I’m not giving away just one or two cameras. I actually have 3 plastic cameras that I am going to put in the ring for the photojunkie one million giveaway extravaganza. I have one Diana F camera with box and flashunit, no bulbs. And I have two Jazz Zoom cameras that I dug up, which include outdated film and batteries. These cameras are fully operationally and are getting harder and harder to find. So don’t miss out on this opportunity. I’ll even throw in a roll of film to the winner of the Diana-F.

Since we are inching closer to the 1 million mark (see the counter on the side) I am gonna draw for these prizes once we hit our goal, which will hopefully be sooner rather than later.

To register for one of these prizes, simply leave a comment on this post which will entitle you to one ballot or link to this post from your blog and receive an extra.

REMINDER: There is also an SX-70 up for grabs.

The fine folks at Buena Vista Games and High Road has tossed a copy of Lumines II and Every Extend Extra for us to giveaway [details after the jump]. Since I don’t have a PSP and since my sister does and has played both, here is what she has to say about these two titles.

Lumines II is a puzzle game where squares of various 2 coloured patterns fall from the top of the screen and the player must move and rotate the pieces to create blocks of a single colour. The bigger the blocks, the higher your score. While you do this, a timeline moves repeatedly from left to right clearing these single coloured areas, giving room for you to do more of the same. If nothing is cleared, the blocks will stack up and once they reach the top, it’s game over. This sequel boasts more levels (or skins) and more play modes than the original. It also features hit tunes from famed artists such as Black Eyed Peas, Missy Elliot, Gwen Stefani and Beck. Tetris junkies will fall in love with this game.

Every Extend Extra is also a puzzle game but with a shooter twist. You control a cursor that moves across a playing field which slowly populates with other floating shapes and you must destroy them by self detonating when they are in close proximity to you. This explosion causes the shapes to explode and the shapes close to them to explode and so forth. Think Geometry Wars (or Asteroids for you old schoolers) but in reverse — instead of a small ship that explodes moving objects that are attacking it by shooting at them, the moving objects are shooting at you and you clear them by exploding yourself. It’s unique presentation is engaging and hypnotic. If you love watching your music player visualization with a passion, you’ll likely enjoy this game too.

Both games have bright, colourful, stylized visuals that look fantastic on that beautiful PSP screen and the trippy electro synth music found in both games’ levels change along with the moves you make. The overall result are two highly addictive and totally immersive gameplay experiences.

Perhaps this giveaway will give you a reason to dust off that PSP, if not maybe one of these downloadable demos will inspire your PSP love-on.

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The Holiday season definitely slows down volume of traffic on the internet. Everybody seems to have better stuff to do. But now we’re getting deeper in January and much closer to our one million goal. With 45000 visitors left to go we seem to be dragging our feet, but hopefully we’ll reach our goal in February if not sooner. Today I’m announcing a whole pile of winners. but in the coming days I’ll be announing a whole slew of new prizes.

Gears of War
Gear of War was the most anticpated game of 2006 for the Xbox 360. And luckily we snagged a copy to giveaway to one of our readers. Hopefully they won’t lose too many hours of sleep once they start playing it. Thanks to the folks at Microsoft and HighRoad for the game. The winner is Troy from Blue Goo Ate My Mom.

Eragon
I first read Eragon a couple of years ago after a fellow Harry Potter fan suggested the book to me. I was quick fan of the book and have since read the second in the trilogy. Thanks to Random House Canada we have a copy to give away. The winner of the paperback version of Eragon is Dane from End of the Boardwalk. Enjoy.

Cheap Eats Toronto/Ottawa Set
There is nothing more inspiring than DIYers in action. That’s the story behind Alexa Clarke and her Cheap Eats books. Having editions for both Toronto and Ottawa Alexa has been offering up some of the best and most affordable places to eat around each city. Thanks To Alexa for donating this prize pack. I have two more sets to give away in the coming weeks, so it’s not to late to get in on this action. The winner of the first set is Paul from Canadian Musings.

Desperate Housewives
Oh I wish I had a PC again, so I could play such a mindless and twisted game like Desperate Housewives the Video Game. Just imagine the drama I could create amongst the neighbours. I’ve already given two of these away and will still have one more to give away after today, so it’s not too late to sign up for this one either. Thanks again to the folks at Buena Vista and High Road for the copy of the game. This week the winner is Alisha at Fellow Eskimo.

Spacing
So I’ve been a contributor to Spacing Magazine for a few years now. And it’s always amazing what they put out there. Although I think one of the things they will be remembered for most is their series of Subway Buttons. The kind folks at Spacing have kindly donated a Downtown Station set of buttons as well as a pile of 2007 Spacing calendars. Olena from PhotOlena wins the set of buttons. And the calendars go to Daisyhead, Perpetual Beta, I dream in colours and Sum Ting Wong with Chu Hefner.

NOTE: The Jim Munroe Giveaway is still open as well.

Met up with Dead Robot yesterday to give him his copy of Desperate Housewives, The Video Game. Looks like he started playing it as soon as he got home. I wonder how the Ice Queen is doing with hers.