You Can Become a Classic Video Game Family!
Something amazing is about to happen. Two somethings!
Two things that come together and create… way more than just two things. Two giveaways!
The First Amazing Something
The first thing is something new. A giveaway! Why is that new? Because it’s a FLASH contest! Meaning there’s not much time on this tick-tock-kaBOOM you better act fast kind of contest. The prize? A portrait created of your family in the pixelated style of CLASSIC 8-BIT VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS. (Enter to win below. Entries close on Tuesday, March 5, at 10pm PST)
The Second Amazing Something
It’s no secret we are pretty big fans of Wreck-It Ralph. We love animation, gaming and radness. So!
Next week (Wed. the 6th) we are having a Wreck-It Ralph themed Twitter Party featuring the actual inventor of Twitter Parties herself, Resourceful Mommy (@ResourcefulMom), as co-host. You win prizes there too by just replying to questions for chances to win prizes… IT’S LIKE A CONTEST WITHIN A CONTEST!
The Two Amazing Somethings TOGETHER!
The winner of the Classic Video Game Family contest here will be announced AND their pixelated portrait unveiled during the #WreckItRalphDad Twitter Party! (See the Twitter invite below for details.)
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Your Formal Twitter Party Invite
When: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 5-6pm PST / 8-9pm EST
Where: Follow the hashtag #WreckItRalphDad on Twitter
How: To participate, use the party tag during the hour. Make sure you follow us (@howtobeadad) and Resourceful Mommy (@ResourcefulMom>), as well as @wreckitralph.
PRIZES: We will be giving away 20 Wreck-It Ralph DVD combo packages and 10 video game versions of the film!
You can buy your copy, JUST GO HERE!
Congratulations to the Burgins,
winners of the 8-bit Family Portrait Grand Prize!
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273 Responses to “You Can Become a Classic Video Game Family!”
This is really cool! My Twitter account is super dusty, but I might have to log in to check it out
Blow on the keyboard like an old Nintendo game and you win at life.
Aw shit, man. This would be rad. Thanks.
Jeff, there aren’t enough pixels in 8-bit for you, you’d have to get the next-gen treatment and go SNES-level 16-bit.
Sega Genesis for you, sir.
Actually, you just outed me; I never had an SNES and DID have a Sega Genesis. My friend had the SNES so we played Super Mario World and Mario Kart there, and played Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat at my house.
Woot. {three hours of sleep and that’s what i’ve got}
@buildalibrary will be there and there are 3 people in the BaL family. Awesome promotion, guys.
There be 4 of us in the @geekdad248 family!
I’m wearing a Power Glove right now. It’s so bad.
Orginal 8-Bit andy artwork – awesome!
This 8 Bit family portrait is a fun idea. Thanks guys. @cutemonsterdad
Best. Prize. Ever.
8 Bit me! (My autocorrect wanted you to bite me. The computers are getting snarky.)
And I didn’t follow directions. @tlupien and three people in my family.
Fabulous Contest. I have a family of 5 @SleepyJenny
DUDE. This is epic on so many levels.
Oh yeah, my twitter handle is @naptimeblogger
I think today might be one of those days where I take a nap with my little one, instead of blogging or playing video games.
So, if pets are acceptable, what about stuffed animals? As far as my son is concerned his teddy bear is part of the family (family bedtime isn’t complete unless Momma has her teddy bear, Daddy has his kitty cat, and EJ has his teddy bear)
Nobody puts Teddy in the corner. If you win, so does Teddy.
And this is why you guys are awesome.
Awesome. Time for me to figure out twitter which means kids might have to watch some tv for a couple hours and wife will get a little mad. Oh well.
There are 3 in the @brownie_22 family. This is such a cool giveaway!
This would be perfect to hang up in our Retro Video Game store ! We are a small mom n pop shop and this would combine our 14month olds two favorite things. Looking at pictures of herself and looking at the characters of video game as she is “helping” daddy organize his shelves lol
Can Canadians win? I think we invented Nintendo…
This is awesome — I want Dig Dug in our family portrait!
I’m pretty sure Canadians can win the 8-bit prize! Just not the Twitter party giveaways.
Can I include the dog? If so, we’re 4. If no, we’re 3. But our dog is really freaking cute.
Cats! Dogs! Manatees! ANY pet is eligible! As long as you don’t have a kennel of the little boogers.
Whoops, forgot my Twitter handle! @designerdaddy
And here’s my comment again, just in case…
Can I include the dog? If so, we’re 4. If no, we’re 3. But our dog is really freaking cute.
ANY pet is eligible! But if it’s a rodent it will be represented with a single pixel.
Hamsters too?
Yes. Even robotic rodents.
This would be sweat to win.
@vicvegachi and there are 3 in our family with one due in April.
@quinnsblog will be there and WRECKING IT!!! (In a good way of course…not the bad way…ah shoot):(
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@juluisal
I will be there
There are 5 of us at home,
@janeeric03or twitter jail account @janeeric031
@alexcelinap11 will be there with bells on
Considering we went to a movie last weekend and my son was SOOO disappointed that is was not Wreck It Ralph, I will be there!
PS It was not playing at the theatre any longer
sounds fun! we have a family of 4, rsvp @nikki2kids
I know this has nothing to do with this post but I just have to ask
Charlie, I know you are an actor did you perchance shoot a commercial for Crohn’s disease? Because I live in Canada and it just came on and I was ” freaking” out because I knew you from this site and you neve know the actors in commercials….. Am I nuts and you have a doppelgänger ?
You are correct. Charlie is plagued now with Crohn’s commercial disease.
What an awesome prize! There’s five in our family, me (@amboutwe), hubby, our two boys and grandma lives with us, too.
Will be there @moniqueharve
Wreck-It Ralph was my favorite film from last year. Count me in (@Alienxphile)
5 in the family
I will be there – awesome movie! (@aleashinn)
@alexcelinap11 There are 5 of us
@rkosully is my Twitter handle…
4 people in my family!
@pircy23 There are 4 of us here
@vloky on twitter 3 in the family (not including the cats)
@LMC502 and there are 5 of us
RSVP @dfalln1 two of us
what an amazing prize! I’m @lolamichele, & there are 5 of us: me, my husband, my daughter, & two sons
I have 5 in my family @mellanhead
There are four of us.
My family can’t wait to see Wreck It Ralph, we have not watched it yet. RSVP @christielomb
@eastman520 – family of 4!
RSVP @carol_n_mo
there are 5 of us and 3 dogs
My twitter account is @tigonometry and I’ve got two boys. Three if you count my girlfriend’s son.
Twitter handle @MommaGiz and there are 4 of us in our family! My 5 year old self is reaching out to you and giving you a giant 8-bit hug!
My twitter account is @JustinStrawn. I have a wife, son, and daughter. 4 total.
@somelikeitthom This is super rad. Looking forward to the contest! (3 of us, btw…)
If you included the cat, we have 4 in our family. (And according to my husband, we have to include the cat.) Twitter @TastefulTillys
y’all are awesome. Twitter: @snapshotgirl we’re a family of 4, me, my hubby, my 3 yr old son, and just turned 1 year old daughter.
also, I pre-ordered mine through my Disney movie club account.
OH EM GEE…I AM SO GEEKING OUT RIGHT NOW.. My husband is the @16bitCatholic only because someone else is the 8 bit catholic already and I am @alliwait we have one kid and she is totally going to be a video game nerd if hubby has anything to do with it.. And yes, we did take her to see Wreck it Ralph at 8 months old!
I love your husband’s handle! I had to look up his account, as I expected an awesome avatar. Needless to say, I was not disappointed. Please give him a high-5 from a fellow Catholic gamer
Looking forward to the chat. I really enjoyed this movie and was so happy that I saw it with my daughter. @kwillsmom
If I get this my children will love me (we are 5). @CoupleDumb
I’m just gonna leave this here
@McKay72 and there are 7 of Us in Our Family
RSVP, you know I adore you guys @MelissaBHmom
There are 5 people and 2 dogs in our family
Sounds like bunches of fun!
I’m @swtthing3 on Twitter…
We are a family of five: my hubs, me, our son, his girlfriend, and her little guy who is 3 1/2!
@weissfett family of three!
I’ve never been to a twitter party before! That would be pretty awesome. We have 5 people in our family! And my twitter handle (i guess that’s what it’s called) is @amyprry
Just @ reply like mad. It’s crazy, but it’s crazy FUN.
2 girls 1 boy 1 dog
We are a family of 5 my sons first movie theater experience was wreck it ralph! such anadorable movie!
Thanks! RSVP: @BNTVosburgh
So cool!!!!
I don’t have a twitter account, but it’s me, my husband, both of our daughters and our dog.
@ScottJesmore Three is the magic number. One big 8-bitter and two little 8-bitlings.
Soooo awesome! Only problem would be our family will be 4 soon! 6 if you include our dogs.
If you win, that won’t be a problem. I use pixels that are capable of time travel. Good luck.
Family of 3 here. @movietrailer is my twitter name.
We are a family of 3.5 (I’m pregnant!). Me, my husband and 3 year old son. Thanks for the party! My Twitter handle is @loucheryl
@mummadear 5 people and 1 chihuahua in my family
There is 5 of us in our family!
Twitter ID @kjmaje
I will be there!
@kjmaje
I will be there @cstironkat
Tweet you Wednesday. @LipsAreMoving
@cstndcrw we have 4 in our family
Myself, my wife, & my 2 teenage daughters
@sleatham1 3 in my family
RSVP @n210ss
3 in the family
Plus our furbaby (dog) Which makes 4 in the family!
@KellysLuckyYou 3 in my family
RSVP @kevinbe1
@a_lice, 3 in our family
My Daughter is obsessed with wreck it Ralph and my husband is a hardcore gamer, straight from the 80′s! This would so so SO get a frame and pride of place in our house! (there are 4 of us, almost 5!)
twitter handle: @kwilson887
5 people in the family!! We LOVE this movie
@mommyn3beez 5 in the family!
@JeanetteElb or @JeanetteElbjail
I have 4 family members!! So exciting!!
Cant wait!!! @fowler121600
@DLuvPGH will be there, along with my wife, newborn son, and our cat. So it’ll be 4 of us!
4 People in my family!
Excited about party! @candypo
3 avatars 8bit for us!
Btw, it’s @weareofficially
cu at the party!
@billyfranklin13
@stephen_radford
@stephen_radford ill be there
@rychepet or @rychepet_jail RSVP–see you there!
Because I’m so meta, I’m going to watch Wreck It Ralph while I participate in the #WreckItRalphDad Twitter party. Kablammy!
@kpswagger – 4 people in the family
I’m coming!! RSVP @UnKatchable73
@SuburbanMomClub, and there are 4 people in my family that would love to be turned into 8-Bit!
I commented above with the wrong email… Still @SuburbanMomClub with a family of 4.
Canada likes to convert to 8 bit too
I’m pretty sure our 8-bit contest likes Canadians, too. If we have to, we’ll say it’s a weird digital love letter from me to the winning Canadian.
Well, in that case, I am in! @CanadianDadBlog
Very excited about this chat!! We LOVED the movie!! So cute and great message!!
What an amazing contest.
RSVP: @sixximus_prime
Will be there! @thetalkingdad. 5 family members.
RSVP! Thanks
@KouponKat
Fun yourpotofgold
RSVP @aqualina56 4 people here. Thank you.
@SaskaDad
My wife and I have two kids: a boy (2) and a girl (5).
@mommy3sons will be there and there are 5 in our family–me, my husband and 3 sons
@tracyparral
4
Looking forward to it! @AlissaEnders
We have four people, two adults and two kids
@sillymommy
RSVP @cangoninny will be there!
RSVP @bzzingmom
Looking forward to it.
My husband and I have one daughter
@geej82
@justicecw
Sounds like fun…there are 3 people in my family.
RSVP: @hslyons will be there.
There are 4 people in my family.
@ShannonRBjail & there are 5 of us. Me, my fiance, and our 3 kids. 1 girl, 2 boys
LOVE Wreck-It Ralph! Disney made us 8-bit characters to resemble us during the WIR press day. (It’s my FB profile pic, if you’re interested). I’d love one with my family! There is me, my hubby, son (17), daughter (9) and son (3). My Twitter is @momwithadotcom
with six you get eggroll! (m’kay I love Doris Day) but yeah we have six in our fam.
oops I forgot my twitter handle @babysmamatimes4
@islandkimmi 4
RSVP @planejane1965
Hoping to be there – @skipbang
There are 4 of us!!
RSVP @Love2B_a_Mommy
@irishred02!
I will be there @lorene4too
RSVP @ginette4 this is going to be a great party…thank you
rsvp @sweetmatcha or @sweetmatchajail there are 4 of us, 2 girls and hubs and i! sounds fun, can’t wait!
Myself my hubby a 4 almost 5 year old boy and a 2 year old boy!
@ninasafina1 and we have 5 people in the family
I have 5
:) RSVP @Stacey5656
@RedQueen729 family of 5. Mom, Dad, Daughter, & 2 sons
We missed Wreck it Ralph at the movies so the kids will be so excited to see in on DVD. We will be there at the twitter party and there are four of us. One dad, one mom, one 6 year old daughter and 10 year old son! Can’t wait!
Opps forgot my twitter name – jenjoy13
I have 3 people in my family! RSVP @MaryBethBlanton
@gaynycdad
Mitch
@pumpkin_pie76
There is me and my niece and nephew.
RSVP @xstitchschool
6 people in my family
RSVP…@zebastyandylan
4 members …Mom, Dad, Son, Daughter
RSVP @Mom2Winnie or @Mom2Winnie_Jail
There are 4 of us in @finnNtonic ‘s family
@squatchmakes3
Doesn’t Rosenberg have some kind of dibs on “8-Bit”? Did you clear this with him? Is this some kinda subtle cross-promotion?
@carlylanemorgan – I’m so there!
sounds fun!! we have 4 people in our family. .. And 2 dogs, a cat, and a guinea pig.
@cammi1972
cant wait ill be there @bwillequer30
RSVP @jdnorthwest
We have 4 of us.
3 = Me, my brother and niece.
@kinsie21
RSVP @GrOvEbUg
There are 3 of us in my family!
RSVP @disneymom917
rsvp @nicholemckinnon
RSVP for @tkharmonic
@amycoh RSVPing for the party!!
RSVP @limitedruboi Can’t wait for this party!!!
RSVP! I’ll be there!
RSVP @savvysavinmama We have 4 people in our family!
RSVP @Callie1981
RSVP @ivansmom60
Can’t wait! @zoya513
RSVP – @simplyandreah
I’m joining the party @stephenalmberg
My RSVP!! So excited!!
RSVP: Love this for my kids!!
@Von411 rsvp. We are here/there lol.cant wait
RSVP @LenaMarsteller
Wreck it Ralph is a great movie. Looking forward to the party. @2cutekiddos
I plan on attending – @yolirealtor
RSVP @mattandnae There are 2 adults and 2 kids in this family!
Ready to party @screenmytweet
I’ll be there! @DeftonesGirly81
@kotchjr with wife and 3 kids
rsvp for @keltom2
will hopefully be there @lovemy21b
@jewelkoi RSVP
RSVP @S_thirtymommy
RSVP @OliviaLasting
rsvp @Salute2Mom
@bwinr Me and my kids would like this movie.
Hoping to join. @martiferg
I can’t remember if I RSVPed but I will be there @amanda_amandaf1
RSVP
@busyVAmom
This sounds like so much fun!!!
Will be there! @famous_chamaka
gonna do my best.. @Sandra_Blanton.. thank you
RSVP @ben_duncan1234
hope i did this right
I’ll be there! @jerrysuissa
@bwillequer30 ill be there
Going to try to log into the party from out and about on borrowed Wifi!. Hope Twitter isn’t blocked here!
@SahmReviews
Ill Be there!
RSVP @phillycouponmom
RSVP @amwysoc
RSVP @susan1215 There are 4 of us in the family
@LizzyofDanville will be attending! Can’t wait
@momochompers ill be there
RSVP @go2kauai there are four of us, two gals two guys!
@daddymojo will be there.
@freshbananas!
This is my RSVP! @rmtsweeps
RSVP @damedog13
Looking forward to it! @ostmega
@benniepenny
Rsvp’ing
@LokaFreeThings2 Tia Marie
@mandymorgan90 RSVP
RSVP me
@1DreamSparkles
I’ll be there. @lillyj50
@NotesAboutMe I’ll be there!
RSVP @grape_ape_03
I will be there RSVP @damedog13
RSVP @mcgraw14me or @mcgraw14me_jail
RSVP @!DreamSparkles
@luvmy4kiddos I’m there thank you for the invite
@bigtony76
I’ll be there! @LillaRose_Jenn
@IowaHell will be there!
@blurmore
@klw08
Can’t wait
RSVP @freesamplemomma
RSVP @KaratewithaZ
@miexriir is ready!!
@ViolaCay RSVPing for the partay!
Ready to Party! And get the movie!
rsvp me please! @xxkimhcxx
RSVP @limitedruboi
@mydarlingparty Super stoked
RSVP @jillyrh
@finnNtonic will be there
RSVP for @drae_94. Lots of fun!
Well milk my duds! This sounds rad and I’m in: @daspilar
What up, glithces. I’m partying with ya. @OWTK
@nnacua will be there!
@littlemrsrph
RSVP @frugaliscious
@Byrdy1999 is an rsvp
I’m there! @jackiemacd
PARTAY:)
I’m in! @anlamama
I am joining the party @svueofan
@drewz_fhreal
@its_a_fab_life – I win = I become a hero – No joke.
I think I rsvpd, just in case (@vloky
@lorene4too
@lucasjmom
@curtislu
rsvp @nolberctn
rsvping late @Gucchie23
Awesome idea glad I’m included wreck it time
@Zbrownsdawg
RSVP @anitautami
@shivamin2000 RSVP