McFarlane Toys starts the ODST craze with the Rookie.

Halo: ODST is on the way and if you didn't expect McFarlane Toys to start making figures based off the game....you got issues.

Take a good look at this guy because you are the Rookie!

Win 400 Halo Points!

Want to win 400 Halo points that you can use for exclusive stuff from the McFarlane Toys Halo 3 toy line? Sure you do! Watch the video below and enter to win!

In order the enter the contest:
1. Make sure you are a subscriber to my YouTube Channel.
2. Visit http://www.unleadedlogic.com and select music downloads.
3. Find the song that contains the lyrics: "The words that I'm speaking are my own."
4. Go to http://mp3.rhapsody.com/unleaded-logic and play the song you think is by playing it there as well. Make sure you listen to it completely or you will be disqualified!
5. Go back to my youtube channel and give me your username and the song you think it is and that you visited both pages and you'll be entered to win! Contest ends May 10th!

Mimoco Contest! Win cool flash drives!

Mimoco the makers of popular character USB Flash drives such as the Halo Master Chief Mimobot are having an awesome contest that will allow you to flex your creative video muscle and win some prizes to boot. See below for the details:

In celebration of Earth Day (4/22) through Mother's Day (5/10) we created the GURP for Mother Earth video contest to both promote our GreenBot USB Recycling Program (through which retired flash drives can be mailed in and exchanged for discounts) as well as engage the community with a fun and creative project.

 

To enter, all you have to do is submit a 60-second-or-less video to our YouTube group (youtube.com/group/gurp) showing what you think happens to the flash drives we recycle. We're not judging entries based on practicality, we're judging them on creativity. Do we donate them? Do we plant them in the ground? Do we throw them in wishing wells? You decide.

For every video entry received, we'll contribute to save 1,000 square feet of rain forest through the Arbor Day Foundations Rain Forest Rescue program.

Additionally, up to 100 entrants will receive limited edition, organic cotton MIMOBOT t-shirts. The grand prize winner will receive two 8GB MIMOBOT flash drives of their choice, as judged by our media partners: Cool Hunting (http://www.coolhunting.com), NOTCOT (http://www.notcot.com) and Inhabitat (http://www.inhabitat.com).

Prizes for our Audience Choice and Runners Up, as well as full contest details can be viewed at: http://www.mimoco.com/gurp/ Be sure to visit our store to begin thinking about which MIMOBOT you'd like to win!

For those of you who are not familiar with Mimobots, check out my review of the Halo Master Chief Mimobot! If you enter the contest, you could win him!

Halo Uprising #4 review.

After almost a year of delays, Halo Uprising #4 has finally hit store shelves. Who would of thought that a comic series with the Halo name stamped on it would suffer so many delays and after all this time, such a lackluster finish…

Halo Uprising is a four issue mini series that was suppose to bridge the gap between Halo 2 and Halo 3 and give Halo players some insight on what was going on during that period. What we get is a sappy love story about about a coward and a pop singer and a key that could change to face of the universe. The big plot shock: that key turns out to never exist in the first place. Oh yeah, the comic also has a few panels of Master Chief kicking ass, we have to have those.

Issue 4 kicks off with more sappy love story crap,a high-ranking official yelling at the coward, the coward taking a dangerous mission and in the end blowing a covenant ship to holy hell. If this sounds even remotely interesting, its not. The artwork itself is pretty cool, but the story just pretty much falls flat on its face. For a comic mini-series that ran for two years and only produced four issues, there’s no excuse that there wasn’t enough time to make this thing awesome. Most Halo fans should skip it unless they lack the final piece of the puzzle to a let down of a series.

Issues 4 rating: 1 out of 5 stars.

Halo Uprising mini-series review: 2 out of 5 stars.

Now in stores: McFarlane Toys' first series of Halo helmets*! Sold in packs of three, Halo helmets are in scale and designed to fit any 12-inch McFarlane Toys Spartan figure. Each helmet includes a custom imprinted base for flat-surface or wall-mount display. Individual bases also interlock to showcase multiple helmets.

SET 1: Mark VI (Red), EOD (Red), CQB (Red)
SET 2: Hayabusa (White), EVA (Cyan), Rogue (Crimson)
SET 3: Master Chief, CQB (Orange), Rogue (Silver)
SET 4: EVA (Yellow), Hayabusa (Red), EOD (Blue)

From spawn.com

Buy Xbox Live Gold Account, Go See Watchmen For "Free"

"Don't pay good money for Watchmen tickets. Re-up your Xbox Live Gold status instead. That's the deal currently being offered at retailer Best Buy, one that might be too good to pass up.

Best Buy's promotion takes your purchase of either an Xbox 360 console or an "Xbox Live product" and tosses two tickets to the comic book movie adaptation. That's a nice bonus, considering the price of movie tickets.

Potentially even better is that an Xbox 360 Live 12-Month Messenger Gold Pack tosses in a controller chat pad, headset and Project Gotham Racing 4, all for fifty measly bucks. If you want to go cheap, grab a 3-month Gold subscription and get your free tickets. Not too shabby.

The potential catch here is the fact that this offer will only be honored at "participating U.S. theaters.""

Sounds like a pretty good deal. I would never use the chatpad but I would surely use the movie tickets. Last time I checked though I don't need to renew my Xbox Live until July and those $30 deals that went on recently seemed more appatizing.

Source: Kotaku

~Hotapplepie

Get Started Trading Games with these Goozex Coupon Codes

If you live in the U.S. then visit www.goozex.com and use coupon code VGPOP-2009
1 free trade credit 100 free points Expires: 1/32/09

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1 free trade credit 100 free points Expires: 31/12/09

"The Goozex system is entirely automatic. Members list the games they have available for trading, and those they wish to receive, and Goozex finds the best match for their offers and requests. Each game is pre-assigned a value in Goozex Points, to make easy and effortless trading games on Goozex."

Mirror's Edge Runners Bag

Originally a bundle item and now a hard to get collectors item. The official Mirror's Edge runners bag is loaded with pockets for all your fun stuff.. like legos and twinkies. I have found a yellow version of this bag on eBay, I cannot guarantee it's an original like the one pictured or a knock off.

Awesome Street Fighter 4 Poster

According to the seller of this item, they are only selling this SFIV design in Spain.
I did a search and I haven't been able to find this design in online retail outlets. If you find it let me know. Source link.

Call of Duty: World at War Fabric Banner

Easily one of the coolest posters I've seen for a game in a while. Not only is it for a great game, but it has an awesome design and it's fabric. Source link.

Soul Calibur IV Keychain, a must have for streeth brawls.

This is actually a really nice keychain for being a preorder item. You can pick them up in a variety of online auctions, a quick google search will help you track one down for yourself.

Destroy All Humans Bobble-Head

At the 2008 Penny Arcade Expo there was a Destroy All Humans! mascot running around giving away these sweet bobble-heads if you took a picture with the mascot and showed him proof on your digital camera. Well guess what, I never got one. But I did take a picture of him.

Item not available in stores, only ebay.

You are invited to G4G '09 next month!! $1000 Halo tournament and more.

VIDEO GAME CONVENTION TO BE HELD FOR CHARITY

Gamers Outreach Foundation hosts its second annual 'Gamers for Giving' event.Saline, MI (January 23, 2009) - From February 27th to March 1st, 2009, video gamers from across the country will convene at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center to participate in Michigan's largest annual video game convention, Gamers for Giving.

Two years ago, public safety officials from Washtenaw County canceled a Halo 2 tournament planned by 11th grade Saline High School student Zach Wigal. Claiming the game was "...corrupting the minds of America's youth," the public safety officials convinced high school administrators the event was a hazard to public safety. Wigal, who had spent 3 months planning the event, made plans to host a new Halo tournament to raise money for charity. Illustrating the positive impact video games could make on the lives of individuals, Wigal, and fellow high-school friends, hosted a new tournament called 'Gamers for Giving.'

The event was an incredible success. Over 600 participants and spectators attended, and gross revenue from the event totaled more than $15,000.00. Profits were donated to a local chapter of the Autism Society of America.Wigal went on to form Gamers Outreach Foundation, a non-profit organization that utilizes video games for charity purposes and community projects.

The foundation is preparing for its second annual fundraising event, 'Gamers for Giving 2009,' which has become the largest video game convention in the state of Michigan. The three-day non-stop event will jumpstart several community programs being launched by Gamers Outreach Foundation in 2009.Event activities include a 2vs2 Halo 3 tournament, with a $1,000.00 cash prize, a 300-person LAN party, (an event that allows participants to play video games with one another via a "Local Area Network") and a number of other gaming activities.With attendance expected to exceed 1,000 individuals, Gamers for Giving provides a fun and interactive involvement opportunity to individuals who are interested in helping their community.

The event utilizes one of today's most rapidly growing forms of entertainment to help bring attention to the unique ways our own individual efforts can be applied to help others.About Gamers Outreach Foundation: Gamers Outreach Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that utilizes video games to address community issues. The foundation takes a unique approach towards addressing community needs by directly using video games in ways that improve the livelihood of others. Further information and event registration can be found at http://www.GamersOutreach.org

Being Master Chief for Halloween.

 

With the popularity of the Halo franchise, its no surprise that many official products have been made for it. We've seen many unofficial creations of Spartan armor and due to the fact that its Halloween, it would be a perfect time to be the Master Chief. Rubies has gone ahead and picked up the license to make Halo suits and has offered a few different varieties of them. Mine happens to be the standard version, which retails for about $60.00 bucks. It includes the complete jump suit and a two piece helmet.

So how does the suit stack up? Pretty nicely. While It does fit pretty nicely, I recommend hanging it up for awhile so the material and the plastic can loosen up from being so tightly stored in the bag. The helmet is pretty nice and you can see through the visor easily. The two piece helmet attaches with the included Velcro and looks quite good.

This is strictly for Halloween or costume events though. As it would not handle the wear and tear of using it every day. For what ever reason you would wear it everyday I don't know, but you know...just in case.

Overall, I give it a 3.5 out of 5. Its a decent costume, but I still think its a little expensive. Not bad.