<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Video Game Armada]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://vgarmada.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Boss Bronze]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://vgarmada.wordpress.com/author/vgarmada/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[This just in (or not) – It’s the great pumpkin carving contest Charlie&nbsp;Brown.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_1916" style="width: 236px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://vgarmada.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pumpkin-death-star.jpg"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1916" data-attachment-id="1916" data-permalink="https://vgarmada.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/this-just-in-or-not-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-the-great-pumpkin-carving-contest-charlie-brown/pumpkin-death-star/" data-orig-file="https://vgarmada.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pumpkin-death-star.jpg" data-orig-size="180,160" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Pumpkin Death Star" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;The is a Pumpkin people, holy crap!&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://vgarmada.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pumpkin-death-star.jpg?w=180" data-large-file="https://vgarmada.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pumpkin-death-star.jpg?w=180" class="size-full wp-image-1916" title="Pumpkin Death Star" src="https://vgarmada.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pumpkin-death-star.jpg?w=226&#038;h=200" alt="" width="226" height="200" srcset="https://vgarmada.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pumpkin-death-star.jpg 180w, https://vgarmada.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pumpkin-death-star.jpg?w=150&amp;h=133 150w" sizes="(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1916" class="wp-caption-text">The is a Pumpkin people, holy crap!</p></div>
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<p>It’s October people, which means many things; it’s the ‘<a href="http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/261/d/a/avg_5___the_fall_of_games_pt_2_by_bossbronze-d4a9zwg.jpg" target="_blank">Fall of Games</a>’ here at Armada, it’s also &#8216;<a href="http://www.g4tv.com/epictober-2011/" target="_blank">Epictober</a>&#8216; at G4, <a href="http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/" target="_blank">New York Comic Con</a> in New York (duh), and a little thing called <a href="http://www.halloween.com/all-about-halloween/category/history-of-halloween/" target="_blank">Halloween</a> everywhere else. Now one great tradition of Halloween is <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=pumpkin+carving&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hl=en&amp;tbm=isch&amp;source=og&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=651" target="_blank">pumpkin carving, where you (or whoever) gut out a pumpkin and carve a face or witch onto it</a>. Well <a href="http://www.bioware.com/" target="_blank">BioWare</a>, always on the ‘cutting edge’ (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2KwFMky5Y4" target="_blank">get it?</a>) of gaming, is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=253159984735511" target="_blank">hosting their own pumpkin carving contest</a>. The winner would get a gift certificate to the <a href="http://biowarestore.com/" target="_blank">BioWare Store</a> and the option to go <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD0LdGGWZQM" target="_blank">paragon or renegade</a> with their bragging rights on their friends. Now there are a few rules like only carving BioWare related images and posting submissions on their twitter page; but all and all easy money for those with the skill, experience, and the love of defacing pumpkins. Now I would go for it myself, but I’m lazy and I rather carver a pumpkin pie than just a pumpkin. So instead here’s some advice for willing contestants; don’t go for Mass Effect or the Old Republic – there’ll be millions already. Instead try something from their older games like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Empire" target="_blank">Jade Empire</a> – <a href="http://jadeempire.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Whirlwind" target="_blank">the Black Whirlwind</a> on a pumpkin would be a sure thing because the judges would be too scared to vote nothing but a winner.</p>
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