This year, we actually have too much PAX Prime swag to list it all. So we'll post the highlights and try to fill in some of the details - and maybe add some more pictures on our Facebook page - throughout the week.
Here are the highlights of what lurks inside the big olive green XCOM backpack - which could be YOUR backpack, if you're lucky:
- Limited Edition Halo Warthog MegaBlox set
- HaloFest attendee badge
- Halo Cortana avatar prop code
- Halo plushie Grunt
- Mass Effect 3 inflatable omniblade
- 2K Games belt buckle
- Plants vs. Zombies magnet set
- Plants vs. Zombies light-up glasses
- Plants vs. Zombies "I'd rather be eating brains" bumper sticker
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim horn hat
- BioShock Infinite sticker
- Shoot Many Robots t-shirt
- Retro/Grade t-shirt
- Orcs Must Die! comic
- Darkness II comic
- Darkness II demon mask
- Renegade Ops dog tag
- Magic The Gathering 30-card starter deck
- Lollipop Chainsaw tattoo
- Heaven Help Us ruler
- Goddess of Destruction whoopee cushion
- Official PAX Prime 2011 program guide
- Countless buttons, stickers, cards and more
The swag bag winner ALSO gets this instant poster collection:
- BioShock Infinite Booker and Elizabeth outlaws
- Dead Rising (double-sided)
- Dragon's Dogma
- Retro/Grade
- Street Fighter vs. Tekken
- X-Men Destiny
- PAX "Keep Calm and Respawn"
Here's how to enter and boost your odds with up to 4 chances to win:
- Enter a comment here, as usual. That's all you really NEED to do.
- Tweet the following on Twitter: Win #PAX Prime 2011 Super Epic Swag Bag at BusyGamerNews.com, home of Busy Gamer Podcast: RT + Enter here: http://bit.ly/qwXNoD #bgnfsf
- Review (or re-review) our Busy Gamer Podcast on iTunes.
- Review (or re-review) the Best of Busy Gamer Podcast on iTunes. This is a short audio highlights feed with our reviews, audio tours and other timeless bits!
If you do 2, 3 and/or 4 (and why wouldn't you?), you do need to let us know your Twitter/iTunes name(s) in your comment so we can find, verify and include your bonus entries in the drawing and match them up to contact you if one of them wins.
If we can't confirm the bonus entry and easily tell who you are on Twitter and/or iTunes, the bonus entry is disqualified. If you tweet vigorously (more than 5 times a day on average), include the direct link to your tweet and don't delete it!
You DO have to enter a comment here and follow the other rules to be eligible:
Simply post a comment on this page. (You can do the other things listed above if you want to earn some extra chances to win.) Say whatever is on your mind as long as it's not an ad or profane. Be sure to read the Sweepstakes Rules to ensure you are eligible to win and don't get disqualified by double-posting or forgetting to provide an e-mail address.
NOTE: If you play for extra chances on Twitter or by posting podcast reviews on iTunes, you still have to enter here AND let us know your Twitter and/or iTunes names so we can match you up. iTunes ratings alone do not count since we can't see who posted them, so add a comment! If you already posted an iTunes review, you can still update your review once a week for a bonus entry in each week's giveaway. Just log in to iTunes and click Write a Review; it should load your existing review and let you modify it. Make a change (even a small one) and then check to ensure that it appears on top with the new date or it won't count!
You may also want to white list this domain; we've had MANY would-be winners lose out because they never responded to their prize notification! If you use TypeKey/TypePad, be sure your e-mail address will be shared. No e-mail address, no prize. (Don't worry, no one else will see it - and we'll only use it to contact you if you win.)
Note that unless you're an authenticated poster who has been active on the site and marked as trusted, your comment will NOT appear immediately. It will go into a queue for me to approve, which I'll do several times a day (except the first weekend, where comments may not be approved until sometime late on Sunday). Do NOT double-post. We'll extend the entry period for this until 8:01 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, September 7 to ensure you have plenty of time to enter and verify your entry was posted.
We also sometimes give away unannounced Instant Win prizes and podcast extras. Here are a few tips since this can happen at any time (and we've got SO MANY backed up; we'll post them once we get a little less busy!). 1) Follow Gamewatcher on Twitter. Before we post the next Instant Win, we'll give you a fair warning tweet. 2) Subscribe to our RSS feed and set it to check for updates frequently.
We continue to stock up on cool goodies for Free Stuff Friday - and we will keep doing so as long as there's enough response. So tell your friends about this! Hey, if we get bigger, so will the prizes that YOU could win! While you're at it, post comments wherever you see something interesting. Also, if you get a game code you don't need or have some other cool game-related prize you want to donate, we'd be very grateful (we pay for much of this stuff ourselves!).
I must win that Mass Effect 3 inflatable omniblade! Thanks for the contest!
Comment and tweet this time!
Twitter: @CaptainUrahara
Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/CaptainUrahara/status/109526871980523520
Awesome contest! Good luck everyone.
Awesome swag! Thanks for the contest.
@FSNsaber
Hope I win. If not that's cool...
Thank you for putting this on.
I really hope I win this. I am in desperate need of swag and may never even sniff at any in my whole life because I live far from the places they hold cons and such.
Twitter: @Gram_Cracker (direct link to tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/Gram_Cracker/status/109528843626360832 )
Thats some nice swag. Thanks for the contest.
Twitter: @Hunter_Silver
Oh god, I need that Grunt Plushie and the Skyrim hat. Other stuff looks awesome, but I NEED those. Reviewed both podcasts on itunes and retweeted, both under the username deadbodyman11.
Awesome Swag! That list is amazing! Thanks for the chance to win it!
Thats a lot of cool stuff. Good luck everyone.
Sounds awesome, I especially like that Bioshock poster.
twitter: @wykinyan
DOVAHKIIIIIIIIIIIIIN! That hat is amazing.
Oh man this looks rad, I hope I win.
This would be so so cool to win. @archangelreb
so much good stuff
@tumor20
Love the swag, hope to win! twitter: @n0idzz
Thanks for the giveaway!
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Jragon274/status/109593258803474432
Hope I can finnaly win, so was bummed school started early and I couldn't go to first PAX espcially bummed about missing Halo Fest...Thanks for the awesome contest and a chance to win some memories! :)
Twitter Post (@bfett9): http://twitter.com/#!/bfett9/status/109604187591024640
Itunes nickname: lokie56
In it to win it baby!!!
I have completed all entries
Twitter: @LocoElBob Direct Link: https://twitter.com/#!/LocoElBob/status/109618667515412480
iTunes: LocoElBob
Extremely epic! In!
Twitter: @al3xgo
Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/al3xgo/status/109619428244733952
i want.. grunt ...plushie
Thought I'd leave a comment here!
You guys wouldn't happen to have a Pax Sivir code would you?
My friend is totally into LoL, and loves Tron a lot, so I've kind of been scouring the interwebs looking for one.
Awesome contests! good luck everyone.
Sweet! I got my eyes on that Grunt plushie and Cortana code. *Pets screen*Must win.
Twitter: JaseDakota http://twitter.com/#!/JaseDakota/status/109637687815839744
On iTunes I reviewed both as Maurice Davies and the title for the main BGs podcast was "Great!" and on the best of BG the title was "Honest"
Hope that makes it easy to find my entries! Good luck to everyone!
The backpack is awesome! I signed up for gametap for a while just to play original XCOM again. @razorace1
Grunt Plushie!!!!!!!!!! I'm so entering this contest!
Twitter: @CaptainQuiet
I would love to win the pax swag.
Great contest! Good luck to all!
Wow, what a prize pack! Thanks for the contest!
Twitter: @eugaet_aux
RT'd here: https://twitter.com/#!/eugaet_aux/statuses/109658166505123840
whoops, almost forgot my twitter handle...
@kaijunexus
Awesome giveaway. There are a number of things I want in it! Thanks for the chance at winning some sweet swag.
twitter: @cosmetics_guy
Entering as an attempt to win this awesome prize.
Wow, so many cool things! Plus, I love Mass Effect sooooooo much!! :) Thanks for the great giveaway!
Twitter - @enter_now
Tweeted this giveaway - http://twitter.com/#!/Enter_Now/statuses/109668754929090560
Awesome contest, been to Pax East last 2 years and plans for a 3rd. Pax is an amazing time!!
Awesome stuff!! Especially would love to snag that limited grunt plushie ;) Thanks for the chance!
@keklar
WOW thats some pretty SWEET SWAG Awesome contest thanks for the chance
Nice prizes! Please enter me to win these. I'm @alee67 on Twitter and I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/#!/alee67/status/109691633985007616
Thanks!
I would really like to win this. I'd give the Halo stuff to my nephew, keep some for myself, and turn the rest into prizes for my 5th grade students.
Yay for this contest!! Was too busy Enforcing to really be able to get any swag or visit Expo Hall. Thank you!!
Very nice lots of great stuff in there. Grats to who ever gets this
@Wuvein
Damn this looks good
Sweet swag! Would LOVE this!!! :)
love that backpack!
@starkeee
Very cool contest.
twitter : sirdan357
I'm a huge fan of stuff. Since you are giving away stuff, I would like it. Please give me stuff. Thank you =)
-hoarder of stuff
Thank you for the chance to win stuff.
I certainly have some things in mind for that omniblade.
Username on Twitter and iTunes is Flak_BL
Soo much stuff I want!!!!!!!!
@OnyxPrimal on twitter
OnyxPrimal on iTunes
(Must do bonus entries... gotta win!)
It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine.
@UltimoRey
Would love to win more gaming swag to put on display in my collection. Would also be awesome to win something from a gaming expo being as I've never been to one because none are close here. Thanks for chances go win BGN.
Twitter: DeaVAmp
Awesome contest, I want 100% of everything there :)
Twitter: @Jake_Jenova
Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/Jake_Jenova/status/109541622475276288
iTunes: Reviewed both under "jakejenova", titles I believe should be Amazing & Fantastic
I would love to have this giveaway.
Fantastic contest as usual!!
@gohanegret
Thanks for the chance!
Twitter: @IIBlazer
iTunes: IIBlazer
The X-com bag is very cool. Thanks for holding the contest. Hoping I win, but good grace to the winner, whoever it is!
OMG this stuff looks awesome!! i would die for some pax swag thanks so much for giving us all a chance to win such amazing prizes :) tweeted and been following from @volcombrandon :)!! thanks so much :)
That's some good stuff! Hope I win!
@rogXue
I will win this.
Yet another great contest!
RT: @Sogelord
Great giveaway! I'd love to win this awesome swag. I've entered on twitter and re-reviewed on both the Busy and Best podcast.
Twitter: @VeridisQuo1
Re-reviewed on iTunes: VeridisQuo1
Great contest good luck to all
thats a lot of stuff
@groteyt
Nice contest!
Would be epic to win :D
@Haloboez
I would love to win this time =[
Man I need some posters, my wall is full of nothing.
I WANT NAO!
This would have been such an awesome event to have attended! I'm a gamer chic and no I wouldn't have squealed, I would have shouted out that I was there! I think I'm gunna go game now :)
@CherryRasulka
This is such an awesome giveaway! Can't wait to see who wins!
In it to win it!! @topnotch1083 = (twitter)
I was wondering where people got those Mass Effect omniblades in all the pax photos.
That's some pretty sweet swag.
Twitted: @starcrest_13
Awesome contest! I really wish I could have gone this year. That grunt plushie is adorable! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
You two are amazing, thanks for the shot at that awesome grunt plush
@el_Ross_M
Some awesome swag you got there. Wish I could have gone to PAX myself. Thanks for the awesome contest :D!
Twitter: @zombiebash3r
Awesome stuff you're giving away.
Sounds like you had a great time!
i would love to get a hold of the xcom bag. thank you for the chance to win.
This Bag of Goodies is Awesome i hope i win Good Luck to everyone.
Thanks for the chance to win this incredible gaming goodie bag!!
That's a lot of stuff.
Twitter: @oberfuhrerSSjon
i would love to get a hold of the xcom bag. thank you for the chance to win.
Entering for a shot at this awesome contest. Thanks for the opportunity
I like the backpack. Some freebie would be a nice touch as well. Choose me.
I would love to win this pax bag because a of of PvZ items and a I green olive bag :D
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/ItsPirrip/status/109867287133167616
@ItsPirrip
Awesome contest.
Twitter: @Rificz
Really packed house today. Count me in. These conventions are really going away lots of swag these days, I should go more often. One time I started wearing shirts after shirts like 15 tshirts of them cuz all the booths were going them away and I didn't have room to hold them all.
Thanks for this chance at some sweet swag. Good luck all!
Retweeted @AkariK. Entering to lose! Thanks for the contest.
Looks awesome. Thanks
@Letsgetacid
The Swag Monster wants to consume your swag bag!
thank you for the chance to get this
@largondw
Looks pretty sweet - wouldn't mind a little swag. =)
Would love to win the Bioshock art work.Thanks for the contest.
@zero110100
http://twitter.com/#!/zero110100/status/109938297618448384
Awesome contests!
Awesome contest, thanks for doing it!
Awesome swag! Thanks for the contest! I also entered on Twitter, name is Zeldafanatic15
I will be honest, I just won Soul Calibur 4 from you guys and I know that I probably don't have any chance of winning this swag bag but I had to try. LOOK AT HOW MUCH GREAT STUFF IS IN IT!!! Anyways, fingers crossed!
That's definitely one he'll of a swag bag! I hope I win it!! (twitter: @n0udles)
Count me in!
Twitter: @ilRadd
cool thanks for the chance at this contest. hope i win
Twitter: @Evilteddy03
Nice Contest!
Twitter @fresh0288
Awesome contest, would love to win it :).
Twitter: @llthatguyll
iTunes Nick: llthatguyll
Thanks for the chance/s to win this
Posted on twitter as well @dorwrath
I would so love the...everything! Thanks for the chance.
Wow, lots of awesome stuff! Good luck, everyone!
Twitter: fritter7
A lot of great stuff im a huge fan! i hope i can win =)
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/StrikeAtKarkand/status/110094493574889472
@StrikeAtKarkand
Thanks for the contest. Awesome prize!
@icemonkey786
Twitter is NathanOfLight, tweeted about this. Thanks for the contest, looks like some cool stuff!
awww yea
@labahotei
I generally don't like swag (here's everything I brought home from PAX East: two t-shirts, some "Earth Defense Force" stuff, and my badge- that's it), but I like it when I don't have to collect it myself.
Tweeted (@retweeted_by)
Thanks for this fantastic edition of FFF! I'm drooling over the bag and the poster collection right now :P
Tweeted as @gxgear
pick meeeeeeeeee
@TheGameGuy401
Awesome swag. That bag is awesome!
@GhostSharkCP9
That is my twitter!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
@SneekyBeagle
Entered on twitter as username: stealth1290
Both podcasts were reviewed again under username: stealth1290!
Wow awesome swag. I'm in thanks :)
RT https://twitter.com/#!/Chronorayven/status/110154860200079360
Twitter: @Chronorayven
Awesome contest, Thank you.
Damn you guys delivered on the goods once again!!!..Would love to win so I could feel like I've actually been to PAX for once in my life :P.
@hestar69
Good Luck everyone haha thats alot of stuff :P
Twitter: IAmSecretSpy
You guys are great. Thanks for the contest, here's hope for me winning! =]
@Pushaman55
This has got to be the biggest swag contest I've ever seen.
@dbnguyen
https://twitter.com/#!/dbnguyen/status/110161871113433088
Anything from this pile of swag would be lovely!
https://twitter.com/#!/sgn2/status/110162619553427456
@sgn2
I've seen such a huge pile of swag before. I hope I win something. Thanks for the chance to win! :)
@michaeltheninja
https://twitter.com/#!/MichaelTheNinja/status/110162961779265536
Oh God, please pick me to win something!
@ribbonhearts206
https://twitter.com/#!/ribbonhearts206/status/110163261281931264
That's a lot of stuff! Hope I win! :D
https://twitter.com/#!/JeffreyNguyen/status/110163744805498880
@jeffreynguyen
Man I surely hope I do win! @mrlibraryan
https://twitter.com/#!/mrlibraryan/status/110164103275876355
Thanks for the contest!
https://twitter.com/#!/ductongue/status/110164411016163329
@ductongue
That's not a swag pile, it's a swag mountain! Wowza!
https://twitter.com/#!/dahlindan/status/110164688100265984
@dahlindan
Geez louise! that's a lot of swag. I hope I win! =)
@iamlauratran
https://twitter.com/#!/iamlauratran/status/110164934905696256
@blbeel program guide yessss
Awesome amount of Swag, so sad I missed PAX this year, hopefully this will make up for it, also tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/OregonSlacker/status/110228767049388032
I'll give this a shot. It might be cool to get some of this stuff.
thats a pretty nice bag, i'd like a pretty nice bag like that.
Twitter: @louisdh1980
Tweeted: CrunchbiteNuva
Awwww a Grunt Plushie cuteeeee
pax prime swag are getting better each year. hope pax east will be as good.
Cool Stuff!
Thats some pretty sweet swag ... I want!!!!
Want to win this swag bag all the great looks fantastic.
@ropes
Sounds awesome. I look forward to seeing how this ends up :D
Twitter: giveawayjohnson
I would love to win this awesome swag bag. Even just the little Halo grunt is enough for me! Thanks for the contest!
@secretclean
Woo
Sweet. Thanks for the chance.
Wow, that's a lot of swag. Hopefully someday I'll be able to go to PAX.
This would be awesome to have
Twitter: @LordofAwesome6
In it to win it, thanks for the great giveaway!
Your swag giveaways are your best giveaways. Thanks, Gamewatcher.
1) I'm in for another one. Thanks! :)
2) @BossVersion1
http://twitter.com/#!/BossVersion1/status/110476577812398080
PAX swag you say?! Don't mind if I do!!
Cool, hope I win :)
Gl everyone.
Really hoping I win this!
Twitter: alecgates15
iTunes: alecgates15
Awesome contest! I'd love to get my hands on that swag!
I also tweeted it (@Burning_Karma): http://twitter.com/#!/Burning_Karma/statuses/110519073833615360.
I would like that Skyrim Horn Hat. But I'm afraid people might think I'm trying to compensate for something..... Not that I need to.
Awesome Contest!!!
twitter: serujio
http://twitter.com/#!/serujio/status/110572024769941504
I kissed this comment for good luck! Now to clean my monitor.
Sweet swag bag!
I posted on twitter as well -
http://twitter.com/#!/bennihana123
MUST.WIN.POSTERS.
@Jeff_Gillespie
RT'd as @Elektr0ns and entered here as well. Thanks for the contest!
Goodness I've never seen 100+ entry's into one Free Stuff Fridays lol. Guess everyone really really wants some pax swag. tweeted @anthrodude1 here's hoping I win some sweet swag.
I love swag!
Twitter: @Strait1337
Lots of cool SWAG! I wants it :)
@hma42
can't say no to swag
tweeted under Nanaya
I need to win...or all humanity will fail. You can never escape your fate..
Hope I win
Thanks for the contest! Tweeted @Ryoman701
Thanks for this amazing contest!
Twitter: Rindeathblade (Direct Link: http://twitter.com/#!/RinDeathblade/status/111237723473461248 )
iTunes nickname: Hiroshou
wow I have to get in on this!
Good luck everyone. Thanks for the contest too!
Twitter @justinfarrey entry
iTunes review - readyaimfire - Reviewed both
I must have that OmniBlade!!
Twitter @LoganDX
I hope I win this!
Twitter: Henryatehishat (Direct Link: https://twitter.com/#!/Henryatehishat/status/111471735404113920 )
twitter JateLexter linkhttp://twitter.com/#!/Jatelexter THANKS FOR GIVEAWAY
Missed out on a lot of the cool stuff this year. Thanks for the contest!
Twitter: pcloeb3 (Direct link: http://twitter.com/#!/pcloeb3/status/111532701739270144)
Awesome contest!! A lot of really awesome stuff!!
Awesome Swag..
WOWZERS Awesome giveaway thanks for the chance Tweeting as @Claptrap43
Free PAX swag sounds swell
And the winner is: 59. Edward
Congrats! We actually have some more swag from PAX Prime and other great prizes, so stay tuned!