Xbox Gaming in South Africa

For those of you living under a rock, this weekend is the Xbox Nations event on Xbox LIVE - a sure-to-be hilarious attempt at setting a Guinness World Record for "the largest online 100m sprint".

To take part, simply do the following:

• First, to log your participation sign into your Xbox LIVE account and download the Guinness World Record gamerpic before the official start time of 8PM.
• Just before the race starts, load your copy of Kinect Sports, choose Mini-Games from the Main Menu screen, Select 100m Dash and then how many people you would like to participate (1 – 4 players).
• Finally select Continue and you’re ready to race in the 100m mini game!
• At 7PM CET run the 100m dash as normal, with up to four people

You'll also get yourself a sparkly special Guinness World Record t-shirt for your Avatar as a thank you.

If that's not your thing, however, you can take advantage of the free Xbox LIVE Gold all weekend (from Thursday 21 April through Monday 25 April), as well as a bunch of cheap offers on Xbox LIVE Arcade games and Kinect-supported content, including 50% off illomilo, Plants vs Zombies and 3D Ultra Mini Golf, as well as 50% off Your Shape Fitness Evolved: Toned body and Bollywood downloads. Lastly, you can also get up to 33% off Dance Central DLC.