Category:  12 Days of Christmas

By Phil, January 6, 2011 Comments Off 12 Days of Christmas, Competitions

Day Twelve…

Remind Yourself Of The Competition

Head on over to the page covering the 12 Days of Christmas competition – www.thegamescast.com/competitions/12-days-of-christmas

The All Important Question
The PAL region Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Oh yes, the SNES) had a standard controller that featured four coloured buttons for A, B, X and Y. Which one of these colours was NOT one of those buttons:

Possible Answers:

  • A) Red
  • B) Blue
  • C) Yellow
  • D) Black
How Do You Enter

Over the 12 Days of Christmas, that’s 26th December – 6th January, we will post one question every day onto the website. What you need to do is login to the forum and send your answer as a private message to our 12Days account on the forum. Simple.

Each question you get right counts as one entry. If you answer all twelve questions correctly you get twelve entries. How many PM’s (private messages) you send us is up to you, you could send one at the end with all twelve answers in it or you could do one each day with the correct answer for the days question. If you don’t know how to send PM’s or you can’t work out how to enter then leave us a comment below and we’ll get in touch.

The closing date for this competition is 11:59PM on 7th January, 2011.

Terms and Conditions (in addition to our main competition terms and conditions)
  1. The entry method detailed above is the only entry method available for this competition. Only entries sent by Private Message on our forum will be accepted.
  2. If you win a competition you will need to supply your email address, your twitter username (if applicable) and an address to which we and the sponsoring companies can send your prizes.
  3. Use of multiple forum accounts to enter any competition will result in all entries made by any of the multiple accounts being removed from this competition.
  4. The prizes have been offered to us by third party companies. These companies may withdraw their prizes at any time.
  5. If a third party company does withdraw a prize we will endeavour to replace it if possible but at no time will The Games Cast be responsible for replacing any prize that has been withdrawn.
  6. We reserve the right to withdraw a prize at any time if we need to.
  7. Entries after the closing date will not be counted.
  8. Prizes are limited to UK residents only – sorry.
  9. Entrants must follow the twitter account – @boomeranggames
By Phil, January 5, 2011 Comments Off 12 Days of Christmas, Competitions

It’s the penultimate day of our first ever 12 Days of Christmas competition. Next year we might do a seven day competition. Who fancies one between Christmas and New Year’s Day? Anyhow, onto the question.

Remind Yourself Of The Competition

Head on over to the page covering the 12 Days of Christmas competition – www.thegamescast.com/competitions/12-days-of-christmas

The All Important Question
The Vagusnet website is blog run by some very good friends of ours. They recently gave some awards for the great games and films of 2010 but what did they call their “Ultimate” of the year?

Possible Answers:

  • A) Mass Effect 2
  • B) Heavy Rain
  • C) Red Dead Redemption
  • D) Inception
How Do You Enter

Over the 12 Days of Christmas, that’s 26th December – 6th January, we will post one question every day onto the website. What you need to do is login to the forum and send your answer as a private message to our 12Days account on the forum. Simple.

Each question you get right counts as one entry. If you answer all twelve questions correctly you get twelve entries. How many PM’s (private messages) you send us is up to you, you could send one at the end with all twelve answers in it or you could do one each day with the correct answer for the days question. If you don’t know how to send PM’s or you can’t work out how to enter then leave us a comment below and we’ll get in touch.

The closing date for this competition is 11:59PM on 7th January, 2011.

Terms and Conditions (in addition to our main competition terms and conditions)
  1. The entry method detailed above is the only entry method available for this competition. Only entries sent by Private Message on our forum will be accepted.
  2. If you win a competition you will need to supply your email address, your twitter username (if applicable) and an address to which we and the sponsoring companies can send your prizes.
  3. Use of multiple forum accounts to enter any competition will result in all entries made by any of the multiple accounts being removed from this competition.
  4. The prizes have been offered to us by third party companies. These companies may withdraw their prizes at any time.
  5. If a third party company does withdraw a prize we will endeavour to replace it if possible but at no time will The Games Cast be responsible for replacing any prize that has been withdrawn.
  6. We reserve the right to withdraw a prize at any time if we need to.
  7. Entries after the closing date will not be counted.
  8. Prizes are limited to UK residents only – sorry.
  9. Entrants must follow the twitter account – @boomeranggames
By Phil, January 4, 2011 2 12 Days of Christmas, Competitions

By now the world is back and turning and we’re well into the swing of 2010 2011. If you’re following this site from another forum, which may have copied and pasted the question, and probably even put a little smiley face next to the right answer (we know who you are ;) , welcome to our website!) please do remember that a lot of work went into creating this competition and we’d love it if you would come and just say “Hi” in the forum. We are interesting people really. Anyhow, on with today’s question, number ten.

Remind Yourself Of The Competition

Head on over to the page covering the 12 Days of Christmas competition – www.thegamescast.com/competitions/12-days-of-christmas

The All Important Question
The Guinness World Records 2010 Gamers Edition book crowned Halo as the top video game series of all time, but which gaming character came away with the title of “Most Recognisable Video game character”?

Possible Answers:

  • A) Mario
  • B) Sonic the Hedgehog
  • C) Pacman
  • D) Donkey Kong
How Do You Enter

Over the 12 Days of Christmas, that’s 26th December – 6th January, we will post one question every day onto the website. What you need to do is login to the forum and send your answer as a private message to our 12Days account on the forum. Simple.

Each question you get right counts as one entry. If you answer all twelve questions correctly you get twelve entries. How many PM’s (private messages) you send us is up to you, you could send one at the end with all twelve answers in it or you could do one each day with the correct answer for the days question. If you don’t know how to send PM’s or you can’t work out how to enter then leave us a comment below and we’ll get in touch.

The closing date for this competition is 11:59PM on 7th January, 2011.

Terms and Conditions (in addition to our main competition terms and conditions)
  1. The entry method detailed above is the only entry method available for this competition. Only entries sent by Private Message on our forum will be accepted.
  2. If you win a competition you will need to supply your email address, your twitter username (if applicable) and an address to which we and the sponsoring companies can send your prizes.
  3. Use of multiple forum accounts to enter any competition will result in all entries made by any of the multiple accounts being removed from this competition.
  4. The prizes have been offered to us by third party companies. These companies may withdraw their prizes at any time.
  5. If a third party company does withdraw a prize we will endeavour to replace it if possible but at no time will The Games Cast be responsible for replacing any prize that has been withdrawn.
  6. We reserve the right to withdraw a prize at any time if we need to.
  7. Entries after the closing date will not be counted.
  8. Prizes are limited to UK residents only – sorry.
  9. Entrants must follow the twitter account – @boomeranggames
By Phil, January 3, 2011 2 12 Days of Christmas, Competitions

Day Nine and we’re in the final lap of the competition now. Right about now everyone will start to think towards tomorrow and the day when most of us return to work. However, rest assured, it is only 362 days until Christmas! Ha ha ha… you’re not laughing?!

Remind Yourself Of The Competition

Head on over to the page covering the 12 Days of Christmas competition – www.thegamescast.com/competitions/12-days-of-christmas

The All Important Question
The three hosts of The Games Cast podcast, Paul, Duncan and Phil, all used to present a video game show. What was the name of the show?

Possible Answers:

  • A) Gamezville
  • B) Game Guru
  • C) When Games Attack
  • D) G@mers
How Do You Enter

Over the 12 Days of Christmas, that’s 26th December – 6th January, we will post one question every day onto the website. What you need to do is login to the forum and send your answer as a private message to our 12Days account on the forum. Simple.

Each question you get right counts as one entry. If you answer all twelve questions correctly you get twelve entries. How many PM’s (private messages) you send us is up to you, you could send one at the end with all twelve answers in it or you could do one each day with the correct answer for the days question. If you don’t know how to send PM’s or you can’t work out how to enter then leave us a comment below and we’ll get in touch.

The closing date for this competition is 11:59PM on 7th January, 2011.

Terms and Conditions (in addition to our main competition terms and conditions)
  1. The entry method detailed above is the only entry method available for this competition. Only entries sent by Private Message on our forum will be accepted.
  2. If you win a competition you will need to supply your email address, your twitter username (if applicable) and an address to which we and the sponsoring companies can send your prizes.
  3. Use of multiple forum accounts to enter any competition will result in all entries made by any of the multiple accounts being removed from this competition.
  4. The prizes have been offered to us by third party companies. These companies may withdraw their prizes at any time.
  5. If a third party company does withdraw a prize we will endeavour to replace it if possible but at no time will The Games Cast be responsible for replacing any prize that has been withdrawn.
  6. We reserve the right to withdraw a prize at any time if we need to.
  7. Entries after the closing date will not be counted.
  8. Prizes are limited to UK residents only – sorry.
  9. Entrants must follow the twitter account – @boomeranggames
By Phil, January 2, 2011 1 12 Days of Christmas, Competitions

Are you bored of 2011 yet? Well don’t be, remember to check out our Outlook to 2011 which has some awesome titles and hardware coming out. Nintendo 3DS anyone? Oh yes. Princess Peach in 3D!?! Awesomesauce. (Duncan wrote that bit by the way)

Remind Yourself Of The Competition

Head on over to the page covering the 12 Days of Christmas competition – www.thegamescast.com/competitions/12-days-of-christmas

The All Important Question
John Marston is a character in the excellent game Red Dead Redemption, which was developed by Rockstar. They also developed the Grand Theft Auto series. In the most recent of the series, Grand Theft Auto IV, what is the name of the character you play?

Possible Answers:

  • A) Little Jacob
  • B) Niko Bellic
  • C) Dimitri Rascalov
  • D) Roman Bellic
How Do You Enter

Over the 12 Days of Christmas, that’s 26th December – 6th January, we will post one question every day onto the website. What you need to do is login to the forum and send your answer as a private message to our 12Days account on the forum. Simple.

Each question you get right counts as one entry. If you answer all twelve questions correctly you get twelve entries. How many PM’s (private messages) you send us is up to you, you could send one at the end with all twelve answers in it or you could do one each day with the correct answer for the days question. If you don’t know how to send PM’s or you can’t work out how to enter then leave us a comment below and we’ll get in touch.

The closing date for this competition is 11:59PM on 7th January, 2011.

Terms and Conditions (in addition to our main competition terms and conditions)
  1. The entry method detailed above is the only entry method available for this competition. Only entries sent by Private Message on our forum will be accepted.
  2. If you win a competition you will need to supply your email address, your twitter username (if applicable) and an address to which we and the sponsoring companies can send your prizes.
  3. Use of multiple forum accounts to enter any competition will result in all entries made by any of the multiple accounts being removed from this competition.
  4. The prizes have been offered to us by third party companies. These companies may withdraw their prizes at any time.
  5. If a third party company does withdraw a prize we will endeavour to replace it if possible but at no time will The Games Cast be responsible for replacing any prize that has been withdrawn.
  6. We reserve the right to withdraw a prize at any time if we need to.
  7. Entries after the closing date will not be counted.
  8. Prizes are limited to UK residents only – sorry.
  9. Entrants must follow the twitter account – @boomeranggames
By Phil, January 1, 2011 Comments Off 12 Days of Christmas, Competitions

Happy New Year everyone! It’s Day Seven of our 12 Days of Christmas competition. Well done for sticking through it so far. These joke bits don’t get any better you know. Anyhow, cracking on.. you know, last year I got a great joke in my cracker! I was a bit surprised, I was trying to put cheese on it at the time. Moving on…

Remind Yourself Of The Competition

Head on over to the page covering the 12 Days of Christmas competition – www.thegamescast.com/competitions/12-days-of-christmas

The All Important Question
How much would it cost to buy the Value 1 package from Boomerang Rentals?

Possible Answers:

  • A) £3.49
  • B) £11.99
  • C) £5.79
  • D) £7.29
How Do You Enter

Over the 12 Days of Christmas, that’s 26th December – 6th January, we will post one question every day onto the website. What you need to do is login to the forum and send your answer as a private message to our 12Days account on the forum. Simple.

Each question you get right counts as one entry. If you answer all twelve questions correctly you get twelve entries. How many PM’s (private messages) you send us is up to you, you could send one at the end with all twelve answers in it or you could do one each day with the correct answer for the days question. If you don’t know how to send PM’s or you can’t work out how to enter then leave us a comment below and we’ll get in touch.

The closing date for this competition is 11:59PM on 7th January, 2011.

Terms and Conditions (in addition to our main competition terms and conditions)
  1. The entry method detailed above is the only entry method available for this competition. Only entries sent by Private Message on our forum will be accepted.
  2. If you win a competition you will need to supply your email address, your twitter username (if applicable) and an address to which we and the sponsoring companies can send your prizes.
  3. Use of multiple forum accounts to enter any competition will result in all entries made by any of the multiple accounts being removed from this competition.
  4. The prizes have been offered to us by third party companies. These companies may withdraw their prizes at any time.
  5. If a third party company does withdraw a prize we will endeavour to replace it if possible but at no time will The Games Cast be responsible for replacing any prize that has been withdrawn.
  6. We reserve the right to withdraw a prize at any time if we need to.
  7. Entries after the closing date will not be counted.
  8. Prizes are limited to UK residents only – sorry.
  9. Entrants must follow the twitter account – @boomeranggames
By Phil, December 31, 2010 Comments Off 12 Days of Christmas, Competitions

Day Five and the last day of 2010. What a brilliant year it’s been for gaming. Who can forget the awesomeness of Batman: Arkham Asylum… what? what do you mean that was 2009. Get off was it. (checks wikipedia)… balls.

Remind Yourself Of The Competition

Head on over to the page covering the 12 Days of Christmas competition – www.thegamescast.com/competitions/12-days-of-christmas

The All Important Question
In the award winning Batman: Arkham Asylum game of 2009 which one of Batmans’ enemies is the games main villain.

Possible Answers:

  • A) The Joker
  • B) The Pengiun
  • C) Poison Ivy
  • D) Robin
How Do You Enter

Over the 12 Days of Christmas, that’s 26th December – 6th January, we will post one question every day onto the website. What you need to do is login to the forum and send your answer as a private message to our 12Days account on the forum. Simple.

Each question you get right counts as one entry. If you answer all twelve questions correctly you get twelve entries. How many PM’s (private messages) you send us is up to you, you could send one at the end with all twelve answers in it or you could do one each day with the correct answer for the days question. If you don’t know how to send PM’s or you can’t work out how to enter then leave us a comment below and we’ll get in touch.

The closing date for this competition is 11:59PM on 7th January, 2011.

Terms and Conditions (in addition to our main competition terms and conditions)
  1. The entry method detailed above is the only entry method available for this competition. Only entries sent by Private Message on our forum will be accepted.
  2. If you win a competition you will need to supply your email address, your twitter username (if applicable) and an address to which we and the sponsoring companies can send your prizes.
  3. Use of multiple forum accounts to enter any competition will result in all entries made by any of the multiple accounts being removed from this competition.
  4. The prizes have been offered to us by third party companies. These companies may withdraw their prizes at any time.
  5. If a third party company does withdraw a prize we will endeavour to replace it if possible but at no time will The Games Cast be responsible for replacing any prize that has been withdrawn.
  6. We reserve the right to withdraw a prize at any time if we need to.
  7. Entries after the closing date will not be counted.
  8. Prizes are limited to UK residents only – sorry.
  9. Entrants must follow the twitter account – @boomeranggames
By Phil, December 30, 2010 3 12 Days of Christmas, Competitions

Day Five and it’s a history lesson today. Can you remember where you were then the PS2 first came out? Such a pivotal machine within the gaming industry, the Playstation 2 really pushed the formidable base that the Playstation had and helped turn gaming into a mainstream indutry.

Remind Yourself Of The Competition

Head on over to the page covering the 12 Days of Christmas competition – www.thegamescast.com/competitions/12-days-of-christmas

The All Important Question
In what year was the original Playstation 2 released to mainland Europe?

Possible Answers:

  • A) 2000
  • B) 2001
  • C) 2002
  • D) 2003
How Do You Enter

Over the 12 Days of Christmas, that’s 26th December – 6th January, we will post one question every day onto the website. What you need to do is login to the forum and send your answer as a private message to our 12Days account on the forum. Simple.

Each question you get right counts as one entry. If you answer all twelve questions correctly you get twelve entries. How many PM’s (private messages) you send us is up to you, you could send one at the end with all twelve answers in it or you could do one each day with the correct answer for the days question. If you don’t know how to send PM’s or you can’t work out how to enter then leave us a comment below and we’ll get in touch.

The closing date for this competition is 11:59PM on 7th January, 2011.

Terms and Conditions (in addition to our main competition terms and conditions)
  1. The entry method detailed above is the only entry method available for this competition. Only entries sent by Private Message on our forum will be accepted.
  2. If you win a competition you will need to supply your email address, your twitter username (if applicable) and an address to which we and the sponsoring companies can send your prizes.
  3. Use of multiple forum accounts to enter any competition will result in all entries made by any of the multiple accounts being removed from this competition.
  4. The prizes have been offered to us by third party companies. These companies may withdraw their prizes at any time.
  5. If a third party company does withdraw a prize we will endeavour to replace it if possible but at no time will The Games Cast be responsible for replacing any prize that has been withdrawn.
  6. We reserve the right to withdraw a prize at any time if we need to.
  7. Entries after the closing date will not be counted.
  8. Prizes are limited to UK residents only – sorry.
  9. Entrants must follow the twitter account – @boomeranggames