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January Cblog Xbox Scavenger Hunt BEGINS!
BluDesign | 10:26 AM on 01.01.2008 18 comments


Welcome to 2008!

You, the chosen few, who decided to participate in the 2008 Cblog Xbox Scavenger Hunt, are hereby forthwith challenged to complete the following challenges for the Month of January.

Complete the two challenges to receive credit for them, and get yourself closer to the grand prize, your choice of either 4,000 MS points or a year of Xbox Live. .

If you already have these challenges completed, feel free to attempt the optional bonus challenge to double your credits for the month.

The challenge will move forward at either the end of January, or when the last contestant notifies me either through PM or email, that they have completed the challenges.

I am still accepting new contestants through the end of January, so email me at DVDdesign
(and then something Gmail-ish followed by a dot com.) You'll need to complete these initial challenges, the same as everyone else. Email me your name and Gamertag to compete.

CHALLENGE #1

Get ONLY 800 of 1000 Gamerscore points in King Kong.



The challenge is simply this: Get to the end of King Kong, but do not pick up the final achievement of killing Kong. I need a screenshot from each of you that you did make it to Kong, but quit the game before collecting the last 200 points by killing Kong at the end of the game.

If you've already beaten King Kong in the past, and collected the full 1000 points, you will NOT receive credit for this challenge. I have your gamertags, so I can check this if I have to. I'm fully aware of this game's popularity for Gamerscore whoring, so you're all going to have to stop before the full 1,000 points are awarded. Anyone that picks up the remaining 200 points during the duration of the Scavenger Hunt will be docked credit for this challenge.

CHALLENGE #2

Get 5 achievements in Dead Rising: Zombie Genocider, Indoorsman, Outdoorsman, Gourmet, and 7 Day Survivor.



I couldn't think of an easier set of achievements to pull out of Dead Rising, honestly. If you know how to get these, these are a cakewalk, with 7 Day Survivor being a bit of a pickle since you can't save your game during Infinite Mode. (Also, you do have to eat rotten food to get the gourmet achievement, so stock up on those rotten frozen pizzas and melted frozen vegetables.) For help on the 7 day survivor achievement, there's some great FAQ's out there if you know where to find them.

Remember, stay out of the food court on Day 5!

Hey, at least you don't have to get the Transmissionary Achievement. What do you think I am? Evil?

BONUS CHALLENGE!



If you haven't already, add my Gamertag to your friends list. Load up Galaga and weep at my high score. 111, 574.

Now, beat it.

The bonus challenge for January is to simply beat my high score in Galaga. I will be playing Galaga over this next month, trying to top my own high score, so this is a moving target challenge. If I happen to beat my own high score in Galaga or knock any of you down from the #1 spot on my Leaderboard, it's up to you to get it back.

Just a heads up, getting 111,000 points means reaching around level 20 with one credit.

Remember, the bonus challenge is JUST a bonus and completely optional. Once the two main challenges are completed by all parties or we reach the end of the month, the bonus challenge goes away, just like the main challenges.

Okay, let's get this started off right shall we?

Ready

Set

GO!



BOOM!



Oops. Ahem.

*whistles

/runs off

Remember: If you've already have the achievements or challenges completed, email me to notify me, then kick back, relax, and let everyone else fret over them. You're already done. Alternatively, if you've already whored up King Kong for all 1,000 points, and want credit for it, you can create a new gamertag, and beat it again, but you must notify me of the new gamertag and you will be expected to use that gamertag for the rest of the duration of the scavenger hunt. There are no exceptions to this.

See you all next month!



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Scrixx's Destructoid Blog
So it begins.
itemforty's Destructoid Blog
adorable.
bhive01's Destructoid Blog
My bird!

*cries.
wardrox's Destructoid Blog
now this is a proper challenge!
Kryptinite's Destructoid Blog
oh this is going to be fucking awesome

Good thing I've never played king kong
topgeargorilla's Destructoid Blog
I don't feel like playing a crappy game.

except Avatar. ok, maybe I'll pick up Kong....
Dexter345's Destructoid Blog
Hmm... This works well for me, since I just recently got my 360. Now I need a GameFly account...
BluDesign's Destructoid Blog
@topgear

People in the contest may wanna hold off on picking up Avatar. Trust me.
ShadowXOR's Destructoid Blog
I would do this but it requires way too much effort and I hate old arcade games like Galaga. :)
Necros's Destructoid Blog
Argh, I need to buy King Kong and Dead Rising. Good thing they were already on my buy-list, but I wasn't expecting so soon.
BluDesign's Destructoid Blog
@necros

You can rent any of these. And I'd highly advise you RENT King Kong.

Dead Rising is an easy must buy anyway.
NihonTiger90's Destructoid Blog
Guess I'm buying Dead Rising and renting Kong.
blehman's Destructoid Blog
Shit. Looks like I'm playing through kong again.
LostCrichton's Destructoid Blog
Nice...I'm off to Willamette Mall!
Necros's Destructoid Blog
@ dvddesign

Yeah, but I don't have any renting memberships (right now, at least), and King Kong can't cost more than $5 used.
Kryptinite's Destructoid Blog
I have this sickness that makes me want to own every game I play, so if anyone one fines King Kong on the cheap, let me know where.

Gawd I hope it's under 10.
SPIDER PIG's Destructoid Blog
this is going to be fun

cause fun stuff is fun
Snaileb 's Destructoid Blog
Sweet merciful lord.


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I own a FamPuter, which is a 100% fake Famicom. And I do own Super Mario Bros. and Rockman 2 for it, which you don't. :P



I'm a 32 year old gamer. I cannot hang out with most of you, and you should not contact me to buy you cheap wine or cigarettes. I do not like jail. Seriously, I own all three consoles and I don't discriminate. Gaming is for fun, not for sissy slapfights. If you consider yourself partial to a particular console, I don't care why you don't own other consoles, I don't want to hear about it. If you're going to bitch about something, you'd better bring some hard evidence of why you're complaining if you want to cry on my shoulder.

Enjoy this wonderful picture of 2 generations coming together at last...



PS - I eat trolls.

PPS - I've been to Japan. Maybe you've heard about it? If not, read up here:

Part 1: Introductions
Part 2: Yamagata's Hanagasa Festival
Part 3: Harajuku Girls and the lack thereof
Part 4: You're not in Kansas anymore, Niero (TGS07)
Part 5: Fresh from the farm to your mouth
Part 6: Going to Japan is hard
Part 7: 30 days takes forever
Part 8: Rape, Rocks, and Alliteration
Part 9: Small Town Nightlife
Part 10: Bling Bling, Hundred Thousand Yen Bill Ya'll
Part 10 Part 2: Mount Yamadera
Part 11: The Japanese Wal-Mart
Part 12: Goin' Down to Tokyo Town
Part 13: Ghiblit Gravy
Part 14: Air Sex
Part 15: Ganguros of New Tokyo
Part 16: The Contest Announcement
Part 17: The Contest
Part 18: The Trip Itinerary
Part 19: Tokyo Day 2
Part 20: Tokyo Day 2 Part 2 (of 2)
Part 21 is no longer there, but it wasn't all that great anyway, so you're not missing out.
Part 22: Happy Picture Montage Time!
Part 23: I have arrived.
Part 24: I have returned.
Part 25: The Case for the American Cheeseburger
Part 26: Random pictures are random
Part 27: A Free Gift for Those Who've Been Paying Attention
Part 28: Nintendo, no seriously, NINTENDO
Part 29: Racists in Japan, Discriminating against the handicapped
Special Report from Cheapy D at CAG
Part 30: The Secret Truth About Japan
Part 31: Oz-Matsuri
Part 32: The Japanese Don't Have Antiperspirant Deodorant

Part 33: There's this Disney character named Stitch in Japan...
Part 34: Trainspotting: Live From Kyoto
Part 35: Kyoto for Beginners
Part 36: Kyoto Smash: Advance Lesson in Fun Time
Part 37: Some Japanese people are alcoholics
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Part 58: Popular Pop and "Lock" music in Japan
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