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Reminder: Spiderwick Chronicles up for grabs
Unlike the kid above, the instruction manual for the copy of The Spiderwick Chronicles we're giving away will be much smaller and way more easier to read. It doesn't even require you to be in bed with a flashlight while doing so! As many of you have noted, you don't know exactly when this contest ends. Well, it ends tomorrow. So, if you're looking to get your hands on our copy of this game, then head on over to the original contest post and leave a comment. Remember, though, only one per day. Don't disqualify yourself!Best of luck to you all!%Gallery-15512%
Wii Fanswag: Win a copy of The Spiderwick Chronicles
That's right, folks, we're set to give away one copy of The Spiderwick Chronicles ($50) for Wii. If you have a younger person who enjoys Wii and fantasy in your life, then you need to pounce on this with the quickness. If you don't, then enter anyway. It's free stuff here, man!So, how do you win this copy? Well, just tell us what your favorite fantasy story is. Easy enough, right? Of course, but we have rules (always, with the rules!). First of all, you must be 18 years of age or older and a current resident of the United States. Also, you may only enter once per day up until the end of the contest, which concludes on February 20th at 11:59pm EST, so don't disqualify yourself by leaving more than one comment on this post each day!Finally, you have to check out our official rules. Give them a read, then come back here and tell us what your favorite fantasy story is.Good luck!%Gallery-15512%
Wii Fanboy Review: The Spiderwick Chronicles
Thanks to the success of Harry Potter and those Lord of the Rings flicks, Hollywood has seen that the fantasy genre is quite the gold mine, laboring day and night to extract every precious bit of money from those that go to the movies. It's just the way things are now.Enter The Spiderwick Chronicles, the latest film with a fantasy setting. It revolves around three siblings who have just moved to the creepy Spiderwick Estate after their parents go through a rather nasty break-up. As one might imagine, these grounds aren't what they appear to be, as its home to more than just the family that recently took up residence.%Gallery-15512%
WRUP: Chronicling your gameplay edition
This week's new releases cater to three very niche groups of gamers: those that enjoy the movie ti-in, those that enjoy virtual horses and those that enjoy singing. Are any of these games on your radar? Have you picked any of them?As for us, we have a review to get done on The Spiderwick Chronicles. So, we'll be trying to get through that as much as we can. Also, we're still trying to climb those UAA ranks ...What are you playing?%Gallery-15512%
Paramount and Habbo BFF
In-game advertising is something we've heard a lot about over the last couple of years. Game publishers and advertising companies have fostered close relationships based on the demographics they covet. Though some self-deluded "experts" on the topic like to argue that ads in games actually improve the gameplay experience, it's an extremely precarious rope to walk. The very second the advertising steps over invisible line of bad taste, the player base is liable to rebel. It's difficult then to tell what to make of this new partnership between Paramount and Habbo, where Habbo players will be able to purchase in-game merchandise branded with new Paramount properties like The Spiderwick Chronicles, Beowulf, and Mean Girls. Now, obviously, the fact that Habbo is more of a social networking game aimed at teens changes the equation a little bit, but people have to actually pay for the privilege of shlocking their in-game advertisements around? I want to say it will never work, but young people always manage to surprise me, so I wouldn't put money on it.[Via Tech Crunch]
