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Fable II Legendary Giveaway
Write Your Own Tale
by Sean
UPDATE: The contest is now closed. The winners will be announced shortly. Thanks to all the entrants!
Gamervision's Giveaway Goodness is just getting warmed up. Last week we read some terrifying stories from you guys on your scariest gaming memory. This week we once again call on your creative story-telling abilities as we get ready to give away a copy of one of this autumn's most anticipated 360 releases in our Fable II Legendary Giveaway.
Here's the story on how you can score:
Simply turn a video game into a fairy tale and leave it as a comment on this article. That's right, we want you to give the Aesop, Grimm or Disney treatment to Mario, Master Chief, or whoever your heart chooses. Whoever's tale is the favorite of our Fairy God-Judges wins.
Confused? Here's an example to get your started:
One day, Bowser was running through the mushroom kingdom when he came upon a Toad, who he planned on promptly killing. The Toad said that Bowser shouldn’t kill him, because he would help him one day, and Bowser laughed, and let him live.
A few weeks later, Mario found Bowser and kicked him in the face, jumped on his head, and threw him by his tail from atop a tall castle. He was saved from his fall, however, as he landed on the Toad, squishing him.
Okay, maybe that isn't the best example, but hopefully you get the idea. You have until the clock strikes noon (Eastern time) on Monday October 27th to get your story up.
First prize will be a copy of Fable II and a Gamervision fleece hoodie. Second prize nabs a hoodie, and third prize scores a Gamervision t-shirt.
Grab your quill pens and tell your wicked stepmother to leave you alone! You've got a legend to tell!
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Comments
The urge to post Half-Life: Full Life Consequences is extremely high. Are we docked points for plagiarizing?
FemJesse stole my idea. Except my family was italian and the orb was Tony Soprano.
lulz....writing XD
Nana and Popo:
Once upon a time, there were a brother and sister, Nana and Popo, who were skipping along in the mountains. These Ice Climbers were skipping merely along, when they were confronted by a strange person, with a mustache and clad in a yellow overall and wore a hat with a "W". He told the youngsters about a place of his that was made completely of eggplant! This excited Nana and Popo, so they asked if they could see it. The yellow-overall man, delightfully, led them to his house made of eggplant. Nana and Popo gazed amazingly at the wonderfully smelling and delicious house. All 3 of them walk inside the completely purple, edible house, and the yellow stranger said to them, "Eat all you like children. Enjoy yourselves..."
The stranger gains an evil smirk on his face, as he twists his mustache and laughs menacingly for a moment.
The two children go about eating the Eggplant house, until they are nice and full.
"You all full up kiddies?" said the stranger. Nano and Popo both nod. They are stuffed to the gills in delicious food. Nana begins to gain a strange feeling about this stranger...where has she seen him before? Popo is to stuffed at the moment to even notice anything, or to care.
The stranger, then asks the girl, Nana, "Can you check inside my mouth? I think I have something stuck in my teeth." She gladly grants this request, and the stranger opens up his mouth. As she is looking, she finally realizes! The stranger...with yellow overalls and his W on his hat...Wario!!! Her head, halfway inside Wario's mouth, she quickly pulls it back out, just as Wario chomps down, cracking a few of his own teeth. Nana then pulls out her hammer, raises it up high, and slams Wario down into the ground, causing him to get stuck. She then takes Popo by the hand, and both start running away from the Eggplant house, never to return, and to forever leave Wario trapped there. Both children will never forget that day though, as it was the most delicious day they have ever had...THE END!!!
In the not so distant future, lies a world in such disgrace.
For along came an Atom-Bomb, and laid it all to waste.
A boy was raised underground, where the light is very dark.
One day his father up and left, so began the story arch.
He packed his bags and snuck out one night, while everyone was asleep.
The whole way killing mutant roaches, which he thought was pretty sweet.
He walked out into the sunlight, and viewed the large landscape.
His eyes went white, he couldn't see, and his mind was at a blank.
He met some folks in Megaton, who's faces showed years of woe.
Im super-really not kidding here, some were missing fingers and toes!
Later that day he ran into a monster, this dude wanted to eat his face,
So he picked up a shotgun, aimed at the monster, and blew his head all over the place.
Soon after the encounter, he noticed a dog was licking up all the mess.
So he named him "Dogmeat", gave him a pat, and the dog thought he was the best.
Now our hero looks north, into the sun, where a tall white tower gleams.
Him and his new friend, loaded up to the brim, are ready to see what it brings.
There was once a man from Brooklyn.
He and his brother were bookin'.
They fell through a dimensional rift
And found a princess as a gift.
The princess was taken away
To another castle along the bay.
Mario knew what he had to do,
For it was a booty call was true.
Luigi followed on the quest
To where King Koopa would put the brothers to the test.
A few mushrooms and sewage pipes later
And the brothers found her keeper.
King Koopa was there; waiting for Mario on a bridge.
Mario platformed in a fury over the magma,
Letting down the chains that held the very bridge
Which held them above the magma.
King Koopa fell down and Mario had to jump.
For Mario had gotten over that speed bump.
The princess was free and Mario was happy,
For they were shaping to get down and dirty.
Mario and the princess lived happily ever after
Even though Luigi didn't get anywhere thereafter.
(crosses fingers because this wasn't a fairy tale)
((edited for time))
It was a dark and stormy night. The stagecoach tore through the woods almost as fast as lightning pierced the sky. The horses feet struggled to keep up with their heads. In the distance, the doctor could see the faint lights of town twisting through the trees. He glanced down to make sure he had everything. His bag. His stethoscope. Medication in every color of the rainbow. He scooped up his belongings just as the coach cleared the treeline and halted in front of the town's square. He stepped out, thanked his driver for accomodating his urgency, and paid him 5 coins.
In town, everything seemed as it should. In fact, aside from the storm, it had been a great day. The women were calling their children inside and closing their shudders while the men closed up their shops and shuffled home. The doctor placed a hand on one surprisingly large fellow's shoulder to grab his attention. The man spun and looked down at the stranger.
"Yes? How can I help h'you?"
"A'please sir. I needa to see the mayor ova your town, apronto!"
"I'm sorry, but in fact the mayor died in his home just this mornin'. Returned from out of town last night lookin' just fine but never woke. Nobody's quite the wiser'bout what did happen."
"Oh a-no...it's aworse than I thought! Please, you musta gather youra family and head to the nexta town. It'sa not safe here!"
"Now hold it right there. Ain't no way, ain't no how I'm abandnin' my home just because some...what're you, a nurse...came into town an said so."
"Aplease! I am a medical doctor and omma warning you, there is a virus asweepin' through! It'sa already taken the mayor!"
Of course, the man would not yield. The doctor tried his luck with a dozen other villagers to no avail. Defeated, he made his way to Lakitu Inn down the road, arranged himself a room, and slept.
In the morning, he combed his mustache and went at it again. You see, to the doctor, his degrees and certificates came with a moral obligation. It was his responsibility, he reasoned, to not just heal illness, but to do everything he could to prevent it. He should've known it would be no easy task.
For three days the doctor scurried through town having the same urgent conversations with the same disinterested faces. It became clear that it was no use. With one final warning, he bid the town folk ado, wished them luck, and climbed aboard the stagecoach. It turned and headed south toward the next town.
As luck would have it, it wasn't more than half-a-minute that the doctor had been gone when the virus swept into town. It flowed down the roads and poured into homes. Tiny red, yellow, and blue organisms marching and chomping their way to total devastation. Somewhere, the surprisingly large man called out for the doctor's help but, of course, it was far too late. Perhaps the other people of other towns in other worlds would heed the word of the good Dr. Mario.
The moral is clear.
One day an ole crusty Locust, named Bob was walking around a crash site called raven down. There he decided after looking around and seeing the dead pilots of the helicopter. He wanted to go into the garden. So he went into the garden and quickly jumped out. He thought to himself mabye a COG had come by and farted in it. This made him extreamly upset. Bob shouted..."IMA FIRIN MEH LAZER!!!" After his disturbing message to anyone in range of hearing he grabed a hammer of dawn and destroyed the COG's mansion. After the devastating blow he went for a walk into the gridlock to meet up with some friends. Unfourtanetly he was sniped at as he was desending down the stairs in escalation. He got into cover behind a dual pillar and paniced. As he was hyperventalating from his asthma he saw a boltok pistol beside him. He picked it up and ran further down to get close to where the stream line of the sniper came from. After Bob had sight of the COG. He yelled "Why are you doing this?" The COG Baird responded, "We have your wife Beserekarina in captivity for the destruction you did on our home!" Bob was very pissed from the news and unleashed a slow, but powerful fury from his pistol near the COG. As one bullet striked Baird in the leg Baird quickly droped on all fours. Not a minute after Bob was right next to Baird with pistol loaded at his head. Bob asked "Any last words?" And General RAAM came up silently behind him and slapped Bob upside the head. Bob said "Ow, why'd you do that?" RAAM replied, "Just kill him you idiot." Bob then executed Baird. Bob was relieved it was all over and he was reunited with Beserkerlina. And they lived happily ever after in there new home on Bullet Marsh Lane. THE END! (Thanks for reading hope you enjoy!!!)
THE STORY BEHIND CYRPTO'S NEW!! SAUCER. well if you havent yet played destroy all humans here is the story....:once upon a time a some aliens came to earth, some came to france some came to china some came to the north and south pole. some came for love, some came for peace and some came TO BLOW STUFF UP!! crypto and is vicious companion pox came to earth to extract human dna and also one other thing, what was it hmmmm oh yeah to DESTROY ALL HUMANS and cyrpto was successful in his travels(buying casino;s, becoming president of america) yes crypto is a famous drunk horny alien, but one day something happened yes one day cyrpto had to much anonymous sex and too much booze and well decided to 'drink and fly' but while flying he encountered the first of the humans first flying space craft the'helicopter' seeing that it was a prototype it was conduction some sort of radiation type thing which f****d up his saucers gravity which ended up with crypto being pissed off trying to destroy it but as the saucer was f****d up which means so was his guns so crypto flew into the ''weak'' prototype helicopter taking it down with the saucer along with him......: but it's not over yet as crypto uses his 'pox 5000 backup saucer generator'and takes his saucer off to the skies and, within 10 seconds of flight his drunkness overcomes him making him fall asleep somwhere over nowadays called ''area 51'' and crashes there. soon after his accident some campers find the discovery and take his saucer and his body to their camp eventually turning ino a base and scientist's coming in to do 'autopsies'(spelled wrong) and tests. when pox hears of what happened to crypto he sends his best man to help 'gastro' so gastro breaks crypto out leaving the saucer behind because it is destroyed, but he ends up getting a new onewith new guns. THE END thanks for reading. i knows it is bad but it's worth a shot.
it was a dark and stormy night on halloween. and three teenagers were playing fable on thier xbox 360. when all of a sudden the lightning hit the satalite dish on the roof and knocked out the power to the house but the xbox 360 was still on and so was the tv. but all of a sudden all of the scary creatures from fable started to come out of the tv screen even jack of blades and they started trashing the teenagers home. an hour later they left for the big apple but the teenagers were to frightened to do anything about it. so they hatched up a plan by inserting hitman blood money in to the 360's drive then 5minutes later agent 47 came out of the screen. and the teenagers asked him for help so they all set out to the big apple to take care of the mess. 47 said "those damn creatures are recking the city we have to eliminate them" so as they set out destroying the targets as they work there way through new york. jack of blades turned up and said "you'll never take me alive 47" so they battled it out matrix style on the roof tops of new yorks biggest buildings. the teenagers followed 47 and jack as they fought it out the fight went on for 2 whole hours but no one was tired. then all of a sudden jack used a forced push on 47 and pushed him off the big apple but 47 caught the legde before he fell. then jack ran over to him and stood on his fingers and said "you lost 47" but 47 replied "your wrong jack" and has he fell he caught jack cape and pulled jack over with him and he shouted "TARGET ELIMINATED" as he fell to his death.
one day, a little mustached man
hatched another daring plan
to get the princess in the castle
cause she was always a hassle
but there was a giant evil lizard
who was accompanied by a small reptilian wizard
he had a younger brother
dressed i green
and a fat rival
who was unreasonably mean
their journey was trecherous
and the fat man was lecherous
the continued their journey
with the deserts burning
and shifting sands
freezing lands
and fiery hands
with the journey coming to a close
and with the two bros.
arrive at the castle
"what a hassle"
said the younger brother with relief
" but we will get that princess stealing thief!"
through the castle
and over spikes
the brothers fight
and when the end comes
they burned their bums
they beat the lizard
and the dirty wizard
"you have been such a hassle" said the older brother
yet a small man came out and said
" im sorry, the princess is in another castle"
A Tale of Two Pixels:
The Story of Bit and Dot
Bit and Dot spent all their time together. They were in an inseparable duo, invariably bonded by love and affection for one another. They passed most of their days blasting through game after game. They'd seen empires rise and fall in Civilization, been witness to the frontline devastation in StarCraft, and even remained unscathed from the rockets of Unreal Tournament. Regardless of the danger they faced it side-by-side, unwilling to budge. Eventually, though, they met a game that they just could not conquer.
The game began in a white cell. It was safe, serene, and clinical. Bit and Dot laughed, knowing this would be no challenge, and at first it wasn't. There was box moving and button pushing, the standard fare. But then... the portals came. Bit and Dot held one another, having never seen something like it before. As they passed through the first portal, they felt its pull trying to tear them apart, but they clinged together with as much strength as they had.
This went on for a while, passing through portal after portal. Eventually, Bit and Dot could hold onto each other no longer. Their grip slipped and they were pulled into opposite sides of the screen. All they could do was reach out and cry for each other, watching as their partner faded into the distance. The separation pained more than anything they had ever known, but they were not defeated. Each rose up and began to run, forcing their way through a crowd of other pixels, pushing them out of the way and yelling for each other.
The portals, however, did not stop. They kept coming and swooping Bit or Dot into a vortex, dumping them onto another part of the screen, surrounded by foreign pixels. Each time they would start anew, digging through the crowd, searching for their partner. This went on for what seemed like ages, completely sapping the energy of both pixels. Yet even when they felt like they had no energy left, they struggled on, yearning for their lost lover.
Their persistence did not go unrewarded either. They did find one another, in the center of the screen. The feeling of relief was immeasurable, and as the portals flew by they huddled together, happy to again be in each other's embrace. Unfortunately, the journey had taken its toll on both Bit and Dot and it had been too much to take. As they held one another, they passed away into a death no amount of screen refreshes could bring them back from.
To this day Bit and Dot remain there, a blazing red crosshair of love to be used for all time.
The jungle heat was unbearable, and the large green leaves of the tropical trees drooped low draping over Bills tired body like a shroud, simultaneously proving the camouflage he needed and shelter from the blazing sun. The condensation that collected on the leaves had started to roll off; full, cool droplets rolling down Bills back, cooling him ever so slightly, thankful for any kind of relief from this climate.
He had been watching the guards for nearly two days straight. They paced menacingly with their slick, black machine guns in hand, the only evidence of their nerves being their bloodless white knuckles that against the hard steel of the gun looked like pearls. Every few hours they would fire a few rounds into the thick jungle, nervously reacting to crisp snap of a twig, the harsh chirp of a bird. Bill knew they were still green in combat, unprofessional, scared. They sensed his presence. They knew Bill was there, but they wouldnt venture out further enough to check. They were smaller in number than they had been earlier that day, which could only mean that his partner, Lance, had been successful in his efforts.
Another few hours passed. The sun had begun to set, and Bill heard the call. Two knocks on a tree trunk, a whistle that you could mistake for another bird had it not followed the knocking, then, a quick shuffle, and before Bill knew it , Lance was beside him, his eyes darkened with soot and a large, rust-stained bandana around his left bicep.
They got you?
Yeah, early this morning, those bastards, Lance removed the bandana to reveal an open wound, oozing and still trickling blood. Were only going to have one shot at this. The rest of em are gonna be coming out soon, and then well never get in.
They both knew what this meant. Now or never, live or die, and they did only have one shot at this. With limited ammo, wounded, and tired, if they waited any longer they wouldnt even have the strength to radio back to base.
Are you sure this is our only shot? Bill watched Lance retie the bandana, grimacing at the pain. Bill knew in this weather it wouldnt take long for infection to set it.
This is it, believe me. I heard one of them talking. I got a juicy bit of info thatll help us, too, well be alright, believe me, all we gotta do- But Lance was interrupted by the sound of bullets whizzing by him. They were spotted.
The bark from the trees getting hit splintered up into the air, the leaves that sheltered them were of no use anymore, and it was now or never.
GO! Lance screamed, and they both emerged from their spot and sprinted forward, spraying bullets in every direction in front of them, praying to hit some of them.
Bullets were everywhere. Bill and Lance had reached the first wall in front of them, giving them a few seconds to think. What were you going to tell me before, Bill huffed, What was going to help us?
Lance reloaded his gun as he spoke, Just listen to my commands. Well be alright. He seemed so confident. Bill didnt have enough time to be reassured, because a few more of those foot soldiers had spotted them and began to shoot.
Ready? Lance screamed. Ready! Bill replied.
UP! And they jumped the wall with ease to be greeted by another wall. UP!! Lance screamed again, and again they jumped to find a rather steep hill.
DOWN! DOWN! Lance was firing rapidly, at everything, at anything.
LEFT, RIGHT!
And Bill went left, then stopped, staring incrediously at Lance. What? But Lance only repeated himself, LEFT, RIGHT!
Now Bill was beginning to wonder. What the hell are you talking about??
B!
What the hell.. B what?
A!!!!!!!
Just as they came to a rather large wall, with guns protruding from all angles directly at them, Lance screamed with all his might, START!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
START WHAT!?!?! Bill howled in agony at the realization that his gun was now empty and he had been hit, all thanks to Lances ridiculous commands.
Just then, Bill felt 40 pounds heavier. All kinds of guns were on his back, he was healed, and Lance was smiling like a kid in a candy store. And they charged forward, Bill not bothering to ask what had just happened.. but it had made them invincible..
Ok so.. I just wrote that in about 20 minutes in my con law class.. just making it at 12PM. If it's grammatically incorrect, I apologize, but I want this game, haha. Good luck, everyone!
Aesop's Contra
Bill and Lance had been running through the forest, caught up in an intense firefight. Bill was going out of his way to slowly and carefully pick up better weapons, while Lance was carelessly and inconsiderately running to the end of the screen.
They came upon a large fierce enemy. Lance realized his carelessness left him with an ineffective weapon, and he died a horrible death. Bill moved on to the next level, victorious.
Our moral? Quite simply, an ounce of preparation is worth a pound of cure.
Yo Mikey Hamz.. telepathy?
You've gotta be kidding me. As I wrote mine, yours was not even posted yet.
Simul-fable. That's great :D
totally forgot to post my story before going to work today, but i really enjoyed reading all of these!
I hope mine was half decent XD at first when i posted, I was for sure I was gonna win, but then, other people posted x.x