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October is upon us so you know what that means. It's time for the Telltale Sort-of Halloween contest!

Looking through entries in Halloween contests past, I am astonished by the awesome artistic skill of fans and look forward to seeing what you guys come up with this year. Now that we've added Puzzle Agent, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park to our repertoire, the creative possibilities for what you can do are seemingly endless.

Enough of my blabbering - on to the contest details.

Miss the rush of DNA testing? Reminiscing about performing autopsies? There's good news for you! CSI: Deadly Intent, the newest of our CSI series, is out the door and on its way to you on October 27th, and will be available for PC, Xbox 360, and Wii. You can also download it from Ubisoft's website.

Team up with the cast of CSI Season 9 and delve into all new cases with twists and turns galore. There's never a dull moment among some of TV's sharpest minds, and you're a part of the action!

The pressure's on to crack the case and deliver justice, so put your deductive skills to work and pick up Deadly Intent on the 27th!

It's time for Telltale's probably-fourth-annual Halloween contest! We know our fans are super-talented as a rule, which is why we love holding this event every year. However, for one reason or another, we've managed to attract a flock of dedicated Monkey Island fans into our community during the past few months, so we're hoping for even more great stuff this time around. Let's get to the details!

How does it work?

Basically, you'll need to make or do something creative that relates to any Telltale series and send it in to contest@telltalegames.com. Your creation doesn't need to have a Halloween theme, but it couldn't hurt! As in previous years, the entries will be judged by the Telltale staff. The deadline for entries is October 27, and we'll announce the winners on October 30.

You can send in sketches, paintings, videos, songs, poems, sculptures (well, maybe pictures of those), or some other original creation that is awesome. Still not sure what to do? Take a look at some past excellence for inspiration:

• 2008 Winners and Entries
• 2007 Winners + Entries
• 2006 Winners + Entries

Prizes! We have some!

Grand Prize Winner:
One extra special winner in this year's competition will get his or her choice of a Sony PlayStation 3 (80 GB), Microsoft Xbox 360 (Pro), or Nintendo Wii console. Whoa!

Runners-up:
A second but still substantially awesome tier of winners in this competition will get to choose from one of the following prize packs:

• Monkey Island -- Signed Monkey Island print, full season gift card, Monkey Island button set
• Strong Bad -- Trogdor Poster, Season DVD, SBemails greatest hits DVD
• Wallace & Gromit -- Season DVD, A Matter of Loaf & Death DVD
• Sam & Max -- Signed print, Season One or Two DVD, Animated Series DVD

Contest rules

• It's been said in years past, and I'll say it again: Please don't do anything illegal or that would make baby Jesus cry.
• Send your creations to contest@telltalegames.com with "Halloween contest" in the subject line. Your stuff needs to be in by 9pm Pacific Time on October 27, 2009.
• You can send in as many entries as you'd like, but you can only win once.
• Don't send attachments over 2MB. If you're making something that is too awesome to be constrained by that file size limit, host it somewhere online and send us the URL. Thanks!

This was murmured about in various places earlier in the week, but today our friends at Ubisoft officially released the a trailer for CSI: Deadly Intent, which debuts exclusively over at Yahoo! Games. The CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series has returned to Las Vegas, and yes, we're making the latest installment (for Wii, Xbox 360, and PC)!

One thing that's pretty noticeable, but definitely worth mentioning: As on the TV series, the CSI Vegas team in Deadly Intent is joined by Dr. Ray Langston, played by Lawrence Fishburne!

Watch the CSI: Deadly Intent trailer and check out some screenshots over at Yahoo! Games.