What could be better than a group photo featuring the largest number of Kotaku staff ever assembled in one spot? Just about every entry in last week's 'Shop Contest.
I was expecting much more cruelty than we received, so thanks for that! Running themes included The Simpsons couch, They Live, head swapping and Battle Royale. And while making everyone in the picture wear my face was cute, and the one image that kept making everyone click on it diabolical, ultimately I went with Kcity's awesome '90s-style game magazine spread of the staff as game characters.
That's not to say the rest of your entries weren't amazing! I would never say that. It's rude.
This Week's Grand Runner-Up Winners
Ellenc — for making Yannick Diddy Kong.
Tristanix — for accidentally stumbling upon what we all looked like last Wednesday.
Rigel Al Jusra — because those seats were expensive.
ForeverWhatever — for being the first one to depict me as the killer from Too Many Cooks. I was waiting.
LooseyNewport — for best use of lens blur.
Hooded Cloak — for fixating on Eddard's hair. I mean Ashcraft's.
Fbs — for alternate us. Well, alternate everyone else and my Brian Posehn comment.
Hyrule Worriers — because WHY AM I TINGLE?
torquemadaza — for Tina's face in this picture.
bio82 — for letting Patricia and I fall to our deaths, apparently.
Ganonthegreat1 — because I'll take King Dedede.
THEME BREAK — BATTLE ROYALE
ForeverWhatever, bl_rabbit, Anky_Kodiak and abayarts want us to kill each other. Yay!
END THEME BREAK
Tyrric — for maintaining continuity.
PCiTEK — now in color!
Drewpy — this is pretty much exactly how the week-long meeting went.
SteveFish — for giving me hair.
uscg_pa — for finally showing us how he really feels.
Spencer G. — though I can't quite pick out what he changed. Hrm.
Gamegated ManFortress — because it all makes sense now.
Dan Seitz — for putting us there instead of bringing them here.
Ihsus — for motherfuckin' Interstate '76.
Goufunaki — for Kirk and I's sloppy gun handling getting Evan and Patrick killed.
GiantBoyDetective — but we call them kininjas.
Boryoku — for the most accurate representation of Gergo's hair ever.
Nelsonic — for making me miss yet another team supper. Whatever, there'll be more.
Bradley Niziak — we'll all be playing ewoks.
DistractedObserver — boy fish to the right, girl fish to the left?
PunditGuy — a shining example of subtlety.
J Aaron Hager — for making me the badass.
codexcdm — for expanding on the They Live theme.
Fizziks — wow. No. No no no.
Conker the Squirrel — for unabashed narcissism
mulled0220 — for stirring in me the very opposite of narcissism.
Octopus-Crime — for having the best name and an excellent concept, even if my name is wrong.
marr0w — for making me click this damn image 20 times. Stop clicking it!
And finally...
Kcity — for the win!
Look for a new 'Shop Contest later today. Here's a hint to get you started — it involves images.