Do random stuff, win Sam & Max!
Posted by emily October 20, 2006
As we announced in our newsletter earlier this week, we're holding a contest in honor of Halloween and Culture Shock's November 1 release on our site. The original idea was to get people to send in pictures of themselves dressed like the Freelance Police (or anyone Freelance Police-related) for Halloween. We're dying for someone to carve a pumpkin that looks like Max, so we decided to throw that into the mix. Then we figured what the hell, let's open it to ANYTHING you can come up with that's fun and creative. Some of the examples I mentioned in the newsletter were creating a user-generated comic or a Freelance Police haiku, but those were just meant as ideas. All we really want is for you to do something sort of Sam & Max related (or even not), send us some sort of proof that what you did exists (whether it's a picture, a description in email, a link, a short movie...) and we'll toss your entry into the hat.

Okay, so we sent that newsletter out on Tuesday. We've already received some entries, and that makes me happy, but what makes me sad is that they're mostly user generated comics and haiku. Sure, I know creativity takes time (and sometimes a little beer). You can't force it. But I'm still hoping we'll get some really imaginative entries before the contest is over. Get out the construction paper and paste. Color outside the lines. Start thinking like a lagamorph.

What's it worth to you? How about Season 1 completely free (including the CD at the end of the run) AND a Sam & Max E3 poster signed by Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell and game designers Dave Grossman and Brendan Ferguson? We might even feature your entry on our website or as an episode of Interim Theater.*

Entries should be sent to contest@telltalegames.com and must be received by 9:00 a.m. Pacific time on October 31. (Include your full name and address so we can mail you the stuff if you win.) All entries will be evaluated by an elite panel of judges, including Steve, Dave, Brendan, and anyone else around the office we can rope into it. We'll announce the three winners on November 1, the same day Culture Shock shows up on the site.

*What's that? Not familiar with Interim Theater? Clearly you aren't visiting our Sam & Max page often enough...
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Here's a free one for someone out there with the *ahem* proper items in their box:

Send in some Swiss cheese that didn't actually start out that way...

I'd do it, but my real life inventory is lacking.
Comment by x amount October 20, 2006, 1:22 pm
Oooh - I've sort of been avoiding reading everything coming my way (until Nov 1), and been snowed under with work so totally missed the newsletter. I have an idea for an entry though... will start working on it this weekend! :-)
Comment by JP October 20, 2006, 1:50 pm
How many times must I tell you?
More twinklies.
Comment by Thrawn October 20, 2006, 2:23 pm
Too bad I'm too busy with schoolwork. 12 DAYS UNTIL NOVEMBER 1ST!!!
Comment by Guy October 20, 2006, 3:03 pm
OMG MY COMIC IS THE FUNNIEST THING EVAR HOW DARE YOU NOT APPRECIATE IT

Okay, I guess I'll do something else if I can find the time.
Comment by SirLemming October 20, 2006, 7:15 pm
Someone needs a chill pill...
Comment by Guy October 21, 2006, 9:46 am
Sounds insanely cool. I'll try to enter!
Comment by grimsqueaker October 21, 2006, 9:56 am
unfortunately, I'm a little too old for costumes and stuff. Plus I got college work to deal with.
Comment by pheeph October 21, 2006, 11:40 am
> OMG MY COMIC IS THE FUNNIEST THING EVAR HOW DARE YOU NOT APPRECIATE IT

I didn't say that the entries we received so far weren't *good*. Just that they were all very similar... ;)
Comment by Emily October 21, 2006, 1:56 pm
Geeze, I was kidding! I guess I wasn't clear enough. "EVAR" means I'm kidding.
Comment by SirLemming October 22, 2006, 7:10 pm
I have the best idea ever! A giant watercolour masterpiece (which I do not have the skills and/or materials to make. Hmm.)

I'll start on my entry tonight. =P
Comment by Azurice October 23, 2006, 5:14 am
> Geeze, I was kidding!

I knew you were kidding. I just didn't want anyone to feel like I was dissing the first few entries. :)
Comment by Emily October 23, 2006, 7:37 am
I was also addressing "Guy"
Comment by SirLemming October 23, 2006, 11:25 am
I knew you were kidding, I was just jerking your leg! :)
Comment by Guy October 23, 2006, 2:53 pm
Wow, I've been planning on dressing as Sam this halloween since about August. My costume's been done for a while.
So... okay.
Comment by LuigiHann October 23, 2006, 7:12 pm
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