GamesCampus to pay people who don’t like Asda Story $30
The open beta for the free massive multiplayer online rpg (MMORPG) Asda Story starts August 5, 2008, and Gamescampus.com has decided to make things interesting by starting The Guaranteed Fun Promotion on the same day. The Guaranteed Fun Promotion will refund $30 to any player who didn’t enjoy Asda Story.
There are some catches though. You can’t just log in once, then claim you didn’t like it when the 30 days is up. You have to make an account, download the Asda Story client, play for 30 days, raise a character to level 40 by September 4, 2008, and complete a survey telling Gamescampus.com why you didn’t like Asda Story.
Speed Racer gift card with USB 2.0 Flash drive, cheat code
Further demonstrating the increasing availability and decreasing price of memory, Target has put out a Speed Racer themed gift card that features a USB 2.0 Flash drive built right in.
The plastic promo gift card features a tiny USB cable (an inch long) that clicks flat into the card and can be ejected using a tiny mechanical switch at the bottom edge. It also has an activity light on the upper right edge of the card.
The internal Flash drive shows 62.8 MB total capacity with 51.6 MB of it filled with Speed Racer movie promotion items including a cheat code for the Wii version of the upcoming Speed Racer videogame…
Blades of Glory gets second life in Second Life
The popular online game/alternate reality, Second Life, will be hosting Blades of Glory themed events beginning August 24, 2007, through the end of the month to celebrate the DVD release of the summer comedy starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder. The multi-million dollar grossing movie details the rise and fall of two men’s figure skaters who are banned from the sport for malicious tomfoolery. They’re able to skate competitively again via a loophole in the regulations but they must skate together as the first ever male doubles team. Hilarity ensues.
Second Life users who go to any of the 12 available skating rinks will be able to don some of the flamboyant costumes that appeared in the movie as well as…
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