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Cliffy made you a mix tape! (Win this "Mad World" disc) [update 1]

Gears of War game designer Cliff Bleszinski signed just 15 discs like the one shown above, then someone over in the mailroom screwed up and mailed us one of them, so we're giving it away to a lucky reader before they realize the mistake and issue a recall.

On the disc: Some muddy art, a "15 of 15" designation, our incriminating fingerprints, drool, and what must be CliffyB's siggy.

In the disc: the excellent "Mad World" trailer in full Emo-HD glory, all 60,073 KB of it (filename: Gears_of_War_Mad_World_60_Second_Version_ESRB_720p30_51_8Mbps.wmv). The choice of Gary Jules' downtempo version of Tears for Fears' "Mad World" was inspired, lending the trailer a freshness rarely seen (or heard) in the oft-trite marketing of console shooters. Microsoft evidently recognizes that this is a pretty special trailer, because they've made it an exclusive download for paying Xbox Live subscribers and plan to air it on TV and in cinemas, according to Xbox Live's Major Nelson.

To win this disc:

  1. Before November 1, upload to Veoh a video of yourself lip-synching to the song on the trailer

  2. Be sure to tag your video "Joystiq" (so that we can find it)

  3. post the URL to your video in the comments below (for the enjoyment of other readers)

We'll select a winner at random from the best entries.

[Update 1: Since only four entries were tagged properly, we chose to draw randomly from the four at random. Pezman726's entry won!]