Contest #6: August 6 to August 19, 1996


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The winning entry was submitted by Travis McDevitt. It was:

Oh Great Shakidi, Do not let them change the name of Death Rally again, it is confusing enough as it is.

Some of the others (in no particular order):

  1. 'And this is where we store the spare programmers (Dr. Fooms)
  2. "As Apogee approaches the next level of gaming, Allen finds himself beta testing their newest creation: The psychic holoset. As you can see, he hasn't quite mastered this device yet - for some reason all he can produce with his mind is the current time." (Elim ???)
  3. While meditating about Alicia Silverstone, Allen surprises himself by making PM 9:26:52 appear. (James Hannan)
  4. Little did Hillary realize, it wasn't really Eleanor Roosevelt's ghost she had been talking to, but instead it was Allen Blum, who in his spare time enjoys surfing the astral plane posing as the former first lady. (Jim Mott)
  5. With arms spread in a plant like pose, Allen Blum attempts to photosynthesize. (Lee Marshall)
  6. Here we see Allen Blum practicing the field goal technique he learned from reading Zen And The Art Of Paper Football in preparation for the start of the SDPFL's (Software Developers Paper Football League) inaugural season. (Tim Lam)
  7. After watching 36 hours non-stop of Kung Fu:The Legend Continues, Allen Blum thinks he is Kane. In his mind he is not at Apogee Head Office anymore, he is somewhere in China at a Sholin temple meditating to find the CARAMILK FUDGE SECRET. (Octavision ??)
  8. Allen here is one again sleepwalking, this time thinking he is a Deathfire Monk from Rise of the Triad. (Victor Chang)
  9. As Allen Blum practices his daily routine of closing his eyes and gluing his index fingers to his thumbs, one of the other Apogee staff members has secretly replaced his usual low-strength Elmer's glue with industrial strength Super Glue. Let's see if he notices the difference. (Bryan Kowal)

In reality, this is Allen Blum "meditating" in the halls of Apogee.