yeah, some don't understand what 120 words max means :P

If I get disqualified for having inspiration to write more then was asked for oh well I'm not stressing over it.

Mate, I was just joking. Your entry is very interesting :)

Ok, so I have not played any of the original fallout titles but I played three and loved it so if i win i would like to get fallout tactics as I am planning on buying the other two myself. This is my entry:

When I first got fallout 3 I came home and I put it in all excited. My friend was with me at the time. We sat down and first of all we got the training done, which was quite fun. But...and this is a big but, when we finally got out of the vault I saw the open environment outside. I don't know what it was about that moment but we were gobsmacked. It was just so vast and lifelike. Anyway we sat down and played it, swapping over the controller from time to time and we got pretty far in and i went to the toilet. But, when I came back and saw what my friend had done I was so annoyed. He'd only gone and blown up Megaton. Arrrrrrggghhh. Oh well, I wasn't complaining. I got to do it all again XD.

Well, if we can write over 120 words, then I would have. I don't understand now, if that's the case then I will expand. I only limited myself to avoid going over 120.

I'm sitting here, staring at my macbook reading your awesome entries with a bottle of Harviestoun's Old Engine Oil (one of my favorite beers!) and I gotta tell ya it's awesome. There's some really stiff competition, and I've already seen a lot of quality writing. I'm surprised no one tried their hand at humour yet, though!

As for people who broke the word limit... Rules are rules. BUT if you can justify breaking the word limit by writing something that is simply impossible to not enjoy, I'll bend the rules a bit... but please, let's stick to the rules for now, I've already decided to give one of the games to one of these rebels, but that's as far as I'll go :) The word limit is there because:

1. It gives everyone an equal chance at winning, since you really have to make your words count
2. I'm lazy and work from 12 to 8pm, so it's easier for me to read all the entries when they're short since it gives me a chance to properly evaluate them and give them the attention they deserve :)

I thought mine was humoristic :/ :

Yeah, when I was writing that I thought about Si vis pacem, para bellum :P

edit: nm

Great contest Deux_Ex. It seems hard to pull off post-apolayptic humor but I will think on it. =)

Hair Loss, By KOCollins, esquire (not)

The flash the bang the ash the hags
Women without hair are freaks
Men without hair are geeks
Seeing my scalp now I gag
My jowls now quietly sag
They said eating without teeth
Would not be very steep
Yet now my stomach lags
And now I realize I stink
I wish I was wearing pink
But then I would be called a fag
Even with my energy weapons and mag
Everything is so bleak
I have no hair or teeth and can’t take a leak
At least I can still use rats as punching bags

(Hope you liked, I’m opting out of a prize though, I’m sure others are more needy :))

Didn't exactly count those words and I propably break the longevity rule.
But art is art. I'm not going to edit that for a sake of game. Never! =)

A man and his dog await the falling of the sun before leaving the shade to resume the hunt. No water for days, longer for food. With dust choked raspy voice, Man turns to Dog and says...

"Well Buck-a-roo, we done lit the fuse. Notin up this blasted gulch for even one them mysticalled chipmunchers. Notin but dead dirt. Ain't even a rat turd to eat. Can't climb out the gulch. Nothin but to move forward. It's death we don't find somethin soon. You been my pal all these years, couldn'ta survived without you. An you better people than any them damn camp squatters. Buck, we better find somethin quick cuz I sure as hell don't want be eating you."

The contest is now closed. Thank you for all participants, I had a great time reading all your entries (including those who didn't abide by the 120 word max rule). I've now decided upon the winners, congratulations to you all and let's hope I can organise yet another game giveaway in the near future that gives us all a chance to enjoy the fruits of each others' labour. Here are the winners and the reasons following their victory:

stoicsentry - Your entry was, simply put, brilliant. I read your entry 3 times and each time I was nodding my head quietly in my room thinking "Frank Herbert would be proud". It just so happens that he's my favorite author, so you get mentioned first. Have you ever thought about being a professional writer, if you aren't one already?

HomerSimpson - What would be more horrible than running into an epic game in the middle of a wasteland knowing that you can never play it? Free game for you!

Arianus - The little rebel that could. Your entry broke the rules but at the same time I felt it was justified and necessary to build up the tension for the upcoming, epic ending. It was a very good short story, and it's writing like this that's missing from todays games. You get a fallout game for free!

WhiteElk - Powerful. What could be more deep than the juxtapositioning of a man's need for survival and the love for his best friend? Enough said, you get a free game!

...and last but NOT least...

KOCollins - As a geek who started losing his hair at the age of 15, I liked your entry and quite frankly, I almost pissed myself laughing. Since you opted out of a price feel free to choose someone from the contest that you think deserves to win!

That's it! Thank you once again to all participants, keep an eye out for more crazy contests coming from your lovable uncle Alex, AKA Deus_Ex! I will PM all winners personally to ease the prize-claiming procedures

Thank you! I do work as a writer in my spare time, but it's only non-fiction. I have never really written any fiction besides the meager stuff I post here on the forums (The Murder Mystery Contest and Adventures in Vue, the forum RPG.) I'm working on improving that. Thanks again! It was a great contest.