Hi.
Apologies about the tardiness on this. First we had a ton of ties on about 8 stories overall, then I said I'd post them two days ago and then stuff happened that isn't your fault but my own. Sorry.
But, we have winners. It took a process. I first started by letting moderators read and like the ones they liked (as well as the ones I liked). From those, I then passed the stories onto a group of acquaintances who write or review similar content on a regular basis, they told me their top three. And we had to go back and forth more than a few times on this, slowly weeding out a story at a time until we came to four winners, even though more than a few were as well liked as the winners. That's right, four winners. We got a tie for third. Rather than continue the back and forth, I figured I'd award both people.
And now, the winners.
3rd place:
The Blackest Friday, by IamTylerDurden1
https://drive.google.com/op...
Black Friday, by capjacksparrow
https://drive.google.com/op...
Both winners win a $50 gift card or similar payout.
2nd place:
Ruins of a Black Friday, by Wolf873
https://drive.google.com/op...
Wolf873 wins a $100 gift card or similar payout.
1st place:
The Bright Falls Black Friday Deal, by Kran
https://drive.google.com/op...
Kran wins a $200 gift card or similar payout.
And thus closes out a great December. Thank you for everyone who contributed and to those who helped review the entries.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
So honored to win and congratulations to all the people who took the time to write their own Black Friday story.
Truth is, i wrote my entry the first day I saw the contest in about fifteen minutes. I had attempted to enter another, more serious piece, but it just didn't flow so I stuck with my whimsical Death Stranding poem spoof.
I personally enjoyed writing it and I hope you enjoy reading it. To anyone who has played or even heard about Death Stranding, you should get a real kick out of it.
This is an ode to my fellow Porters, and I encourage everyone to check it out. Not my most sophisticated work, but certainly my most fun. It's a short read, easy on the brain, good time stuff about Sam Porter saving the world from a Black Friday without stock. A storm hits, stores need stocking, and Sam has a particular set of skills. Enjoy.
Oh wow I honestly did not expect to win at all!
I did say to myself if I somehow were picked as the winner then it might give me enough confidence to actually write a proper book of my own... Maybe that's what I'll do for 2020!
Thank you so much and I hope those judging, and those about to read it, enjoyed/enjoy reading!
I'm a huge fan of Alan Wake so it was fun writing it!
Well, I'd like to imagine my short story was one of those 8 at least. But regardless, congratulations to the winners!
damnit i didnt know we also had to incorporate blackfriday into our story/poem! i could so easily have done that! oh well congrats to the winners