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Name your kid Jason, win free games
Sean Ridgeley - Monday, February 16th, 2009 | 9:58AM (PT) 0 Favourites (0)


Codemasters on a mission

No misleading headline, here: Codemasters are promoting their Rise of the Argonauts title in a peculiar way -- by asking gamers to name their kids Jason, after the game's protagonist. If you do, you win five free games from the company.

"These days, babies names are influenced by celebrities - and there aren't that many famous Jasons any more," said Richard Eddy, Director of Communications, Codemasters. "We hope our Rise of the Argonauts hero can act as a 'virtual' star, encouraging new parents to rejuvenate this once-great English name."

As of yet, Jack, Thomas, Oliver and Joshua are at the top of the UK's favourite names for boys. 'Jason'  is of Greek origin, and means 'healer'. It's been very popular in the US but has faded in the Kingdom in recent years, dropping out of the top 50.

According to the rules, the child doesn't have to be male, so if you're sick enough to name your daughter Jason for some video games, by all means!

Jason from the Bring Back Jason blog says "if you were to take our efforts to rehabilitate the name Jason, and turn them into a bona fide set of beliefs, you’d probably call that set of beliefs something like Jasonism."

All rules can be found via the official site link below.


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  • 0 thumbs!
    kspiess since Jun 2007 | Feb 16, 09
    If I found out my parents named me Jason to win 5 free video games I'd probably want to run away, steal a car, and drive to Mexico.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Burkedawg since Dec 2008 | Feb 16, 09
    quote kspiess
    If I found out my parents named me Jason to win 5 free video games I'd probably want to run away, steal a car, and drive to Mexico.
    Word.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Prince Sander since Aug 2004 | Feb 16, 09
    It would be even worse if they named you that just for the games... only to find out that they didn't even win.
  • 0 thumbs!
    hollowedsol since Feb 2008 | Feb 17, 09
    That's odd... this is a very odd way to repopularize the name Jason...
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