Journal entry

Vanishing Point

It has been a few years since Microsoft have launched a new OS but it looks like they haven’t forgotten how it’s done. In case you haven’t already noticed, Microsoft have a nice mind bending alternate reality viral marketing game going on called “Vanishing Point”. Needless to say I suck at puzzles so my chances of winning anything are slim to none. Oh yes, did I mention there are prizes? Yep - you bet your ass there is. How about:

Grand Prize:

A trip to space at 2,386 miles per hour via a “RocketPlane

Other Prizes:

• 15 loaded AMD based computers with Windows Vista Ultimate, devices and games:

- Windows Vista based AMD powered Dell Inspirion 1501 laptops, a Zune, Xbox 360,
3 Games for Windows game titles, a Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000, and Microsoft
Office Ultimate 2007.
- Windows Vista based AMD powered media computers, a 24″ widescreen monitor, a
digital media player, Xbox 360, 3 Games for Windows game titles, a Microsoft
LifeCam VX-6000, and Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007.
- Windows Vista based AMD powered gaming computers, a 30” widescreen monitor,
a Zune, 3 Games for Windows game titles, a Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000, and
Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007.

• Devices (75): Windows Vista Ultimate, and one of the following: an Xbox 360,
Zune, or iRiver Clix.

• Software (150): Windows Vista Ultimate, or Office Ultimate 2007.

• Games (250): three Games for Windows game titles

Nice, eh? So, if you want to get you hands on some of this goodness, check out www.vanishingpointgame.com and get registered. By the way don’t forget to put my email address ([email protected]) in the “If referred by a friend” box 😉 Good luck to everyone and let us know if you win anything!