Fatty Chubs and Stealthbaz rocking out to some Final Countdown.<br />
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<p><i><br />
</i>In the coming weeks and months we&#8217;ve got a lot of new additions and revamps planned to make gamerDNA a better place for you to share your gaming with others, keep up with your friends, discover new games and even ways you can purchase/play those games.&nbsp; This is all coming up very soon; we&#8217;re excited to see where gamerDNA and the community are heading!</p>
<p>If you have any questions, suggestions or comments please always feel free to <a id="xmik" href="http://www.gamerdna.com/forums.php" target="_blank" title="post them on our forums">post them on our forums</a>.&nbsp; We DO listen and we enjoy keeping in touch &#8211; so reach out!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Quick Newsletter Navigation:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="#gamerDNA_Member_Spotlight">gamerDNA Member Spotlight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="#gamerDNA_Feature_Spotlight">gamerDNA Feature Spotlight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="#Anticipated_Games_coming_out_soon">Anticipated Games coming out soon</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="#gamerDNA_in_the_News">gamerDNA in the News</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="#Wrap_Up">Wrap Up</a></p>
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<b><a name="gamerDNA_Member_Spotlight">gamerDNA Member Spotlight</a></p>
<p></b>This month&#8217;s member spotlight hails out of the great state of Washington..land of gaming giants like Valve and Microsoft and where Starbucks is always a block away!</p>
<p>Congrats to <a id="w8bz" href="http://dvader83.gamerdna.com/" target="_blank" title="Dvader83">Dvader83</a> for being in our member spotlight!</p>
<p><b></p>
<div style="padding: 1em 0pt; text-align: left;" id="q.bn"><img src="https://docs.google.com/a/gamerdna.com/File?id=df99kdxs_23g4xts9hj_b" style="width: 500px; height: 150px;" alt="" /></div>
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<b>-Where in the real world do you live?</b></p>
<p>Everett, Washington. For those of you who don&#8217;t know, it&#8217;s about twenty miles north of Seattle.</p>
<p><b>-How long have you been gaming?</b></p>
<p>Twenty years, since the days of the original NES.</p>
<p><b>-What got you into gaming and what sort of games do you like the most?</b></p>
<p>I would have to say that I was really drawn in by playing the original Command &amp; Conquer. Ever since I played it, I have been hooked on gaming.</p>
<p>The types of games I enjoy most are FPS and RPG on Xbox 360 and RTS on PC.</p>
<p><b>-What brought you to gamerDNA and what do you think is the best feature of the site?</b></p>
<p>I first learned about gamerDNA from the link to the site on 360Voice.</p>
<p>The best feature about the site in my opinion would be the discovery engine. I like how it can suggest games based on reasons you liked the games you have played. Though the community isn&#8217;t too far behind.</p>
<p><b>-Who from the gamerDNA community would you like to meet in person?</b></p>
<p>I would like to meet a few of the members. The ones that stand out are: <a id="rhzz" href="http://mishy.gamerdna.com/" target="_blank" title="Mishy">Mishy</a> , <a id="tlum" href="http://retodon8.gamerdna.com/" target="_blank" title="Retodon8">Retodon8</a> and <a id="d2ci" href="http://typochrondiac.gamerdna.com/" target="_blank" title="Typochrondiac">Typochrondiac</a> .</p>
<p><b>-What is your favorite game?</b></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t really have one single game that stands out above all others. In single player games, I like Oblivion, KotOR and Mass Effect. For multiplayer, I got hooked on the persistent stats on Call of Duty 4.</p>
<p><b>-What gaming systems do you own and which is your favorite?</b></p>
<p>I own N64, Xbox, Xbox 360 and of course a PC. I really enjoy the 360 out of those.</p>
<p><b>-If you could pick any video game character to be your Valentine, who would it be and why?</b></p>
<p>Ashley Williams from Mass Effect. *spoiler alert* When it came to choosing which of my two crew members to save on Virmire, I just couldn&#8217;t be so cold as to leave her behind.</p>
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Thanks <a href="http://Dvader83.gamerdna.com" target="_blank">Dvader83</a>!</p>
<p>Remember, we pick a new member for each newsletter so anyone can be in the next Member Spotlight!&nbsp; We pick members of our community that contribute to the discussion, are helpful to others and many other things.&nbsp; Have fun on gamerDNA and enjoy the community, you could be next!</p>
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<b><a name="gamerDNA_Feature_Spotlight">gamerDNA Feature Spotlight</a></p>
<p></b>This week gamerDNA saw a large update that changed the game event system, your member home page, and made some changes to your profile page.&nbsp; This new update was specifically created to help you have conversations with your friends about what games you&#8217;re playing, see what your friends are playing, and keep track of your gaming in an easy fashion.</p>
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<p>Here you can see our new Game Activity Calendar which exists on your profile.&nbsp; The calendar enables you to quickly see what dates your friends have played games and what kind of activities they have entered.&nbsp; All you have to do is click on each date to see a summary for that day, as well as a way to quickly jump to particular activities so you can comment on them.</p>
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<div style="padding: 1em 0pt; text-align: center;" id="iwq_"><a href="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/ActivityEntryModal.jpg" target="_blank" rel="lightbox[1188]"><img src="http://blog.gamerdna.com/wp-content/uploads/ActivityEntryModal.jpg" style="width: 323px; height: 372px;" alt="" /></a></div>
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<p>
We have also added ways to make it easier to add game activities straight from your <a id="osh." href="http://www.gamerdna.com/member/home" target="_blank" title="member home page">member home page</a> .&nbsp; All you have to do is click &quot;Create a Post&quot; or select a game from a drop-down menu and you will get a screen that enables you to add a game activity for any day, mark the event with a milestone, associate it with your group, and add a full description of what you did in that gaming session.&nbsp; Once you do all this we automatically update your profile and push out your activity across gamerDNA so your friends can see it when they come to gamerDNA.</p>
<p>This is just a small slice of what we&#8217;ve put into gamerDNA this week.&nbsp; To read more details about the latest update please check out this week&#8217;s <a id="q34c" href="../../../../../blog/2009/02/13/february-11th-release-notes/" target="_blank" title="gamerDNA update Release Notes">gamerDNA update Release Notes.</a></p>
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<p>
<a name="Anticipated_Games_coming_out_soon"><b>Anticipated Games coming out soon</b></a></p>
<div style="padding: 1em 0pt; text-align: left;" id="acxk">
<p style="text-align: left;"><img height="128" width="91" src="http://www.gamerdna.com/public/images/xd/covers/drg300/g397/g39777updy6.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: normal;">  February 10th, 2009: <b>F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin</b></span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: normal;">gamerDNA game page: (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin-xbox-360">Xbox 360</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin-playstation-3">Playstation 3</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin-ibm-pc-compatible">PC</a>)</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img height="123" width="107" src="http://www.gamerdna.com/public/images/user_image/set116/image/116279/K222.jpg?1225157443" alt="" /></p>
<p>
February 27th, 2009: <b>Killzone 2</b> </p>
<p>gamerDNA game page: (<a id="dsh3" href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/killzone-2-playstation-3" target="_blank" title="Playstation 3">Playstation 3</a>)</p>
<p>For a list of more games coming out this month please check out the <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/games/releases" target="_blank">gamerDNA Game Releases page</a> </div>
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<p><a name="gamerDNA_in_the_News"><b>gamerDNA in the News</b></a></p>
<p><a id="kiyg" href="http://kotaku.com/5136051/in-search-of-wisdom-from-the-crowd-of-gamers" title="In Search of Wisdom from the Crowd of Gamers">In Search of Wisdom from the Crowd of Gamers</a> &#8211; Last month Kotaku was able to catch up with our CEO Jon Radoff to discuss gamerDNA, the future of gamerDNA and how gamerDNA and the community will help game developers make better games.&nbsp; Check out this interview to get some insight into what gamerDNA will be like in the next few months.   </p>
<p>
<a id="rybi" href="http://www.obsessable.com/feature/interview-gamerdnas-jon-radoff-on-establishing-an-open-portable-gamer-identity-on-the-web/" target="_blank" title="gamerDNA's Jon Radoff on establishing an open, portable gamer identity on the web">gamerDNA&#8217;s Jon Radoff on establishing an open, portable gamer identity on the web</a> &#8211; gamerDNA CEO speaks with Obsessable.com at length about how we view gamer identity, the future of gamerDNA, and how the website works. 
</p>
<p><strong>Gamasutra articles:</strong>&nbsp; <a id="qqjc" href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21929" target="_blank" title="Analysis of Gears of War data">Analysis of Gears of War data</a>; <a id="azhl" href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22078" target="_blank" title="Analysis Guitar Hero vs. Rock Band">Analysis Guitar Hero vs. Rock Band</a> -&nbsp; gamerDNA partnered up with Gamasutra on a series of articles which looks at gamerDNA&nbsp; game play data to find interesting trends around particular series or genres of games.</p>
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<p><a name="Wrap_Up"></a><br />
That wraps it up for this second issue of the gamerDNA Member Newsletter.&nbsp;If you have any suggestions on what you would like to see in future issues, feedback, or comments on this current issue, please post them in our discussion thread!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/showthread.php?p=105447#post105447" target="_blank">February gamerDNA Member Newsletter Discussion Thread</a></p>
<div>Thanks and have a good time gaming!</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>-<a href="http://qforq.gamerdna.com/">Sam &quot;QforQ&quot; Houston</a></div>
<div>gamerDNA Community Manager</div>
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		<title>gamerDNA Member Newsletter Issue #1</title>
		<link>http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/01/09/gamerdna-member-newsletter-issue-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gamerdna.com/blog/2009/01/09/gamerdna-member-newsletter-issue-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Houston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Newsletter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retodon8 Member Spotlight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings and Happy New Years gamerDNA community!
Last year brought a lot of great things to gamerDNA and we&#8217;re hoping to continue that trend in 2009.&#160; In the coming weeks and months you can expect the same kind of dedication to new features and polish that you saw from gamerDNA in 2008.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2F09%2Fgamerdna-member-newsletter-issue-1%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerdna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2F09%2Fgamerdna-member-newsletter-issue-1%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings and Happy New Years gamerDNA community!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Last year brought a lot of great things to gamerDNA and we&rsquo;re hoping to continue that trend in 2009.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>In the coming weeks and months you can expect the same kind of dedication to new features and polish that you saw from gamerDNA in 2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To kick things off right in 2009 we decided to start the gamerDNA Member Newsletter.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Each month we will feature news and information for the gamerDNA community that we hope you enjoy.<span style="">&nbsp; </span><span style="">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span id="more-1126"></span>At the gamerDNA offices the latest games are always the hottest topics.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s pretty clear some serious gaming was had over the holiday break&hellip;some might say a little bit *too* serious&hellip;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style=""><a href="http://wormy.gamerdna.com/">Wormy</a> gets in to character with the gamerDNA office Frostmourne replica and some armor<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">While many games were discussed, looks like one of Wormy&rsquo;s favorite games of the 2008 was the World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Do you have a favorite game of 2008?<span style="">&nbsp; </span><a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/showthread.php?t=30834">Share your choice of Game of the Year for 2008 on our forums!</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">Quick Newsletter Navigation:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="#gamerDNA_Member_Spotlight">gamerDNA Member Spotlight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="#gamerDNA_Feature_Spotlight">gamerDNA Feature Spotlight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="#Anticipated_Games_for_January_2009">Anticipated Games for January 2009</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="#Forum_Threads">Forum Threads</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="#gamerDNA_in_the_News">gamerDNA in the News</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="#Wrap_up">Wrap up</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><a name="gamerDNA_Member_Spotlight"><strong>gamerDNA Member Spotlight</strong></a><br />
Each gamerDNA Member Newsletter will feature a new &lsquo;Member Spotlight&rsquo;, a chance for gamerDNA to give thanks back to a great member of the community.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So this will be a chance to get recognized for; welcoming new members, doing awesome things with gamerDNA APIs, or perhaps just being a great guild/clan leader on gamerDNA.&nbsp; Many things will go into consideration when choosing a Spotlighted Member,&nbsp; so if you would like to be chosen just make sure you contribute to the community and help make gamerDNA the best community for gamers.&nbsp; Check back next month to see if you were chosen!</p>
<p>That all said&hellip;there can only be one for the month of January!&nbsp; The votes were cast, ballots were counted, chads were checked to see if they were hanging&hellip;and the winner was chosen!</p>
<p>January&rsquo;s member of the month hails from the Netherlands and goes by the name of Retodon8!&nbsp; Congrats <a href="http://retodon8.gamerdna.com">Retodon8</a>!</p>
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<p>We&nbsp; tracked down Retodon8 before he drove off to celebrate and we were able to ask him a few questions:</p>
<p><strong>-Where in the real world do you live?</strong><br />
I live in the Netherlands.<br />
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-How long have you been gaming?</strong><br />
I don&#8217;t really remember ever not gaming, so I must&#8217;ve been pretty young when I first used a joystick.</p>
<p><strong>-What got you into gaming and what sort of games do you like the most?</strong><br />
The Atari 800 XL is the first system I played on. Some of the most memorable games for me on that platform are: Boulderdash, Cavelord, Lode Runner, and Montezuma&#8217;s Revenge.<br />
The fact that I could experience that excitement without even having to leave the house is a concept that struck a chord with me.</p>
<p>When I got a PC I started playing adventure games. I can appreciate a good story, love exploring strange locales, and like to use my head a bit while I&#8217;m at it.<br />
Not many classic adventure games are being made any more, so I more or less replace them with action-adventure games.</p>
<p>Perhaps on the opposite end of the spectrum I like first person shooters; Duke Nukem 3D was my favourite game for a long time.</p>
<p><strong>-What brought you to gamerDNA and what do you think is the best feature of the site?</strong><br />
I read a post that mentioned gamerDNA in a gaming related forum. The concept sounded interesting, so I checked it out, and quickly signed up.</p>
<p>What I really like about gamerDNA is that it doesn&#8217;t restrict itself to a single game, or genre. It covers all kinds of games and welcomes all kinds of gamers.</p>
<p>The community is filled with friendly people, who can express themselves in a number of different ways on the site.</p>
<p><strong>-Who from the gamerDNA community would you like to meet in person?</strong><br />
I&#8217;ve talked with a number of interesting people, and can&#8217;t single anyone out. I would like to meet those people as a group.</p>
<p><strong>-What is your favorite game?</strong><br />
I am currently playing Gears of War 2 and Prince of Persia on the Xbox 360. I also discovered a free, old school platformer game for Windows, called <a href="http://retodon8.gamerdna.com/game/spelunky">Spelunky</a>, which proved to be quite addicting.</p>
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-What gaming systems do you own and which is your favorite?</strong><br />
After the Atari, I have always been a PC gamer, and that platform is still my favourite due to its versatility.<br />
The Xbox 360, the first console I ever owned, is my second system.<br />
Given a chance, I won&#8217;t hesitate to play on other systems as well.<br />
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-What is your gaming New Years Resolution?</strong><br />
In short: play games more.<br />
There are too many games I started, paused, and simply didn&#8217;t get back to due to newer games coming out. There is also a bunch of older games I collected from bargain bins which I haven&#8217;t even touched.<br />
I have to admit between work, sleep, and other real life issues, sometimes the internet is just a little too distracting. </p>
<p>Thanks Retodon8!</p>
<p>Make sure you check back for the next gamerDNA Member Newsletter to see if you were chosen for our next Member Spotlight!</p>
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<p><a name="gamerDNA_Feature_Spotlight"><strong>gamerDNA Feature Spotlight </strong></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"></p>
<div>In the last gamerDNA update for 2008 we released our Customizable Member Header and gamerDNA Card feature.&nbsp;Now you are able to theme the top of your Profile from a selection of about 45 different themes of the latest top games, your favorite next gen console, or even gamerDNA themed.</div>
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<div>Make sure to <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/dna/customize_header/">customize your member header here</a>.</div>
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<div>What makes this update even cooler is we have now rolled out gamerDNA cards, a gamercard which is a mini version of your member profile header.&nbsp;This enables you to share with the world what the latest games were that you played on both Xbox 360 and Xfire.&nbsp;On top of all that, the gamerDNA cards will have the same theme as your member header!</div>
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<div align="center"><img height="150" border="0" width="500" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3" alt="QforQ gamerDNA Card" src="http://sig.gamerdna.com/gamerdna-card-500-150/QforQ.png" /></div>
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<div>Once you&rsquo;re all setup and ready to go hop in our forums to <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/showthread.php?t=30760">post your new gamerDNA card in our forum thread</a>!</div>
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<div><a name="Anticipated_Games_for_January_2009"><strong>Anticipated Games coming out soon </strong></a></div>
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<div><img hspace="12" height="165" align="left" width="116" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1" alt="Lord of the Rings: Conquest" src="http://www.gamerdna.com/public/images/xd/covers/drg300/g381/g38173hf3cx.jpg" />January 11<sup>th</sup>:&nbsp;Lord of the Rings:&nbsp;Conquest</div>
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<div>gamerDNA Game Page:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/the-lord-of-the-rings-conquest-ibm-pc-compatible">PC</a> | <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/the-lord-of-the-rings-conquest-xbox-360">Xbox 360</a> | <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/the-lord-of-the-rings-conquest-playstation-3">PS3</a> | <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/the-lord-of-the-rings-conquest-nintendo-ds">DS</a></div>
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<div>The newest Lord of the Rings action game from Pandemic, the studio that most recently brought you Mercenaries 2.</div>
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<div><img hspace="12" height="163" align="left" width="118" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2" alt="Skate 2" src="http://www.gamerdna.com/public/images/xd/covers/drg300/g383/g38354na18s.jpg" /></div>
<div>January 20<sup>th</sup>: Skate 2</div>
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<div>gamerDNA Game Page:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/skate-2-xbox-360">Xbox 360</a> | <a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/game/skate-2-playstation-3">PS3</a></div>
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<div>Follow up to Skate, the game the changed the Skateboarding Game genre and one of the best sports games of 2007.</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/showthread.php?p=101530#post101530">Discuss games coming out in January 2009 on the gamerDNA Forums! </a></div>
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<div><a name="Forum_Threads"><strong>Forum Threads to check out:</strong></a></div>
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<div>Each newsletter we will pick some forum threads from our community forum and share them for everyone to check out -</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/showthread.php?t=30887">Gaming New Years Resolution</a> &ndash; What is your gaming New Years Resolution for 2009?</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/showthread.php?t=30901">Favorite Game of All Time!</a> &ndash; <a href="http://artemisartium.gamerdna.com/">ArtemisArtium</a> &ndash; What is your favorite game of all time?</div>
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<div><a name="gamerDNA_in_the_News"><strong>gamerDNA in the News:</strong></a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.massively.com/2008/12/29/gamerdnas-year-in-review-pt-2/">gamerDNA 2008 year in Review at Massively.com</a> &ndash; Our own Sanya Weathers wrote an article looks at how well different MMOG games did in 2008 based on game play data from gamerDNA members.</div>
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<div><a href="../../../../../../blog/2009/01/06/gamerdna-announces-childs-play-community-contest-winner/">gamerDNA Announces Child&rsquo;s Play Community Contest Winner</a> &ndash; For the whole month of December gamerDNA ran an event which had web communities competing against each other to raise money for Child&rsquo;s Play.&nbsp;This week we congratulate <a href="http://www.elitistjerks.com/">Elitist Jerks</a> on their accomplishment of winning the contest and helping us raise over $5,000 for charity!</div>
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<div>&nbsp;<a name="Wrap_up"></a></div>
<div>That wraps it up for this first issue of the gamerDNA Member Newsletter.&nbsp;If you have any suggestions on what you would like to see in future issues, feedback, or comments on this current issue, please post them in our discussion thread!</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.gamerdna.com/showthread.php?p=102025#post102025">January Member Newsletter Discussion Thread</a></div>
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<div>Thanks and have a good time gaming!</div>
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<div>-<a href="http://qforq.gamerdna.com">Sam &quot;QforQ&quot; Houston</a></div>
<div>gamerDNA Community Manager</div>
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