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FREE Uncharted 2 Among Thieves Beta Code Giveaway
mix | 12:00 AM on 06.04.2009 15 comments


Well I have two beta codes kicking around, one for buying inFamous and the other for being in GAP and the funny thing is I actually can't give away the GAP one (fine print) which is weird so I'll give away the pre-order one!

So what would be better than giving one away? Yeah, I can think of lots of things that would be better too but......ya know.


So here's what I'm going to try: CONTEST
The 1st person to make a sentence that's lol worthy using each letter from "Uncharted Among Thieves" in order of the title as the first letter for each word written, will win the beta code. Each letter for each word needs to be in caps and bolded.

Like The following (can't use example)
Uncle Norman Calmy Heated Another..............etc It's kinda like what you did in preschool with your first name to describe yourself.

Also, you must have an avatar to be eligible to win and I will only ship the code via mail and you must pay for shipping. I ship all my boxes with rocks and weights so that they are treated properly during transit. I'm not responsible for lost or stolen items and could care less really. The prize will be shipped when the the large yellow thing in the sky is at it's peak on the 5th day on the new season.

Or I could just e-mail it to you.....yeah, that might work as well :)

GO!

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Videogame Shooter Owned 15, Unsecured Guns! Happy Birthday!
mix | 1:06 PM on 03.16.2009 4 comments


Remember that dude who shot up his school along with two innocent bystanders with no thanks to Far Cry 2? That mans father might be getting charged for allowing his son to own and keep, fifteen unsecured guns in his bedroom. Fifteen freaking unsecured guns in your bedroom! If that doesn’t set off some sort of alert I really don't know what would!

Oh yeah, he also had a copy of Far Cry 2 somewhere in amongst the pile of guns.

Now, in stories like these how can anyone have the mental capacity to blame a videogame for the shootings? I would have figured bad parenting or the fact that the kid had easy access to one or more of the fifteen guns that he had sitting around his room before I pointed a finger at videogames. People will always like to point the blame on anything and everything else as it seems that people can't hold responsibility for their own actions these days and it makes me sick.

I wrote this blog because I saw a dog today.

[]UPDATE]
Well aprrently the father had all those guns and not the rampaging kid, oops!
I'll leave it up anyways as there is no sense tossing it away as it would ened up being a one liner blog.


Story Here


On that note HAPPY BIRTHDAY Destructoid, they grow up so fast!!!!

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Save The Dolphins, Freezing Water!
mix | 1:00 PM on 02.19.2009 4 comments


Just saw this on the news at work and I read up on in!

The Dolphins followed a school of fish into a bay, they are assumed to be hungry. A storm came in and they now have became stuck due to the water freezing them in a little area just 100 feet from shore.

They are continuing to swim in circles to try and prevent the water from freezing but their area of water is getting smaller and smaller and if they are not rescued soon they might drown!

The dolphins can also be heard crying the entire time :(

Hopefully they save the little buggers, I hate seeing any animal in trouble!



http://www.inquisitr.com/18412/dolphins-stuck-in-ice-video/

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Nine Things You Never Knew About /\/\ix!
mix | 2:40 PM on 02.01.2009 14 comments


Totally jumped on the bandwagon here, I was going to make a list with ten things but damn I had nothing to write in 10....

1) Besides video games, car stereos are a huge passion of mine and I actually had a complete car stereo before I even owned my first car and I’ve spent easily $10k in the past 9 years on said audio equipment. I’ve also attended around 15 or so competitions and I have 11 trophies and 5 certificates.

2) I am 23 and I am banker! That’s right I screwed you ALL over..mwa ha ha ha. Kidding as I live in Canada and we are doing pretty darn good and I have not lost a second of sleep worrying if my job is in jeopardy. I did four years of college and I received my BBA with my major in marketing and yeah, I now bank, weird.

3)  My lucky number!
I’m very empathetic and I get choked up easily, gotta problem? I got teary eyed at the end of Gran Torino and any sad chick flick (my GF likes em) I’ll be the one with watery eyes and not her. Hell, even if something overly happy happens I’ll tear up!

4) I’ve moved quite a bit in my life times, 9 times to be exact and I absolutely HATE IT!

5) I consider myself to be pretty artistic. I love to draw and sketch but I cannot get anything out of my head onto paper the way I want it to but I can look at a picture and re-create it. I love drawing cartoons but anything I try to draw that is life like (real people) = fail.

6) I love music, hence car stereos. I play guitar and piano and I am self taught in both areas. I can sit on my computer for hours making up stupid songs with audio programs. I love to tap and beat out rhythms and it annoys the crap out of anyone who can hear me as I guess I don’t know when to stop.

7) Someone else on Dtoid is deaf in their right ear, well I am very hard of hearing in my right ear and I was born that way. You can also re-create this amazing experience by getting someone to cover their mouth with their hand and talk to you as that’s what it sounds like in my right ear, all muffled up.

8) My favorite sports are Volleyball, Basketball and Ultimate (Frisbee) I currently play Vball every Monday night after work and I hope to get in on some Ultimate this summer as I need to get into shape….

9) I have a man room, that’s right a MAN ROOM! It’s got my computer desk (computer as well), trophies, beer fridge, figurines, wall scrolls, movies and games in it!

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Small Contest: LBP Kratos Costume/Package Giveaway
mix | 11:01 AM on 11.03.2008 15 comments


After trying multiple time to net a Nariko costume for my GF via a trade I have decided that it is time to give away my spare Kratos costume pack code on the best site evar! So I will post a link below where you can go to enter to win at www.game.......I'm just messing with you.

Contest Rules
1) You must be a regular on this site and at least have an avatar and one blog. Simple as that and fail blogs don't count.

2) Make sure I am on your friends list for the PSN (ID: Saffron) as if you have LBP and you have yet to add me that's almost a fail right there. Need to do some x4 player stuff to get those pesky prize bubbles!

This came up when I search sackboy and it's pretty random and awesome so I used it.


How to win
1) Post a comment on why you deserve the code and after 10 comments, or 10 minutes of no one else posting I will send out the code via PSN to someone who deserves it.

Or

I will drink beer and smash the bottles on my keyboard and whose ever name I can spell the closest with the keys that fall off will win. Actually this would be a pretty damn cool way to give stuff away....hrmmmm

GO?

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Murder Based on a Movie? Probably VGR!
mix | 2:20 PM on 09.24.2008 4 comments


A 25 year old man in Rome tried to stab a priest to death, this man told police that he was trying to imitate the movie "The Da Vinchi Code".......Now I know what you are thinking holy crap, not a video game?

More can be read about this news Here

Now it's not too often you hear about movies being involved to do with murders in the news as we are on a video game site but I'm sure we all know the REAL underlying reason is the video game and not the movie.....you wait and watch.

GASP

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 about me

PSN- Saffron
Steam- Mixmastaspig
Wii code: 321684684321673213573298763521687.254



Games 4 online goodness: Resistance Fall Of Man, Rainbow 6 Vegas, GTAIV, GH3 and Rock Band.

Online PC games:
Diablo II, Cod4, BF2, Team Fortress 2.



I have finished 4 years of college and now have my Bachelors of Business Administration, with my major in marketing and I'm just your average Joe who frequents this site, especially when I am at work.
I missed the whole big bang of Destructoid (joined Nov '06) but I didn't miss the Dprime phrase, or Summa those were epik lulz and good times. I found this site while I was writing a report in college on piracy (don't ask me how...) and I've had friends and smelt good ever since.



My first video game console was a NES that my grandma bought me along with MegaMan and I must say that it was an amazing experience. I am pretty much open minded when it comes to video games and consoles but so far I must say that I am partial to Sony. I started out loving the Playstation solely because of Resident Evil as I frigging love zombie stuff! let's just say that I was mega jealous about the 360 getting dead rising, but my brother bought it and I hated it.

Call me a Sony fanboy if you will but I also own and still have these other amazing systems with a crap load of games to go with 'em:

Nes, SNES, GameCube, DS, Wii (no N64, I know), Playstation (mom has it), PS2, PSP, PS3, Dream Cast and an Xbox. I plan on getting a 360 as well in the future sometime but I want to know that it wont RROD on me. I don't even own one and it scares me.



Mix's top 10 favorite games/series that he just loves to play (In no specific order)

-Silent Hill
-Resident evil
-Final Fantasy (9 was a fail)
-Mario Paint
-Deus Ex (#2, not so tight)
-7th Saga (It'll make grown men cry it's so freaking hard)
-Command and Conquer
-Metal Gear Solid
-Diablo
-Anything FPS, I'm pretty much a sucker for decent FPS titles: (Cod4, Bioshock, F.E.A.R, Dues Ex...etc) and no not Crysis game play is Vanilla bland.


I made a D-toid song and I got a e-mail from Knee Row saying I f*cking rule, so if you can ch-ch-ch-check it out.


Dtoid Song


Here is a sample of other music I have created:


One of my songs







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