As prevalent as game achievements are lately, it’s only natural to see them being applied in new and intriguing ways. Sony is using them to stock your virtual house with shiny trophies. Valve is using them to unlock new ways to hurt people. And now, Kongregate is using them to give away actual material rewards. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
On Friday, Valve updated the post on their Heavy Update page which listed the new achievements for everyone’s favorite minigun-wielding Team Fortress 2 class. This new update replaced all of the “Coming Soon” placeholders with actual descriptions of what the achievements would entail, thus drawing our speculation contest to a close. All told, roughly 50 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 13, 2008
UPDATE 8/15: Valve has published the full list of the Heavy’s Achievements, and our contest is now closed! Look for our analysis and winner announcement soon! Valve put up a list, this morning, of the 35 new achievements that will become available in next week’s Heavy Update. The official website lists only the names of the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 7, 2008
While you’re working on your entry for our latest giveaway, we thought we’d give you a little update on our previous contest. Last month, we awarded a reader by the name of Seaniccus a prize of 4000 Wii Points for his decidedly geeky entry in our Geeks & Otaku Giveaway. Seaniccus created a retro casemod for [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 7, 2008
Wanna win a copy of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2?
Continue reading...Monday, July 28, 2008
The wait(s) are nearly over! Microsoft has confirmed dates for five Xbox Live Arcade titles this morning, including two of the most eagerly anticipated titles that gamers have been waiting patiently for. Or, perhaps posting angrily in forums about. Some of you aren’t quite so patient. Well, to make it up to you, Microsoft is [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Time’s up, fellow geeks! It’s time to decide who deserves Wii Points in order to worry about their hard drive space, making you “geeks and otaku” just like Laurent Fischer said. In the last two weeks, we’ve gotten a handful of stories from a few of our more dedicated and worrisome readers, each trying to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 7, 2008
Don’t forget, folks — today is your last chance to win a handful of free Wii Points! In case you missed it, click on over to this post, where we invite you to share your finest “geeks and otaku” moment for a shot at glory/infamy and a chance to win a mess of Wii Points [...]
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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