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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Video game merit badges; Tetris is the new archery]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/19/video-game-merit-badges-tetris-is-the-new-archery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/19/video-game-merit-badges-tetris-is-the-new-archery/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/19/video-game-merit-badges-tetris-is-the-new-archery/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/retro/" rel="tag">Retro</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/fashion/" rel="tag">Fashion</a></p><a href="http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=10806&amp;display=photoshop#entries"><img width="425" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="425" border="0" align="middle" src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/06/joystiq_meritbadge.jpg" id="vimage_1" alt="" /></a><br />In this Worth 1000 Photoshop contest, entrants were tasked with creating a "real-life merit badge." Our favorites: this 2600 <strike>joystiq</strike> joystick, a <em>Tetris</em> badge, a <em>Pac-Man</em> badge, and a weird Half-Life lambda logo in a pink triangle ... though we're not sure that one's game related. <br /><br />While those are all really boss, I'm really wanting a <em>Geometry Wars</em> badge. Busting 1mln points certainly deserves something more than a simple XBL achievement!<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/18/photoshopped_modern_.html">Boing Boing</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/19/video-game-merit-badges-tetris-is-the-new-archery/">Video game merit badges; Tetris is the new archery</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:25:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=10806&amp;display=photoshop#entries>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/19/video-game-merit-badges-tetris-is-the-new-archery/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/634909/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/19/video-game-merit-badges-tetris-is-the-new-archery/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievements</category><category>Badges</category><category>Merit badges</category><category>MeritBadges</category><category>Photoshop</category><category>Worth1000</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Grant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:25:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>