March Madness is officially over and what a crazy month its been! With all the giveaways, celeb interviews (John Cho and Jessica Gomes), MLG matches, EXP upgrades, Manga Mania and of course you crazy Ninginers — I don’t even know where to start. Here goes! More »

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Love was definitely in the air this past February at Ningin and Mixr. It’s like everyday was Valentine’s Day this month. We tried really hard to get you all to fall in love with us by offering one massive Valentine: The Falling in Love with Mixr specials and giveaways. February’s been an epic month for us in the giveaways department — we gave away $1,000+ worth of stuff. For the lonely and the brokenhearted who have missed out on all of these giveaways, don’t worry. Ziggytek’s still giving away an iPhone, FlauntMe’s still giving away Sephora products, GirlyBubble’s still giving away a crystal Hello Kitty iPhone case and Rekuru’s still giving away Naruto: Shippuden, Vol. 6 on DVD. More »

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Jinra is too busy washing her hair or something, so I’m writing this week’s prize winners/updates. In case we haven’t said this enough times, we just launched HTCYou - a site for HTC phone users and Google Android news. That’s site #10 for us yay! Soon, we’ll be giving out unlocked HTC phones as part of the promo. I bet that got your attention. There was also some Mixr League Gaming action or MLG for short. We didn’t have just one tournament, but two: Ningin defeated the evil chimera known as BlitzKuTek; and the Battle of the Sexes, where the guys were oh so close to beating the girls. We’re still experimenting around with various rules, length, team sizes, etc. but so far so good. The much more intense MLG 3-month long ladder starts this week. My bold prediction, someone from a Mixr site will win! More »

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Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, but life would be so boring without you. If not for Ningin, I wouldn’t have a reason to be blabbing about all the greatest news and announcing prize winners in a weekly blog post such as this. I mean, how or where else could I blog about the fact that our flash game gaming league, the MLG, just hosted it’s first official tournament here this past week? Or simply the fact that a flash game league exists? (Btw, go team Ningin!) Or that last week we also put together a New Year’s Resolution Special starring you? I could only tell you that if not for you, I’d probably be clawing my eyes out due to sheer boredom. More »

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After an emotionally grueling, finger-breaking weekend, the first official MLG Tournament has come to a close with victory earned by one team, and one team alone. Initially believed by many to have no fighting chance at winning this tournament due to lack of gaming experience, this team rose up like a phoenix from the ashes, to claim victory over Sir Spencealot and the bloggers of Wirebotonia. This team is Ningin. Below is the official closing score card: More »

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MLG sports fans, welcome to the recap of Day 3 of the first official MLG Tournament. Tensions arose with yesterday’s tie. Today on the other hand, has been quite interesting. Not because Wirebot talks a lot of smack but because Ningin is currently taking the lead. As of now, the score is 4 to 2. More »

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Welcome to 2010, Ninginers! We hope you had a great time ringing in the new year with our End of the Year Special and the kick-off of the first official Mixr League Gaming Tournament. According to the latest report, things are getting intense between Ningin and Wirebot. More »

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After a slow start, Wirebot has finally decided to participate in the tournament leading up to the current 3-3 tie. They seem to mean business, but Ningin is still holding it’s own against them. Read on for today’s MLG tournament coverage. More »

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Day 1 of the first official MLG tournament has proven to be a victorious one for Ningin so far. Not that I’m biased because I’m Queen Jinranidas and team captain for Ningin, but I think if Team Ningin continues at this pace, it’s likely we’ll take this win. Check out the current MLG Tournament games report to see for yourself. More »

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My fellow Ninginers! As Queen Jinranidas, I am proud to present to you the official Team Ningin roster of players and games for the first official MLG Tournament against the Wirebot.com bloggers. NINGINERS! What is your profession? More »

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I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday week. I know I did. For Christmas this year, Hoc gave me the present of taking the torch of announcing weekly prize winners and updating you with all the Ningin news. Hoc’s like that relative that actually gifts you with things you need, like socks. Truthfully, we needed this present — clearly, I am the cuter person for this weekly blog post. Speaking of presents, we really hope you enjoyed the ones we got you this year, like our 12 Days of Christmas Special and our new flash games sub-site. More »

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I cannot believe how fast this year has gone by. Lots of pretty cool moments this year on Ningin. Hmm, I’m thinking we should do an End of the Year special just to recap everything. If you recall, we did one for 2008. This year, the End of the Year special will be more epic! But I’m getting ahead of myself. We still have a few more days before Christmas. Jinra and the Ningin Bloggers have been really nice this year and hopefully Santa will grant them everything they asked for in their 12 Days of Christmas Special. Though, Jinra already has lots of sexy, hot Asian men surrounding her on a regular basis. I guess you can never have enough of those. Since all Ningin users have been really good this year, we have something special in mind for all of you! It’ll be unveiled in a few days or so. I hope you guys like games! More »

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This past week was one of the craziest we’ve ever had. A big part of the reason why is because of CrazySingleLife, our new dating reality site that launched a few days ago. You’ll find that it’s not like any other dating site. CrazySingleLife is about sharing stories and experiences and helping people feel ok about being single and lost about love. Who knows, it just might help you the next time you go on a date. Then, there was the Mixr Holiday party which can be best summed up as this: unlimited Grey Goose vodka and karaoke. It was an unforgettable crazy night! Can I just tell you, we have so many good singers here. Be on the look out for a Jinra CD cause she’s flat out amazing! More »

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This week started off with a bang. Or rather, a boom since we had a casual interview with Boom Boom Satellites. We also learned that Ninja Assassin grossed $21 MM over the Turkey day weekend. It’s not at $35.8 MM worldwide gross at the time of this writing. I have to wonder if there’s gonna be a sequel because it made a lot more money than it cost to produce. We also launched our beauty site on Tuesday, FlauntMe. That’s #8 for those keeping count at home. Jinra and the Ningin Bloggers cranked out another special for that, the Ningin Tribute to Asian Beauty. Site #9, CrazySingleLife is due for unveiling this week. I just posted a short preview of it. Since things have been going really well here, we’re doubling the number of bloggers across our new sites. If you like writing, getting free stuff, having access to events, interviewing people, and working with fun people, then you should consider blogging for us! We have a lot more sites planned for next year too. More »

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What a week here on Ningin! It started with the Ninja Thanksgiving Special that we did with those ninja-holics on Wirebot and Rekuru. I had no idea we were gonna crank out so many ninja related posts — it was ninja-epic. Make sure to check all of it out if you haven’t! On Tuesday, I got to see Boom Boom Satellites in concert and it was awesome to say the least! On Wednesday, Ninja Assassin came out in theaters and Boom Boom Satellites came down to the Ningin office to hang out with us. It’s not everyday we have rock stars in our office, but it does seem to be more common now. The interview with BBS is schedule for tomorrow so be sure to check that out. We also got a few autographed stuff from them, so look out for that too. Then of course you have the Thanksgiving weekend where I ate till I passed out and had lots of catch-up sleep. What did you guys do for the holiday weekend? More »

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By now most of you know that we’ve giving out game systems to random users. That’s not the only contest going on either. We have Ninja Assassin Gear, Justin Chon autographs on SwanDiary, Swarovski iPhone faceplate on Girlybubble, and ESPN Magazine subscriptions on BlitzNation. If you think that’s a lot, it’s just the beginning! Soon, there will be some sort of regular prize for all our sites like Xbox/PSN point cards on Wirebot, bobblehead dolls on BlitzNation, and so on. If you’re in the city of Rhode Island (why call it a state?) Wirebot is hosting a Guitar Hero 3 Tournament and giving out $100 in Amazon gift certificates. Btw, have you checked out our new Ningin-spin off site for Japanese entertainment, Rekuru.com? Jinra and the Ningin bloggers are hosting a Japan-a-thon special in honor of its launch. Wirebot is going Japanese too. It’s fun when sister sites work together! Expect a lot more of that going forward. Last but not least, we have a cool interview with Takeshi Kaneshiro who’s starring in the new Red Cliff movie out right now. Speaking of movies, I hear Ninja Assassin is coming out this Wednesday. It’s in your best interest to check that out. More »

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What a week we had on Ningin! I think I might have mentioned this somewhere before, but I got to interview Rain and Director James McTeigue from the Ninja Assassin movie. If you haven’t read it yet, what are you waiting for? There’s not one but two giveaways for it…so far. First there’s the Ninja Assassin gear, and we’re giving our copies of the 28-page Ninja Assassin press junket package. Then we launched a new website, Swandiary, for vampire lovers. Jinra and the Ningin Bloggers put together a fun little Bloodsucker special for it. Speaking of Jinra, her b-day might have been during this past week. Not sure. But I’m sure she’s glad that someone (hint: he was in ninja a movie that’s coming out soon) remembered. So all that was last week. This week, we have another website, Rekuru - for Japanese entertainment, scheduled to launch. And perhaps finally, you’ll see the game system contest we’ve been promising. More »

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November is shaping up to be quite a month. We have a new website launching just about every week. The mysterious Swandiary launches this Friday the 13th. We picked that day for a good reason which will be revealed soon enough. We’re also designating November to be the official month of Ninjas, the site’s namesake. In honor of Ninja month, there will be TONS of ninja related coverage and giveaways. What could those giveaways possibly be? You might want to check out the upcoming Warner Bros movie, Ninja Assassin, for some ideas. Then of course, there’s Jinra’s birthday being this Thursday. Expect champagne and special pins that day. The previously mentioned game system contests are schedule to start sometime this week. And if you live in Rhode Island, Wirebot is hosting a Guitar Hero tournament with cash prizes. Sounds random I know, but it’s part of a much bigger plan which we’ll get into later. More »

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Lots of things going on lately. First, I hope you guys enjoyed the wonderfully put together Halloween Special by Jinra and the Ningin Bloggers. Mixed within all of that is two great interviews of Harry Shum from Glee and my personal cosplay hero, Alodia Gosiengfiao. Then there’s the Wirebot - gaming community - expansion. The door was cracked open last week, but we’re going to make a big gaming push this week with tons of gaming related articles coming your away across the entire network starting tomorrow. And already it’s November 1st. November is going to be all about expansion as we’re looking to launch one new website a week. Yes you read that right, one website a week! Of course, we got some great prizes coming up from autographed memorabilia to Nintendo Wiis and Xbox360s. Lots of things to look forward too! More »

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Last week of October makes me think about Halloween. I don’t know about you guys, but I think Halloween is the most magical time of the year, even moreso than Xmas. You see, Halloween is when it’s ok to take candy from strangers. It’s ok to dress up like anime characters walking down the street or speak Klingon in public. Colleges around the country throw theme parties where everyone dresses from the 70s, or their favorite Harry Potter character, or cross-dress like the opposite sex. People can wear scream masks or goalie masks without everyone around them freaking out. Of course, the Jabbawockeez can go into a bank without others thinking they’re gonna rob the place. Call me crazy, but isn’t that a better world than the one we live in 364 days out of the year? Because Halloween is so special, Jinra and the Ningin Bloggers, have put together a NINE part special dedicated to Halloween. It’s the least we can do. While we’re on the subject of All Hallows’ Eve, Justin Chon from the Twilight vampire movies was kind enough to give us an interview. For those that want to throw a historic China theme party, you might want to check out this free showing of John Woo’s Red Cliff. More »

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