In an attempt to lure females into gaming, Microsoft is working with House Party to send free Xbox 360 packages, to 1000 women throughout USA ...

On a recent Saturday, about 1,000 women across the country moonlighted as marketers for Microsoft's newest Xbox services.
House cleaners, hairdressers, guidance counselors and IT technicians got a $150 pack of Xbox freebies for opening their homes to at least 10 friends or relatives.

And they earned bragging rights.

"It's cool because the kids in my school were like 'oooh,' " says Aimee Maldonado, 40, a guidance counselor at a high school in Yonkers, N.Y. "They think I'm so cool."

She was among the first 10,000 people in the U.S. to try a batch of new Xbox Live Internet-based games and services, which include streaming video, movie rentals from Netflix, as well as photo-sharing and other social-networking features and shopping.

Miss Razz via usatoday.com »