There are three unanswered posts and absolutely no one eligible or interested in the VGL tickets, so this is the last call for anyone interested in the tickets to try and answer the remaining questions, email us your name, and make plans for a trip to Chicago tonight! At noon Central Time, if they’re not claimed, we’ll cancel the prize and all non-winning points will carry over to the previously ongoing Treasure Ship game (so you might want to answer those remaining questions). I’ll have Matt work out the details, but as of 11:50am CST, the following scores will be added to the Treasure Ship leaderboard page (which is also out of date):

• cake3412- 2
• lz2008- 2
• smeddy- 2
• jballin37- 1
• jdillingham- 1
• lonewookie- 1
• Rez- 1

Thanks in advance to everyone who participated in my first attempt at running a Treasure Ship contest!

As usual, simply name the game pictured above for points. If you actually happen know what game it is, I’d like to know your thoughts on this… peculiar game.

Once again, you need to email us in order to be eligible for the final noon prize!

Of all the people who have gained points so far for the Video Games Live tickets, only one of you has expressed a little bit of interest in winning the tickets…and that person decided it wasn’t worth the 8-hour drive, considering the winner is announced at noon and the show starts at 8pm. Basically, no one’s in line to win yet.

The winner will be entitled to two tickets to tonight’s Video Games Live concert at 8pm at the Chicago Theatre. Of course, the winner can opt to split the two-ticket prize with the runner-up… that’s his/her choice. In order to win them, though, you need to email us your name and intent to win to thetanooki[at]thetanooki[dot]com immediately!!

Anywho, here’s the next Treasure Ship post. We’ll go back to images for a while, since music seems too hard :P Name the game!

One more audio clip, and then it’s time for a short break. Whoever can correctly identify the game from which this clip is exerpted gets a point. Remember, if you are interested in potentially winning those tickets to tonight’s Video Games Live concert at the Chicago Theatre, be sure to email your name, username, and any contact information that you’ll be able to receive a message from in time to pick up your tickets for the show.

This one’s fairly easy if you’re familiar with the game franchise, but apparently not many people are. Anyone actually have this game? Because I don’t…

I can only identify it, which is all that I care you can do at the moment. :) Which game is it?

Let’s have another audio piece, shall we? Have at it, which game is this from?

Another reminder: if you’re interested in winning the tickets to the Video Games Live concert in Chicago tomorrow, we need you to e-mail us your name and contact information to thetanooki[at]thetanooki[dot]com immediately!

Another game screen! Which one is it?

Just a reminder - I’m probably sleeping at the moment. If you comment with the right answer, I’ll confirm it in the morning sometime after I’ve gone through my morning routine. In the meantime, feel free to kill some time on our forums.

Alright, I’ve gotta head on over to bed for the night. The Treasure Ship will continue even as I sleep: posts by me will magically appear throughout the night, giving you more and more challenges, just to be fair to those who were out during Friday evening, or those that simply aren’t online until these hours. I won’t be online to confirm correct answers until the morning, but the rules still apply: the first person to COMMENT to each post with the correct answer(s) gets the point. Do not email me the answers, comment publicly to the post. I’ll confirm answers and give points away when I wake up.

What you DO email me is whether you wish to be elligible for the pair of Video Games Live tickets we have for later this evening, November 15, 2008, at 8pm. You don’t HAVE to be in Chicago, but considering we announce the winner around noon, CST, and the performance starts a third of a day later, I would hope you’d be within travel range.

Anyway, that’s a screenshot above from the next challenge. Which game is it?

Here’s another audio clip for those of you who know your game music. It’s a good thing to know, especially if you’re in this contest to win tix to Video Games Live!

It shouldn’t be too hard of an excerpt, it’s not like it’s from deep within a game at a time you have more important things to worry about… You’d hear it pretty often if you played it!

So we want to give these tickets away, but we also want to have fun doing it. If you’re not in the Chicago area, maybe a friend or family member of yours is. See if they’re interested in VGL, and have them play! Or maybe you’ve got Chicagoans hanging out on a web forum somewhere and think they’d like to go. Let them know!

This next one’s a screenshot from a game almost as old as my brother. Coincidentally, the game is exactly a year younger in the United States than Miley Cyrus is. Just a random fact you probably don’t care about. :P

Name it!

Another reminder: if you’re interested in winning the tickets to the Video Games Live concert in Chicago tomorrow, we need you to e-mail us your name and contact information to thetanooki[at]thetanooki[dot]com immediately!