Contest Wrapup: Gaming Highlights

style="border: medium none ;">Play video games long enough, and you're sure to pick up momentos of your in-game travels as time goes on, often in the form of screenshots. Well, we asked Shackers to give their best and favorite moments in gaming recently, then let every vote for their favorites.

There were some really great submissions, and some of our favorites would be this evening landscape in TES:Oblivion, a background shot from Homeworld 2, Team Fortress 2 camping, and those commemorating various ShackBattles

See the winning entries after the jump

For the staff pick, we chose Chepito.'s picture from HalfLife 2: Episode 1 as the framing, colors and pose all work to create a cohesive piece. Who can resist the dark silhouette of the Combine, blue eyes showing their stripped humanity looming over anything with color?

For the Shacker pick, the lighthearted Castlevania: Portal of Ruin entry by Helvetica gives an Anthony Bourdain-esque exhibit of the various Castlavanian foods. It even accurately represent danger inherent in some!

Those winners will each receive three months of Fileshack access, bringing you fast downloads, online storage and more.