The polls have closed and we here at FilePlanet would like to thank the many of you who sent in pictures of your costumes. We won't keep you waiting, without further ado here are the top 3 finalists of the FilePlanet Halloween Costume Contest 2008:
3rd Place Winner!
Coming at third place with an amazing Link costume is Pharaoh Atem. The image almost looks too perfect doesn't it? Check out his website for some of the cosplay he's done as well.
2nd Place Winner!
Second place goes to the virile and hairy-legged Mark Flieg as Kratos. We were saddened that the blades were absent but otherwise the whole setup was spot-on.
1st Place Winner!
And last but not least, the winner of our contest as a rather unorthodox version of Gordon Freeman is Troy Nelson. In his own words it is "Gordon Freeman in his up-rated stealth HEV suit and pissed". Congratulations to our three winners, you'll be contacted soon!
In addition to the community vote - we've also done a private vote here in the office. It was a close call between many the submissions, but we're proud to say that it goes to Pharaoh Atem as Link. Maybe we're all just Zelda fans at heart.
I miss battered paddles and dazzling lights of the pinball machine. We see the occasional PC title try to emulate the experience, but so rarely do they captivate. I'd like to introduce you to Future Pinball, a free pinball emulator with a lot of heart buried in its complicated innards.
Utilizing advanced physics it even allows you to design your own pinball machine with different surfaces, gates, triggers and targets realistically dictating the movement of that silver ball. Don't be scared though if you're not into the nitty gritty, there is a plethora of different tables to download. We've bundled a couple with the installer for you try. Here are a few screenshots:
Important, once you start playing. #5 puts a quarter in the machine, #1 starts your gameplay and ENTER will toss the ball into play. Both the left and right shift will act as your paddle, and naughty little Z will shake the table illegally. Have fun!
Now that we have all your submissions, it is time to vote on the best of the best. We have featured our top ten and you can now vote for your favorite costumes. Take your time and chose wisely because you get one vote, and your votes will dictate whom of these ten will make the top three and which will be voted as FilePlanet's best Halloween costume of 2008.
We've had some great costumes submitted as well as some stinkers. Some people didn't even read the rules and submitted random costumes that had nothing to do with videogames just in the hopes of winning a prize.
Since people seemed to like the office photos from the last blog, so I guess I could post a couple more as examples of what costumes would be GOOD and what costumes would be BAD to submit to the contest next year.
Here is an example of a real stinker. Justin here, another member of the FilePlanet team, went ALL out this year with his costume, The Frog Whisperer. Tsk tsk Justin, you can do better than that.
Now an example of a GREAT costume would be these two lovely ladies from our office both dressed as Chung Li. Holy crap I'm seeing double... FOUR Chung Lis!
Those of you that didn't enter the contest this year we'd like to see you guys enter next year and really blow things out with some amazing entries. Just remember if you promise bigger and better costumes for us next year, we'll promise bigger and better prizes!
Don't forget to vote, click here and let us know which costumes are your favorites.
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