The Split-Screen Christmas swagbag big awesome giveaway bonanza! VOTING TIME!

My, my. This has all come together quite nicely so far. All the entries are now in and submissions are closed. The time has come to vote for your favourite entry and help your favourite creator to win a whole bag full of swag. The air outside is cold and crisp, so why not step into our lovely, warm gallery and take in some art:

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To view the entries as their original posts, click the relevant name: Vandalworks Yeah Roy D4WG justtherightbullets Token Gestures Sir Gadd Cr0nt

Take your time and vote with honesty. I will be closing the poll this Sunday - that's the 20th - to maximise the chances of the goodies arriving in time for Christmas. Please be nice and don't try to cheat the poll, instead just tell everyone you know to come and vote. More traffic = better giveaways in the future! Creators, I fully expect you to vote for yourselves, and why not. I'm not going to tell you my vote, to avoid any accusations of favouritism. I plan on casting it tactically when a few are already in.

I'd like to take this chance to thank each and every one of you who entered and have continued to support the site, you all make it worthwhile. Seeing the entries all presented, having the poll up and getting to give this stuff away has made my year, so thank you all again - you bring a tear to my eggy shell. I am flattered that people would give up even the smallest amount of time.

The Split-Screen Christmas swagbag big awesome giveaway bonanza! Seventh entry update!

Yeah, that's right, two in one day. BAM! Right there, readers! I always wanted to talk to people like the Beano characters talked to me. Look ma! I've made it! Now I'm doing it, just like Dennis The Menace!

The seventh entry into our illustrious giveaway is brought to you by none other than our current Street Fighter champion - Vandalworks. As a result of his success and all-round awesomeness, Capcom approached both Vandalworks and Split-Screen to collaborate on a special DLC pack for Super Street Fighter 4. Naturally, we said yes, but insisted on creating our own artwork. Here it is:

The DLC package will feature Vandalworks as a playable character. He plays almost identical to Gouken only he has guns and is invincible. He also has an attack that features vicious dogs. VERY vicious. The pack will be made exclusively available to PLATINUM Xbox Live members only. What? You don't have a PLATINUM account!? Just Gold? You pathetic turd!

Anyways, contest ends tomorrow! Vote or die!

The Split-Screen Christmas swagbag big awesome giveaway bonanza! Sixth entry update!

Holy shit, we've actually got a proper competition on our hands now! Yet another entry that made me blurt coffee all over my monitor, like the nerdy weird kid who laughs at everything and shoots his panda pop everywhere when he does - you don't really want him to sit at your table, but you let him just to watch the freakshow.

Anyway.....our sixth entry(s) is brought to us by the ever-supportive Yeah Roy, or Jon/Charles/Phil as I like to call him. He is a pretty rad dude and when not buggering around in MSpaint, he can be found hanging out in the sewers of New York City, skateboarding, practicing his Kung Fu and eating pizza with his 'bros'. Over the years he has sported numerous interesting hairdos, all of which he wore 'very well' according to Vanity Fair.

Now you may be wondering why there are two entries and I would love to be able to tell you. But, I'm going to allow it, seeing as the votes will be cast towards the creator rather than the creations. Today is the last day for entries, so anyone else out there who still wants to steal away a years worth of free game crud had better get moving. For all those already sitting pretty with their entries, I suggest you start telling your nearest and dearest that you'll be expecting their votes, so ram the blog address down their factpipes until they fart you out a winning vote.

The Split-Screen Christmas swagbag big awesome giveaway bonanza! Third (!!) entry update.

Wow. At this rate, this competition may even start to pass for halfway competent. Seriously. Three entries! I am stunned. Now come on you fucks, I dare you to challenge me to find new ways to express my surprise. I double-dare ya! Seriously, what are you waiting for? Enter already. Don't you want free goodies?

The ever-productive Cr0nt/raisedbyfinches has concocted a delightfully witty, behemoth-referencing cover to Newgrounds favourite Super Meat Boy. What, you haven't played it? Go here then.


Now I can honestly say that the competition is 'hotting up' and in the future I hope to use other such cliche's. You wouldn't deny me that pleasure now would you? Come on then, enter already. Entries scrawled on the back of fag packets and taken with a camera phone are acceptable and frankly, something I'd encourage. Email thefauxbot@gmail.com

The Split-Screen Christmas swagbag big awesome giveaway bonanza! Second entry update.

As the time goes on we will hopefully see more and more of these updates - I'm still riding high from getting one entry so having a second has completely spun me out. Now, feast your eyes upon Sir Gadd's offering:


Genius, right!? When asked for an insight, I was met simply with 'Shit Happens' - an apt title that I feel further highlights the existential undertones of Frogger.

I'm sure that we can all agree on the awesomeness of the submissions so far and I hope that there are more of you working on your own entries as I type. If it's a question of motivation, then perhaps a peek at this week's new swagbag additions may do the trick:


XBOX 360 Guitar Hero Aerosmith guitar faceplate
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 XBOX 360 console faceplate
Resident Evil 5 Chris Redfeild mini figure
Assassins Creed 2 t-shirt
Lego Indiana Jones keyring

I eagerly await more entries, so bare in mind that there's still plenty of time to enter and bag it all for yourself. Personally I'm just glad that I don't have to personally choose between our already awesome entries, otherwise I'd be forever conflicted. Remember that I'll post anywhere, so pull your finger out of your own behind and e-mail your submissions to thefauxbot@gmail.com

Good Luck!

The Split-Screen Christmas swagbag big awesome giveaway bonanza! First entry update.

I honestly thought no-one would enter, so it's with an extra sense of pride that I present you with the first entry to our Christmas swagbag big awesome giveaway bonanza. At least now we can have a winner by default, right? It comes courtesy of our very own Justtherightbullets and heavily features a ladies ass and latex. Other entries should count themselves lucky that I'm not judging this, seeing as these are two elements that could be used to sway me in just about any situation (girlfriend: take note).

Enjoy, as I have. Well, maybe not in the same way that I have, exactly, but well, you know what I mean. Or maybe you don't. If so, good. Just umm, look. Heh. It's for Bayonetta. Consider the gauntlet thrown down.

Real life Bayonetta, anyone?

In the best pairing since Lenny and Carl, Sega & Maxim.com have got together to find a real life Bayonetta! This competition will probably yield three things: Some extremely cringe-worthy pictures of girls in appalling outfits, some awesome pictures of good looking lookalikes and some pictures of men in drag. Whatever happens it's worth keeping an eye on. Pictures to be posted October 1st for voting over on Maxim.com, I'll post a reminder then^^.

Enter here: http://www.bayonettacontest.com/