Last week, we gave the Gamervision community the opportunity to win some free video games. We had dozens of creative, amusing, entertaining comments, with some pretty solid reasons for being deserving of a new game, but alas, there could only be one winner, and two runners-up. The votes have been counted, and winners have been chosen. Without further delay, the lucky ones are...

First Prize: WiNG

WiNG's touching entry melted our cold, bitter hearts:

“What’s wrong, hun?” I leaned back in my chair. Lauren stood by the window, looking melancholy. She sighed, slumped her shoulders, and turned slowly.

“It’s... just look at it out there. It’s dismal.” I couldn’t disagree; the air was cutting, the sky a boring gray smear, and the ground peppered with half-melted snow. Not even the good kind of snow. Just that dirty, week-old Jersey snow.

“Can’t bike. Can’t hike. Can’t even walk to a store, it’s just so... blah,” she said. “Everyone we know is living a million miles away, and there’s just nothing to do.”

“We could go to the City,” I suggested.

“Too cold. Too far. Too expensive.” Another sigh.

I struggled. “Indeed. What about, um, a game? Wanna play something?” I kicked the foot of the Rock Band drums sitting nearby. “I could use a good drummer.”

She lit up for a little bit, but the smile faded just as fast. “I, I would love to but, it’s just, we’ve played it all. How many tracks do you have now, hundreds? But we’ve played all the good ones a million times. Unless you want to record your rendition of Spirit in the Sky again?”

I thought back to that drunken night, and chuckled, perhaps even blushed. I can’t claim to have the best vocal chords... just the loudest. “I guess it’s true.” I had no real ambition to slug through More Than a Feeling for the umpteenth time, and dropping another $20 on new DLC tracks just seemed wasteful at that point.

“I mean, the songs are good but, they’re done now. And come on, you don’t really want to be forced into playing iCarly or some of that screamo bullshit, do you? Well, maybe iCarly.”

We laughed a bit. Back to sighs. Then, for an instant, a spark.

“Hey,” she said with a little more hope, “didn’t they make that other game, the Beatles version? I love the Beatles, plus all the songs would be new. We could try that.”

“You realize you’d have to be Ringo, right?”

“What’s wrong with Ringo?!” Lauren smiled. “How much is that game?”

“Same as the rest, $60. Maybe I could get it for $50, but it’s still in pretty high demand.”

“Oh, right. Guess not any time soon then.” Ever since Lauren lost he job, we had been trying to cut back. Sure, we had gotten some bargain bin games for $8 here and there, but that was about it. My usual Internet cost-cutting deals had all failed to produce a copy of Beatles Rock Band.
I grabbed the 360 controller, and fiddled with the controls for a minute. Lauren smirked, “What are you doing in there?”

“You’ll see.” The room was quiet, then, just like that, it sprang to life.

~~You say goodbye, and I say hello. Hello, hello~~

The music filled the room... courtesy of Last.fm. Lauren toed into the room, rolled her eyes a bit, but laughed and grabbed me. I laughed, too, “This’ll do for now, I hope.” She didn’t say anything, just smiled. And we danced.

WiNG will now be able to treat his wife to many fun winter nights of The Beatles: Rock Band on the system of his choice.

Second Prize: ozymandias

All he ever wanted was a good Batman video game. Really, isn't that what we all wanted?

I would really appreciate Batman Arkham Asylum. Ever since seeing Tim Burton's Batman, while growing up in Bosnia, Batman has been my favorite superhero ever. And then after the war broke out, my family and I escaped and moved all around Europe. While in a refugee encampment in Germany, my father had scraped some money together and got me my first gaming system, a Super Nintendo. But I could have only one game on account of our limited finances. I knew it had to be a Batman game. And the game I got was Batman Returns. Even though in retrospect it may not have been the best game out there, at the time I loved it. I realized that I only loved it because it was associated with my favorite superhero, and not because it was a good game. Ever since then I have been expecting a good Batman game. And Batman: Arkham Asylum seems to be it. I played the demo on my 360 and at stores and I was blown away by it. I don't buy games very often, because I can't really afford it. I was going to buy it sooner, but there were just too many bills to be paid. I will eventually buy it when it when it drops down in price, but if Gamervision got it for me, it would make things that much easier and help me fulfill a childhood wish of playing an actually good game of my favorite superhero. Thank You.

Instead, ozymandias will have his choice of one of the current games residing at Gamervision HQ (sorry, Arkham Asylum is not one of them).

Third Prize: Far_Out_Im_On_The_World_Wide_W

I can only imagine how shocking it must be to wake up from a 33-year coma and see how far video games have advanced.

To Whom it May Concern,

I am writing to express my interest in entering your contest, "Contest - Win the Game of Your Choice". I hope that you will consider my entry, as I've been somewhat down as of late.

The reason for my sadness is that my girlfriend left me. It seems like just the other day that the two of us were laughing together in my Chevy Chevette on the way to see Rocky Horror Picture Show. We had the windows rolled down and her blonde hair was shimmering in the breeze. She was the vision of beauty; my own personal Farah Fawcett. The true tragedy here is that she left me some thirty odd years ago.

You see, I just woke up from a coma that I've been in since 1977. Apparently I breathed in too many fumes while making Creepy Crawlers, causing me to slip into unconsciousness. You might think that waking up is a prize in itself, but I'd have to tell you that you're wrong, so so wrong. I woke up a few months ago to find that my parents were dead and buried. My dog, Denver, had died, his organs removed, eyes scooped out, and stuffed, and then buried anyway. All my parents left me in the will was their Dodge Neon. Worst of all, my girlfriend, Shanna, had left me. She told me that she'd love me forever!

As you can see, I have every reason to be depressed. By this point you're obviously feeling really bad for me, so won't you please give me a free video game? You see, the video games of the 21st century are so amazing, but I can't afford any of them. Before I ended up in my coma I spent half my life savings on an Atari 2600. After waking up from my coma I spent the other half on a Microsoft Xbox 360. What I was really interested in playing was Combat for the Atari 2600, but since my parents obviously didn't count on me waking up and probably tossed it out, I guess I'll take Mass Effect 2.

Thank you for your time.

Far_Out_Im_On_The_World_Wide_W will get to enjoy his newfound consciousness with a brand new copy of Tony Hawk: Ride. Prepare to be blown away by the technology!

Thanks to everyone who entered, and don't be discouraged if you didn't win. More contests will be coming. Stay tuned!