Contest: GoG Giveaway Winner #3 Announced

Hi everyone. How are you? Today sees the belated announcement of our Good Old Games competition winner from a few weeks ago. Read on for the winner, and a story.

There’s a reason why this announcement comes weeks days after the competition closed – I was on holiday…sitting on big tanks. Real tanks actually from World War Two.

Anyhow, here at One Last Continue we believe that the person who deserves to win is usually the one who demonstrates not only an interest in the prize – but an appreciation of the contest itself. Our winner Christopher Horenstein gave us a wonderful story in which he talked about his first experiences with Unreal Tournament.

I was significantly younger when I first played Unreal Tournament. I was in Circuit City, and my father was badgering employees about the latest pre-built desktop computers. I didn’t know much about computers, being a console sort of kid at the time, but then I heard some really awesome music blasting from that one computer that glows blue and has a large monitor, showing off the latest and greatest in gaming technology in every electronics store. And the game wasn’t taxing on the hardware at the time, but rather simply being appreciated for what it brought to the gaming table – fast-paced shooting matches of death and destruction, with bloody gibs spraying left and right. My gosh, I thought, my father would probably be mad if he saw me looking at this. And I thought of my younger brother at home, who would love the ultra-violent multiplayer even more than I. I begged an employee to let me use the phone, and called my brother to beg him for half of the $20 cost for the GOTY edition. Yes, he said.

An hour later my brother and I heard that narrative intro for the first time, and that classic menu music. We took turns blowing bots to bits, and listened to what I honestly refer to as UT-Style music even today. That music! Who couldn’t get into the fast-paced gameplay with that music blaring? And the variety of difficulty levels was more than I had ever seen in a game before, something I took full advantage of as I poured time into the game. Basically, I would describe UT as introducing me to the magic of desktop computers, first person shooters, and (please excuse my ignorance) that wonderful type of electronic-sounding tune in one large motion, forever changing the way I approach video games as a complete experience. No matter how many more Unreal Tournaments occur in my lifetime, even if I think too many exist, I will never forget the first one I participated in.

Congratulations Chris, your code is on it’s way, we have another competition coming up real soon and it’s time restricted. Keep an eye out here on One Last Continue for it in the coming days ahead, but for now? Here’s myself on a tank!