There is nothing like something for nothing. And all though it's not technically nothing in this case it feels enough like nothing! I'm talking about Old Spice Gamer Challenge's hosted by 360voice.com. The idea of the program is get a bunch of friends together into a competition, give them a week to play games and unlock achievements, and whoever gains the most gamerpoints in a week (or month depending on the amount of people and the prize) wins some pretty sweet swag in real life. We're talkin' stuff that would normally cost you your hard earned cash.

Sure if you really want to win a challenge you do have to compete, and I know that some of my friends can get pretty competitive not only when there are real prizes on the line, but for the inherint bragging rights that come along with a big W. I prefer to look at it from the point of view that I am already going to be playing the games... why not give myself a chance to get paid for it!

I lost the first challenge I participated in, on the last day pretty much in the last hour... but my current challenge (http://www.360voice.com/challenge/1739) is more promising! Wish me luck!