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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: RIP Mr. Peanut (1916-2020)
We lost a good one. A few days ago Mr. Peanut, the famous mascot himself, was confirmed dead after sacrificing his life for two nobodies that honestly weren’t worth his death. Let us celebrate the life of Mr. Peanut in this dark time. Your challenge this week: Add Mr. Peanut to games, movies, TV shows,…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Goku Needs A Better Game, Winners!
Last weekend I asked you folks to help poor Goku out. He saves the world all the time and still has to appear in some really mediocre and bad video games. Thanks for looking out for Kakarot in his time of need. Our winning image this week comes from Mrichston who creates the next great…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Goku Needs A Better Game
The new Dragonball Z game was released a few days ago. It’s not great! Poor Goku. The dude saves the world multiple times and yet he still stars in mostly bad or crappy games. Let’s help Kakarot out. Your challenge this week: Put Goku in better games! They can be older games or newer games,…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Patrick Stewart, Winners!
Last week I found a great photo of Patrick Stewart and decided to create a ‘shop contest based on it. The results were better than I expected! Let’s ENGAGE with some content.. (Get it, like Star Trek..?) Our winning image this week was made by peachflavored who created an image so simple and yet so…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart is a cool dude. I think we can all agree on that. He also played my favorite Star Trek captain and still looks damn good at 79 years old. Some recent photos from a Variety story caught my eye. So let’s have some fun with ol’ Stewart. Your challenge this week: Take this…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: National Bird Day, Winners!
Last week was National Bird Day. A lovely holiday that I assume all of you celebrated and enjoyed. In honor of this holiday, I asked you Photoshop artists to create some images featuring famous video game birds. You didn’t disappoint! Our winning image this week comes from Chris MC who makes one small change to…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: National Bird Day
Birds! They are totally fine, I guess. I don’t know if they deserve a whole national holiday, but here whatever. Today is National Bird Day. I know, I was surprised too. Your challenge this week: Have some fun with video game birds! Any bird from any video game will work. Place them all together, add…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Baby Sonic, Winners!
Last week I asked you folks to create some images featuring the cute Baby Sonic. I also learned that some people get really angry when you call Baby Sonic, Baby Sonic. Apparently he’s too old to be a baby or something…? I don’t know. Moving on. Our winning image this week comes from MonoArtan who…
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CultureShop ContestThe ‘Shop Contest Awards: 2019
Hello and welcome to the 2019 ‘Shop Contest Awards! I’m excited to have you all here as we look back at what you creative and wonderful folks have made over the past year. And as always, I’ll be handing out some awards! 2019 was a year filled with many things and also a lot of…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Baby Sonic
And so, we end the year with Sonic. But this time I’m not angry or sick looking at Sonic. Instead, this time, we have the wonderful and cute Baby Sonic. He might not be as cute as Baby Yoda, but give him time. But not too much time, because he’ll grow into actual Sonic and…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Christmas 2019, Winners!
The holidays are over, the year is coming to a close, but like Christmas decorations on December 28, the holidays aren’t quite over yet. So let’s get a little festive one last time before we end the year and the decade. Our winning image this week comes from SuperSonicBryan, who creates a nice collage of…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Christmas 2019
Happy holidays! We have almost made it through 2019. What a year. A bad year, for most folks around the world. But we did it. Congrats. Christmas is almost here so let’s have some fun. Your challenge this week: Celebrate the holidays with video game characters. No other rules or requirements. A simple and open…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Baby Yoda, Winners!
The Child, also known as Baby Yoda to everyone outside Disney and Lucasfilm, has quickly become a beloved part of Star Wars and the new The Mandalorian series. And with him popping up in The Sims 4 recently, I figured it was about time he got his own ‘Shop Contest. Our winning image this week…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Baby Yoda
Baby Yoda has quickly become one of the only good things about 2019. I love the little kid, but I was hesitant to do a Baby Yoda contest because frankly, the internet has already created some great images featuring “The Child.” But then EA added him to The Sims 4 and I saw my opportunity.…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: $120k Banana And Some Duct Tape, Winners!
Modern art is sometimes complicated, strange and incredible. Then sometimes a dude sticks a banana on a wall and makes a $120k selling it. And then someone else eats it as part of their own art performance. Anyways, I asked you folks to create some artwork of your own featuring either this expensive fruit or…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: $120k Banana With Some Duct Tape
People complain about modern art a lot. “Anyone could paint some dots on a canvas.” Usually, their complaints are unfair. But then someone sticks a banana to a wall and sells it for $120,000 and sort of proves a lot of the jokes and criticisms of modern art to be totally true. Wild stuff. Your…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Black Friday, Winners!
After a weekend away, I’m back and ready to judge the entries from last week’s guest contest. Last week, Peter asked you all to make some silly images featuring all those TVs that go on sale on Black Friday. Our winning image this week was created by BobTheRock, who wins nothing because he is banned…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: The Poké Ball Guy
From the moment I first saw the Poke Ball Guy I knew he was trouble. And I also knew he needed to get his very own ‘Shop Contest. So here we are. He’s out on parole and free to go on new adventures. Your Challenge This Week: Spread the horror of Poke Ball Guy to…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Sonic Returns, Winners!
We can never escape Sonic. He always returns. Last week, after the new Sonic The Hedgehog the movie trailer was released, I decided to once again throw a Sonic-themed contest. I regret this. Our winning image this week comes from Mrichston who shows us a scene from the upcoming re-release of The Lord Of The…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: Sonic Returns
Will I ever get a break? Just when I thought we were done with Sonic for the year, we get a NEW trailer for that Sonic The Hedgehog film. At least this time the new Sonic looks less terrifying and more loveable. So let’s give this another shot. Your challenge this week: Add the new…
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