Comments on: Vanishing Point revealed – the space trip

By: » Microsoft Vanishing Point Game To Send Winner Into Space » InsideMicrosoft - part of the Blog News Channel

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:01:29 +0000

[...] The other really cool thing announced are the prizes. The grand prize is none other than a trip into space on the Rocketplane® XP Vehicle (funny how it’s XP, promoting Vista) which will reach an altitude of 330,000 feet and achieve three to four minutes of weightlessness. Also, you get: This prize package also includes a Windows Vista based AMD powered Dell desktop pc, 24″ widescreen monitor, Zune™ digital media player, an Xbox® 360 gaming console, three Games for Windows game titiles, a Microsoft® LifeCam VX-6000, Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, and $50,000 cash to help defray the cost of taxes. [...]

By: Praveen

Praveen — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:53:25 +0000

I don’t think its necessary to travel all over the world. I guess its just traveling via maps.live.com

By: Jorge

Jorge — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:37:03 +0000

Interesting, but to much expensive. This is Microsoft idea , right?
Who is the target of this game? Has i said it´s to expensive for the average guy, but still a good idea. The instant win that Rob Stevens mentioned is simply great.

By: Stefen

Stefen — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:35:57 +0000

This will make history. Wow.

By: Zim

Zim — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:42:38 +0000

I hate Argentina isn’t part of ‘the globe’.
This is a game for people with lots of money to travel around the world, ah?
=(

By: Rob Stevens

Rob Stevens — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:47:47 +0000

I can hardly believe that I figured out what the prize was.

Also, this is not an entirely random sweepstakes. Points are awarded for completing puzzles and referring people, and each point is an entry into the sweepstakes (up to 1500).

Also, there is an instant win “meta puzzle”, where the first one to solve the puzzle gets their name laser inscribed on a new series of AMD processor.