Switches Status to Away

April 25, 2008 by 7 Comments

I am heading out of town for the weekend to spend time with some friends but before I go, here are a few friendly reminders.

read meCome play Halo 3 with me on the new Legendary maps tomorrow (Saturday, April 26th) from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Pacific time. Hope to see you there for some fragging fun.

read meHave you voted in the Disruptive Publishers Content Creation Challenge? The contest closes at 12:00:01 AM PST, April 28th so head on over, and vote on your favorite Xbox 360 themes.

read meIf you are participating in Unlock the Challenge and still haven’t found all of my achievements, go read some clues to help you get credit for all five. Good luck!

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Toyota Matrix Xbox Guitar Hero III All-Nighter

April 25, 2008 by 5 Comments

Toyota Matrix Xbox Guitar Hero III All-Nighter

From Xbox.com :

Xbox, Toyota, and Peavey have teamed up to bring you the coolest prizes in the history of Xbox.com for the upcoming All-Nighter: Crafted from a real-wood, life-size Peavey guitar and modified for play with guitar-based music video games, this custom Peavey AG RiffMaster guitar controller features the sleek finish, dimensions and feel of a real Peavey guitar to provide a truly authentic music video game experience. For more details about one-of-a-kind Peavey AG RiffMaster guitar game controllers, check them out online at Peavey.com.

For a chance to win one of these 24 guitars, download the “Toyota Matrix Xbox All-Nighter Registration Gamer Picture” from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace before 5:59 A.M. Pacific Time April 27, 2008. For complete instructions and rules for the sweepstakes, please see the Toyota Matrix Xbox All-Nighter sweepstakes rules page.

Then take to the stage in Guitar Hero III and play any time all night long, from dusk to dawn the weekend of April 26-27. Also, we’d love to see and hear about your Guitar Hero III All-Nighter! Send us pictures of you and your friends rocking out and let us know how long you played, which songs you played, and how much fun you had. Send a short recap with the subject “Toyota Matrix All-Nighter” and we may choose to feature you on Xbox.com! Don’t forget to include your Gamertag and home town. You don’t have to tell us about your All-Nighter to be eligible to win the sweepstakes, only if you’d like the chance to be featured on Xbox.com.

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Rorschach Inkblot Test – Blackout

April 25, 2008 by 29 Comments

Our Rorschach Inkblot Test activities formally ended back in February. When the Legendary Map Pack was released (along with three corresponding heatmaps), I began getting requests to start them up again. Apparently people enjoyed analyzing their own and possibly even each other’s entertaining, often hilarious answers. I’m game if you’re game so for a limited time only the inkblot tests are back!

We never examined the answers from our last inkblot activity so that gives us a great place to start. Back on February 15th we used the global heatmap from Foundry which definitely sparked everybody’s imagination. Nick Manning was the first person to notice the resemblance to a face hugger from the Alien film series, and Twilight Ronin, nyota0uhura, wolfy, the other dark, and Nace all saw something disgustingly similar.

foundry heatmap

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Clues for Unlocking My Achievements

April 24, 2008 by 7 Comments

unlock the achievement

Are you participating in the Unlock the Achievement scavenger hunt going on right now? If so, here are a few clues about where my achievements are located if you still haven’t found all five.

  • Douchebags can reach me at idontgiveashitwhatyouthink@kissmyass.com. No, really.
  • Who are we kidding? Nobody is going to be playing anything but GTA4 next month anyways.
  • One of the easiest articles I have ever written. All I did was regurgitate what I hear from random jackasses every time I play on Xbox Live.
  • Did you know one of my articles made it all the way to the front page of Yahoo? Probably because it wasn’t even sarcastic. And that is also the reason why it won’t happen again.
  • This ultimate achievement only goes to one special person. Or in this case, several hundred special people.

Happy hunting!

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Microsoft Makes a Difference

April 24, 2008 by 11 Comments

Each and every one of us has the power to make a difference. Some people donate their time as they don’t have extra money. Other people donate their money as they don’t have extra time. Both of these factors are equally important when it comes to charities, and Microsoft has decided to go the financial route by digging into their deep pocketbook to help sick children.

xbox 360 kiosk

Microsoft announced yesterday that they have teamed up with the Companions in Courage Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children and families who are overcoming life-threatening obstacles, in an effort to supply “hundreds of Xbox 360 game kiosks to playrooms in children’s hospitals across the United States, intended to provide a respite for young patients and be a catalyst for fun. In addition to select games, movies and television content, the Xbox 360 kiosks will provide access to a private network that allows hospitalized children across the country to play games and chat in a safety-enhanced environment over Xbox LIVE, the world’s largest social network connected to television.”

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