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The second annual Sam & Max / Halloween(ish) "do what you will" contest
Posted by emily October 4, 2007

If you've been around the Telltale community for a while (a year, to be precise), you may remember this little contest we held last year to commemorate the launch of the first Sam & Max game in over a decade. We had some awesome entries and in the end chose the four that we thought were the most creative, weird, and just plain fun. (Also one of them may have been illegal, but don't tell our lawyers.)

In the great tradition of repeating things that were good year after year in a flailing attempt to relive the past, we're bringing it back! You have between now and Monday, October 29 to email contest@telltalegames.com with your entry. The basic rules:
  • Your entry should definitely have something to do with Sam & Max (Halloween-themes are optional)
  • You can submit whatever you want and as many times as you want, but you'll only win once
  • Don't break any laws
  • Make something awesome!
What are the prizes, you ask? How about a Sam & Max Season Two download bundle AND a copy of the brand new Surfin' the Highway rerelease? We're shooting for three winners, but if there are more than three entries that knock our socks off, we're willing to expand it. Our judges are fickle that way.

Entries must be emailed to contest@telltalegames.com by Monday, October 29 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time. We'll post some of the entries on the blog that week and will announce the winners on Tuesday, November 6.
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I'm not a creative person, but I'm in this time. Also, where are those comic panels from? Can't remember seeing them before.
Comment by Harald B
October 4, 2007, 10:36 am
Okay, last year, I didn't have an idea, but now I do, so I'm like, totally participating!
Comment by Haggis
October 4, 2007, 10:47 am
Why not, maybe I'll get creative this year.
Comment by MeaningOfLife
October 4, 2007, 10:54 am
I'm so bad at creative stuff... so bad that I don't have an idea of what to do!
Comment by Guybrush Threepwood
October 4, 2007, 11:08 am
this is such convienient timing! you'll never believe it but we had to do alloween theamed figurines in cartooning class.... and geuss who i did!
Comment by kgoodies
October 4, 2007, 2:08 pm
oh sorry HALLOWEEN* theamed figureines ( even though you could probably have figured that out )
Comment by kgoodies
October 4, 2007, 2:09 pm
oooooooooooook then why was max's head on fire!?
Comment by Max rules
October 4, 2007, 2:54 pm
Ultimate prize..........

I'll do anything...........
Comment by xChri5x
October 4, 2007, 4:12 pm
Say, when IS that Surfin' The Highway rerelease coming out? That page has been up for a good while and we're dying here.
Comment by Orbdon
October 4, 2007, 4:22 pm
Just sent my entry. Here's hoping for success.
Comment by Cyberlink420
October 4, 2007, 5:31 pm
Define 'legal.'
Comment by TrogLlama
October 4, 2007, 6:33 pm
I need to think of something.
Comment by AussieEvil
October 4, 2007, 7:02 pm
Maybe the real question should be.... legal where?
Comment by xChri5x
October 4, 2007, 7:16 pm
Say, when IS that Surfin' The Highway rerelease coming out? That page has been up for a good while and we're dying here.


It's coming out soon enough that I feel confident offering it as a contest prize. ;)

Maybe the real question should be.... legal where?


Anywhere we could get sued.
Comment by Emily
October 4, 2007, 9:45 pm
Hmm, so, if I do something that doesn't violate any laws in my home country, but would do so, let's say, in the US..okay, or not?

Now I just need to get my brain working in the way I want it to...
Comment by wisp
October 5, 2007, 12:35 am
Someone get a white rabbit and a brown dog and make them do stuff
Comment by xChri5x
October 5, 2007, 4:24 am
YAY, contest time ^^
Comment by glenfx
October 5, 2007, 8:37 am
hehe great news for me...Ive been making a very cool sam and max halloween thing hehe almost done now! The prizes shall be mine mawhaha
Comment by Kitmit13
October 5, 2007, 11:36 am
Oh, shoot, you're offering the new Surfin' the Highway?

Darnit.

You know what this means.

I must enter.
Comment by Kedri
October 7, 2007, 3:08 am
this should be interesting....
I'm gonna win this thing!
just gotta think of something original.......which won't be a problem for me........
I'm full of ideas........ ()()
( '.')
Comment by zozenka
October 7, 2007, 11:37 am
I do not understand what creative entries they want. Could it be a comic, photograph, or a writen story?
Comment by vyperspit
October 7, 2007, 5:38 pm
Yes, it could be any of those things.
Comment by tabacco
October 7, 2007, 7:31 pm
Hey, zozenka, that's my emote! :D '-'

I have an idea. It was kind of hard, considering the extreme limit of my capabilities. >_>
Comment by Kedri
October 7, 2007, 8:48 pm
Sometimes being nervous is important when you want to make a creative prodject. It helps you to explore new ideas and develop an understanding of the needs of the audience. In other words, your brains don't lack creativity. You just need to dig deep and, when you come up with something interesting and you think people will like it too, show it! But remember, the most important thing is to have fun.
Comment by vyperspit
October 8, 2007, 6:14 am
yo kedri, you should protect your emote like so... '-'®
Comment by zozenka
October 8, 2007, 10:35 am
yjis comic had a weird twist in themeing and i know why his head was on fire now so don't tell me. Any way back to my point this comic does have the stangest twist. A pumpkin on fire i mean realy i under stand if something else was aflame but why a pumpkin?
Comment by Max rules
October 14, 2007, 9:10 am
Being an active musician, I should do a max theme song done to 80s pseudo-metal. The lyrics should be about gratuitous violence, wrecked road signs, writing tickets, and an orangutan making noises in the trunk of a Desoto.
Comment by HitTheRoad
October 16, 2007, 7:42 am
I'm tempted to incinerate something again. But I think I'll just buy the game this time around. :)
Comment by Kyle
October 18, 2007, 7:50 am
I just finished and I have to say mines...is....it hurts to look at, so im guessing either I lose and get the bill for the corrective surgery, or me and everyone else who hasn't entered yet wins by default when the pannel's eyes start bleeding. (they said there can be more than 3)
Comment by Im not giving my name to a computer
October 18, 2007, 10:58 pm
i like this story becase my name is max. But i dont like ware his head was on fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by maximus07
October 21, 2007, 2:34 pm
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