Xbox Live Promotion & Giveaway

This weekend (April 25th through April 28th), Xbox LIVE members in the US and Canada will get free access to some of the most popular sports apps on the service including ESPN, UFC, MLB.TV, NBA Game Time & NHL Game Center. Therefore, you can get free live coverage of the NFL Draft on ESPN, more than 50 live MLB games and 7 UFC Fight Story fights. In addition, enjoy highlights, recaps, and clips from the best of the NHL as teams jockey for position leading into the playoffs, and catch up on highlights and clips from the NBA Playoffs.

I have an Xbox (not Xbox 360, the old-fashioned Xbox), and I know nothing about Xbox Live. However, as a sports fan, I think this is a good deal. Plus, as a special bonus, I'm giving away one free month of Xbox Live Gold Membership to two readers (or possibly two months of Xbox Live for one reader).

To enter, all you need to do is provide a comment in the comments section below. If you need a topic, how about this? Baseball players often have music played for them before their at-bat. What song would you choose as your walk-up music? I would probably go with It Takes Two by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock.

Please submit your comment by Friday, 4/26 at 9:00 PM. One entry per person. I will choose the winners (or winner) using Random.org.

For more information on what’s unlocked during the Big Sports Weekend, visit the Xbox website.

I Feel Like the Only Person Who

does not own an iPod. Do you realize that they have been around since 2001?

has never downloaded music. Napster didn’t become big until after I graduated from college so I missed out on all of this. Plus, see the item directly above. Oh, I’ve never downloaded a podcast either.

has not seen The Dark Knight. Yes, I’ve heard that Heath Ledger is great.

does not have Tivo or a DVR. I’ve only written about this now for two years!

does not have a Blackberry or Bluetooth. I’m sure there’s some other product with a color in its title that I don’t have either.

plays Xbox. Everyone now has Xbox 360, Wii or Playstation 3. I don’t even think they make new games for Xbox anymore.

does not own any type of Global Positioning System. If I don’t know where I’m going, I type in the address on Google maps or call for directions.

Finally, while I know I’m not the only person who doesn’t have a Blu-ray, this is a preemptive strike for when I make a new list in 2010 or 2011. I was late to the DVD game and still have some VHS tapes around. I’m not ready to make the switch away from DVDs.

Your turn to share/confess.

Video Game Addiction

Brian Williams: Are you or your children addicted to video games? We’ll have that story coming up after this break. (This was paraphrased from Monday’s NBC Nightly News.)

Me: “I’m going to play Xbox.” (And I did.)


If you’re interested, here’s the NBC News video that I didn’t actually watch on TV.