Now that Halloween's done, you could probably do with a little release. Let the whole thing just go.

Dedicated gaming fans can create high-quality fan art from pretty much anything. Even squash.

Squirtle and Charizard come from the DeviantArt page of joh-wee, who has a truly astonishing array of carvings on her site (along with other art).

I was planning on getting a pumpkin, carving out a face. Maybe something fancy, I thought. Show what I can do, you know?

All you need is some painted pumpkins, a few two-by-fours, a couple cinderblocks and a makeshift slingshot and your Halloween celebration can be as exciting as these guys' was.

With Halloween just around the corner, what better time is there to take a look at some of the best gaming-related pumpkins out there this year?

Happy Saturday everyone and happy Halloween eve as well. By now some of you have probably gutted and carved up a helpless pumpkin to celebrate dressing up and begging for candy.

After nearly a year and half of being Kotaku's San Francisco Correspondent and default token girl*, it's time for me to say goodbye. GamePro is whisking me away to that fabled land of print journalism I've heard so much about.

Major Nelson's got the Xbox Live numbers up for the week of October 26th and who should be in third place on the Indie list but Pumpkin Chop.

Happy Halloween, everybody. Remember not to eat poisoned candy and not to drive drunk. Also, if you live in the Bay Area, the Bay Bridge is still out!

Happy Halloween, everybody. Remember not to eat poisoned candy and not to drive drunk. Also, if you live in the Bay Area, the Bay Bridge is still out!

Happy Halloween, everybody. Remember not to eat poisoned candy and not to drive drunk. Also, if you live in the Bay Area, the Bay Bridge is still out!

Happy Halloween, everybody. Remember not to eat poisoned candy and not to drive drunk. Also, if you live in the Bay Area, the Bay Bridge is still out!

Oh wow, there are SO many pumpkins to post today. In fact, too many — I broke the website when I tried to upload them all.

Only two days left to get me your pumpkins if you want 'em posted. Today's patch features more Mario Bros., Aliens vs. Predator, Dead Space, Brütal Legend and Final Fantasy VII.

A lot of cute pumpkins to post today. First up is the Ice Climbers, followed by Master Chief in green pumpkin form, Kingdom Hearts, Akuma, the Spy and a mystery game.

Halloween is so close I can almost taste the zombie makeup and candy corn. Here's a few more pumpkins to go in the patch.

Just wrap it in a towel or something. If that doesn't work, you can always send it off to get fixed. Thanks Cesar for the carving!

We've got several entries from all types of game to go up today. And one entry that puts my Bubs disaster completely to shame. Enjoy!

Today's Kotaku pumpkin patch includes the Godfather, Batman, the Spy from Team Fortress 2 and the World Ends With You. Cheers to Chris Wells, Lee Harris, Kevin "ShadesBot" Moore and Chae Wells!