One year ago, on October 26, 2017, RetroGameResource.com was born. After years of pussy-footing around and coming up with excuses on why I can’t have a gaming site, I developed the testicular fortitude to share my story and love of all things gaming.
I had an itch for long-form video game reviews, that was not being scratched, so I decided to finally execute and do it myself.
My goal with the site evolved over the year, from simply creating the best reviews I could with my limited experience, to giving my story in each and every one of the reviews, providing context for my feelings towards a game.
As time went on, I decided to expand the subject matter, to personal gaming stories removed from the confines of a review, hardware reviews, and strategies for dealing with the overwhelming back log most adult gamer’s will undoubtedly wrestle with.
Looking at the sites stats and comments on Reddit and RacketBoy, I can tell my fan-base is incredibly loyal, despite not being large.
As a thank you, I would like to announce two major contests opening today:
1. Anniversary Giveaway
Grand Prize: One NEW video game of your choice, value up to $70 USD.
Consolation Prize: 10 free entries into next years anniversary contest.
FAQs:
Why must it be new?: I can’t be responsible for counterfeiters or damage done to used games for the purposes of the contest.
What if my game is cheaper than $70 dollars?: You can get more than one game, BUT the maximum amount of games you can get is 2 ( to avoid people getting a ton of $5 games making the purchase unweildy). The total AFTER taxes and shipping must be LESS than $70
If I spend less than $70 what will happen?: $70 is just a cushion for taxes and shipping, so it would just be unused. If you really want all $70 I can give a $70 gift card to Steam or Amazon, but you have to at least buy one game (on your honor).
What about the consolation prize?: the 2nd place winner will be entered into next years contest with 10 free entries.
To Enter:
1. 5 entries: Leave a non-spammy comment on any article on this site. Giving any opinion is fine, but no advertising, no vicious comments towards other posters (racist, sexist, “go kill yourself,” etc.) or random text will be accepted.
(ex: writing one random word or phrase just for an entry)
2. 1 entry: Follow the site on twitter @ResourceGame
3. 2 entries: Re-tweet the contest on twitter.
4. 3 entries: readers who comment on a reddit post from a certain sub-reddit that helped me get my start will receive 2 entries.
To be eligible all entries must be submitted before December 1, 2018 at 1200am (aka 0000) EST. Entries are stackable to an extent, for example, commenting on multiple articles will result in 5 entries for EACH, while multiple comments on the same article WILL NOT stack. Same goes for re-tweets and the reddit post.
How are Winner’s Chosen?:
Entries will be calculated and a random entry will be drawn for a winner. By random, I don’t mean blindly picking the name on my own. Names will be entered into a spreadsheet (multiple times if a person has multiple entries) and a Random Number Generator will be used to select the winning number, which will correspond to the row of the spreadsheet.
When Will the Winner Be Announced.
The winner will be announced before January 1st, 2019.
2. Fan Art Contest
Grand Prize: One NEW video game of the winner’s choice up to $70 USD AND the opportunity to have your art spotlighted in the top of a fan art gallery post on this website. I will explain why I chose your art, provide your name, and give you the option of providing a blurb about your piece.
Everyone Else Prize: All the art will be featured in a post showing off everyone’s awesome work. Sort of a fan art gallery that will show the image, the creator’s name and an optional blurb by the artist describing the work.
FAQs:
Why must it be new?: I can’t be responsible for counterfeiters or damage done to used games for the purposes of the contest.
What if my game is cheaper than $70 dollars?: You can get more than one game, BUT the maximum amount of games you can get is 2 ( to avoid people getting a ton of $5 games making the purchase unweildy). The total AFTER taxes and shipping must be LESS than $70
If I spend less than $70 what will happen?: $70 is just a cushion for taxes and shipping, so it would just be unused. If you really want all $70 I can give a $70 gift card to Steam or Amazon, but you have to at least buy one game (on your honor).
To Enter:
Submit your fan art based on a a retro game or game series to
retrogameresource@gmail.com
by January 2nd, 2019 at 12am (0000) EST
How the winner will be chosen:
I will personally choose the winner. In the event I cannot make a choice I will narrow it down and have the fans choose.
Agreements
By entering the contest, you give me the right to permanently display your art on retrogameresource.com in the upcoming fan art gallery post that concludes the contest.
Credit to the artist will always be given and I do not own your work and will not use it elsewhere on the site without express written permission.