Around the Network #8
Welcome to the MyMedia Around the Network feature! Some of you may remember this as the MyMedia Community Update, and it is essentially the same thing with an emphasis on type of content rather than each site.
This will be published each Monday afternoon/evening to keep you up to date with everything that has happened across MyMedia in the past 7 days. We'll also update you on what is planned for the week ahead.
MyMedia General
Write & Win!
Today we launched our Critic of the Month, or review champ, badge! Along with out Reporter of the Month badge we've up the prizes by not only giving away PWNAGE and the exclusive badge, but games!
If you win the news champ badge on one site twice you'll receive Wii Points/PSN Card/XBLA Points as a thank you. If you win reviewer of the month twice we'll give you a $30 JB Hi-Fi voucher. Check out the champs section below for more information on each.
Reviews
PS3 Slim 120GB Review
A taste
For months we, like so many others in the land of the Internet, speculated that Sony would either have to drop the price of the PlayStation 3, or bring out a slim model. As it so happens they did both. Without question it’s a smaller piece of hardware, but how else has Sony’s console developed?
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Read More at MyPS3
Snow Leopard Review
A taste
The hotly anticipate Operating System dubbed Snow Leopard has finally hit shelves for Mac consumers across the globe. With it’s competitor Windows 7 sitting right behind it, how does the new OS X hold up?
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Read More at MyFrag
WiiWare Quick Review
This week we review
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Read More at MyWii
Blogs
Articles
Playstation 3 Slim 120GB Unboxing
About:
The sexy Playstation 3 "Slim", straight out of its box!
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Read More at MyPS3
The Oscars Change for the Better
A taste
For those that are not aware, just a few months ago it was announced that the Academy had changed its best picture nomination awards to accommodate 10 nominees. This ruling was met with both agreement from the wider film community and anger. Many believe that the new ruling will allow films like The Dark Knight to get nominated for the award. Others think that 10 films is too much, that the best picture nominees should be the crème of the crop and 5 better represents that than 10 does. Whether you do agree or disagree with the new ruling, it has little affect over the Academy or its voters.
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Read More at MyBluRay
How to Change a CPU Cooler
About:
Thinking about upgrading your CPU cooler but not sure how much work is involved or if you can do it? This guide will give you a little insight on the process of swapping a standard CPU cooler for an aftermarket one.
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Read More at MyFrag
Medals
DIY Members Medals [September]
Info
What we are doing here is allowing members to create a medal of their own choosing and set it up just like an admin would.
Here's how it will work, at the beginning of the month we'll start accepting your medal submissions, and the best submission will be run at the end of the month for every body to try and earn one just as if it were a medal run by an admin.
Don't think this is like some medal suggestion thread, it's more than that it's basically another way to contribute to the site similar to submitting news, reviews etc. You will be competing against everyone else you you'll have to put in the extra effort to make your medal stand out.
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Find out more at MyWii
MyPS3
MyDS
Competitions
Wacky World of Sports Competition
Thanks to our good friends at SEGA, we have three copies of Wacky World of Sports to give away on Wii. To be in the running, all you have to do is visit the official Wacky World of Sports website and answer the questions here. You can answer as many of the four questions as you like.
Competition ends at 5pm on Friday, September 18th. Winners will be contacted via PM.
So what are you waiting for? Head on over to MyWii now to enter!
Events
Movie Trivia V
Info
Starting on Monday, 7th of September 2009, MyBluRay will be running a movie trivia game that will run over 5 days and start at 7pm AEST each of those days.
There are 100 questions in total with 20 questions per day. The top 5 players will get to choose one of the below medals, with the top player choosing first, second placed choosing second and so on. We may also have a special prize for the winner!
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Find out more at MyBluRay
MyFrag Games Night
MyFrag are serious about their games nights. Every weekend they sit down for some hardcore gaming action, and want you to join in! Currently we're playing Team Fortress 2, CSS and Left 4 Dead. Head on over to the link below to discuss the MyFrag Games Nights!
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MyFrag
Champs - Members of the Month
The Reviewer of the Month Badge & Prizes
To recognise the most contributive critics, or user review writer, from our MyMedia communities we're offering a special new badge that only one person will have at a time!
It's similar to the news champ badge. The reviewer of the month will get to wear this exclusive badge for the following month, and will also receive free PWNAGE for that month.
Prizes!
If you win the reviewer of the month badge twice on one MyMedia site we'll give you a $30 JB H-Fi Voucher!
Location
Check out the reviewer of the month at
MyWii
MyPS3
My360
MyDS
MyBluRay
MyFrag
Upcoming Next Week
Reviews
Batman: Arkham Asylum Review on MyPS3 & My360
Madden 10 review on MyPS3 and My360
Funny People review on MyBluRay
Events/Medals
The Conduit games night on MyWii
Team Digg on MyWii
Bad Joke of the Week
Q. Where do you find a dog with no legs?
A. Right where you left him.
Past Around the Network Articles
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