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Alright Ashcraft teased everyone last week with the announcement that we would be giving away a special present to one luck Kotakuite. We've got $2,000 in Kotaku Kash that we are dying to part with. Better still, you don't have to lift more than ten fingers to spend it. That's right, we will do one lucky winner's shopping, spending up to $2,000 on video game-related presents. And yes, we'll even send the presents to that winner! Some parameters the winner must take into account:
• Including sales tax and shipping, we will only spend up to $2,000 KK. One KK equals exactly one US dollar.
• The winner will be asked to draw up a shopping wish list. All items on that list must be directly video game related.
• We will only go to one store on one day and purchase your presents there. This contest is one-stop shopping!
• Once the winner draws up his or her shopping wish list, it's final. That means if a game, a console or whatever is sold out, tough crap. ( Don't worry we'll try to figure out a way to let you spend every last penny, like maybe a back-up list.)
Ash was kind enough to come up with the soulless idea of making one of us brave the snow and ice around the holidays to do someone else's shopping, and then promptly flee to Texas where he thinks he will be free of having to fulfill the wishlist.
Fortunately, I'm not the vengeful type, so I'll probably be doing your shopping for you. Since it's the holidays, and I love you all so much, I'm going to make this contest super-duper easy. Hit the jump for the rules.
OK, this is what I need from you: To enter the contest I need you to search through the site and find your favorite article of the year. Then post the link here in comments and explain what you liked about it. Start your submission with the word "ENTRY". That's it. I will randomly select a winner on Jan. 1. Deadline to submit your last entry in this thread is 11:59 p.m. Dec. 31 Mountain Time.
The rules:
You have to be a commenter, duh.
You can only enter once a day, (remember the time is set to Mountain time) enter more and you will be disqualified.
You can only post your submission in the comments section of this one post.
Start your submission with the word ENTRY, that way people can still chat in the comments without being disqualified.
You don't have to live in the U.S.
You must be 18.
If you don't have a comment account, just sign up for one. I'll try to activate them as quickly as possible.
To get you started here's a few of my favorites of the year:
Update: A Touching Wish For Wii in Amarillo, TX
Feature: The World of Whorecraft
Feature: Wii VS. PS3 eBay Grey Market Comparison
Traipsing Through Taipei
The Library of Congress Loves Video Games
Sony Blackballs Kotaku (UPDATED)
Gamespot Editor Fired Over Kane & Lynch Review?
Feature: Talkin' Metal Gear With Hideo Kojima
Feature: The Colossus and the Comedian
Comments
whats the sales tax in denver? lol
i know its ~8% here in NY, just wanted to make sure so I can try to get it right, lol
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This is a really touching article. Flynn for the win, 'nuff said. And since the outcome was perfect, and so quickly. Woo.
Question. Does the does the shopping have to come from a brick and mortar store or could it be a list for Amazon or the like?
That's interesting, but why not spend it for themselves?
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I loved how this article managed to have a touching conclusion and not everyone out there is greedy and looking out for themselves.
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Might as well enter.
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Love this one cause my buddy is a youth minister and we have been playing Halo lan games in his church since halo 1. I was astounded at how many people got angry off cause of this ad. It was on CNN and everything.
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been after a few things I hope I win :D
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This was my favorite article of the year, by far. I am not usually a "Hot Tears of Shame" fan, but this article had me laughing for the entire day after I had read it and saw the attached pictures. The idea that someone would have an inflatable Pikachu with a hole in just the right spot, and to have people going inside of it? Purely amazing. I can only hope Kotaku will post more epic articles such as this.
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Journalistic integrity and guts on a gaming blog is the bee's knees.
Regarding the part about "you can only enter once a day, (remember the time is set to Mountain time)," does that mean I should come back tomorrow to this exact same post and do the same thing, but with a different article?
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I thought this article brought up a very interesting idea that Xbox Live should offer age matching with matchmaking. Not only would it put the little yelling kids with other little yelling kids, people could see how they matched up with their peers (in age) and could gauge their skill better. I think MS should start checking this site for ideas.
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I've lurked for a longgg time, it would be cool to win something from you guys :D
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Alas, it finally seems time to pop out of lurker status for me (made this account last year XD). Look forward to posting regularly, good luck to all!
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I thought this was a fantastic post by a big-hearted gentleman. Rarely do I read something online that actually stirs emotion in my probably cold and black heart, but when I read the line where Flynn said he would purchase the Wii himself for the woman...well, it could only have been described as happiness for the world and hope for the future that there might be more out there like Flynn.
@Ignatius: You beat me to it.
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Shakira, PS3, and Dubai, talk about Exotic Gaming!
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I might as well throw my hat in.
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This would make me want to replay Pokemon again.
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The reason I love this article(and all the articles related to whorecraft) is simple, it combines hot chicks AND Warcraft! I really don't see how anything could be better unless I had a side of bacon to go with it.
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For reminding me, that we can all still be friends.
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I don't know how to post links the right way, hope it works.
Anyway, this is rather recent actually. But really I love almost everything this guy puts down.
Anyway, why I love this one? Well I dunno if anyone else thinks so, but I find it rather touching the whole middle name thing. Especially the last 2 sentances.
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I think I've been reading the site for a couple of years now, but the blackballing incident really made it clear that this site wasn't like the others. And as the recent Gamestop stories have shown journalistic integrity is a sore point in the gaming community.
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One KK equals exactly one US dollar.
ENTRY - Super Mario Tesla Coils!
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Sure, this piece was a bounce from Gizmodo, but it made my day. Mostly amazing and slightly embarrassing. Hitherto, I'd no idea that tesla coils could be manipulated in such a truly geeky way! You know, if you watch the embedded clip long enough, you'll see the ghostly visage of David Bowie's mammoth mustache from the Prestige.
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It's worth a shot.
@Ignatius:
It's a great article. Unfortunately, every place around me was sold out as well, and I looked pretty hard. =( I hope she's able to get that Wii.
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One of the strangest stories I've seen all year. Hopefully they do the safety dance next :-D
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16 hats ftl
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i'll start with one of my favorite zero puncutation reviews
Not an entry... Bah to my 1990 birth date. I'm feeling really envious, yet still best of luck to all. My personal favourite article is the JYG where the battery in the camera runs out. I can't remember who it was with, but God that was funny. The guy just couldn't stop laughing.
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Its always great to hear good news about people taking care of other people. Much different than what you normally hear in the news.
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The Sony debacle always made me laugh. PR people are funny.
@ruslander:
I tried, but you had more to say. I just wanted to say the catchphrase of the year. Still though, took a lot of heart to go out of one's way to find a Wii for a person.
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This video is undeniably awesome. It's nice to see gaming get a little love outside the realm of geeks without it being pasted as something for geeks, and social misfits although I guess the love was perpetrated by band geeks... Anyway the video is still awesome.
@n2Depth:
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I really enjoyed watching this video and it really makes me want to get a PS3.
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This one was my favorite, cause of all the drama involved.
@Verner:
Well, they had four Wiis left at my Target, but I had just clocked back in for work...
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I haven't laughed so hard at a post in a long long time. This was the only time I ever considered actually seeing the DBZ movie.
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Not only one of the greatest days of my life, but one of the greatest days in the history of the world. Absolute bliss, chaos, and horror all at the same time. A glorious day it was. I will never forget it. :D
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Well, some one had to start with this. Gerstmann was one of the only reasons that Gamespot is as reputable as is has become, although it has started to backslide the last couple of years. Still, sad to see a dedicated employee lose his job over corporate red tape. Good luck and Happy Holidays!
Would a TV be consider a video game related item?
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I know some others used this one, but I don't give a rats ass - it's touching goddamnit, and that's why I'm listing it as my favorite.
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Because games and porn never looked this good together. And we all love porn, don't we? DON'T WE? *shakes fist*
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This looks like a fun way to spend some money :)
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I'm kinda not good at linking stuff.
I like this story because it play's directly against what TF director Bay say's about MS...MS is not perfecting digital downloads they are making sure they can profit from every rental..and continue having you the consumer comeback for more.
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The article this post links to is one of staggering genius.
Also, I'm its original author, so there's that.
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i know it's only a few days old, but this made me feel really nice when I read it. Kudos to Flynn and everyone who jumped to help him.
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I liked this, not because of any fanboy-ism type shit - but because it highlights a flaw in the business world. It says to me - your money doesn't matter, all that matters is us meeting our budgets at whatever cost. So take what we allow you to get and chut up! The problem extends far beyond the main article as you'll see others chime in with their stories of pain and horror.
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So, we have to post a link to a story or just put "ENTRY" before a normal post?
Thanks
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It boggled my mind to see a guy who was normally funny bomb so hard, espcially if he had taken to second on a PS3 forum to find a funnier twist on the xbox360 name.
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psh, who would of thought that one could escape TO texas? I always thought you had to escape FROM texas
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Was a great list and funny as hell. Friends didnt believe me when I said you had put an Island on there. When they did they demanded that we buy it.
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