Bioware has a contest that is running though 11:00 AM Central Time October 21st, that will reward one user with a paid trip to London to be part of a Dragon Age: Origins event.  The event is called Warden Quest and they are looking for someone to fill a last minute spot for Team USA.  The winner will participate in the event, including a trip to London, England, where you will compete against Team Canada and Team Bioware.  If you are interested in joining, make sure you meet the requirements below, and if so follow the link to post your entry.

Requirements:

1 – Must be an American citizen living in the USA.
2 – Must be 21 or older.
3 – Must have a valid passport and be legally eligible to travel internationally.
4 – Must be able to travel to and from England between October 25 and October 30.
5 – Must be a big Dragon Age: Origins fan who wants to have a great time in London England.

If you can fit all those items, then head over to the Dragon Age: Origins forum and post your entry.

Knowing that Bayonetta has a style, look and flavor all of her own, the good folks at Maxim feel that there have to be a lot of women out there in the real world that can convey these character traits.  To enter the contest, one only has to submit a photo of themselves doing their best improvisation of Bayonetta.  The pictures do have to be at least 500K in size, and in the form of a JPG graphic file.  More details and contest rules can be found on the offical contest page.  The grand prize winner will win a Microsoft Xbox 360, 50″ Panasonic Plasma TV and a copy of Bayonetta when it comes out.

So do you think you have what it takes to be Bayonetta?  Make sure to send all pictures to tips@aeropause.com first for a “special” analysis before sending them to Sega.  Okay, so we are half-joking.

After all the fun we had with our readers during our Halo 3 tournament, I couldn’t wait to get another tournament going. We would of had one a bit sooner, but as many of you know, life can sometimes get in the way. But alas life has subsided and we are ready to see who is the best of the best in Gears of War 2. This will be an individual tournament, no teams will be allowed.

The tournament will be held on June 20th & 21st of this year. To enter simply send an email with your name, location, and gamertag to lukewind@me.com. Please have GOW2 as your subject line. There are only 60 spots open for the tournament so sign-up right away.

Please read the all the rules below to make sure that you qualify. If you have any questions or concerns please just contact me through my twitter account. My twitter user name is lukewind.

Rules:
1. You must 18 or over to play.
2. Anyone displaying racist or hateful speech will be kicked out of tournament.
3. Contestants Must Reside in Continental United States or Canada.
4. You must have an XBL microphone, if I can’t hear you then it’s game over.

I am currently in the process of getting together the prizes for the tournament so I will post that info when we get closer to the tournament. I will also post how we will be scoring to decide the winners. You have nearly 4 weeks to prepare so get online and practice, but make sure to sign-up first. NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER JUNE 17th.

After all the fun we had with our readers during our Halo 3 tournament, I couldn’t wait to get another tournament going. We would of had one a bit sooner, but as many of you know, life can sometimes get in the way. But alas life has subsided and we are ready to see who is the best of the best in Gears of War 2. This will be an individual tournament, no teams will be allowed.

The tournament will be held on June 20th & 21st of this year. To enter simply send an email with your name, location, and gamertag to lukewind@me.com. Please have GOW2 as your subject line. There are only 60 spots open for the tournament so sign-up right away.

Please read the all the rules below to make sure that you qualify. If you have any questions or concerns please just contact me through my twitter account. My twitter user name is lukewind.

Rules:
1. You must 18 or over to play.
2. Anyone displaying racist or hateful speech will be kicked out of tournament.
3. Contestants Must Reside in Continental United States or Canada.
4. You must have an XBL microphone, if I can’t hear you then it’s game over.

I am currently in the process of getting together the prizes for the tournament so I will post that info when we get closer to the tournament. I will also post how we will be scoring to decide the winners. You have nearly 4 weeks to prepare so get online and practice, but make sure to sign-up first. NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER JUNE 17th.

Our friends over at Good Old Games have been feeling the love for us over at Aeropause.com and decided that they needed to giveaway a few games to those that just have not bought into the love that is Good Old Games.  Actually, they just want to give games away, so here is the deal.  Over the next six weeks, we are going to be giving 10 games away from Good Old Games.  The codes are good for any game in their inventory, up to $9.99.  Sales Tax will still apply in certain instances. 

To enter the first giveaway, go to this forum thread and name the best game in the Good Old Games catalog and why it is so great.  Two winners will be randomly drawn from the entries.  If you have not registered for the forums, it is simple to do.  Just follow the link, enter the info, and you are In Like Flynn.  The first drawing ends May 31st @ midnight Pacific time.  From that point, there will be a new drawing each week, that you can enter.

The fine folks over at Microsoft have decided that catching crabs is the best thing that can happen to us, as they have teamed up with The Discovery Channel to launch a cross media/cross brand advertising push to promote the latest season of Deadliest Catch.  Beyond the front page branding of MSN and MSN Mobile, Xbox Live Gold Members can enter to win 40o Microsoft Loonies (closest currency conversion I could find today), by texting a simple code at the end of the Deadliest Catch commercial currently on the front page of Xbox Live. 

Microsoft and The Discovery Channel are giving away a total of 2 million points, so you have a good shot at winning, and I seriously need more people to play Space Giraffe.  Check out the official page for rules and regulations, as well as a chance to win without sending an SMS Text.  Good luck.

Oh and one more thing.  Thankfully, this contest does not mean that another Deadliest catch game is coming to the Xbox 360.  Owners everywhere are safe from the possibility of playing another licensed game.

There you have it, the winner of The Godfather II “Name the Aeropause Crew” contest is nissac830.  For his troubles, nissac830 gets one copy of The Godfather II for the Xbox 360 console.  Thanks to Electronic Arts for providing the contest copy and we thank everyone for jumping in for the contest.  We will also be reading off some of the funnier entries this evening on the podcast.  Click the jump for the technical aspects of the contest.

For the contest, each name was entered into an Excel Spreadsheet and Ariel 10 point font was used.  After selecting the area and printing it out on an HP OfficeJet 4215v, the cells were cut identically with a pair of high end cutting shears that were recently sharpened on a sharpening stone.  At that point each name was meticulously folded in half and put into a hat.  The hat was brown in color and had the Catapiller Heavy Equipment logo.  It was a selected for the drawing due to its approximate location to the drawing area, and for its heavy stitching.  Seth Haygood, was then brought into the room to assist with the drawing.  This was done to make sure that the drawing was done by a semi-independent third party to promote fairness.  The name was drawn in a random, haphazard fashion with nissac830’s name being on the open piece of paper that was selected from the hat.

Don’t you wish you would have done something else with your time than have read that block of text.

So here is what you have to do.  You have to give our Aeropause family a cool sounding mafioso family name.  Also, give each of the Aeropodcast posse a great sounding mafia name (don’t forget Fourhman even though he is not on the box).  If you need inspiration, play the first Godfather game, or maybe watch some good gangster films like Godfather I or II, Goodfellas or Married to the Mob.  Well, maybe scratch that last choice.  Anyway, take your entry and post it into this forum thread.  If you are not a member of the forums, go ahead and register.  It is fast, painless and free, which is a great word to hear in today’s economic climate.  Follow this link to join the forums, and get in on your chance to play as one of the Family in The Godfather II.

Hurry as the contest ends April 10, 2009 at noon.  Also, due to region coding, the game is in NTSC format, so the contest is only good in those regions.

The winners are Jrittmayer, Jordan Snyder (I had to type it right for contest purposes) and William745.  Please send an email to joseph@aeropause.com so I can get your prizes emailed out today.

Congrats to all the winners, and a big thanks to Emily, Dan and the whole staff over at Telltale Games for providing the prizes for our contest.  If you want more info on Wallace and Gromit or any other Telltale product, check them out at www.telltalegames.com.  Thanks again, and get cracking winners!

For this contest, there are three ways that you can win, and you can enter into each method once.  No more than one entry into each contest, or you will be eliminated from the prize pool, and we will call you names on the podcast.

So of course, you are entering a contest for a full season pass to the Wallace and Gromit game on PC.  Your code will give you access to every episode of Wallace and Gromit on the day that they come out.  You just have to register the code with Telltale Games when you receive it.  That is it.  So now that you are primed and ready, hit the jump and find out how to enter the contest.

Here are your three modes of entry.  The first is to email us at tips@aeropause.com, giving us the best name possible for a Wallace conceived invention.  The crazier, the better.  Secondly, you can win by posting in this forum topic, as to which Aeropause writer reminds you of Wallace, and which one reminds you of Gromit.  Lastly, you can go to the Aeropause Twitter feed where a question will be asked this afternoon.  Answer the question and you are entered into the drawing.  You have to be a follower of the Twitter feed to win.  One copy will be handed out via each contest method, so you have three ways to win.  Spread the word and tell your friends.  The contest will end on March 23rd, at noon Pacific time.  Good luck.