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Want to celebrate our 10th Birthday with us?

We're throwing a party for our tenth birthday, and we want you there - but first, you must complete... ATOMIC QUEST.

Hey Atomicans, you know what’s happening early next year?

ATOMIC TURNS TEN!

That’s right, we’ve been breaking hardware, throwing video cards, overclocking things and playing games for ten... whole... YEARS. So, as you can imagine, we’ve got bit of a celebration planned for the 17th of February 2011.

All next year we’re going to have special articles and offers in the magazine and online, but we’re also throwing a party. We’re hosting a fabulous trivia night that’s going to be all about tech, gaming and the magazine we all know and love. It’s going to have our partners in the industry along as well, but it wouldn’t be a proper Atomic party without proper Atomicans.

But you need to prove your worth!

For your chance to come along to this Atomic night of nights, you need to complete... THE ATOMIC QUEST. You need to infiltrate the new Atomic HQ and recover three packages of tech from GIGABYTE, Kingston and Antec. How you get into the building, overcome a series of diabolical challenges is up to you – and your Quest starts... NOW. Watch the video below, and make your first decision...

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42 Comments

Nchalada Dec 17, 2010 10:49 AM	I think I died around... 10 times, but finally got through the rigmarole. Atop who's head was I?
T3hMarz Dec 17, 2010 11:40 AM	that was... interesting :P it was quite a good idea actually.
UNR3STRICT3D Dec 17, 2010 12:02 PM	Yeah that was a good idea, although the way i wanted to go wasn't the right one :(
Craig Simms Dec 17, 2010 12:04 PM	Mahahaha. So much fun.
Hawkeye Dec 17, 2010 12:08 PM	I'm surprised no one's noticed the hair...
Argotha Dec 17, 2010 12:18 PM	That was awesome! I went back just to find all the dead ends and boy were they fun as well!
codecreeper Dec 17, 2010 12:28 PM	I keep getting dead ends. Like the baseball bat it makes good for cracking open those nuts you get at xmas time.
mark84 Dec 17, 2010 12:36 PM	LOL this is fantastic! Got through with only dying twice. Then went back and watched all possibilities. Good fun.
mark84 Dec 17, 2010 12:38 PM	And yeah Dave, nice hair cut. Can I has some awesome kit now? Worth a shot :P
moofactory Dec 17, 2010 12:55 PM	I noticed David, its noticeably getting shorter each time. I miss the long locks but this suits you really well.
jdog Dec 17, 2010 2:02 PM	it was fun!! and i didnt DIE!!! now off to find all the dead ends!
RaRaDawg Dec 17, 2010 4:21 PM	I GOT THE WRONG DAVE, OMG!
Schaden Dec 17, 2010 6:57 PM	what was in the box in the store room? xD good fun
sora3 Dec 17, 2010 7:34 PM	LOL. I was awesome enough not to get a game over. But I bet someone else got it on the first go first... :)
Krispy89 Dec 17, 2010 8:43 PM	I used to love choose your own story, and this makes it even better :) Ahhh memories... FYI, I died a few times on the way.
CheekyChops Dec 17, 2010 9:13 PM	Well done, that was so cool lol. Choose your own adventure, fan-fucking-tastic lol. Am I the only bad ass who tried to stealz that Beamer GTA style? haha Made it to the end!! I entered, Feb 17 is cleared and ready for me to pencil in my attendance ;)
fredzfrog Dec 17, 2010 9:45 PM	ooh! and theres a question at the end! so hards! and no cheeky... I try'd too.. :)
fredzfrog Dec 17, 2010 10:04 PM	back... and those endings are great! :D
Krispy89 Dec 17, 2010 11:01 PM	I tried going GTA on their asses too :P Also gave David a Heart Attack :S
CheekyChops Dec 18, 2010 1:09 AM	How did you make the videos? Did you tape a camera to your head or something? Also who was that :P Im going to go back and do all the dead ends now, I liked it. It took me a while to figure out what was going on, for the first 20 seconds or so of the first video, I was looking at all the clues because I thought we actually had to physically locate the office and get the loot IRL. I was going to look up all Victoria St's in Sydney trying to narrow down what suburb and everything! :P /slaps forward
sora3 Dec 18, 2010 10:17 AM	Saw all the dead ends and all of them were hilarious from giving Dave a scare down to Dave hating me for not liking ME2. That was the best Choose-your-own-adventure in a long time.
Zzozzach Dec 18, 2010 1:39 PM	Heh. Cool idea, it was a lot of fun going back and doing all the dead ends. It only took me three tries to find the right Dave, compliment his 'do, and get the kit. But, CRIKEY, that Xbox was hard to resist....
Hawkeye Dec 19, 2010 12:17 PM	Cheeks, it's a dedicated head-mounted HD camera. Really small and cool bit of a kit, that we're hoping to use in a LOT more videos.
Avliden Dec 19, 2010 1:37 PM	Holy shit, Atomic and me have the same birthday!
Avliden Dec 19, 2010 1:40 PM	Seriously, you guys should just let me come.. Its my birthday damn it!
Paranoid_Android Dec 21, 2010 12:18 AM	"Really small and cool bit of a kit, that we're hoping to use in a LOT more videos" that was brilliant! can't wait for future video's using the headcam :-D also, i may have enjoyed accidentally killing dave a little too much - my housemate came to check on me cause i laughed so loud... thanks for brightening my evening :-)
dsagill Dec 21, 2010 12:36 PM	Stupid Ark of the Covenant :( Only died once though :) So much funnage.
dsagill Dec 21, 2010 12:47 PM	He he he. Just played all the variations. Very funny. Dave looks all gentified and noble with that hair do. Makes him suck at Splinter Cell IRL though - he couldn't hear all that grunting and carrying on when he walked past the infiltrator!?!?!? :D
CheekyChops Dec 21, 2010 7:32 PM	I was wondering if someone had taped a camera to a stack hat or something lol :P Sounds good, dedicated kit, nice. Maybe you can bring it out again at the party for an interesting angle of highlights for those who cant attend and have some cool content for the website? Choose your own adventure of the party could be... interesting haha :P
Hawkeye Dec 21, 2010 7:57 PM	Yeah, but it took us two days of recording a lot of paper to plot even that simple one out! I'm planning on being WAY too drunk for that kind of co-ordination. That said... could be a neat thing for some very keen Atomican to wear... hint-hint
Virul Dec 21, 2010 11:42 PM	Haha! Got it first go. I was tempted to stray, but had my eyes on the prize(s) :P
Avliden Dec 22, 2010 1:55 AM	I made it first try, the second time was fun. Perhaps a little flash game next time? But seriously now, how about the most epic birthday present ever? The only thing ive managed to get to was a Killzone demonstration (which was pretty awesome actualy.. I got to hump a hellgast and got a signed poster. That has been the best thing so far... And it wasnt even for PC! I'm a PC gamer damn it! But I couldnt turn down going. But the best tech mag in the known (and unknown?) universe's birthday on my birthday? come on.. Oh, here. little Helgast humping action: http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2494/103/84/1616943805/n1616943805_162220_145.jpg
Avliden Dec 22, 2010 2:00 AM	PS: Nice hair Dave~! Mohawk next?
Dazerath Dec 22, 2010 9:57 AM	Oh no I broke the AR Drone!!! :(
JediKnight Dec 22, 2010 7:43 PM	Only died twice ... all those years playing Diablo II helped lol
darren42 Dec 22, 2010 7:52 PM	Only died once due to the Ark of the Covenant. Next time i should trust the clue on the piece of paper :P
mykl_c Dec 22, 2010 11:49 PM	Wow! Best free game I've played in ages! Who do I send the $50 to?
gifts2bangalore Dec 25, 2010 10:11 PM	Puzzled about the right gift? Just get into www.gifts2bangalore.com and send gifts to Bangalore for every occasion.
BookWorm.303 Jan 2, 2011 9:40 PM	Next time use a better microphone.
morris Jan 11, 2011 11:42 AM	Yay I won! And there's more than one way to win.
morris Jan 11, 2011 11:43 AM	I thought the audio was fine. Maybe for those that have problems (like BookWorm.303), subtitles?
deonast Jan 16, 2011 5:37 PM	Yep felt old school there choose your own adventure with a FPS+FMV (First Person Sneaker + Full Motion Video) feel. So you can win going through the back door or the front. If I say I took the back door will I get sniggers from the audience. Good distraction, I chose what I knew would be the wrong option most times, just to see. After all the world is full of FAIL and it is how you handle it that counts :)

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