GamesRadar 24 hour marathon: Aug 19-20
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Got plans on August 19? Feel like ending the summer with an unholy binge of video games, horrendous junk food and unhealthy sleep deprivation? Then you, fine sir or madam, need to prepare thine ass for GamesRadar’s third annual 24 hour marathon, beginning at 5pm PST 8/19 and running until 5pm 8/20. Jump in and play with us, plus be on the lookout for giveaways from 6pm to 11pm Friday night!
If you’re interested in watching our mental state slowly deteriorate as we mindlessly plug away at game after game, follow us on Twitter and YouTube, plus check our live stream via JustinTV. We’ll have a continuous feed the entire day/night/day, so follow along, hop in the chat and make this a merry ol’ event.
The schedule
5pm – 7pm: Call of Duty: Black Ops (360/PS3/PC)
7pm – 9pm: Super Street Fighter IV AE (360/PS3/PC) | Gears of War 2 (360)
9pm – 11pm: Gears of War 2 (360) | Killzone 3 (PS3) | Starcraft 2 (PC)
11pm – 1am: Dead Space 2 (360/PS3) | RDR: Undead Nightmare (360) | Team Fortress 2 (PC)
1am – 3am: NFS Hot Pursuit (360/PS3) | Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (360/PS3) | Counter Strike Source (PC)
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3am – 7am: Free for all! We’ll play anything on this list, plus suggestions like EDF, Dirt 3, Battlefield BC2, Crysis 2 etc
7am – 9am: L4D2 (360/PC) | Uncharted 2 (PS3)
9am – 11am: Mortal Kombat (360/PS3) | Black Ops (360/PS3) | League of Legends (PC)
11am – 1pm: Halo Reach (360) | Super Street Fighter IV AE (PS3) | Team Fortress 2 (PC)
1pm – 3pm: Marvel vs Capcom 3 (360/PS3) | Blur (360/PS3) | Starcraft 2 (PC)
3pm – 5pm: Free for all! We finish this bastard off by playing whatever we (i.e. you) want
Gamertags / PSN IDs
Please note that because XBL friends lists have a 100 friend maximum, we will be clearing them out off and on throughout the event.
Xbox Live Gamertags
GamesRadarTeam
GamesRadarUS
GamesRadarUS2
GamesRadarCore
TalkRadar GR
GR Buttercup
PlayStation IDs
GamesRadar1
GamesRadar2
GamesRadar3
GamesRadar4
StarCraft II RealID
GamesRadarCraft@gmail.com
PC Gamer servers
Team Fortress 2 - 8.17.251.163:27015
Counter Strike: Source - 207.210.252.63:27015
Crysis 2 - 8.17.251.180:64000
Keep tabs on us with Twitter!
@GamesRadar(the staff as a whole)
@Brelston(Brett Elston)
@mikelreparaz(Mikel Reparaz)
@Grinand(Charlie Barratt)
@Cantista(Chris Antista)
@zeldamarie(Carolyn Gudmundson)
@hEnereyG(Henry Gilbert)
@_cheryll(Cheryll Del Rosario)
@tyler_wilde(Tyler Wilde, special guest from PC Gamer!)
@lizziecuevas(Lizzie Cuevas, special guest from @Gamer!)
@ScottPTOM(Scott Butterworth, special guest from PlayStation: The Official Magazine!
A fomer Executive Editor at GamesRadar, Brett also contributed content to many other Future gaming publications including Nintendo Power, PC Gamer and Official Xbox Magazine. Brett has worked at Capcom in several senior roles, is an experienced podcaster, and now works as a Senior Manager of Content Communications at PlayStation SIE.



