04.16.2007 $100,000 XBOX LIVE ORIGINALS TV CONTEST
Major Nelson has an offer you can't refuse, but probably will. It's not my fault if you wake up to a severed Wii in your bed: "Got a great idea for a TV Show? How would you like $100k to produce your great idea AND have it digitally delivered over Xbox LIVE?" Ok Nelson, I'm intrigued, tell me more:
The “Xbox LIVE Originals” contest will invite a wide range of artists and Xbox users to create a 5 to 15-minute pilot episode introducing an original television series. The pilots may be any genre (comedy, action, drama, sci-fi, etc.), and they may be live-action, animated or both. All entries must be submitted before June 29th, 2007. A selection of standout finalists will be featured exclusively on Xbox LIVE Marketplace starting in July. The winner of the contest will receive a $100,000 deal with Xbox LIVE to create a six-episode series based on the short pilot as well as an exclusive screening event at the 2007 New York Television Festival.
That totally didn't rule out the porn genre, I'm going to enter this looping NSFW Tifa boob bounce and see how far it gets me. Xbox Live? More like Xbox Live Nudes, check out my NSFW neon sign submission below. Just drop the controller in your lap and Tifa will take care of the rest. That's what Sony gets for screwing around with rumble, say good bye to your gamer girls.
I bet I know what the first real submission actually was, it looks like those Project Put Gamers On TV guys might finally get the recognition they crave. Be warned though, it costs $25 just to enter. Although I can't blame them, I wouldn't want to watch countless clips of inside geek jokes either. If you're interested in giving this contest a try you can get the full details here. The Wii should do something like this, since, you know, it has channels . . and remotes. Yeah, work on that Nintendo.