Halloween contest winners revealed

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As always, there was much deliberation and in-fighting, but in the end we came to a decision. And as always, that decision involved expanding our original plan to award three winners to five, because let's face it, when it comes to entries this good, why limit them to three? Life's too short.



So with that disclaimer out of the way, I present to you the winners of Telltale's 2007 Halloween Contest!

Max Hand Puppet by Hillary Moberly Says Hillary: "I found a place online called Project Puppet.com, where you can buy and download patterns for all kinds of puppets. Max, of course, falls squarely (or oblongly) into the category of 'melon-headed puppet.'" The puppet itself is great, but the pictures were what put this entry over the top. That poor cat.

"Yikes!" says the pumpkin. Click the picture for more puppet exploits.

My Dog as Sam by Zozenka Says Zozenka, "This is my dog Astor. I dressed him up like Sam using my brother's underwear and my old sabotaged Simpsons socks. I hope we win or else my dog's going to be really angry." Give that dog a treat!

The Max Cake by CaptainXax Says judge Dave Grossman, "I've done a few cakes in my day, it's a difficult medium to work in, especially when you go three-dimensional. And I like the idea that Max can eat the world, but then I can eat him." Judge Mai Nguyen adds, "Besides the interesting medium of pastry, in which the candidate is clearly skilled, I liked the 'making of' approach. My favorite."

Click the photo to see a video!

Bosco Paper Doll by Dmytriy Stepchenkov Living up to the high standards set by of last spring's Paper COPS (as seen here), Dmytriy brings us a great paper-and-scissors time-waster. Bonus: you get to dress Bosco up as Max!

Click for the super high-res version!

The Special Writers' Admiration Award goes to... 'Twas the Night Before Halloween by SamnMad Telltale's writing staff unanimously chose this entry, "because that sort of thing is harder than it looks, and because he performed it instead of just sending the text," says Dave G. (Minus one point because 'confiscated' doesn't scan quite right, but still, nice job.) Click to hear the poem!

Thanks to everyone who entered! This was fun, let's do it again next year. (Winners, you'll receive emails from me shortly. And by "shortly," I mean tomorrow.)