Bob Marley fans who just can’t wait for Magnolia Pictures’ “Marley”, directed by Kevin Macdonald, to hit theaters on April 20 can take a shot at winning tickets, courtesy of none other than Blast Magazine.

Follow and tweet @blastmagazine to win passes to a pre-screening on April 19 at 7 p.m. at the Kendall Square Cinema.

“Marley” explores Bob Marley’s impact on music history and his role as a social and political figure. It details his life story and rise to fame using rare footage, performances, and interviews with those who knew him, including son Ziggy and wife Rita.

Boston-based music site OurStage.com is partnering with the 2012 Vans Warped Tour to sponsor a stage for 22 festival dates – and is offering up-and-coming bands the chance to play it.

22 bands will be chosen to play one day of the festival, and one will be chosen for a 22-city tour – food & bus included. Selected bands will receive promotional support on the tour.

National submissions will be accepted until April 10 and regional submissions will be open until the end of April. Bands from all genres will be considered, and can enter on the Facebook national entry page (here) or the OurStage Warped Tour Page (here).

Five fans who log in to judge the contest will be entered to win two tickets to Warped Tour and a $500 travel stipend.

11 bands featured by OurStage.com have already earned slots on the Vans Warped tour: Twin Atlantic, The Constellations, Stepdad, Lost in Society, IWrestledABearOnce, I Fight Dragons, Ballyhoo!, Hyro Da Hero, A Loss For Words, Sick of Sarah, and Champagne Champagne.

These artists and more can be found on the official Warped Tour lineup.

You? How about you? I see a few hands there.

Blast Magazine is partnering with Sony to hand out a slew of beta invites for the upcoming Resistance 3 multiplayer beta kicking off August 4.  How do you win? Just enter a comment on this post and you’ll automatically be entered. You can post as many times as you want, but you’ll only be entered once.  Please note, these codes are for users with North American PSN accounts only.

Oh and be sure to follow me on Twitter @JoeSinicki. I’ll be slinging codes there every now and then as well.

Winners will be chosen sometime Monday! Good luck!

If you’re struggling with an attempt at soul searching, why not distract yourself? If you’ve always wanted to be a hero, ijji.com has started a game to let you live out your desire. Soul of the Ultimate Nation’s first open beta test for the MMORPGhas begun. To celebrate, ijji.com is hosting two contests. The winner of the “Long Road To Glory” event will receive an Alienware Prize Package. That will include an Alienware Area-51‚® X58, Alienware OptX¢â€ž¢ Monitor, Alienware TactX¢â€ž¢ Keyboard, Alienware TactX¢â€ž¢ Mouse and Alienware TactX¢â€ž¢ Headset. The three winners of the “Path To Achievement” contest will receive a 24 inch Asus monitor along with other prizes. These contests are for those who are familiar with ijji.com but also for new users. The deadline for contest is October 5th, so check out ijji.com’s contest site for more information.

Intel, Capcom and the Game Agency are giving birth to an application which will allow us to indulge our love of Resident Evil. In order to promote the PC release of Resident Evil 5 on September 15, have released a photo application on Facebook which allows people to upload their photos and turn themselves into a Majini. You can add gruesome wounds, worms and cuts if that’s what you want and can even photo shop group photos for the fun of it. Intel is also sponsoring a Majini Makeover Contest. People who submit their photos to a public Facebook gallery have the chance to win a new gaming computer, copies of the game, Resident Evil Collectibles and five i7 processors from Intel! There will be several contests to promote the game, so be on the lookout. Check out the Majini Makeover and don’t forget to comment below with your thoughts on the widget.

Nicole Cullop is used to traveling across the continent to compete against guys, yet her most recent venture against the opposite gender was a bit different than her usual escapades.

Cullop, or LethalxPrincess as she’s known to many, is a pro-gamer by trade. For years, Cullop crisscrossed the nation with Major League Gaming (MLG) immersing herself in a cutthroat world while breaking stereotypes in the process. Her squad, Team Foxy, is considered the top female team in the gaming community.

Not surprisingly, it was actually gaming that connected Cullop to the Sound Tour. Sponsored by the popular headphone company, the tour, which we previously told you about, is a reality show pitting Cullop and a team of four other female contestants against a squad of all men.

“I heard about the Sennheiser Sound Tour through the gaming community. Sennheiser is a great product that is highly recognized for its quality in the professional gaming world. When the tour was announced, the word spread quickly in the E-Sports community” Cullop recalled.

With the ultimate goal to promote the Sennheiser headphone product base, the two teams have spanned North America participating in a variety of challenges. From meeting celebrities to getting on tour buses, Cullop admits it’s been a whirlwind ride.

“Personally, there are many highlights of the tour that I have enjoyed such as traveling, experiencing new communities, and meeting new and exciting individuals” said Cullop. Ever the gamer, she admits that for her personally, the best part of the tour has not been meeting a person or going to a particular place, but rather it’s been a simple truth.

“The biggest highlight of the tour so far has been the fact that the girl’s team is in the lead. We have won three challenges and the guys have only won one. I am a very competitive individual and I am confident we will take home the grand prize” she confided.

Along the way, both teams have been faced with the challenge of going up to people on the street to promote Sennheiser. While in some cases they’ve been shut out and rejected, most people have been willing to step in front of the camera according to Cullop.

“Generally people are accepting and don’t mind the camera, we actually seem to get better responses if the cameras are out and rolling. I think people want to know what’s going on with the cameras, the tour, and the product” said Cullop.

One of the Sennheiser girl’s most memorable visits was their trip to Boston. Between crashing a few weddings, visiting the Salem Witches Cottage and partying it up outside the Paul McCartney Fenway concert, the ladies got their fill of Beantown. Cullop says it was easily one her favorite places on the tour.

“My time in Boston was amazing; I literally fell in love with it the moment I arrived. Boston is now on my top five places to move. What I remember most about Boston was the atmosphere in the air, I went to Fenway Park, Faneuil Hall, and shopping on Newbury Street. Everywhere I went people were alive with spirit; they were helpful, and even entertaining. I would love to live in an area like Boston because it has so much to offer” she said.

With the tour winding down, Cullop admits she misses her Xbox, controller and gaming in general. Save for a few hours of gaming in NYC, she has not gotten a chance to play much while on tour. Despite this, Cullop contends she wouldn’t trade her Sennheiser Sound Tour experience for anything “" or any game “" in the world.

“The one thing I will bring away from this trip is the experience. No matter how the team does and no matter how I personally do in the competitions, I will always remember the new places, people, and experiences I have encountered along the way” concluded Cullop.

Battlefield 1943, the multiplayer-only sequel to the PC game Battlefield 1942, released on Xbox Live Arcade two days ago and on the Playstation Network yesterday. You may not have heard, but there are three maps to begin with, but four maps in total. The fourth map will be released when the community reaches 43 million kills total, which is a great idea, and preferable to paying for a DLC map pack. It’s like Noby Noby Boy, except stuffed full of World War II era violence. The more we play as a community, the more support we see for the title.

The official countdown towards 43 million kills begins today–it’s fun to watch the Ps3 and 360 owners race, after all. That is why we want to recruit our readers as hired guns, of sorts. All you have to do is take a picture of the statistics page for your gamertag or PSN ID on Battlefield 1943, where your total kills are displayed on a leaderboard. Whoever contributes the most to the war effort amongst our readers by the time that fourth map is finally unlocked will receive either a Microsoft Points or Playstation Network card for $20, which is $5 more than the game costs. You get your money back, and a little something extra for the future, courtesy of Blast.

The rules are simple: Take a picture of your television screen, and e-mail it to marcnormandin@gmail.com (Hey, that’s me!). I’ll publish a reminder the day (or day before)‚  it looks like the fourth map is about to be unlocked so everyone can send in their last-minute photos. Please make sure to timestamp your photo for authenticity, and we’re using the honor system here, so no photoshopping kill totals. Photoshoppers will be hunted down and flogged by the runner-up (Blast is not responsible for your airfare). We’ll verify that you are who you say you are over your network of choice, and then you get free stuff. Neat, huh? And all you had to do was play a game you already bought.