Dead Island Game Winner

Hey there!  It's time to announce the winner of Dead Island!  This giveaway has been the best turnout ever for this site and I am extremely grateful to all that have entered.  There were many tweets, likes, and blog posts and I must say that it was pretty cool to see such heavy activity.  Now... before I announce the winner, just a quick reminder.  If you leave a blog post, you must include the blog post link in the extra info field.  If it's not there, I can't verify and that's 10 entries that were stricken from Rafflecopter.  Sucks to say, but I had to remove a few entries because a url was not present.  Now... on to the winner!

Disney Universe Game Winner - Tiffany

Hey there.  One of my recent winners provided this awesome pic of their new game!

Congrats once again, Tiffany!  Thank you for the picture and thank you for entering my monthly game giveaways and I hope that you'll continue to be a part of the growing group of friends that enter monthly!  Feel free to stop by her Google Plus page to say congrats!  Later!

Dead Island Game Giveaway

Who's ready to kick off 2012 with another game giveaway!!!  I know you're ready!  Let's do this!  The next game up for grabs is Dead Island for the Xbox 360, PS3, or PC!  Here's some info on the game:

The island of Banoi is a lush, tropical paradise in the South Pacific where its flagship Royal Palms Resort serves as the ultimate getaway for vacationers with money to burn. However, all good things must soon come to an end - and the picturesque resort falls into madness, carnage and chaos after a mysterious and contagious zombie outbreak claims its once peaceful atmosphere. Cut off from the rest of the world, only four individuals who strangely find themselves immune to zombification have the power to protect the remaining survivors from the horrors of the island, discover what's really going on and find a way to escape before their own fatal ends.

Disney Universe Game Winner

Hey there.  It's time to announce a winner!!!  The great thing about the Rafflecopter widget is that will announce the winner for me on the widget.  I think it's great!  It makes it very easy for me to contact, Email, and announce the winner.  So the winner of the Disney Universe Game is...

a Rafflecopter giveaway TIFFANY!!!  You are my winner.  You have until January 6th to respond or I will be forced to pick another winner.  Thank you all for entering! For the first time we registered over 1000 entries making this game giveaway the most successful to date!  Let's start off 2012 with another giveaway!  Stay tuned.  Dead Island is next up!  Post will be up shortly!!!  Later!

Disney Universe Game Giveaway

Are you ready for another game giveaway?  Of course you are!  Next up is Disney Universe!  Here's the scoop.

Disney Universe is an off-the-wall non-stop action adventure where Disney worlds and characters mix up for the first time. Suit up in iconic costumes and face challenges in legendary Disney worlds. Defeat enemies, collect coins and powerups, unlock new costumes and explore with friends as you battle in a mix-up of worlds inspired by numerous Disney and Pixar films. Suit-up for action as more than 40 classic and contemporary Disney characters including Alice, Mike, TRON and Stitch. Mischief, magic and mayhem reign as players explore 6 different worlds inspired by Disney and Pixar films. Team up with up to four friends to solve puzzles or defeat enemies or toss your friend into trouble!

The winner will get to chose the game for either Wii, Xbox 360, or PS3.  Enter using the rafflecopter widget!  Best of luck, friends!  Winner will be announced on Jan, 1st! a Rafflecopter giveaway

L.A. Noire Game Winner

Thank you all for entering my giveaway!  Because I used rafflecopter this time around, I don't need to explain the process of choosing a winner!  The widget will choose the winner for me!  How awesome is that?!  I think that this has been a great success using the rafflecopter widget and expect all future giveaways to be run by rafflecopter! As for the winner, the giveaway gods have chosen....

JODY!!!! You are my winner. CONGRATS! I will be contacting you shortly for your shipping address so that I can ship you your new game! You will have until Dec. 6th to respond or I will be forced to pick a new winner! Thank you all for entering and I hope you stick around for the December giveaways! That's right.  There will be 2 giveaways this month!  Hope you guys stick around for that!  Later!

L.A. Noire Game Giveaway

Hey there friends.  The fans of Metallman's Reverie have spoken!  Here is the game that you guys chose for this month's giveaway:

So how do you win this awesome game for the Xbox 360 or PS3?  Here are the rules:

Batman: Arkham Asylum Game Winner

Hey there friends.  We have 43 friends that all want this game and they registered 253 entries.  Not too bad, guys!!!  You guys must love the Dark Knight!  lol  I created a spread sheet to keep tabs of everyone who entered and how many entries they received.  Here's a small snippet of that:

Batman: Arkham Asylum Game Giveaway

Hey there friends. The fans of Metallman's Reverie have spoken! Here is the game that you guys chose for this month's giveaway:

So how do you win this awesome game for the Xbox 360 or PS3?  Here are the rules:

Max Rube: Our Portal 2 Winner

Hey there. I recently received this picture from Max Rube, my Portal 2 winner! Check it out.

Awesome pic, Max!  Hope you enjoy the game.  Portal 2 improves on the game play from the first Portal and it's a pretty damn good game.  Thanks again for participating in the giveaway and once again... CONGRATS!!!

August 2011 Game Giveaway: Portal 2 (PS3) Winner

Hey there friends.  We have 79 friends that all want this game and they registered 283 entries.  The best turnout yet for one of my giveaways!  Thank you contest gods!  lol  I created a spread sheet to keep tabs of everyone who entered and how many entries they received.  Here's a small snippet of that:

August 2011 Game Giveaway: Portal 2 (PS3)

Hey there friends. The fans of Metallman's Reverie have spoken! Here is the game that you guys chose for this month's giveaway:

So how do you win this awesome game for the PS3?  Here are the rules:

Nintendo Drops the Ball with Their New Console: Wii U

Hey there. I just wanted to get my initial reaction down before going in depth.  Nintendo really dropped the ball here.  Their new console, the Wii U, is meant for the more hard core gamers while retaining their youthful fans.  Most third party devolpers will provide games that are already available on PS3 and Xbox 360 for the Wii U but I cannot see how it will appeal to hardcore gamers.  Nintendo has the reputation of "child's play" and it will be difficult to shed that and if this was their asnwer for the hard core gamers, it is an epic fail.

PSN Attacked Again! (05.18.11 Post Update)

Hey there. The Playstation network has been attacked again!  This morning, once everyone was beginning to feel all warm and cozy over the mass Emailing that Sony sent out to their customers, the hackers got to work and infiltrated the "new and secure" PSN.  Now, the service is down while Sony works on fixing it.

May 2011 Give-a-way: Assassins Creed 2 (PS3) Winner

Hey there friends.  We have 31 friends that all want this game and they registered 124 entries.  Thank you contest gods!  lol  I  created a spread sheet to keep tabs of everyone who entered and how many entries they received.  Here's a small snippet of that:

I  then jumbled the names of the entrants to randomize the selection  process.  I will use random.org to select a number for me and that  number will represent the winner.  So here goes! And our winning number is...

Xbox 360 Update May Kill Your Console

Hey there.  If you're a gamer, than you know what the deal is with the PS3 and Sony's PSN being hacked and all.  I guess Microsoft didn't want all the public scorn to fall on Sony so they have announced that the mandatory 360 update (set to release tomorrow, May 19th) may completely brick your 360.  What?!?!?  Yup, the new firmware update is supposed to prep the console to read a new disc format (hmmmm...) and the update may cause console's to permanently stop reading discs.  What is a gamer to do?!  Either I go with Sony and risk my personal information be compromise or I go with Microsoft and get a useless system.  Ugh... 

May 2011 Give-a-way: Assassins Creed 2 (PS3)

Hey there friends. Here is the game up for grabs:

How do you win this awesome game for the PS3?  Here are the rules:

Blogger Still Not at 100% and Posts are Missing... Is Jason Behind this Firday the 13th Mayhem?

Hey there.  As many of you may have noticed... Blogger had been down for approx. 16 hours or so and it's still not 100% back up.  After checking the status of Blogger, I find out they had to "temporarily remove" posts that we posted after 7am Wednesday morning.  I noticed that something was wrong yesterday when I could not log in to leave comments on other blogs.  That's when I decided to log on my own to see if it was just select blogs that were having issues or if all blogs were having an issues.  When I couldn't log on because the "service was not available",  I was upset.

The first thing that came to mind was the whole PSN hack thing.  I wondered if there was an "unauthorized user" roaming the Blogger servers creating havoc.  I quickly dismissed that idea, though.  I don't think there would be anything to gain, other than being malicious and posting your own stuff.  Then I got a little upset.  I usually have scheduled posts lined up for Funny Fridays, but that's not gonna happen since I can't browse the internet today for Friday funnies.  Then it hit me...  IT'S FRIDAY THE 13TH!!!!  Is Jason behind all this Blogger mayhem???  Did he finally trade in that machete for an ultra fast Alienware laptop???  hahahaha!

"I'm done slashin' and started hackin'!" - Quote from Friday the 13th: Jason Infiltrates CampCrystalLake.com

Anyways, it looks like Blogger is back up and running but posts are still missing.  I guess it's better to be able to continue with the service but I really hope those missing posts come back soon.  I also began to wonder what happened to my give a way poll (PS3 game) and how many potential comments I may have lost.  Well...  as long I didn't lose ALL of my posts, I can't be too upset and it's not like it was down for almost a month before getting any material news on the service.  C'mon Blogger, get those posts back up!  Later!

PSN Hacked

Hey there.  I know that the news of the hacking of the Playstation Network has been out for some time, but it's time to throw my 2 cents in.  I think it's horrible that Sony did not act swiftly to protect the information of their users.  I understand that they're looking into it, I understand that they haven't yet figured it out, what I don't understand is why they would wait well over a week before notifying their users that their private information may have been compromised.  That includes their credit card information!

High profile people have displayed their displeasure with Sony for not sending out a notice right away about the breech in their network.  Instead, they announced that it was "maintenance".  Then the maintenance turned into "network issue".  And now, it turns out that an "unauthorized user" gained access to the network.  Unauthorized user meaning, HACKER!  If they knew from the get go that something was amiss with their network and info could have been stolen, they should have manned up and just let everyone know.

The console wars going on between Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony may have played a part as to why Sony was so hush hush about it.  They don't want the negative publicity coming with a security breech but I think they may have hurt their image more by staying quiet over a serious matter.  Over 50 million users will be affected by this and that's a lot of people to upset.  I think this will be a black on mark on Sony for some time but will most likely recover, the way Microsoft did when they had their Xbox Live snafu.  The console wars are heating up and are fierce among the players.  Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all have an image to uphold and this incident will not only damage their PR outlook, but may damage the loyalty of their die hard fans, and that's something that will be hard to gain back.  Later!

The Mortal Kombat Ressurection

Hey there.  Remember back in the day when Mortal Kombat first came out? It was supposed to be a more gruesome version of the Street Fighter phenomenon.  And for a while, it looked like it was going to take over the world.  A few stale sequels and an awful movie (or two) later, the franchise seemed to be on it's last legs.