Real Otaku Gamer has partnered with Indie Game Stand to bring you our latest contest: The Three Game Indie Giveaway!

We’re giving away codes to Cognition, Escape Goat and Gimbal on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Enter our giveaway here. You can enter multiple times a day, and complete different entry options to gain even more entries.

The contest goes live Monday at midnight, so hurry and get those entries in!

What is IndieGameStand?

In September, IndieGameStand launched as the first pay-what-you-want site to put a new, hand-picked indie game in the spotlight for a full 96 hours. They feature a new indie game every four days.

*Volunteer Positions* While evaluating the state of the Gaming Journalism scene, I noticed that we at Real Otaku Gamer has a unique approach when covering geek/otaku culture. As the site gets restructured and we go into our 3rd year, we are looking to create opportunities that will help the site become more robust and varied with coverage. Real Otaku Gamer has a global vision, we accept writers from all over the world.

These new job positions are going to help Real Otaku Gamer become more organized and develop a bigger community so we can grow as a brand. These positions are volunteer only as we are a small site. As we grow so will the sponsors and hopefully revenue.

IF HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POSITIONS, Email us at feedback@realotakugamer.com

These New Positions are as follows:

1. Community Manager: You will be taking care of the daily running of the site. You will work along side the Editor in Chief and other Admins on the site with promoting the site and helping build a brand. You must have good communication skills.

2.Marketing and PR: You will be responsible for all Public Relations with companies and the community. You must have good communication skills and be able to relate to people of a number of levels. You will also run contests and giveaways.

3.Managing Editor: You will work closely with all staff to make sure the posts we produce, are up to our standards.

4.Social Media Manager: You will be in charge of growing our social networking presence. You will be working close to the senior staff.

5. Assistant to Editor in Chief: You will assist the E.I.C. in the daily running of the site.

6.Advertising and Promotion: contact us for more details.

7.Art Director: contact us for more details.

8.Podcast Producer/Editor: contact us for more details.

9.Video Producer/Editor :contact us for more details.

Now, the next few positions are for the Real Otaku Gamer Specialists. These positions are dedicated for people who want to cover a specific genre/category. This is where your inner Otaku can really shine.

1. PC

2. Mobile/Tablet

3. Tech

4. Anime

5. Manga

6. Comics

7. Nintendo

8. Sony

9. Microsoft

10. Movies/Television

11. Asian Cinema

12.Indie Games

13.Toys/models and Merchandise

14.Convention Coverage

15.Cosplay and Cosplay Culture

To apply for these positions, you must first submit a writing sample and once the sample is approved, submit an small essay telling us why we should pick you for the job you are interested in. An essay is not necessary for all positions. Deadline to have the samples submitted is May 20th, 2013. We must have all essays in my May 17th. Send the Essays and Samples to feedback@realotakugamer.com.

If you have any questions about any of the positions and their responsibilities, just email us at feedback@realotakugamer.com or go to the Twitter and Facebook pages. Thanks you for your time.

Andre Tipton

Founder/Editor in Chief

Our friends at Urgent Fury and Brady Games are hosting two weeks of tournaments for Starhawk on the PlayStation 3.

Introducing the Urgent Fury Dust Tournament.

Dust is a Starhawk® tournament series designed to give teams an enhanced experience competing online in a cheat free and respectful environment. Each team will battle it out online in eight versus eight matches, preparing their teams for an upcoming Scenario Based TacMap Tournament to be held this summer. Prizes and additional sponsors will be announced at a later date. The Tournament starts in August, but you have to be pre qualified before you can jump in. Slots are filling up quickly, so you need to get over to Urgent Fury and get your information in.

Urgent Fury is one of the best Tournament communities on the net today. For seven years they has had a reputation of providing an excellent tournament experience like no other. Using the Scenario Based TacMap Tournament model, They have provided a fair and cheat free tournament experience. These guys know their stuff and we ate Real Otaku Gamer are eager to work with them on our upcoming tournament projects. So go and check the out at www.urgentfury.com and join this and many other tournament they host.

Spike TV and Gametrailers recently just had their Video Game Awards show, and with it came a bunch of new and big trailers for games that are expected to come out next year. Some of the reveals came from top studios within the industry, including Blizzard, Bioware, Konami, and Naughty Dog. Down below, you can check out all the trailers that were revealed at the VGAs. Be sure to check by again for our impressions of the Spike VGAs.

Metal Gear Rising Revengence

Mass Effect 3

Diablo 3 Opening Intro

Transformers Fall of Cybertron

The Amazing Spider-Man

Rainbow 6 Patriots

Command And Conqure Generals 2

The Last of Us

Alan Wake American Nightmare

Hitman Absolution

Bioshock Infinite

Fortnite

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD

The Real Otaku Gamer Ultimate Fan series continues with the “Are you the ultimate Bethesda fan?” contest.

So here I sit, holding a gun in the air, and aiming down it’s sights. The super mutants ugly mug stares me down. grinning and grinding its teeth. I begin to squeeze the trigger. My mind clear, and resolve unquestioning. But wait! There comes the horde of Daedra. Rolling down the hill. Infinitely different in form, as they are in skill. SHIT! Never fear, your shock spell with frost damage is in hand. As you ready for this battle, that will be calculated and determined in milliseconds, the peripheral of your eye spots another problem. It’s a bandit from the dusty dunes of RAGE!!! I real up for the fallout that is about to be spread. My hands become sweaty and clammy. I realize you didn’t pack enough venison and stimpaks to absorb to blow of this fight. In other words, I just bit off more than you can chew.

Over the past few years Bethesda has become, arguably,  a household name among gamers. When I say RPG these days, it’s easy to think of Oblivion and Fallout. When I say best looking game this generation, your mind may snap to RAGE. When it boils down to what’s come out, and what’s coming out, it’s hard to show any resentment towards Bethesda.

So to show our love, we here at Real Otaku Gamer are throwing a Bethesda game giveaway. We’re giving away a Skyrim, Rage, a few copies of New Vegas, Fallout 3, or The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Also for those of you broke as a joke due gaming madness, we’re giving away several PSN and XBL cards. The prizes are listed as follows.

Grand Prize Winner:1 winner

1 Copy of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on the winners system of choice.

1 Copy of RAGE on winners system of choice.

1 PSN or XBL card

1st Place winners: 2 winners

1 Copy of RAGE or Skyrim on the system of their choice.

2nd Place winners: 3 winners

1 copy of Fallout 3, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, or Fallout: New Vegas on the system of their choice

3rd Place Winners: 4 winners

1 PSN or XBL card

All you have to do is follow the simple rules.

Rules:

*All you have to do is send a picture of you standing next to your screen. On it    should be the Bethesda game, and the DLC of your choice.With a time stamp to verify, you are who you say you are. And yes, you can send extra pictures in if you’re doing a cos-play. Yes Cos-play is welcome in this contest. We are also an anime site after all.

An example of cos play. Yeah this was kinda johnny on the spot

This should also have a time stamo, but you get the picture of what we need

*All contest entries should be sent to,  contests@realotakugamer.com

Helpful Hints:

* Try to be creative. The most creative ones sent in will be posted here.

* This should go without saying, but it’s the internet, so here goes. No nudity! If you think that’s going to win you brownie points, you’re dead mistaken.If you do, be sure all that’s going to happen is you getting disqualified from the contest, and the staff laughing at your birthday suit.

*A side note to creativity, try and be goofy. Nothing says, “I want this!” more than embarrassing yourself in front of thousands of people.

*A video is always welcome in contrast to a picture. Just be sure to try and make us laugh if you do so. Remember it’s getting posted here.

*Send all entries to  contests@realotakugamer.com. Tis email for those who are new to the game.

This contest opens Monday September 19, 2011 and will end November 1, 2011.

Finally we will be giving out DLC codes all week for Fallout: New Vegas and Honest Heart on twitter. So keep your eyes peeled.

Twitters’ you should follow:

@venomousfaman1

@Otakuman5000

@FatAnorexic

@realotakugamer

Good luck and thanks for following Real Otaku Gamer.

Korriban’s Lancers, a (mostly) Texan guild involved with the upcoming video game Star Wars: The Old Republic is raffling off a collector’s editions and digital deluxe editions of the game. Valued at $150 USD, this includes both hard and digital items including:

•Exclusive Gentle Giant Darth Malgus statue
•Star Wars: The Old Republic game discs in collectable metal case
•The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural annotated by Satele Shan
•Old Republic galaxy map
•Custom security authentication key
•Exclusive music of Star Wars: The Old Republic CD
•High quality Collector’s Edition box
•Flare gun: Fire flares into the air
•Training droid: Hovers at your side for combat assistance
•HoloDancer: Project your own holographic dancer
•HoloCam: Keep visual records of in-game adventures
•STAP: Sleek and unique in-game vehicle
•Exclusive Mouse Droid: Spunky droid to join your adventures
•Exclusive Collector’s Edition store: Unique in-game vendor with a dynamic assortment of items
The Digital Deluxe Edition does not include the hard items, or the Mouse Droid, or the Exclusive Digital Store.

The tickets run $10 apiece, payable through our website at www.korribanslancers.com via paypal. Please specify that you are entering the raffle. You will recieve a return email with your number.

We four of CE’s available. We will be giving away one collector’s edition for each sixty tickets sold up to 240 tickets After we run out of our CE’s, we will be purchasing digital deluxe editions every 60th ticket sold. This raffle is to benefit Child’s Play, a charity that provides toys, games, books, and cash to sick children in partner hospitals across the United States.

How to enter: Enter by donating on our website: www.korribanslancers.com.Email the reciept(s) from your entries to us at:  korribanslancers@gmail.com along with your real name, address, and telephone number so that we can notify you after the drawing. Your reciept number(s) are your raffle ticket numbers. You may email multiple reciepts as attachments. Reciepts will be verified through our records. Entries will be accepted starting at 12:01 AM on August 19, 2011. The contest will end at 11:59 PM on September 15, 2011.

For more information about the raffle, or more information about donating to Child’s Play through Korriban’s Lancers please contact me at
roninbear@gmail.com

After weeks turning into months of delays, we are finally announcing the Winners of the “Are you the ultimate Dreamcast Fan?” contest.

If you are not familiar with this contest, the link is here.

Well, these fans are some of the most diehard Dreamcast fans out there. In all we had 13 entries from around the world. All of the collections were impressive, but a few of them stood out. These are the winners:

The Grand Prize winner is: Jamal Nickens aka Zopher321

He wins for “Best Presentation”.

 He has some really rare games here, and that is always a plus. He wins the Limited Edition Dreamcast Vinyl.

Now for the First and Second Prizes.

First Prize goes to Jaime Larios aka Kemoteo from 120games.com

He wins “Most Sealed Games” for his collection of sealed Dreamcast games.

The Second Prize goes to Gary Stackpole. He has what we consider to be the largest number of Dreamcast games.

Both Jaime and Gary get the Dreamcast Hoodies.

The Third Prize winner is Brett D’Onofrio. He gets a copy of the Dreamcast Collection for XBOX 360. He has the largest number of Dreamcast Consoles.

11 console from different regions

Now it is time for the Honorable Mentions.

Sandra Santos

Ricardo Almeida

Jose Ventura De La Torre Ortiz

Chris Hofer

Justin Burrow

Aaron Kapis

T.J.M.

Braden Darnell

Skyler King

You guys all have made Sega fans and Dreamcast fans worldwide. Stay tuned for other contests (with faster turn arounds) in the coming weeks.

Fan Expo Anime UPDATE!

“ Anime luminaries include Canadian and international voice actors from such smash hit shows as Fullmetal Alchemist, Pokemon, Death Note, Dragonball Z and Bakugan.” – Fanexpocanada.com

Do you love ANIME? Have a crazy IDEA? Want to see your MANGA idea become something? If so, THIS CONTEST IS FOR YOU!

Send us your 5 Minute Pitch detailing the plot and characters of your anime/manga idea and we will choose the most interesting idea to be presented at this years ANIME 5 MINUTE PITCH Event at Toronto’s FanExpo 2011.

We will bring the winners idea to life for the audience and judges at the event!

Submit your 5 minute pitch or questions about the contest to contests@realotakugamer.com.

 Submission Deadline: Friday August 5^th 2011.

FanExpo Canada is Canada’s biggest and best showcase of Anime stars like Veronica Taylor (Ash Ketchum), Caitlin Glass and Vic Mignogna (Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood) Chris Sabat and Mike Mcfarland (Dragon Ball Z) and Alfe Clemencio, Founder of Sakura River Interactive – Fading Hearts Video Game.

Among the stars of anime are events like Anime NameThat Tune Game Show, Anime Win Loose or Draw Game Show, Free autograph sessions, Q & A, Anime Industry Workshops, and 600 exhibitors who have everything you need. 

 They are looking for creative pitches so give us something interesting!

The Winner will be chosen 2 weeks before the event to collaborate on perfect pitch presentation. If your idea is chosen at the FanExpo Event you will be immediately contacted with further details in association with the FanExpoCanada.

Good Luck!

Here at Real Otaku Gamer, we love to give back. This is why we have created the “Ultimate” series of contests. This is the first contest in that series.

Now let’s get to the goods! The Grand Prize is a Limited Edition Vinyl LP.

This Vinyl was created to celebrate the release of the Dreamcast Collection in the PAL territories. As you can see these are numbered so you know these are going to be Rare. It has 6 tracks for classics like Sonic Adventure, Space Channel 5, and Crazy Taxi.

The winner of the First Prize will receive: A limited edition Sega Dreamcast Hoodie size XL shown here. There are 2 of these available.

This is the front of the hoodie.

This is the back of the hoodie.

Now it is time for the second prize. It is a copy of  Dreamcast Collection for Xbox 360.

This is a new copy of the game. This game comes with Crazy Taxi, Sonic  Adventure, Sega Bass Fishing and Space Channel 5 part 2. This is a great collection for Dreamcast fans and newcomers alike.

Now, how do you win one of these awesome prizes? Just prove how much you love Dreamcast by showing off your Dreamcast collection. All you have to do is send us a picture of your Sega Dreamcast collection. That is it!!! Be sure to put your name or yourself  in the picture so we know it is real.

Now the pictures needs to show games and consoles, but to make your chances better, place ANYTHING Sega Dreamcast related in the pictures. That means toys, magazines, posters and other merchandise. The best 3 pics which will be decided by the Real Otaku Gamer staff and the fine folks at Sega of America.

You can submit your entries just email the pictures to contests@realotakugamer.com.While you are at it, be sure to follow us on Twitter Page and “Like” us on our  Facebook Page. All entries must be submitted by May 1, 2011 to be considered in the contest.

We look forward to seeing the collections. Good Luck from the Real Otaku Gamer Staff.