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On Friday, September 21st at Tokyo Game Show 2007, Nokia gave two presentations for businesses, developers, and game publications. Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend the presentations but I can pass on what information I know.

The first presentation, entitled "The Next Generation of Mobile Gaming", was about the Nokia N-Gage platform. N-Gage games were demonstrated and the platform's features were described: such as multiplayer gaming, easy network connectivity, and downloadable trial games before purchasing. The presentation also discussed making a better gaming experience for tomorrow's mobile gamer.

The second presentation was titled, "The Global Business of Mobile Casual Games; Case Studies of Successful Japanese Publishers in Connected Mobile Games". The fairly long title is pretty self explanatory. The presentation discussed successful Japanese publishers, such as G-mode and D3Publisher, that have released many connected mobile games. These publishers discussed their experiences in expanding globally with Nokia's SNAP mobile. SNAP Mobile is a set of tools and services that help producers and developers to create networked Java games and host network services.

I hope that the presentations will bring some new Japanese developers, publishers, and gamers to the N-Gage platform and SNAP Mobile. I guess we'll have to wait and see when there are more mobile gaming announcements.

Hello everyone! Sorry for my disappearing act and thanks to Kevin for holding up the fort :) I should be back in a couple of weeks, but in the meantime I just want to pop in and share the big news that has been keeping me busy and stressed-out recently.

I am moving to Tampere, Finland (from Dallas, Texas).

Along with the move is my new job. As I've mentioned previously, I'm doing video development in S60 Multimedia. In my new role (which starts next Monday, eek!), I'll be involved with multimedia integration work, specifically in the areas of graphics and communications (multimedia sharing, visual radio, video telephony etc.)

I've read somewhere that job change and moving are two of the most stressful events in life, right up there with getting married, getting divorced, and death in the family. But while I'm pulling my already thinning hair out, I'm also truly excited about my new life and opportunities ahead.

With this chance to be immersed in the culture and people that are the foundation of what Nokia is about, I hope for a renewed passion and refreshed perspective, both in my work and in my blogging.

So thanks for reading, and stay tuned for my inaugural post from Finland!

- Carol.

I was excited to read on N-Gage Future Watch that Capcom has been added to the list of Publishers bringing games to the N-Gage platform. Capcom has developed and published some of my favorite games including: Resident Evil (aka Biohazard in Japan), Street Fighter II, Super Puzzle Fighter II, Dino Crisis, Mega man, and Ghosts n Goblins.

I have no idea what games Capcom plans to bring to the N-Gage platform but looking over the games on Capcom Mobile, they have already brought several of these titles to mobiles in some format. I hope to see even better versions of these games for the N-Gage platform that take advantage of the hardware; screen resolution, audio quality, and utilize the 3D graphics processor available in most of the N-Gage compatible devices. I look at the great job that Capcom did in porting the original Resident Evil 1 (aka Biohazard 1) to the Nintendo DS. It would be great to see a similar port brought to the N-Gage platform. It would also be awesome if I could play a loyal conversion of Street Fighter II on S60. I'm looking forward to hearing about what games Capcom decides to bring to N-Gage.

What games would you like to see from Capcom or other game developers for the new N-Gage platform?

Phil tagged me a while back to post 8 random things about myself, so here it goes.

But first the Rules:

"- Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.

- People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules..

- At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names..

- Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog."

1. My favorite color is green.
2. I was raised and grew up in New York, no not New York City but New York State.
3. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science.
4. When I interviewed for the job at Nokia I was asked if I was Finnish. It turns out that Korpi is a common Finnish last name but I didn't know I had Finnish ancestry until I started working at Nokia. To this day my coworkers still discuss this as it is a funny story.
5. I have owned every Nintendo home console (Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii), so I guess you could say I'm a Nintendo fan.
6. I am the oldest son in my family and have 2 younger brothers.
7. Given the choice I don't run or use Microsoft Windows. At home I have a couple of computers running GNU/Linux and one Mac running OSX.
8. I enjoy taking photos of food way too much as can be seen on my Flickr account. My favorite food is Lobster.

I'm breaking the rules by not tagging another 8 people. But I would like to see Carol's 8 random things post. I know some of you bloggers have already posted an 8 random things entry, post a link to it in the comments if you have one already done.