Contest time! This one’s a biggie. Sega’s given me 5 copies of the Aliens vs. Predator video game to give away – your choice of console (PS3 or Xbox 360… sorry, PC gamers)! Yo that’s a $59.99 value each.

Note: only US/Canada addresses are eligible to win the game, BUT you can still win an A<3P t-shirt if you’re not eligible. Details below.

All you gotta do is choose one of the following two options (and do it up to 3 times over the course of the contest):

Option 1: Twitter
First, follow me at @bernieh. Then, post a link to your favorite episode of aLp, and include this hashtag and link at the end:

#AvP http://j.mp/freecopyofAvP

So, here’s an example of a valid tweet:

My favorite aLp episode! http://alienlovespredator.com/2010/01/19/youre-so-white/ #AvP http://j.mp/freecopyofAvP

Option 2: Facebook
First, become a fan at the aLp Facebook page. Then on that page, click on the “Reviews” tab, click on one of the stars (1-5), paste a link to your favorite episode of aLp, and include this link at the end:

http://j.mp/freecopyofAvP

So, here’s an example of a valid post:

My favorite aLp episode! http://alienlovespredator.com/2010/01/19/youre-so-white/ http://j.mp/freecopyofAvP

Enter up to 3 times…

The contest’ll run until Friday, April 9. It’s split up into 3 segments:

- Tue, 3/30 – Fri, 4/2
- Sat, 4/3 – Tue, 4/6
- Wed, 4/7 – Fri, 4/9

During each segment you can execute one of the above two options to enter (if you do both during the same segment, it’ll count as only one entry). At the end of the contest the 5 winners will be chosen from the entries at random, so the more times you enter, the better chance you have of winning (up to 3 — 1 per segment).

Have fun, good luck and thanks!

Also don’t forget to check out the review of the game I did for Comics Alliance.

Important eligibility note: Sorry folks, I’d had some miscommunication with Sega — it turns out that only people with US or Canada addresses are eligible to win the video game. HOWEVER, if I pick your name as one of the first five winners and you’re ineligible/overseas, you’ll win an A<3P t-shirt instead. If there are no ineligibles among the first five winners, I’ll explicitly pick 2 ineligible/overseas people to win t-shirts to give you a better chance at winning something.

Disclaimer: I had a few reservations about using a contest to up my Twitter followers n’ all that, but some friends have been telling me to just go ahead with it. aLp’s a business and a brand, and it goes with the territory. A PR buddy of mine also suggested it so that’s my other excuse. Hope that’s cool!

I loooove Dhalsim gags.

Vote for aLp at TopWebComics.com to see the alternate, politically-incorrect version of Panel 5.

Merry Christmas all!

(Update, 1/6: Workin’ on today’s comic; it’ll be up later today! Thanks!)

Abe designs a new video game.