We all have Portal 2 fever right about now. By the time you read this, you may already have the game or be waiting for an online retailer to deliver one of the most anticipated games of 2011.
If you don't know what the fuss is about, or wonder why the cake is a lie, go get the original Portal (in The Orange Box or via Steam or Xbox Live Arcade) and come back. You can even listen to our PAX Prime podcast report complete with a short demo that introduces the game.
And if you're in the market for a free GLaDOS ringtone, we can hook you up there too. (It's in our E3 audio roundup: Episode 36, second from the bottom, and it makes a great alarm/alert!).
But here's the main event: One lucky fan will win a massive 24x36-inch Portal 2 poster featuring the game's star robots in a classic "Right Stuff" pose!
Here's how to enter and boost your odds with up to 4 chances to win:
- Enter a comment here, as usual. That's all you really NEED to do.
- Tweet the following on Twitter: Win a massive Portal 2 robots poster at BusyGamerNews.com, home of the Busy Gamer Podcast: RT + Enter here: http://bit.ly/enIGzJ #bgnfsf
- Review (or re-review) our Busy Gamer Podcast on iTunes.
- Review (or re-review) the Best of Busy Gamer Podcast on iTunes. This is a short audio highlights feed with our reviews, audio tours and other timeless bits!
If you do 2, 3 and/or 4 (and why wouldn't you?), you do need to let us know your Twitter/iTunes name(s) in your comment so we can find, verify and include your bonus entries in the drawing and match them up to contact you if one of them wins.
If we can't confirm the bonus entry and easily tell who you are on Twitter and/or iTunes, the bonus entry is disqualified.
You DO have to enter a comment here and follow the other rules to be eligible:
Simply post a comment on this page. (You can do the other things listed above if you want to earn some extra chances to win.) Say whatever is on your mind as long as it's not an ad or profane. Be sure to read the Sweepstakes Rules to ensure you are eligible to win and don't get disqualified by double-posting or forgetting to provide an e-mail address.
NOTE: If you play for extra chances on Twitter or by posting podcast reviews on iTunes, you still have to enter here AND let us know your Twitter and/or iTunes names so we can match you up. iTunes ratings alone do not count since we can't see who posted them, so add or update a comment! If you already posted an iTunes review, you can still update your review once a week for a bonus entry in each week's giveaway. Just log in to iTunes and click Write a Review; it should load your existing review and let you modify it. Make a change and then check to ensure that it appears on top with the new date or it won't count!
You may also want to white list this domain; we've had MANY would-be winners lose out because they never responded to their prize notification! If you use TypeKey/TypePad, be sure your e-mail address will be shared. No e-mail address, no prize. (Don't worry, no one else will see it - and we'll only use it to contact you if you win.)
Note that unless you're an authenticated poster who has been active on the site and marked as trusted, your comment will NOT appear immediately. It will go into a queue for me to approve, which I'll do several times a day (except the first weekend, where comments may not be approved until sometime late on Sunday). Do NOT double-post. We'll extend the entry period for this until 8:01 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, April 20 to ensure you have plenty of time to enter and verify your entry was posted.
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We continue to stock up on cool goodies for Free Stuff Friday - and we will keep doing so as long as there's enough response, even if we continue to lose money on this site. So tell your friends about this! Hey, if we get bigger, so will the prizes that YOU could win! While you're at it, post comments wherever you see something interesting. Also, if you get a game code you don't need or have some other cool game-related prize you want to donate, we'd be very grateful (we pay for much of this stuff ourselves!).
A new poster for my room? I'm in!
First :D! Thanks for the contest and I would love to fill up some empty space on my wall. @zombiebash3r
Its been a longggg time, how have you been? Gotta love GLaDOS
I wonder what new things they have in store for the sequel. Can I imagine the game not being any good? I hope not. Yay! cool poster.
Man that would look great on my wall count me in.
twitter @Wuvein
i actually measured out 24x36 and am suprised by how big it is. would love to be able to hang this on my door
twitter = @dwb6
Cool poster, I'm reminded of the movie Bad Boys when I look at it. Slow motion run from an explosion! Twitter - @GobStoppinMopUp
I love portal! hope I win
Twitter @Masterpitviper
Very cool poster. I wouldn't mind hanging that up in my room.
retweeted @VeridisQuo1
http://twitter.com/#!/VeridisQuo1/status/58843592353001473
For ANY gamer, young or old, this is a neat addition to the mancave. Twitter @Sm1ttysm1t, iTunes BangorSmitty
Twitter @SmurfyMcSmurf
That's a cool poster. Kind of funny.
Thanks for the contest!
Twitter: @eugaet_aux
RT'd here: https://twitter.com/eugaet_aux/statuses/58881377646542848
Oohhh. =O I want that poster, I'm entering. =P
I also Tweeted.
Twitter - @lFraggerl (Those are L's)
As always, thanks for the chance, I wonder though, how many of us actually remember "The Right Stuff"?
Awesome, thanks for the contest!
RT @cowboymath
I am a huge fanatic of the original, and have the sequel pre-ordered. That is one awesome poster! I'm in!
Twitter: @CaptainQuiet
Good luck, everyone!
Twitter: @gohanegret
Thanks for the contest! This is my comment, and I tweeted.
Twitter: @CaptainUrahara
Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/CaptainUrahara/status/58962279756079104
Thanks for the opportunity!
Oh man, Portal swag? I'm down! I cannot WAIT for this game. Thanks for the contest, I will look to enter the other 3 ways.
Looking forward to Portal 2... and that poster is awesome!
It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine.
Awesome!
@Sadwhat
Oh man. I'd love that poster. >.>
Thanks for the chance.
Twittle'd @ExplodingRat
I would stare at this poster lovingly while stuffing my face with cake!
In for this only because my daughter loves this game and would love to display this poster in her room. Seriously, she won't stop talking about Portal and Still Alive.
Portal 2 is gonna be sweet!
Retweeted @revanex
Rt @magnetoelectric
Awesome giveaway guys. Tweeted at @SurgeonKyle
Awesome hope i win.
This is the greatest things ever conceived
@chadvlogs
I'm in, I tweeted with @fritter7
I'd love to have a Portal poster! I tweeted as @luckysluna.
http://twitter.com/#!/luckysluna/status/59101055123861504
Nice prize. Now what we need is the Life-size Atlas Bot.
Oh free Portal 2 Poster sign me up for a chance.
I have liked Portal since I bought the Orange Box years ago.
tweeted as @ropes
cant wait for my preorder of the game to come in
twitter: @johnapost
Free Portal 2 poster?! oh yeah!
I would LOVE this!
Hows it going Dave! Havent came by here since I won the Halo poster, lets see if I get lucky again!
Here's to hoping. Thanks for the contest!
Twitter: @Infinite0112
Atlas > P-Body and you know it
Awesome giveaway.
NEEEEED.
In as usual, twitter name is deadbodyman11.
I do need posters.
Twitter: Gram_Cracker
GL to all, @rpnguyen tweeted
I'm in. Tweeted @okiraan
Portal rocks socks!
Twitter: DeaVAmp
I like the poster.
@zero110100
Would be so cool to win.
Twitter: @remmykins
I'd love to win this!
i dont have a twitter account so i get one entry :) thanks for the contest. look slike an awesome poster!
oh ya
yay!
Worth a shot commenting I suppose. I'd love to have those 2 robotic fellas creepily staring at me when I sleep at night, plotting my eventual demise.
So much win. I'm only a few hours into the game, but I can already tell it's GOTY material; a poster would make a great thing even better.
Twitter name: @BitLooter
Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/BitLooter/status/60441011708624896
OMG. Cute!
I watched Jon play for an hour last night, the sequel so far has outdone my expectations. Love the robots "hello...I'm different..." and the insane scrawling on the walls. :-)
I haven't stopped playing Portal since it came out.... I think this is what addiction feels like =)
Twitter: tehnakki_public
Tweet: http://twitter.com/tehnakki_public/status/60802155401056256
Thanks, would be cool to add Portal 2 to my poster collection :)
@gxgear
My Naked wall needs this!
Love this game!
That is one awesome looking poster. Do want
I LOVED the first one... can't wait to get my hands on the 2nd one. Portal is definitely my most favorite game and now most favorite series!
I would LOVE one of the posters, since 1) I have been rabid about the game since it was announced 2) My bare walls need to cover their shame and 3) because this this site and portal are awesome.
Tweeted also!
Dibs, I want some cake.
Twitter @ChocobroBread
iTunes - Chocobro
Contest closed!
Will pick a winner later once I can validate all of the bonus entries.
It's awesome!