The rules are simple:

• Submit a comment to this post to enter! (Only one entry per person, please.)
• Include the word "GIVEAWAY" in all caps somewhere in your comment.
• Entries will be accepted until 12:00pm (noon) Eastern on Thursday, May 10. Entries submitted after the cutoff won't count, of course.
• Two winners will be selected at random, and they will be notified Thursday afternoon/evening via email and here on the blog post.

Next up:

One of TWO beta weekend access codes for The Secret World!

This key grants you access to the first public beta weekend for The Secret World. To register for a chance to participate in additional beta weekends, you'll need to register using the form on the game's website (right-hand column, just under the "Pre-Order Now Available" block).

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER if you've already pre-ordered The Secret World (pre-orders are guaranteed access to all beta weekends) or if you won't be able to play during this beta weekend. This beta weekend starts on Friday, May 11, at 9:00am Pacific through Sunday, May 13, at 11:59pm Pacific. Make sure to read the FAQ at the bottom of the official news post for all the details!

Remember, there are TWO codes up for grabs here, and there will be TWO winners. Good luck!!

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Woohoo, congrats to Arislyn and Copra!! Your beta keys are on their way to you both!

Stay tuned — even more giveaways to come!!

1. PAX East Loot Giveaway: TERA Beta Weekend Access & Mount It's time for a giveaway!! These are hard-won goodies plucked...
2. PAX East Loot Giveaway: Guild Wars 2 Beta Access It's time for another giveaway!! These are hard-won goodies plucked...
3. Day 1 Swag Report We had a nice day overall, going to the Future...

The rules are simple:

• Submit a comment to this post to enter! (Only one entry per person, please.)
• Include the word "GIVEAWAY" in all caps somewhere in your comment.
• Entries will be accepted until 12:00pm (noon) Eastern on Thursday, April 26. Entries submitted after the cutoff won't count, of course.
• Two winners will be selected at random, and they will be notified Thursday afternoon/evening via email and here on the blog post.

Next up:

One of TWO beta access codes for Guild Wars 2!

Ok, here's how I think this thing works, according to what I read on the GW2 site and my experience with my own GW2 beta code entry. You put the code in at the URL provided, which puts you into their beta access pool. You might get to play this weekend, or you might get into one, any, or all of the future beta access weekends. If this is incorrect, please let me know and I'll post the correction ASAP, but I haven't gotten an answer from the question I asked on Twitter,  so I'm making an educated guess and hoping I land somewhere that borders reality!

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER if you're already in the GW2 beta pool (pre-orders are guaranteed beta access at some point) or if you won't be able to play during this or any upcoming beta weekend. This weekend's beta starts at 12:00pm (noon) Pacific on Friday, April 27 and ends at 11:59pm Pacific on Monday, April 29.

Remember, there are TWO codes up for grabs here, and there will be TWO winners. Good luck!!

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Woohoo, congrats to Paul and John!! Emails containing your respective codes are on their way to you as we speak!

Stay tuned, guys — there are plenty more giveaways to come!

1. PAX East Loot Giveaway: TERA Beta Weekend Access & Mount It's time for a giveaway!! These are hard-won goodies plucked...
2. Day 1 Swag Report We had a nice day overall, going to the Future...
3. PAX East, here we come! Today we're driving out to take in day 1 of...

The rules are simple:

• Submit a comment to this post to enter! (Only one entry per person, please.) Include the word "GIVEAWAY" in all caps somewhere in your comment.
• Entries will be accepted until 12:00pm (noon) Eastern on Thursday, April 19. Entries submitted after the cutoff won't count, of course.
• Two winners will be selected at random, and they will be notified Thursday afternoon/evening via email and here on the blog post.

First up:

One of TWO beta weekend access and mount codes for TERA!

Please note that this beta starts at 12:00pm (noon) Pacific on Friday, April 20 and ends at 11:59pm Pacific on Monday, April 23. If you won't be able to play in the beta weekend, please step aside and let folks who will actually *use* the code have a better chance at actually *winning* the code.

Remember, there are TWO codes up for grabs here, and there will be TWO winners. Good luck!!

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Updated to add: We were told on the show floor that your beta character will carry over when the game is launched! You won't lose your progress — or the sweet mount.

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WINNERS!! Congrats to Dusty and DragonGem! Your codes should be arriving in your inboxes shortly.

Check back soon when I post more giveaways for in-game goodies and beta access keys!

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3. Day 1 Swag Report We had a nice day overall, going to the Future...

The box is gone. No sign of it anywhere.

I drew a few words in the sand, but I'm not sure they'll help: "PLEASE BRING THE BOX BACK"

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On our way out to the reservoir this afternoon, Lola and I passed the same couple we'd seen yesterday as they walked the opposite direction. The guy stopped me and said, "You know, that was a real nice thing you did out there, picking up that trash and leaving the bags." I said, "Oh, the bags are still out there??" He replied that they were, and that the trash situation had gotten out of control recently, and he was glad someone cared enough to try to clean it up.

I got all misty!

I half expected to find my plastic box and its garbage bags and work gloves to be trashed themselves, or even stolen, but nope, there they were — although moved to a different rock nearby. Someone had obviously taken at least one bag of trash out of there (a trashed lawn chair was gone, along with pieces of lumber they'd used for the campfires), and there was another half-full bag that I added a few items to and took back with me. The entire area was MUCH cleaner than it had been; it was very nearly completely garbage-free.

I guess sometimes a little nudge is nudge enough.

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