Chris P - September 23rd, 2009
Headlines, PC, PSP, Playstation 3, Xbox 360
Need For Speed: Shift and Electronic Arts are halfway through a Twitter contest where you could win an actual BMW M3.
Here are the details for Mission 3:
Today’s mission is as follows. Using TwitDraw, draw your favorite Need for Speed car, and tweet it to @NeedforSpeed. Remember to include the #NFS hashtag in your tweet, otherwise your entry will not be counted. By all means, get creative – some of the best drawings will be featured on Need for Speed’s Flickr!
Today, there will be 34 daily winners – 33 of them will get a free Need for Speed: Shift t-shirt, and one lucky winner will get 20 free EA games! For eligibility info and sweepstakes rules, check the Official Need For Speed: Shift Blog here.
Chris P - June 17th, 2009
Business, Interviews, PC, Virtual Worlds
About three months ago, I had the opportunity to chat with fatfoogoo CEO Martin Herdina and Marketing Manager Dan Taylor about microtransaction and what fatfoogoo does.
Well fatfoogoo has not been sitting around for the last three months as they announced a new partnership with mEgo.com bringing fatfoogoo’s knowledge of all things microtransaction to mEgo’s new avatar store.
This time around I chatted with mEgo’s co-CEO Ariel McNichol and fatfoogoo CEO Martin Herdina. Early thanks to Heather Sorensen for setting up the interview.
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Honest Chung - June 16th, 2009
Gamer Culture
Time is a mystifying force. It can be as simple as the numbers displayed on your watch, or it can be a complex scientific concept that can boggle your mind. Regardless, one thing is certain about time, none of us can escape it, and no matter what you’re doing or where you are, time is always ticking.
For something so omniscient, it’s interesting at how unexplainable and easy it is when we lose track of it.
A not-so-scientific saying exists that states time flies by when you’re having fun. Gaming and social networking adds new dimensions to this saying.
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Adam Templeton - January 29th, 2009
Call of Duty, Gamer Culture, Halo, Humor
That’s it! I’ve had it! I’m done!
Those roving bands of cocky 12-year-olds plaguing XBox Live have pushed me too far. It’s time to fight back! Since the Internet has taught me that revenge is a dish best served passive aggressive, I found one of those little shit’s Twitter accounts and pasted the contents below.
Gaze into the abyss, if you dare. But stare not too long, lest it transform you into the enemy. (Among other things, this means you’ll get a violent God complex and a voice that sounds like Chris Tucker singing falsetto while freebasing helium.)
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