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Gotham City 'Shoppers

Owen Good — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST

No, we are not doing a special Whitney Houston-themed 'Shop Contest, as I threatened. We've got some Gotham City exploitables, courtesy of a viral marketing stunt for the game that released earlier this week, that are just waiting for you to apply some vigilante funny. To the ersatz Batpoles! More »

Tebow Time: The Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:30:00 EST

Testing the limits of human overexposure, we put Madden Bowl XVII champion Tim Tebow up as the subject of last week's 'Shop Contest. Twenty of you, many not knowing what the hell football is, responded with brilliant depictions of the NFL's messiah. We've got all of them, including winner pnkero, inside! More »

Tebow Time

Owen Good — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:00 EST

Our Super Bowl Sunday edition comes, astonishingly, by request. Yes, folks, you saw that picture of the Denver Broncos' Tim Tebow at Madden Bowl XVIII and demanded it be the source image for the Kotaku 'Shop Contest. Who am I to argue with the wisdom of the crowd? More »

Burnin' Doobage: The Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:00:00 EST

Last week, a Nintendo 3DS owner unfortunately learned the wisdom of deleting all pictures of you smoking up before selling the thing. This made for an eminently teachable moment in the 'Shop Contest. We've got 19 winners plus overall No. 1 Idono inside! More »

Burnin' Doobage

Owen Good — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST

We do take requests here at the Kotaku 'Shop Contest, and when Mr. Smokey McBongHit there showed up yesterday, a lot of you were all about it as an exploitable, blurry face and all. In the interest of fan service, I'm down with that, too. Let's get 'Shoppin! More »

Male Models: The Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:00:00 EST

To market the PlayStation Vita, Sony enlisted the cast of Zoolander to showcase the handheld's new ability to make you look like a Miller Light spokesdude. Man up, we've got 20 winners inside, including JimThePea! More »

Male Models

Owen Good — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST

Earlier this week, Sony published a bunch of promotional shots that guarantee you will become a 100 percent more attractive person if you buy a PS Vita. That, or this is a marketing campaign targeted toward those who were once extras on Friends. Whatever, I smell a 'Shop Contest, and it smells like Drakkar. More »

Half-Knife: The Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:00:00 EST

Yes, yes, yes, Jesus Christ, I know last week's 'Shop challenge subject was itself a Photoshop. Thank you for all the sniffy #corrections, like I think Gabe Newell was actually tipping off Half-Life 3. The point of this wasn't to present an actual rumor. It was to make an actual rumor funnier, which winner Ryan did—twice!—along with 18 others in the latest 'Shop Contest. More »

Half-Knife

Owen Good — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST

There's trolling, counter-trolling, and counter-counter-trolling. And then there's "STFU about Half-Life 3 or I will cut you," as Valve boss Gabe Newell seemed to say in this display of his knife collection. But what does it all mean? More »

Bullet Blender: The Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:30:00 EST

Yes, yes, yes, I know that's a mixer, not a blender. Look, I play video games and write about sports, I'm not the goddamn chef de cuisine. Anyway, we asked you to blend that mixer with some twisted humor, and we've got 20 winners inside, including overall champ Ryan! More »

Bullet Blender

Owen Good — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST

Welcome back to the Kotaku 'Shop Contest. We've got another exploitable that should become an all-star callback in 2012 like the ones we just saw yesterday: The Bullet Bill Blender. Less talky, more 'Shoppy, so let's do this, mkay? More »

All-Star Finale Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST

Last week we closed out the Kotaku 'Shop Contest for 2012 with an all-star reunion, tasking our elite contestants with bringing together as many of 2011's top exploitables as possible. We've got 20 all-pros in a gallery inside, plus overall winner Kazaxat, inside! More »

Year-End All-Star Extravaganza

Owen Good — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EST

Smash Mountain. Ricky Lee Kalichun. Mr. Shady Shades. A power adapter that looks like Mr. T. And so many more. More »

The Politics of Just Dance: Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:00:00 EST

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As we mentioned earlier, some things are getting moved around and pushed up to today because of the holiday weekend. So let's go ahead and get in the last 'Shop Contest roundup of 2011. It's the story of President Obama and a man he met recently at the Best Buy. A man who looks like Heavy Weapons Guy. A man who looks like Robert Bowling. And a man who looks like Barack Obama. We've got all of those, plus MrEcko, inside! More »

The Politics of Just Dance

Owen Good — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EST

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Our latest subject didn't take a scientist to develop. As soon as President Obama popped into a Best Buy to pick up some games for his family for Christmas, we knew it would be this week's front-running candidate for the Kotaku 'Shop Contest. More »

Tats of the Old Republic Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:00:00 EST

BioWare bossman Greg Zeschuk inked himself with Star Wars: The Old Republic during release week, showing his bodily commitment to the MMO. His original tat was a little wishy washy, so we decided to give him a few suggestions, other than laser removal. Twenty winners inside, including MustangSaggy! More »

Tats of the Old Republic

Owen Good — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST

Earlier this week, BioWare co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk popped into a tattoo parlor and got that drawn on him, for life. We assume this was preceded by getting his pledge paddle signed and followed by a 3 a.m. stop at the IHOP where he told everyone he loved them and tried to steal a syrup dispenser. More »

The Baron and the Exec Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:00:00 EST

An intense stare-down at the Video Game Awards last weekend provided the grist for our latest 'Shop Contest. We have laxbenderman's face-melting winner, plus 19 other worthy contributions, inside! More »

Um, the NES Did Not Feature Counter-Strike Humping

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:40:00 EST

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An article on Hungary's MSN portal about teen sexuality uses an interesting image to illustrate its point. And by interesting I mean amazing. More »

The Baron and the Exec

Owen Good — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:00:00 EST

The Spike Video Game Awards can always be counted on to supply awkward moments, but they're usually a celebrity bombing a joke with a hamfisted, if not intoxicated delivery. Last night we got something different, and no, we're not talking about the teabagging spree. More »

Road Reggie Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:30:00 EST

We got the 'Shop Contest back on the track last week thanks to Nintendo of America honcho Reggie Fils-Aime and a life-size Luigi bumble-bee kart. Cygnus_Mal chucked the spiny shell at 19 other contestants, so he finishes first! The usual gallery of lunacy awaits inside! More »

Road Reggie

Owen Good — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST

So, we hit a snag last week, and for that, I'm sorry to everyone who participated and whose work was lost. It's the first time that's happened in nearly 100 editions of the Kotaku 'Shop Contest. I intend for it to be the only time. More »

A Note About the Most Recent 'Shop Contest

Owen Good — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST

Regarding our 'Shop Contest of Nov. 27, "Don't Fear the Creeper." More »

Tanooki Suit Riot Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:00:00 EST

As PETA picked a peck of pickled trouble with Super Mario 3D Land's use of the Tanooki Suit, it figured to be a good time to 'shop up a Tanooki-clad Mario enthusiast who'd rather cosplay than go naked. We've got 20 winners inside, including Zigzagoon—who also made 'Shop Contest history! More »

Tanooki Suit Riot

Owen Good — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST

Those publicity whores at PETA caused a ruckus earlier this week when they alleged Mario's Tanooki suit was something actually flayed from the body of an actual tanuki, or something like that. We have no idea if this man is in any way responsible, but since he is appearing on television, he looks guilty to me. I smell a 'Shop Contest! More »

Shoppin' Macy's Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:00:00 EST

Sonic the Hedgehog's inflated ego returns to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday. That was more than enough inspiration for our pre-Black Friday 'Shopping spree. We've got 20 winners, including WAFFO, inside! More »

Shoppin' Macy's

Owen Good — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST

Sonic is back in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year. Let's hope he has a better time of it than in 1993, when he was blown into a lamppost and popped. Not that I'm insinuating you should pull anything mischievous in our latest 'Shop Contest. More »

Bird Games Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:00:00 EST

Two artificially enthusiastic child models playing the Angry Birds tabletop game supplied the canvas upon which you were called to paint your demented masterpieces in Kotaku's 'Shop Contest. We have 20 finalists, plus winner Riddicrash inside! More »

Bird Games

Owen Good — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST

Two children playing the Angry Birds tabletop game. Aren't they happy? Yes. Aren't they adorable? Absolutely. But are those kids funny? Not yet. That's where y'all come in this week. More »

Bear Hunt Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:00:00 EDT

A Zangief cosplayer took top honors at a manly-man pageant last week, and our Kotaku team of super 'shoppers swung into action. We've got 20 studly submissions, plus Debaser101's winner, inside! More »

Bear Hunt

Owen Good — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT

Zangief won Mr. Stonewall Bear 2011 this past week, giving new meaning to the term "screw piledriver." It was good that he shaved off his backhair, because we're about to get 200 new looks at him in this week's 'Shop Contest! More »

Wild Card Weekend Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:00:00 EDT

Fahey, Mr. Shady Shades and I were the exploitables last week for a triple threat 'Shop Contest that was funny, funny to left field, and funny for power. We've got 20 winners inside, including PoopMcGreeley! More »

Wild Card Weekend

Owen Good — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT

So, yeah, the infamous wheelbarrow picture from Friday gave a lot of you premature 'shopulation. I figure this is as good a time as any to try something I've been saving for a rainy day: the wild card weekend. More »

Put a Ring On It Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:00:00 EDT

Last Sunday the 'Shop Contest said "I do" to Bejeweled's cartoon-crazy cubic zirconium. We've got 20 winners—and one animated .gif—plus Ruizc inside! More »

Put a Ring On It

Owen Good — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT

This gargantuan diamond ring PopCap gave to a Bejeweled fan for her wedding may be a fake. That doesn't mean we can't make it faker. 'Shoppers, quick, to the GIMP poles! More »

Miracle Nintendo Winners [Updated]

Owen Good — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:00:00 EDT

A woman claiming to find the image of Jesus in the used Nintendo Entertainment System she bought off eBay provided the divine inspiration for this week's 'Shop Contest. We've got 20 winners inside, including MrPerson's. And JimThePea's! More »

Miracle Nintendo

Owen Good — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT

Lo, the image of Jesus did appear on a Nintendo Entertainment System, to tell the world that whosoever presseth up up down down left right left right B A start shall not die, but have 30 lives. More »

Laundry Time Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:00:00 EDT

A designer's concept blending a functioning coin-operated washing machine with a coin-operated video game was only slightly less absurd than the 20 laureates of this week's 'Shop Contest, led by Daniel Bain. See them all inside! More »

Laundry Time

Owen Good — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT

Some people see things that are, like this washing machine arcade game, and say why. Others see things that are not, and 'shop them in. You guys are the latter bunch. More »

Donks, Hoopties and Shitmobiles Winners

Owen Good — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:00:00 EDT

A tricked-out tarted-up Sonic and Friends Crown Vic in an Illinois Walmart parking lot was the canvas upon which you were called to paint your latest masterpieces. We have 20 of them inside, plus SalamanderJuice's! More »