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Microsoft dug up a few partners and is offerring a pretty interesting little contest.  From Today until December 10th they will release a number of hints and you have to search the interwebz for a word with which includes an Xbox Green “X” in it.    Prizes include:

• Xbox 360 games from EA, Activision and Ubisoft
• New phones from Samsung
• Mountain Dew mini-fridges
• New Zune devices
• Xbox 360 Elite consoles
• An all-inclusive vacation for 4 to any Beaches Resort
• Personal Xbox LIVE gaming session with an Adidas star athlete
• A complete home entertainment system, including a Panasonic HD projector
• Pontiac G6 Coupe GXP

For complete rules and contest details, please check out www.xbox.com/greenx.

 PS - I have completed todays answers and could tell you them….but then that would lower my actual chances being its a random drawing - so get to work and figure them out yourself, they aren’t that hard

A while back there was a contest floating around called the “Doritos Unlock Xbox Challenge”. This contest invited people to think up an xbox live arcade game “that brings to live the bold spirirt of the Doritios brand”, in other words, create a comercial for our company. Don’t get me wrong, I am willing to give the games a chance, after all I did download and try out Yaris (aka the Toyota advertisement game) and actually paid for the Burger King ad games last holiday season - a game is a game my friends. Some are good, and some not so much - time will tell with these xbox fan created ideas.

From now until Nov 18th you can go to www.snackstrongproductons.com and vote for the game you want developed as an Xbox Live Arcade Game.

Here are the five finalist games that you will be playing and voting on:

• “Doritos Dash of Destruction” by Mike Borland of Sewickley, PA
  In “Doritos Dash of Destruction,” players can choose to control one of two characters.  Either a hungry T-Rex chasing a delivery truck loaded with crunchy Doritos tortilla chips or the delivery truck driver, racing to escape the clutches of the T-Rex.  As the chase begins havoc ensues as the lumbering dino barrels through the completely destructible city resulting in an intense game of cat-and-mouse.
• “Doritos Presents UDC: Ultimate Dodgeball Champions” by Devan Moore of Panama City, FL
  In this futuristic dodgeball game, inspired by Devan’s favorite childhood game and the intensity of Doritos, players start by creating a customized team from a handful of colorful characters.  Then, using special “power up” features to create fire balls, teams go at it in futuristic stadiums and compete for ultimate dodgeball dominance. 
• “Monkeys from Mt. Doritos” by Juanito Lagasco, of Algonquin, IL
  In this quick-play, high-fun, retro-style game, one or more people play as monkeys that collect Doritos chips exploding out of Mt. Doritos.  The more Doritos players collect, the more points they earn and the closer they get to winning.  But, watch out as fellow monkeys and lurking monsters want to steal your prized Doritos chips. 
• “PB’s Quest for Flavor” by Jeremy Mattsen of Colorado Springs, CO
  In “PB’s Quest for Flavor,” PB - the game’s pill bug hero - goes on his quest for the perfect chip flavor. Throughout the game, favorite Doritos flavors are introduced as weapons giving PB unique abilities.  With the strength and power of Doritos, players guide PB through a household of obstacles and enemies to successfully complete his quest.
• “Rythum Racing” by Kenneth Parker of Warner Robins, GA
  In this original racing game, players turn up the volume in game play as they import song files and use music to “drive” the game.  Players race around the equalizer race track, where sounds, beats and rhythms will alter the track.  Deep bass sounds for example might cause the race track to ripple, throwing the race cars up in the air while other elements of the music generate power-ups.

without trying the games at this time the first one gets my vote….why?  Well hes from my state, gotta support the home team!  Full press release to follow.

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So I was reading trixies blog as I do from time to time, and she had posted about yet another great contest that you can grab yourself a bunch of free games and swag.

First Prize (4 Winners)
Estimated Retail Value (ERV) of First Prize: $522.00

• Crash® of the Titans
• Looney Tunes: ACME Arsenal™
• Avatar: The Burning Earth
• Thrillville™: Off the Rails™
• NARUTO™: Rise of a Ninja
• Beautiful Katamari™
• Cars© Mater-National
• Bee Movie™ Game
• Viva Piñata®: Party Animals
• 1 Bee Movie antennae headband
• 1 Bee Movie plush toy
• 1 Katamari puppet
• 1 Katamari phone charm
• 1 Thrillville: Off the Rails T-shirt
• 1 copy of Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volume 5 DVD

Second Prize (5 Winners)
ERV of Second Prize: $492.00

• Crash of the Titans
• Looney Tunes: ACME Arsenal
• Avatar: The Burning Earth
• Thrillville: Off the Rails
• NARUTO: Rise of a Ninja
• Beautiful Katamari
• Cars Mater-National
• Bee Movie Game
• Viva Piñata: Party Animals
• Thrillville: Off the Rails T-shirt
• Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volume 5 DVD

Third Prize (14 Winners)
ERV of Third Prize: $42.00

• Thrillville: Off the Rails T-shirt
• Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volume 5 DVD

just head on over to the official contest page at xbox.com and register (US only unfortunately for those of you outside of the States)

Make sure you send your thanks to trixie!

Unscripted360.com is having a sports giveaway spectacular.  Every Monday in October Deacon will post a message on his site and you just have to post a reply to it, or msg him via Xbox Live, then simply cross your fingers, pray, beg deacon - do whatever it is you feel will increase your odds before 8PM CST.  Each monday someone will get a free EA game, and on the 29th he is giving away 2 in honor of his birthday (Happy Birthday Deacon).  Here is the breakdown he posted on his site for the upcoming weeks.

October 1 - NHL 08
October 8 - NBA Live 08
October 15 - NASCAR 08
October 22 - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
October 29 - Madden NFL 08 & NCAA Football 08

so head on over and get yourself a free game - dont forget to tell him happy birthday

The task at hand was simple in theory - complete legendary from start to finish in one sitting.  Digilearner rounded us up a team of members from 360friendspot which included him, myself, Johndg, and Tommy Da Gip.  Unfortunately Tommy had other obligations and couldn’t be our fourth gunner.  Just when we thought we were going to be a 3 man show ReaperHybrid joined the party making us complete.  Reaper all ready finished the story, and I am close to the end myself - but both on lower difficulty levels.  John and Digi had only played the first chapter in the story thus far.

We figured while we were at it we might as well collect those pesky glowing skulls along the way - and for the most part we did great at it.  Unfortunately as the night went on you could see that fatigue was starting to set it, we all were discussing the next skull that had to be collected after finishing off a scarab - but after finishing him we just kept going completely forgetting the skull. 

Reaper and myself finally got to the point that we needed to get some sleep - before we had to face the attack of our wives in the morning, but we said we would go at the end of the current chapter (6 for those of you keeping track).  Of course, because we had planned to leave at the end of this chapter, for the first time we actually started having difficulty surviving, it seems like we all just kept getting destroyed over and over, and we were never going to finish.  I blame the fatigue, keep in mind this was the 3rd night in a row that I was up till 3-4AM playing and the kids are always up at 8am at the latest.

Finally we finished up the chapter, but unfortunately not the fight - hopefully we can get the team together again later tonight and finish it up - legendary style.

 PS. Sorry you missed it tommy!

Another xbox all nighter, and this time (no suprise) its a Halo 3 all nighter.  Same as always, simply play the game until you can’t play anymore, take pictures, blog about it, and most importantly let Trixie know - she tends to give out prizes like I won on a Gears Of War All Nighter

Also don’t forget as long as you register your tag (before Sept 30th) playing during this all nighter enters you into the Unite To Fight Play and Win.  Which includes prizes for random particpants including the following:

• One (1) Daily First Prize: An Xbox 360™ Halo 3 Special Edition Console
• One (1) Daily Second Prize: A Special Edition Halo Zune™ Player
• Ten (10) Daily Third Prizes: A Halo 3 Accessory Pack consisting of a Halo 3 Wireless Headset, the Brute Wireless Controller, and Spartan Wireless Controller
• Six (6) Daily Fourth Prizes: A Halo Graphic Novel
• Five (5) Daily Fifth Prizes: A Special Edition Halo 3 Faceplate
• Fifteen (15) Daily Sixth Prizes: 1600 Microsoft Points
• Fifteen (15) Daily Seventh Prizes: 1000 Microsoft Points
• Fifty (50) Daily Eighth Prizes: 500 Microsoft Points
• Sixty (60) Daily Ninth Prizes: 100 Microsoft Points

Just thought I would quickly let everyone know that 3FS has a few interesting prizes up for grabs, so without further delay….. 

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ZaaM and I have opened up the prize vault again and are giving away 2 wonderful prizes

come read all the details

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1 Week from today is the official release of Halo 3.  ”Unite to Fight: Halo 3 Launch Week” adds yet another media promotion (and way for you to get cool stuff).  In preparation of day one launch United States fans (boy our foreign buddies always miss out don’t they?) are invited to partake in “Unite to Fight Week”.  Which will include a large assortment of Halo related events and activities.  Check www.xbox.com/unitetofight for updates and more information. 

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First a few days ago I got my free gamertag jacket, and today I just found out that I was a winner of a Halo 3 edition Zune and a copy of Civil War: A Nation Divided from the 10k club zunecast.  Never in a million years did I think I would win, in fact I considered not even entering.  Generally I have no luck and am completely speechless at the moment.  Can’t wait to get my hands on it!

 Thanks everyone at the 10k zunecast, and congrats on your 1 year anniversary, cheers to many more. 

So what’s better than playing the new demo version of Street Trace NYC from gaia industries?  Well playing the full version of the game, giving you the ability to unlock its full potential and of course those ever addicting achievements.  Of course there is only one thing better and thats playing the full version for FREE!  Head on over to site owned by a man with a velvet voice (deaconblade @ unscripted360 of course) for a free chance at a free copy of the game.