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The first submission for 1P Start’s Gamer Girl contest is Miss Tique from the ACK Ladies clan. Here’s a brief rundown of Miss Tique,

• Real Name: Yesenia
• Age: 20 (turning 21 in July)
• Xbox Live Gamertag: ACK Miss Tique

1P Start sat down with Miss Tique for a little chat and to see what makes her tick. The full interview follows after the break.

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1P Start is about to get a whole lot more beautifuler!

1P Start is proud to announce that we are going to hold a “Gamer Girls” contest for the entire month of May! Basically, if your a girl AND a gamer, then we want you for this contest. Read on for the rundown of what we need from you.

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Contest time folks! With Pokemon being released yesterday, I’ve decided to help you guys out since I’m sure your feeling a little bit foolish about being excited over Pokemon. So, Red Beard has supplied me with 3 sweet looking Nintendo DS covers to help combat the idea that yes, you are playing a game that kids in the 3rd grade are playing.

The contest is simple:

• Visit www.GoRedBeard.com
• Check out their Nintendo DS skins section
• Email [email protected] with the names of the 3 skins that I currently have for the contest
• Contest will end in April 30th, 2007

It’s as simple as that! The 3 winners will be chosen by random from the list of people who sent in the correct answers. So get to work and get your dignity back with these Red Beard skins.

Huge thanks to Red Beard for supplying us with the prize for this contest. If you wish to read a review on their skins, click HERE!

Have a copy of Adobe Illustrator? If you do, 2kgames has announced a contest where you get to design the Bioshock Limited Edition box! It all started with an online petition, where fans begged 2k games to produce a Bioshock Limited Edition for the release. 19,692 signatures later, Bioshock finally agreed. Now, in an odd twist, Bioshock has asked those same fans who demanded a limited edition to design the box art for the release.

The contest details are as follows:

1. They will be accepting submissions from April 18th, until the end of the day on Wednesday, May 2nd. All submissions must be sent to this email address.

2. The design must be 5-1/2” x 7-1/2” (or 135mm by 190mm). The design cannot contain any text. Also, designs should be black and white, vector in nature, and created in Adobe Illustrator.

3. After all the submissions are collected, the developers will decide the winner based on their own opinions.

Here’s what you get if you win:

Third Place will receive an exclusive Cult of Rapture tee shirt and a copy of the BioShock Limited Edition for both Xbox™ 360 and PC.

Second Place will receive an official Xbox 360™ faceplate, a Cult of Rapture tee, an exclusive Cult of Rapture download on Xbox Live, and a copy of the BioShock Limited Edition for both Xbox™ 360 and PC.

First Place will get their art on the cover of the BioShock Limited Edition, a copy of the BioShock Limited Edition for both Xbox™ 360 and PC, and an all-expense paid trip from their home anywhere in the world to the BioShock Launch Party in August.

Be sure to check out the 2k Games Website for all the official contest details. The competition is pretty tough, so good luck to all of you who think you have what it takes.

[Our thanks to PinkSage for the tip.]

Contest, Bioshock, Design

This contest is where gaming meets art.

Presented by a collaboration between the Entertainment Software Association, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, and the Prints and Drawings Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the 2007 Into the Pixel art exhibition is now set to debut in its fourth year. And just as it has done in the previous three years, the exhibition plans to merge the world of visual arts with the world of video games.

The exhibition has openly requested for artwork specifically inspired by “the artistry of a scene or a character in a video game”. Artwork can be submitted directly to the organization’s website by May 4th, 2007, and all submissions will be closely examined by a panel of nine jurors, who range in profession from museum curators to video game company executives.

Out of all submissions, the jurors will hand-pick 16 distinct pieces, which will be unveiled at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Santa Monica on July 11-13th. But for those interested in seeing these pieces in person, the Entertainment for All (E for All) Expo in Los Angeles will be displaying them for the general public from October 18th through the 21st.

For the artists out there who might be interested, the website for the competition is located HERE.

http://www.intothepixel.com/

[Via Game Pro]

Into The Pixel, Art Contest, Gaming

*Update* All 3 Codes Have Been Found and Used

We decided to do a little Easter Egg hunt thing here at 1PStart. BB and I have inserted codes we received for free Xbox Live Arcade downloads. There are three games and three codes. The way this works is we have inserted the free game codes into some of our previous articles. All you have to do is find the codes and input them on XBL to get the game. But one code only works one time, so the fastest wins. If you find the code and use it, please comment here so we don’t have people searching endlessly for a taken code.

XBLA games, Xbox Live Arcade, 1PStart, Easter Egg

First and foremost, thank you all for visiting 1PStart for the past month or so commenting up a storm in order to win this prize. I hope in that time you grew to enjoy the site as much as we enjoy working on it and will comment on articles just because you enjoy discussing topics with us and fellow readers. I worked hard all day on Palm Sunday (and April Fools) to gather around all of the names and comments of all of you guys. Trust me when I say I had no idea it’d be this much work. But, I got it done, visited the local bum and he picked us a winner. And the winner is…..

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Our Guitar Hero II Contest is coming to an end today. You still have a little time left to add some last minute comments. At midnight it’s officially the 2nd and we will be collecting all the comments that were posted during our contest dates. We will be announcing a winner soon. Good luck to everyone. You can see the original contest information HERE.

Stay tuned for our winner announcement in the near future. We also have another contest coming up which will be announced soon. Thank you for all the support.

-Kezins

Hey folks, just a little friendly reminder that the contest is still going strong. We have officially 1 more week in the contest, so make sure to get those comments in! Here’s the original contest announcement for those of you who STILL don’t know what’s going on.

Hey folks, BB here with the *OFFICIAL* announcement of the Guitar Hero II giveaway! One lucky reader of 1PStart.com is going to be the proud owner of a brand-spankin’ new copy of Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360. Now just to clarify, this is the Guitar Hero II with the Xbox 360 guitar accessory. As usual, there are some rules you all have to follow to make sure this is a nice, clean giveaway.

Rules:

* In order to submit a contest entry, readers simply need to comment from March 9th, 2007 until April 1st, 2007
* Any comment on any article will be counted as an entry, so comment often!
* Only legitimate comments will be counted towards the contest. So no “Cool� or “Fag� comments. I’m giving this thing away for free, so the least you can do is make a coherent sentence.
* At the end of the contest, all of the comments will be tallied and be put in a huge sack. I personally will pass by the local drug store, where a bum on the corner will be tricked into picking out a comment, thinking there’s some yummy alcohol in the bag. Bum will pull out comment, winner will be chosen, and I shall thank the bum by throwing iced coffee at his bag of clothes.
* Try not to fall in love with the site, because after the contest, your pretty much stuck with just reading my inane ramblings on all things gaming. But who knows, maybe you’ll actually enjoy the site and decide to stick around.

And that pretty much sums up the contest. I look forward to reading your comments and hoping that you all stick around after it, cause it gets mighty lonely here on the internets. Huge thanks to 451 Press for supplying 1PStart with the prize for this contest.

[Update: Just to clarify, you don’t need to comment on just this article to enter the contest. You can comment on other articles from Mar 9 until Apr 1 for another entry in the contest.]

This is Kezins with a friendly update on the contest. Keep dropping comments for your chance to win. I appreciate all the support we have from our loyal readers and wish you all luck. BB and I are currently working on future top secret contests as well. Thanks for making 1PStart your home for video game related news. Here’s the repost of the contest:

Hey folks, BB here with the *OFFICIAL* announcement of the Guitar Hero II giveaway! One lucky reader of 1PStart.com is going to be the proud owner of a brand-spankin’ new copy of Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360. Now just to clarify, this is the Guitar Hero II with the Xbox 360 guitar accessory. As usual, there are some rules you all have to follow to make sure this is a nice, clean giveaway.

Rules:

• In order to submit a contest entry, readers simply need to comment from March 9th, 2007 until April 1st, 2007
• Any comment on any article will be counted as an entry, so comment often!
• Only legitimate comments will be counted towards the contest. So no “Cool” or “Fag” comments. I’m giving this thing away for free, so the least you can do is make a coherent sentence.
• At the end of the contest, all of the comments will be tallied and be put in a huge sack. I personally will pass by the local drug store, where a bum on the corner will be tricked into picking out a comment, thinking there’s some yummy alcohol in the bag. Bum will pull out comment, winner will be chosen, and I shall thank the bum by throwing iced coffee at his bag of clothes.
• Try not to fall in love with the site, because after the contest, your pretty much stuck with just reading my inane ramblings on all things gaming. But who knows, maybe you’ll actually enjoy the site and decide to stick around.

And that pretty much sums up the contest. I look forward to reading your comments and hoping that you all stick around after it, cause it gets mighty lonely here on the internets. Huge thanks to 451 Press for supplying 1PStart with the prize for this contest.

1PStart.com, 451 Press, Guitar Hero II, Xbox 360, Microsoft, contest, sweepstakes, giveaway

I just received word that Eyespot and Paramount Pictures are partnering up to give away an Xbox 360 to the lucky winner of their mash-up video contest. What they’re requiring you do is make a video mash-up which mix in your own audio and video with sounds, photos and clips from the upcoming thriller Disturbia. Make sure you act quickly though because you have until April 5th, 2007 to submit your video mash-up. The Top 10 video mash-ups will be selected and based on their “artistic and creative qualities”, one lucky winner will be the proud owner of an Xbox 360.

For all of the official contest rules, make sure to visit Eyespot.com

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This is Kezins with a friendly update on the contest. Please make sure when you leave a comment to fill in the email section of the comment form. If you don’t, we’ll have no way to know who you are. For the most part everyone is doing the right thing and we wish everyone luck. Comment as often as possible on any article, because there is still several weeks to go.

Hey folks, BB here with the *OFFICIAL* announcement of the Guitar Hero II giveaway! One lucky reader of 1PStart.com is going to be the proud owner of a brand-spankin’ new copy of Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360. Now just to clarify, this is the Guitar Hero II with the Xbox 360 guitar accessory. As usual, there are some rules you all have to follow to make sure this is a nice, clean giveaway.

Rules:

• In order to submit a contest entry, readers simply need to comment from March 9th, 2007 until April 1st, 2007
• Any comment on any article will be counted as an entry, so comment often!
• Only legitimate comments will be counted towards the contest. So no “Cool” or “Fag” comments. I’m giving this thing away for free, so the least you can do is make a coherent sentence.
• At the end of the contest, all of the comments will be tallied and be put in a huge sack. I personally will pass by the local drug store, where a bum on the corner will be tricked into picking out a comment, thinking there’s some yummy alcohol in the bag. Bum will pull out comment, winner will be chosen, and I shall thank the bum by throwing iced coffee at his bag of clothes.
• Try not to fall in love with the site, because after the contest, your pretty much stuck with just reading my inane ramblings on all things gaming. But who knows, maybe you’ll actually enjoy the site and decide to stick around.

And that pretty much sums up the contest. I look forward to reading your comments and hoping that you all stick around after it, cause it gets mighty lonely here on the internets. Huge thanks to 451 Press for supplying 1PStart with the prize for this contest.

1PStart.com, 451 Press, Guitar Hero II, Xbox 360, Microsoft, contest, sweepstakes, giveaway

Hey folks, BB here with the *OFFICIAL* announcement of the Guitar Hero II giveaway! One lucky reader of 1PStart.com is going to be the proud owner of a brand-spankin’ new copy of Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360. Now just to clarify, this is the Guitar Hero II with the Xbox 360 guitar accessory. As usual, there are some rules you all have to follow to make sure this is a nice, clean giveaway.

Rules:

• In order to submit a contest entry, readers simply need to comment from March 9th, 2007 until April 1st, 2007
• Any comment on any article will be counted as an entry, so comment often!
• Only legitimate comments will be counted towards the contest. So no “Cool” or “Fag” comments. I’m giving this thing away for free, so the least you can do is make a coherent sentence.
• At the end of the contest, all of the comments will be tallied and be put in a huge sack. I personally will pass by the local drug store, where a bum on the corner will be tricked into picking out a comment, thinking there’s some yummy alcohol in the bag. Bum will pull out comment, winner will be chosen, and I shall thank the bum by throwing iced coffee at his bag of clothes.
• Try not to fall in love with the site, because after the contest, your pretty much stuck with just reading my inane ramblings on all things gaming. But who knows, maybe you’ll actually enjoy the site and decide to stick around.

And that pretty much sums up the contest. I look forward to reading your comments and hoping that you all stick around after it, cause it gets mighty lonely here on the internets. Huge thanks to 451 Press for supplying 1PStart with the prize for this contest.

[Update: Just to clarify, you don’t need to comment on just this article to enter the contest. You can comment on other articles from Mar 9 until Apr 1 for another entry in the contest.]

1PStart.com, 451 Press, Guitar Hero II, Xbox 360, Microsoft, contest, sweepstakes, giveaway

Howdy yall! BB here with some secret info. I have been given the word that I’ll be able to give away a copy of the upcoming Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360. Now, this is the complete package, so that means you don’t just get the copy of the game, but you get the guitar peripheral as well!

And I’ve got even more good news. The contest is going to be a simple comment contest. Yes, we’re going to bring it back cause you guys seem to love free stuff, but don’t want to work too hard for it. Don’t worry, Uncle BB will make things nice and easy for you guys.

So stay tuned and check the site often, because you never know when the *OFFICIAL* contest post will come up. Might be tomorrow, might be in a couple of days, all I can say is that the post will come up soon.

-BB

[Update: The contest has been announced. Here is the announcement article with the rules on how to enter.

Microsoft, Xbox 360, Guitar Hero II, contest

Well, a week has come and gone and only 4 of you actually took advantage of the contest. Compared to our last Lost Planet contest which had over 50 entries, I came to a conclusion that the majority of you readers are just lazy asses who want everything to be spoon-fed everything in life and don’t want to take advantage of anything “free” if it requires any amount of work.

No matter, the 4 of you who decided to enter this contest did a great job on upgrading your agent. But, only 1 of you upgraded your agent to almost near perfection.

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