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!