Play MLB 2K10, Pitch Perfect Game, Win $1M

Despite President Obama's State of the Union proclamation that the economy has improved in recent months, the reality is that plenty of people are still out of work. Some good news on the jobs front: thanks to 2K Sports, guys who spend their days on the couch playing video games can now earn money working from home.

Requirements: an Xbox, Major League Baseball 2K10, and the ability to sit front of a television for hours at a time.

According to the press release: 2K Sports announced today that they will give away an unprecedented cash prize in the amount of $1,000,000 to the first person who throws a verified perfect game in Major League Baseball 2K10.

"You don't see too many perfect games thrown in MLB 2K, but we've seen it happen," said Jason Argent, vice president of marketing at 2K Sports. "Our goal is to celebrate and highlight Major League Baseball 2K10's superior pitching and hitting mechanics this season, while also giving one of our loyal fans the thrilling opportunity to be rewarded with a lot of money."

A couple things worth pointing out, via Darren Rovell:

Because 2K Sports had never tracked the statistic before, it was unable to insure the $1 million prize. Insurance companies obviously need to know odds in order to be able to price out the insurance.

There's one more catch in collecting that $1 million prize. It has to be verified by noted video games record keeper Twin Galaxies and in order for that to happen, the whole perfect game has to be recorded, Argent said.

Translation: 2K Sports' $1 million is probably safe. Video game-playing stoners are way too lazy to go through the verification process.