Giveaway: PixelJunk 4am code, shirt for a community writer

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

PixelJunk 4am

[Update: I totally forgot to update everyone. Congrats to Ryan McNeal for winning! Here is his review.]

If you know anything about Q-Games, you know the studio doesn't do things the normal way. Its PixelJunk games tend to defy genre conventions (if you can even classify them into genres to begin with). And they're all a little weird. So when it came time for reviews of its latest, PixelJunk 4am, a music synthesizer/visualizer for the PlayStation Move, it didn't take long for the developer get on board with Bitmob and GamesBeat's alternative way of doing gaming coverage.

So Q-Games sent us two downloadable codes: one for a staffer (see our story: The 5 stages of PixelJunk 4 am) and one for a community member. The team there would like to see what a non-industry writer thinks about its "game" through an article on Bitmob (which will also appear on GamesBeat). And to give him a taste of what it's like to be in the professional press, Q also wants to send our chosen author a free PixelJunk 4am T-shirt (pictured below) on top of the free game code. Call it a bribe if you must, but we all get swag, so now one lucky winner can, too.

If you're interested in getting in on this action, you must:

 

We will select one winner/writer in a day or two. If we pick you, you must promise to play the game (via the code that we'll send you) and put your thoughts down in a Bitmob article (via the "new post" link in the upper-right, after you log in). Positive, negative...review or something completely different...it's up to you what you write. Just don't let the free shirt (which we'll send you after the story's up) influence you -- just have fun with the game and the post!

PixelJunk 4am code - front

The front of the shirt (man not included)

PixelJunk 4am shirt - back

The back

 
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Comments (13)
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June 26, 2012

Interested!
More interested because of man's awesome facial hair.

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June 26, 2012

Man is not included!!

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June 26, 2012

Man's facial hair is a total accident... There are no barbershops in Kyoto and I got totally lucky.

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June 26, 2012

I'll be honest and say I'm in it for the T-Shirt being an owner of the game already.

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June 26, 2012

Who can turn down Q-Games? I'd give it a shot. Honestly more interested in the game than the shirt!

 

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June 27, 2012

Love Q-Game' work and 4am looks like it fits right in their tradition of wonderfully charming games. I'm down for this!

Nice shirt! I can't wait to play the game :D

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June 27, 2012

If chosen, I promise to, with pride and faithfulness, take this free swag gleefully.

Also: Reading this makes me want to play PJ Eden now. Damnit. 

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June 27, 2012

Me! Me! 4am is the only PJ game I still need to play. I also just really need something to push me over the edge and get a move.

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June 27, 2012

PJ4am the party don't stop here not at 4am or 4pm.

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June 27, 2012

From what I have seen, this game is really awesome. The viewer app is a really interesting, since it is free and allows the end user to still experience some aspects of the "game" and music, without having to fess up money on a product they may not fully understand. 

 

The visuals are really stunning since they are really abstract, yet serve an important part of the game, in understanding whether the user has the rhythm, bass, purcussion, or synth track down, without having to cancel out every other sound.  The addition of overdubbing and one offs truely makes it a progressive, almost organic, fusion of music creation.  I'd be hard pressed to say each person will make a unique track that no one else can quite emulate.

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June 28, 2012
I haven't written anything in a while, but my home life has recently changed enough for me to start again. If I get the code, I'll be happy to review it. Win or lose, I hope to post some new articles soon.
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June 30, 2012

Update: I totally forgot to update everyone. Congrats to Ryan McNeal for winning!

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