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Vote: May the best pumpkin win [update]
Finalist #1 Finalist #2 Finalist #3 Finalist #4 Finalist #5 Finalist #6 Finalist #7 Finalist #8 Finalist #9 Finalist #10 Update: And the winner is ... First, thank you to everyone who submitted a pumpkin carving for this year's contest -- you rock! Brilliant work. Now, after making many difficult cuts, the Joystiq staff has narrowed down the entries to the ten finalists you see above. (Note: Each thumbnail is linked to a larger image and description of the finalist posted after the break; when clicked, these larger images link to the even larger, full-size versions in our gallery.) The finalist with the most votes after a 24-hour period will be selected to win our grand prize. The finalist with the second-most votes will take first prize. Thanks for voting! [Note: Poll has expired.]
Reminder: Carve pumpkins, win video games
Entry #27 by Brian W. Update: The entry period has closed.It's a shame the CDC shut down our plans for a giant bobbing for games contest. It was going to be epic. In its place, however, we launched a totally rad pumpkin carving contest. Not only do we get to enjoy the skilled craftwork of the Joystiq Biomass, we also get to keep the prizes nice and dry, and reduce the spread of waterborne illness bred in the saliva of icky gamers. That goes down as a win-win-win situation in our book.Reminder: You have until 12:00PM ET Friday, October 30, (two days!) to submit images of your game-related pumpkin carvings to: contest@joystiq.com. Click here for the basic guidelines for entry. (Official rules.)Have a look at the competition and keep the entries coming:%Gallery-76540%
Joyswag: Carve a pumpkin, win a pile-o'-games
Image credit: Takayoshi Sugawara; 2007 contestant Update: The entry period has closed.It's that time of the year again -- when it's OK to show some video game spirit. Like, a lot of spirit. In between sewing your man-sized Peach dress and gluing together that Spartan Laser, why not take a break to do some carving?That's right, welcome to The 2009 Joystiq Pumpkin Carving Contest! Submit pictures of your video game-themed pumpkin carvings for a chance to win a pile of games. Just follow the 8 simple rules after the break.Update: We're posting entries in the gallery below (note: finalists will be selected and featured in a separate gallery). Peep the competition:%Gallery-76540%
Joystiq pumpkin-carving contest - vote on the finalists!
Over the last week you've gotten a sneak peek at some of the entries into our pumpkin-carving contest. Now we've whittled down the entries to only 25 finalists and, believe us, picking those 25 proved to be quite a chore! Now it's your turn to select the 10 winners, each of whom will receive one copy of the beautiful 2.5D Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles for the PSP, courtesy of our pals at Konami.Peep the 25 finalists after the break, and vote for your favorites by selecting your favorites in our handy, embedded poll at the bottom. When you're all done, take a leisurely stroll through the gallery to take in all of the entries. We'll close the poll and select our final winners tomorrow, Halloween day, at 6pm ET. Good luck!%Gallery-9433%
Reminder: Another Mario pumpkin that should win Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles
Would'ja look at the time? You've only got about half a day left to send us a pic of the video game-themed pumpkin you no doubt slaved over the entire weekend. Take Takayoshi Sugawara here who not only carved a Mario pumpkin – heck, we've seen those! – but sculpted the plumber's familiar countenance from what we can only imagine is soft pumpkin-shaped rock. You've got until noon tomorrow, after which point we'll select our twenty-five favorite pumpkins before turning the entire process over to you guys tomorrow afternoon to pick the ten winners of Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles. Check out the rules and get those pics in.
Reminder: This Portal pumpkin will probably win Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles
We can identify with this particular pumpkin on so many levels. Just seeing our beloved companion cube fills us with joy, though it is quickly scooped out and replaced by guilt and the terrible imagery of our fiery betrayal. What have we done?Actually, we challenged you to carve a magnificent jack-o'-lantern in the hopes of winning one of ten copies of Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles! You still have until Monday, so check out the rules and commence carving.
Reminder: This Mario pumpkin could win Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles
But there's every chance that your upcoming and unrelentingly magnificent entry could convince us to send you one of ten copies of Konami's Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles. All you need is a pumpkin, a relatively sharp knife and a burst of creativity that doesn't result in amusingly proportioned genitals. (That was a joke, but that's not often the case when knives and genitals mix!)Check out the rules and get carving!
Reminder: This Wario pumpkin could win Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles
Michael McAfoos got his entry into our Joystiq pumpkin carving contest in early and, we gotta say, we're impressed. Like, really impressed. This puts our pumpkin carving of the sun to shame ...You've still got about five days left, including the weekend, to share your pumpkins with us and potentially win a copy of the beautiful Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles. Check out the rules and get carving.
Joystiq pumpkin-carving contest (win Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles!)
Next week is Halloween, which means many of you are putting the finishing touches on your video game-themed costumes, while decorating your haunted mansions with video game-themed jack-o'-lanterns. Since you're already at it, why not enter our pumpkin-carving contest for a chance to win the perfect Halloween game, Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles? We're giving away ten copies of the beautiful 2.5D PSP game, a remake of the heretofore Japan-only Dracula X: Rondo of Blood, to the winners. Did we mention it also includes the PC Engine Duo original and a new port of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night? Well, it does. So get carving!The rules are simple: Carve a video-game themed pumpkin. Send a picture of your pumpkin, in .jpg format, to contests AAT joystiq DAWT com. (Be sure to take an additional picture with the word "joystiq" written on a piece of paper somewhere. If you're selected as a winner, we'll ask to see this other photo to ensure that you haven't submitted someone else's carving as your own.) Deadline for entries is noon Eastern Time Monday, October 29. Twenty-five (25) finalists will be selected by Joystiq staffers based equally on creativity and originality. Out of those finalists, ten (10) winners will be selected based on reader votes. You may enter as many carved pumpkins as you like, so long as they're all somehow related to video games. For the full details, peruse the official rules here.
