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Where's his fizz? Bow Wow challenges gamers as April's celeb gamer

by Xav de Matos { Apr 15th 2009 at 10:00AM }

Hulk-loving artist, Shad Gregory Moss (aka, Bow Wow) is challenging gamers as April's Xbox Game With Fame celebrity. NBA Live 09 fans are invited to go up against the Tokyo Drift survivor today at 5:00PM ET on Xbox Live. If you're up to the task, make sure to add the Gamertag Bow Wow GWF -- Xbox.com has all the deets for the event.

In case the possibility of playing against a "world-famous celebrity" is frightening to you, we've developed a list of questions you can ask Bow Wow. They include:

Did you find your fizz?
How does one procure fizz?
If Train A leaves Berkeley at 1PM and Train B leaves Toronto at 4PM, at what point -- when they intersect -- will the fizz be made available?
Can you please stop singing into the mic?

Mastodon and Pearl Jam join March's Game with Fame

by Dustin Burg { Mar 12th 2009 at 4:00PM }

After giving into our mild case of insomnia and mindlessly surfing the internet at 3 am, we stumbled across Xbox.com's Game with Fame page and found March to be full of events. Several bands, including Mastodon, Thursday and Pearl Jam's Matt Cameron, will all be gaming it up this month.

Click the links below to learn more about each of the Xbox Live Game with Fame events and add the appropriate Gamertags to your friends list, if you must. Now, it's time for us to go to bed ...

March 19 - Mastodon plays F.E.A.R. 2
March 21 - Thursday plays CoD: WaW
March 25 - Jamey Johnson plays NASCAR '09
March 27 - Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam) plays Rock Band 2

Rock Band 2's Rock the World Live Weekend

by Dustin Burg { Oct 3rd 2008 at 5:15PM }

Get ready to rock all morning, all night and weekend long with the Xbox.com and Harmonix sponsored Rock Band 2 Rock the World Live Weekend.

Beginning today through Sunday, October 5th you can experience a weekend full of fun, Play & Win prizes , Game with Developers action and even a Game with Fame session where you'll get the chance to jam with Panic at the Disco in Rock Band 2. But you'll have to register and add some people to your friends list to get the complete Rock the World Live Weekend experience, so get to it and we'll see you rockin' out online.

Kill dinos in Turok with rock band Distrubed

by Dustin Burg { Jun 30th 2008 at 1:15PM }

Heads up to those looking to Game with rock band Fame today, because later this evening the band Disturbed will be connected to Xbox Live playing some Turok.

From 6-8:00PM eastern (3-5:00PM pacific) Disturbed will be participating in Xbox.com's Game With Fame, playing a few games of Turok multiplayer under the Gamertag Disturbed GWF. Sounds fun and all, it's just ... well, why play Turok? Couldn't Disturbed pick up a game like ... say, Halo 3? If they did, then we'd be super excited to play.

[Thanks, NUCK1N FUTS]

Play Halo 3 with Wanted's James McAvoy

by Dustin Burg { Jun 13th 2008 at 2:00PM }

If you aren't doing too much this Sunday, then you may want to sit yourself down on the sofa, turn on your 360 (as if you weren't going to do that anyway) and play some Halo 3 with Wanted movie star James McAvoy, because he'll be online as part of Xbox.com's Game With Fame. And while sticking spiker grenades in his melon or filling his chest full of pink needles, you may be able to chat it up and talk about how Wanted co-star Angelina Jolie keeps her unnaturally supple lips so plump. Or you could question him about his supposed involvement in The Hobbit. Or you could just play Halo 3 and refrain from badgering him with annoying questions. But that's no fun. We demand our Jolie lip questions be answered!

Sasquatch! GWF: Ozomatli and The National

by Dustin Burg { May 9th 2008 at 4:00PM }

In a few weeks time, the Sasquatch! Music Festival (the same festival that will NOT have a GoW2 beta) will kick off and hundreds of thousands of music fans will decend upon the festival grounds. But even if you won't be attending the musical fun, you can still play games with a few of the bands thanks to the Xbox.com sponsored Game With Fame.

Scheduled for Game With Fame fun on May 24th will be Wil-Dog Abers and Asdru Sierra from fusion band Ozomatli who'll be playing Halo 3 and indie rock group The National's own Bryan Devendorf will be online playing MLB 2K8. If you're interested in playing with either band, click the links below for GWF playtimes, band Gamertags and other important details. Game on!

Read - Ozomatli GWF from Sasquatch!
Read - The National GWF from Sasquatch!

Challenge Belanova to an Xbox Live rock-off

by Dustin Burg { Apr 9th 2008 at 9:00AM }

We aren't sure how you'll get it to work out, but if you can squeeze in some time between your morning commute or during first period, you can rock out with the "Mexican sensation" Belanova over Xbox Live. Kicking off today at 10:30AM eastern (7:30AM pacific), Belanova will be signed into Xbox Live under the gamertag "BelanovaGWF" for some Game with Fame fun challenging gamers to a few tracks in Rock Band. So, if you can work your schedule out accordingly, send the Belanova crew a friend request and strap on your Stratocaster for a few tracks on Rock Band.

Underoath's month long Game with Fame

by Dustin Burg { Apr 4th 2008 at 3:30PM }

In continuation of the music themed Game with Fame we're being treated to lately, hard rock band Underoath will be playing both Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 on Xbox Live once a week for an entire month! Each Thursday at around 6:00PM eastern from now through May 1st, Underoath fans or Underoath hecklers can hop onto Xbox Live to game it up with the band members. Feel free to shoot them a friend request (a complete list of all six Gamertags posted after the jump) and start getting your Underoath shooting on next Thursday.

Play Madden NFL with the guys from P.O.D.

by Dustin Burg { Apr 3rd 2008 at 4:30PM }

We never would have thought that metal band P.O.D. enjoyed themselves a game of Madden, but we guess you learn something new every day. Participating in Xbox.com's Game With Fame, P.O.D. will log onto Xbox Live and challenge gamers to a game of Madden NFL 08 on Friday, April 11th at 6:30PM eastern. Send a friend request to either GWF POD or GWF POD 2 to get your chance to play and start pounding the Gatorade in preparation for next week. Oh, and clean those cleats.

Gaming with Nickelodeon fame

by Dustin Burg { Mar 28th 2008 at 2:45PM }

Today, at 5:00PM eastern (2:00PM pacific), Xbox Live Game with Fame gets a healthy coat of orange paint going Nickelodeon with two Nick stars gaming it up with fans. Roxy Hunter's own Aria Wallace and Zoey 101's Victoria Justice will be on Xbox Live playing Guitar Hero III and DDR: Universe 2 under the gamertags NickGWF1 and NickGWF2. So gather the kids, gather the adults, shoot a few friend requests and show those Nickelodeon stars how brutal Xbox Live can really be. Do us proud.

Game with Heroes producer fame

by Dustin Burg { Mar 3rd 2008 at 11:15AM }

Xbox.com is officially calling this month SuperMarch and as part of the planned SuperMarch festivities, Heroes' producer will be on Xbox Live letting you Game with Fame.

Executive producer of the Heroes television series Jesse Alexander (not Jason Alexander) will be on Xbox Live gaming it up in a little Frontlines: Fuel of War. So, if the prospect of fragging alongside Mr. Alexander sounds rather appealing, shoot a friend request over to snapmanifesto and prepare for Frontlines gaming on March 14th from 11:30PM-12:30AM eastern. And note, your abnormal super powers will not be allowed while gaming over Live.

With BR in hand, Korn's Davis readies for H3 GWF

by Dustin Burg { Feb 19th 2008 at 5:00PM }

Leaving behind thoughts of the nightmare that was our last Game with ~~Fame~~ attention whores, we're happy to spread word that musical group Korn's own Jonathan Davis will be jumping on Xbox Live to participate in some Halo 3 frag fun. Best thing, he's actually famous.

As it's planned, Davis will be playing Halo 3 online on Wednesday, February 27th from Noon - 2:00PM eastern, but the catch is that he'll be gaming from Lisbon, Portugal. So, North American fanboys, be weary of the evil lag-monster. Shoot a friend request to gamertag "KORN Jonathan1" and hunker down Wednesday night, because we have a feeling a whole bunch of Korn will be popped (zing!)

Valentines gaming with MTV's Heidi and Spencer

by Dustin Burg { Feb 12th 2008 at 2:45PM }

So ... yeah. To celebrate Valentines Day love and as part of the Game with ~~Fame~~ ~~reality~~ Scripted-Reality-Show-People fun, MTV's The Hills "stars" (the term "star" being used very liberally) Heidi and Spencer will be online tonight playing Burnout: Paradise. Yup ...

We aren't entirely sure who at EA had the great idea to setup such an event, seeing that The Hills isn't a show that instantly makes one think of Burnout: Paradise gamers (maybe their goal was to get your girlfriend excited to play Burnout?). And, for whatever reason, we're thinking one's Paradise street cred wouldn't get a boost if one were to play with Heidi. Actually, we think you'd be laughed at. But, it's your choice and if you want to tear up the streets with Heidi, Spencer and their surprise guests for Valentines gaming then send a friend request to ... wait a second. We aren't supporting this mockery of a GWF. You'll have to make the jump to get the details as we say boo to The Hills and boo to horrible marketing.

GWF: Bravery shoots and flies this Sunday

by Dustin Burg { Dec 7th 2007 at 12:15PM }

This Sunday, December 9th from 5-7:00PM eastern indie band Bravery will be signed into Xbox Live and will be participating in some Game with Fame shenanigans. Bravery will be playing two games Sunday night (those over achievers), Xbox Originals game Crimson Skies as well as the FPS favorite Halo 3. Send friend requests to either TheBraveryA or TheBraveryJ to secure your playing time with the band and be online Sunday night. Gaming with the famous, that's how we roll.

GWF: Dream Theater plays Crimson Skies

by Dustin Burg { Dec 3rd 2007 at 2:45PM }

Progressive rock band Dream Theater will be taking combat to the skies this week as they're scheduled for some Game with Fame old-school Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge style. From 5-7:00PM eastern this Wednesday, December 5th the entire Dream Theater crew will be on Xbox Live supporting the new Xbox Originals download service playing Crimson Skies multiplayer and possibly some other games too. Make the jump for complete details, band gamertags, send off a few friend requests and play Wednesday night. Crimson Skies and Dream Theater, it's like chocolate and peanut butter ... or something like that.