Yes, finally… I have some contest runners-up to post! Sorry for the delay but Fred and I were out of town until Nov 7th for Youmacon and we fell a bit behind! It was a tough decision as we had a lot of favorites, but we decided to limit ourselves to ten runners-up this year:

Uber Pimpkin by CG
Nyan Over The Moon by ZombieFembot
Gish Pumpkin by OmeletGood
Hey Listen! by Kyasuri
Item Triforce by LadyFiede
TF2 Scream Fortress Pumpkin by K-Stop
GLaDOS by Sussi
The Crashers by Saxon216
Haberdashpionage by UDNTNOME
Locust Meatshield by XV Mr 14 VX

These folks all win a shirt of their choice from Level Up Studios!

Again, there were many more favorites we would’ve liked to pick… but we really had to limit ourselves! However if you submitted an entry this year and included a mailing address you’ll be receiving a small bonus prize just for entering!

Congrats to everyone for another successful year of vegetable artistry! You guys are truly amazing!

The entries are in! Behold this year’s crop of video game themed pumpkins!

#1 – The Original Ghost Pump-kemon by Daniel Potvin
#2 – This is Halloween! by Tom Palmen
#3 – Homeworld by ceemdee
#4 – Sonic/Knuckles Pumpkin by LeeFlippinGreene
#5 – The Cake Is A Lie by Cubetony Licciardi
#6 – inb4 “who?” by TCC
#7 – Blue Knight by Kryfus
#8 – Gengar by CornballCoder
#9 – Pumpkin-Trap by Tom Palmen
#10 – Beyond Good & Evil by ceemdee
#11 – In Disguise Zoom by David Roy
#12 – I was told we would be carving pumkin! by ChimpoDelFuego
#13 – Prinny by kitamoo
#14 – King Boo by Sussi
#15 – Syndicate by ceemdee
#16 – Day of the Tentacle by ceemdee
#17 – Slimer by Sussi
#18 – Kirby’s Epic Yarn: Pumpkin “Patch” by BBeast
#19 – Spy Carvin My Pumpkin? NOPE by Tabetha Morango
#20 – Red Dead Redemption by ceemdee
#21 – Duskull by Ashley Randall
#22 – Hitman by ceemdee
#23 – GLaDOS Cake Core and Curiosity Core by LadyFiede
#24 – PumpKoffin’ (Pumpkin Koffing) by GengarKing
#25 – Creeper by ceemdee
#26 – Mr. Bubbles by Gene Cole
#27 – The Cake is a Lie… The Pumpkin is not. by Aaron “Ace” Hinds
#28 – Reaper and Reapette by Sussi
#29 – Pacman and Ghosts by Nick and Molly
#30 – Halo: Reach Haunted Helmet by Nick Everson
#31 – Fox McCloud by A Random Person
#32 – Old Snake takes out an Enemy Soldier by suicid3clutch
#33 – Max Payne 2 by ceemdee
#34 – Pokéball by ChimpoDelFuego
#35 – Oddworld by ceemdee
#36 – The Isshu starters, all dressed up for Halloween! by Bridgette Rockette
#37 – No King Rules Forever by Artais
#38 – The Orange Spy by ChimpoDelFuego
#39 – DeathSpank by ceemdee
#40 – Castle Crashers Animal Orb Rammy by Nick
#41 – Dungeon Keeper by ceemdee
#42 – Costume Quest by ceemdee
#43 – Guybrush by ceemdee

Man, what a great turn out this year! I tip my hat and monocle to all of you folks who sent in these awesome entries! And don’t forget, be sure to keep checking back during the course of today (Halloween day) as we announce this year’s winners! Stay tuned!

First you play card games, then you play

target=”_blank”>card games on motorcycles… but after that what’s left for you to do? Recreate your favorite video game characters out of all those extra land cards, that’s what!
By Dr. Von Krakenstein [from our friends at ALBOTAS]

Well it took me a while to get them all sorted (also I was busy giving out candy to kids all evening and dressing my daughter up in a bee suit…) but here are the entries we received for the 2008 Pumpkin Carving Contest! Considering the short notice I gave everyone for this first year of doing it, I think the results were awesome! In fact, I thought they were so awesome that I’ve decided that all the entrants will be getting “Honorable Mention” status (which means a prize)! As for the first, second and third place winners… I’ll announce them in the next three posts!

But for now, here’s a listing of the creators of these fine pumpkins, from top to bottom!

Legend of Zelda Emblem
By BananaDib and Dr. Falcon

The Smashing Pumpkin
By rocker23220

Toon Link
By BananaDib and Dr. Falcon

TF2 Engineer Patch
By BananaDib and Dr. Falcon

Hiiiiii!!!!! (Kirby)
By Christian Felts

Hey, Listen!
By Matthew Terrell
(Template by Scott Ramsoomair)

Castle Crasher (Painted)
By Akuma Kurai
(Template by Scott Ramsoomair)

SO… I HERD U LIEK MUDKIPS?
By Paulrus

Samus
By Ian Wagner

Luigi
By PikaNoob

Master Chief
By 7he Red

Castle Crashers Green Knight
By Hariku
(Template by Scott Ramsoomair)

You Will DIE
By FiercerDeity

Can’t Let You Carve That…
By Brandon Blakey

Hollow
By Lekonua

Red Ring of DEATH!
By BananaDib and Dr. Falcon

Master Chief
By Jeremy McClellan

The Song of Time
By BananaDib and Dr. Falcon

Congrats again to everyone who entered! And stay tuned for the announcement  of the big winners!

Merlemage found two guys that just can’t get enough of those sammiches!

It’s magically delicious?

Navi… just because he wears green and has a sword and shield doesn’t mean you need to follow him around and nag him! Submitted by MasqueNoMercy