Alright peeps, we have yet another opportunity for anyone out there to walk away with an Xbox 360, courtesy of Gear Live. We are looking to see what our readers can come up with in terms of creating a simple video game. We just made one ourselves, and despite not having any previous coding knowledge, we are pretty happy with the way Tennis Challenge turned out. Yeah, it may appear to be a Pong rip, but we made it our own. Now it’s your turn. Here is how it’s gonna go down:

• Download the game we created in Visual Studio Express, Gear Live’s Tennis Challenge
• Download Visual Studio Express. This also enters you in the Upgrade Your Game Sweepstakes.
• Create a game from scratch, or edit one of the game templates that Visual Studio Express gives you.
• Let us know about your game. Blog about it and link us to it. Let us know on our forums. All games will be made available for public download.
• The contest ends on June 23, 2006, but seriously, it took us all of ten minutes to create Tennis Challenge. Of course, we want you to do better than we did.
• We will choose a winner, and that person walks away with a brand new Xbox 360.

Now, this contest is open only to Gear Live members. Of course, signing up is completely free, and takes all of ten seconds. If you have a forum account, you are already a member. Now, go ahead and get to work on creating a game - we want to see just how creative you guys can be. Oh, and we have this extra Xbox 360 that needs a home.

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Okay, so a little over a month or so ago, we asked Bleeding Edge viewers to get out there and create fan sites for the show. The person who we thought had the best site was promised an Xbox 360. Well, the results are in, and in this episode we announce the winner. Scilynt created Livin On Da Edge, and we liked it so much, we figured we would give him an Xbox 360 for his troubles. Hey, no crying because you didn’t win! In fact, we still have one more Xbox 360 to give away. If you want it, check out how to win.

Congrats Scilynt!

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Alright peeps, we have yet another opportunity for anyone out there to walk away with an Xbox 360, courtesy of Gear Live. We are looking to see what our readers can come up with in terms of creating a simple video game. We just made one ourselves, and despite not having any previous coding knowledge, we are pretty happy with the way Tennis Challenge turned out. Yeah, it may appear to be a Pong rip, but we made it our own. Now it’s your turn. Here is how it’s gonna go down:

• Download the game we created in Visual Studio Express, Gear Live’s Tennis Challenge
• Download Visual Studio Express. This also enters you in the Upgrade Your Game Sweepstakes.
• Create a game from scratch, or edit one of the game templates that Visual Studio Express gives you.
• Let us know about your game. Blog about it and link us to it. Let us know on our forums. All games will be made available for public download.
• The contest ends on June 23, 2006, but seriously, it took us all of ten minutes to create Tennis Challenge. Of course, we want you to do better than we did.
• We will choose a winner, and that person walks away with a brand new Xbox 360.

Now, this contest is open only to Gear Live members. Of course, signing up is completely free, and takes all of ten seconds. If you have a forum account, you are already a member. Now, go ahead and get to work on creating a game - we want to see just how creative you guys can be. Oh, and we have this extra Xbox 360 that needs a home.

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On the heels of our Samsung MM-A920 review, we have just put up a dedicated photo gallery of the A920. This one is for those who asked for more images of the phone. Go ahead and check out the gallery, where you can comment on the images while viewing. Nifty, no?

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Alright peeps, we have yet another opportunity for anyone out there to walk away with an Xbox 360, courtesy of Gear Live. We are looking to see what our readers can come up with in terms of creating a simple video game. We just made one ourselves, and despite not having any previous coding knowledge, we are pretty happy with the way Tennis Challenge turned out. Yeah, it may appear to be a Pong rip, but we made it our own. Now it’s your turn. Here is how it’s gonna go down:

• Download the game we created in Visual Studio Express, Gear Live’s Tennis Challenge
• Download Visual Studio Express. This also enters you in the Upgrade Your Game Sweepstakes.
• Create a game from scratch, or edit one of the game templates that Visual Studio Express gives you.
• Let us know about your game. Blog about it and link us to it. Let us know on our forums. All games will be made available for public download.
• The contest ends on June 23, 2006, but seriously, it took us all of ten minutes to create Tennis Challenge. Of course, we want you to do better than we did.
• We will choose a winner, and that person walks away with a brand new Xbox 360.

Now, this contest is open only to Gear Live members. Of course, signing up is completely free, and takes all of ten seconds. If you have a forum account, you are already a member. Now, go ahead and get to work on creating a game - we want to see just how creative you guys can be. Oh, and we have this extra Xbox 360 that needs a home.

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The Gear Live Forums have just undergone a nice upgrade, adding quite a few requested features. Here are the improvements that were added over the weekend:

• “Next/Previous thread” links in thread view page.
• RSS Support. Individual threads can be subscribed to, or the entire forum globally.
• Show/hide capability to forum man page, enabling specific forum clusters you are interested to be shown.
• “View today’s active topics” link to main forum page.
• “New topic” button in the thread view.
• Added database storage of “read topic” IDs so that you can use different browsers with different computers and retain your read topic info.
• Changed the behavior of the input filter such that tabs are converted to four spaces so that code examples posted in the forums will retain indenting.

Go ahead and check out the forums and let us know what you think.

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The Gear Live crew is here in hazy LA and ready to bring you all the best coverage we can offer. Comprised of Jesse Ferguson, Nate True, John Goulden, Chris Cardinal and Andru Edwards, we plan on having all sorts of video coverage peppered with occasionally decent writing and rapier wit. Or your money back.

We’ll be all over the map and trying to cover as much as possible, but if you think we’ve let something slide, or there’s something you’re dying to see that no one has covered, let us know. We live to serve.

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In this episode we give away an Xbox 360, talk with TextPayMe, go over the Windows Vista delay, and more:

THE WIRE
Dell Buys Alienware
Windows Vista Delayed

WEB GEMS
TextPayMe Interview

GIVEAWAY
We give away an Xbox 360!

BREAKIN’ STUFF
We destroy an LG C1300

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Gallery: The Bleeding Edge 008: Xbox 360 Giveaway, TextPayMe, Windows Vista

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We have had quite a few people ask in asking us about the TextPayMe Xbox 360 giveaway we are doing on our site. It seems that the issue in question is, since Xbox 360s are so hard to find, how can TextPayMe have enough to give out? My friend Chris Pirillo has delivered the proof. He has posted a video of five Xbox 360 Core systems being delivered to his doorstep, along with an audio interview with CJ from TextPayMe. See? Don’t be so pessimistic. We still hope to give away a bunch of Xbox 360 units on The Bleeding Edge, so sign up for the service (it’s free) today to be eligible. Anyone that signs up using our link is automatically entered into our giveaway - plus, you can work towards your own 360.

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Gallery: TextPayMe Xbox 360s Being Delivered - Want One?

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It’s good to branch out and stretch your mind. Now, we know - it’s hard to pull yourself away from the non-stop gadget love, but there is just so much more out there. Here is a look at what is going on at some of the other Gear Live Media blogs:

PLAYFEED

Super Monkey Ball Adventure Announced
‘The Outfit’ Demo Hits Xbox Live Marketplace
Xbox Platinum Hits Drop To $10

TV ENVY

The 2006 Oscar Awards: Live Commentary
Survivor: Panama: For Cod’s Sake
Real Winners: A Look At The Best Of Reality TV

ENDSCORE

Shaun Alexander Re-signs With The Seattle Seahawks
More New York Knicks Sorrows

Alfonso Soriano Unhappy With The Nationals

Any of those other sites strike your fancy? If you want to join the blogging team at any of the sites above, just let us know. Also, don’t forget to check out our video show, The Bleeding Edge!

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