Does Mom game? Use the woman to get an Xbox 360 Elite!

by Alexander Sliwinski { Apr 10th 2007 at 11:30PM }

Win an Xbox 360 Elite system for ~~yourself~~ your family as part of the "My Mom's a Gamer" contest sponsored by Microsoft ~~and the estate of Joan Crawford~~. The rules are pretty simple, you just submit in under 500 words an essay about your mom (or female legal guardian) and gaming by May 6. What does she play? Does she support your gaming habit? Does she pwn you in games and then with wire hangers? Does she keep Flowers in the Attic and play video games all day?

The Xbox.com team will evaluate the essays for creativity, appeal to readers and an effective show of respect and admiration for your mother figure. We're just going to cut this off before we're compelled to start reciting lines from Mommie Dearest -- if your mom was Joan Crawford you'd totally win the contest instantly! Anyway, talk about her being gracefully apologetic every time she cuts a Locust in half during Gears of War or how she drops f-bombs every time she takes on the 12-year-olds during Halo 2 matches on Xbox Live. We're sure the Xbox.com team would appreciate that.

Tags: 360, joan crawford, mom, mommie dearest, mother's day, xbox

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Smoke_Dawg_187 @ Apr 10th 2007 11:36PM

Where is that picture from? Mama! Let me take a picture of you playing the Xbox 360!

Bluebreaker @ Apr 10th 2007 11:38PM

Yeah she games regularly but I doubt they want to hear about "the other guys".

NO MORE PLASTIC STYLUSES!!!

Sidepocket @ Apr 11th 2007 12:05AM

Um, is it me, or dose this sound like a covert opps to figure out how many Moms play Wii?

Kevin @ Apr 11th 2007 12:05AM

I hate wire hangers.

muppetmeth @ Apr 11th 2007 12:15AM

Mommy Dearest.

Uber @ Apr 11th 2007 12:22AM

Didn't Microsoft just go off on how Nintendo is for kids a couple weeks back?

Of course there are the 30 year olds living in the basement still...

Bluebreaker @ Apr 11th 2007 12:28AM

Very intresting side note to all this: I saw about a month ago a large ad for the XBOX 360 in a Wal-Mart flyer.It showed a mother with her two young girls playing Viva Pinata. I was like "Okay, this is new!"

thebiggameover @ Apr 11th 2007 12:33AM

"Is yo momma so fat, when she broke her leg, gravy came out, and she had to stay on the couch and play video games all day? Then we have a contest for you!!"

mushiking @ Apr 11th 2007 12:57AM

TINA! BRING ME THE AXE!

David Wright @ Apr 11th 2007 5:26AM

Yeay, an essay, my favourite!!

Could they think of a competition that's any more boring?

Don't think I'll bother!

Velops @ Apr 11th 2007 6:59AM

Marketing research as a thinly veiled contest.

This contest is flawed in so many ways.

If your mom is truly a gamer and likes the library of games available for the 360, then she would rather get the Elite rather than the supplementary prize of 100 dollars worth of flowers.

I think this contest is a bit premature since most gaming families are fairly young, consisting of children under the age of 13 (the minimum age requirement for this contest).

The contest requires essays to show respect and admiration of your mom. Unfortunately, that's a tall order when we have clear examples of the the opposite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGGuX-LvuYw