Become a 100m World Records Holder this weekend

Microsoft and Rare want you to become a World Record holder at 6pm Saturday 23 April, all you have to do is run 100 meters. Actually its a little bit more than that, but not much more. Xbox Nations lets you try Xbox LIVE Gold for free, as well as inviting you to take part in the world’s biggest ever virtual sprint. The record we’re going for is the most people running a virtual 100m dash at one time. You need to have (or have access to) play Kinect Sports and complete a sprint mini-game while connected to Xbox LIVE at 6pm on Saturday. You must choose sprint from the mini-game menu – not the entire track and field event for your race to count. You also have to download a gamerpic, which registers you as eligible for the attempt. There is a different pic for each country, so register … There’s more

Blog Awards 2011

We’re delighted to be nominated in the Pop Culture category in the Irish Blog Awards 2011. If you haven’t heard about the awards you can check out the other nominees and other categories here. The big event is happening in the Europa Hotel, Belfast on March 19th and we’re looking forward seeing everyone there. We were absolutely stunned and delighted to win the category last year so thanks a million for giving us a chance to defend our Pop Culture crown. We made a little video in the wee hours to show our appreciation…