There’s a peculiar achievement in the new Xbox 360 game Borderlands that just came out this week.

And They’ll Tell Two Friends – Play in a co-op game with either an employee of Gearbox or someone who has this achievement.

I guess we’ll see how fast this Xbox Live equivalent to a chain letter gets spread amongst Borderlands gamers. In order to facilitate that, the folks over at Gearbox Software have arranged a community game day where they will play Borderlands co-op with anyone. Here are the details:

Date: Friday October 23rd
Time: 6pm-9pm eastern time
What to do: Send a friend request/message to any of these gamertags listed below

• GBX BrianT
• GBX Madjack
• GBX Strobelight
• GBXSirMarksalot
• GBX Zero
• GBX Dogbert
• GBX Tralfaz
• GBX LordALF
• GBX ennui
• GBX Skagblaster
• GBXPiratehearts
• GBX Simon
• GBX Dev 1
• GBX Dev 2
• GBX Dev 3
• GBX ShootMan
• GBX CShedd
• GBX DaveC
• GBX Graeme

Recap:

I was able to get in on a game with GBX ennui, who is the head of their community development.  During the short game I played with her we talked about the title update Gearbox is working on concerning the bug in the Siren character skill tree with ‘Phase Strike’ and a planned upcoming DLC which will introduce a zombie component into Borderlands.  We also discussed this blog and how folks at Gearbox enjoy reading smaller, less commercialized blogs where they know the authors aren’t beholden to anyone for their opinions and can freely say exactly what they think about a game.  So, any of you out there who have played through the game can feel free to submit a review of Borderlands or any other game you’ve completed and want to tell others about (whether good or bad).  Now that I have this unique achievement, feel free to hit me up for an invite so you can get it too.  I’ve already been able to share it with a few people so it will spread pretty quickly I think.