Remember our little rant on Secret Agent Doritos? Well, the Doritos brand finally announced that five lucky guys have been selected from over two thousand submissions to the Unlock Xbox challenge to have their own game made for the Xbox LIVE Arcade. Announcing the five finalists:

1. Doritos Dinosaur Dash by Mike Borland of Sewickley, PA
2. Doritos Presents UDC: Ultimate Dodgeball Champions by Devan Moore of Panama City, FL
3. Monkeys from Mt. Dorito by Juanito Lagasco, III of Algonquin, IL
4. PB’s Quest for Flavor by Jeremy Mattsen of Colorado Springs, CO
5. Rythum Racing by Kenneth Parker of Warner Robins, GA

What’s more, you will be able to head over to the contest’s website soon enough and participate in promotions to net some cool goodies including Xbox 360 consoles, Xbox LIVE Gold subscriptions and more, as well as getting to play the beta versions of these games sometime in October. Now a lot of people seem to be quite pissed off already with this selection, but I think I’ll actually reserve judgment until I can actually get my hands on them games later.

[via Gamasutra]

Does anyone remember that game-making competition held by Doritos? I’m gonna guess here a big fat “uh, what?” Not surprising as it’s a brand-name for a potato-chip style snack not readily available in India. But even if you didn’t, you’d have to agree that making a functioning game based upon a popular food product sounds borderline bananas. Not necessarily so, says Nate Bradley! His entry, Secret Agent Dorito, combines several commonly known forms of gaming pop-culture for those downing, disdainful dukes and/or damsels. And that’s two-dimensions, a cornball story, and an arsenal of guns and melee weapons.

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