WELCOME TO THE WINNERS CIRCLE
Congratulations on beating Trapped in a Video Game! The Winners Circle is filled with exclusive content to reward readers who’ve made it through all five books. On this page, you can view the end credits, play a video game, get a free poster, and even receive a personal video from author Dustin Brady.
REWARD #1
Watch a bonus video!
Check out the credits below to see pictures of the real-life Jesse and Eric that inspired the characters in the book! Be sure to stick around after the credits to find out what happens after Trapped in a Video Game. An after-credits scene for a book?! That’s right. It’s like a Marvel movie or something.
REWARD #2
Get a personal video from the author!
Dustin Brady, author of Trapped in a Video Game, is excited that you made it through all five books in the series. As a reward, he’d like to send you a personal video to say hello and answer your questions! Here’s how it works:
1. Get a parent to help you send an email to Dustin at video@dustinbradybooks.com. Please put your name in the subject line along with the word “video.” So if your name is Dougie, the subject line would be “Dougie Video.”
2. Dustin will do his best to get your name right, but if it’s hard to pronounce, please repeat your name in the body of the email, but include the pronunciation in parentheses. So you might say, “Hi, this is Dougie (Dug-ee)”
3. Send Dustin a message or ask him any question you want, no matter how serious or silly! He’ll read it and respond through video.
4. Many kids end up sharing the video with their teacher, who then shows it to the class. That’s awesome! If you’d like Dustin to shout out your class, please provide your teacher’s name and grade level. So you might say, “Shout out Miss Feliciano’s fourth grade class.”
5. Look for the auto-reply. A few minutes after you send your email, you should get an auto-reply confirming that Dustin received the message. If you don’t see it within a few minutes, check your spam folder. If it’s there, then mark it as “not spam” to make sure you get the real video from Dustin! If you still don’t see it, understand that some email servers (especially schools), filter out Dustin’s emails, so you may need to send from a different address. Send from a parent’s email address for the best chance of receiving the message.
6. Be patient. Dustin gets many messages every day. He does his best to respond quickly, but it may be several weeks before you hear back. Look for Dustin’s reply in the same place you got the auto response.
REWARD #3
Play a video game!
Beating Full Blast unlocks two special modes: “Reality Mode,” which Jesse and Eric experienced, and “The Victory Tour,” a retro arcade game that lets you chase the aliens into outer space.
For the first time, you can now play The Victory Tour for yourself! Click “Play” below to try it out.
This game requires a computer and keyboard.
Use the arrow buttons to dodge obstacles and press the space bar to fire your blaster. Hold the space bar to charge your blaster if you want to blow up larger obstacles.
Collect power-ups and see how far you can get! Try to make the weekly leaderboard and beat author Dustin Brady’s all-time high score of 25,000.
REWARD #4
Get free autographed stuff!
If you buy Dustin Brady’s next box set, Escape from a Video Game, on his website and enter the promo code BEANS, he’ll send you an autographed poster, short story card, and book, all for free!
How it works:
1. Visit this link to buy the Escape from a Video Game box set through Dustin’s website.
2. On the cart page (not the checkout page), enter the code BEANS.
3. Select your free book.
4. Click through to the checkout page and verify that the Winners Circle bundle has been added to your order at no additional cost. If you run into any issues, email help@dustinbradybooks.com.
SECRET CLUB
Dustin is hard at work on the next book! To be the first to learn about that book as well as other new projects, sign up for the Secret Club below.