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Free Stuff Friday - Emerald City Comicon Swag Bag

Halo Reach posterECCC Swag Bag contents Last weekend, we attended Emerald City Comicon and picked up some extra goodies just for you. Two of you, actually.

The grand prize winner will take the big bag of swag containing:

  • Halo Reach poster
  • Assorted buttons (7)
  • Green Lantern plastic ring
  • Dark Horse Comics Celebrates 20 Years of Manga lithograph
  • Dark Horse clings (3)
  • Mass Effect Redemption comic poster
  • American Vampire poster
  • Star Wars Invasion poster
  • Dark Horse Celebrates Star Wars poster
  • Dark Horse One Shot Wonders poster
  • Rat City Rollergirls sticker
  • Ben 10 Alien Force #42 comic
  • Demo: The Waking Life of Angels #1 comic
  • The Authority: The Lost Year comic
  • Daytripper #1 comic
  • DC Superfriends #20 comic
  • WildCats #19 comic
  • Looney Tunes #179 comic
  • Bob the Angry Flower one sheet
  • DC Direct Collectibles catalog

The runner up also gets a Halo Reach poster, a set of buttons and a Green Lantern ring.

For more details, click the left picture above for a gallery of images and the right picture for a close-up of the poster.

To enter (and show how much you love free stuff!):

Simply post a comment on this page. 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.

You may also want to white list this domain; we've had several 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 5:01 p.m. Pacific Time on Thursday, March 25 to ensure you have plenty of time to enter and verify your entry was posted.

We also sometimes give away unannounced Instant Win prizes (I just finished a major project milestone and expect to have some free time in the next week!). Here are a few tips since this can happen at any time. Check our Busy Gamer Podcast on Sundays for possible hints about what's coming. 1) Follow Gamewatcher on Twitter. Before we post the next Free Stuff Bonus - Instant Win, we'll give you a fair warning tweet. 2) Subscribe to our RSS feed and set it to check for updates frequently.

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 most of this stuff ourselves!).

Comments (219)

1. CAiNiAC:

I've got my eye on that Green Lantern ring!

2. Zilla:

That's a whole lotta swag! Some real nice stuff in there I wouldn't mind having.

3. atilary:

Despite the fact I'm entering your contest Baltimore Con is still the best.

4. Yoomi:

Yayyy free stuff :)!

5. Marvin:

Awesome free swag, thanks for the opportunity. Love the posters.

6. Tom Servo:

I think the cover for Reach is awesome, so I'd really like to win that poster.

7. AzN Renegad3:

Wow awesome! I'm not going to lie but that swag bag is bringing the inner geek out of me. lol

This stuff looks neat! Really wish I could have gone to ECC

9. HUFF181:

PLEASE PICK ME

10. Strait1337:

Wow thats alot of swag.

11. Revixe:

All that stuff is awesome, but that Halo Reach poster is what I got my eye on!

12. Bo:

The cake is not a lie, I'm eating it right now!

13. Erik:

That ring would be great though I could use another cool Star Wars poster in my room.

14. Skuttie:

That's some interesting looking stuff, especially the Mass Effect comic!

15. Benisjamin:

I've been meaning to read Daytripper, that's a pretty awesome pile of stuff!

16. Bryan:

I've never been a die-hard HALO fan, but I have to admit that is one very, very sexy poster! Awesome Swag Bag too, great giveaway guys!

17. Nathan P:

Awesome. I love Mass Effect.

18. MackSlappy:

Nice, very nice!

19. FatmanOSU:

This has been a great March Madness this year. Time for the Cowboys to show their Orange Power.

20. KefkaticFanatic:

Stuff looks awesome, thanks for the giveaway!

21. coolsteel:

I do like posters

22. Zandareth:

That Halo: Reach poster is godly.

23. Mrangrypants:

That Reach poster would look mighty fine on my wall.

24. zeratul242:

A Green Lantern ring? BITCHIN'!

25. Steven S.:

Looks like a good swag bag

26. Tacogrande:

This would be a mighty fine surprise if I won.

27. bitzer:

i put on my robe and wizard hat.

28. Erica:

The Green Lantern ring made me squee! Here's hoping! *crosses fingers*

29. Damond Jenkins:

great giveaway, how was comicon?

30. Tristan:

Me wanty swag.

31. Carlos:

please let me have a green lantern ring! also yay buttons!

32. Joe Piscapo:

I need me some new posters! I hope I win!

33. ricky gomez:

I want in so bad

34. Emil:

Who loves free stuff? Emil loves free stuff. Is it true? Mm-hmm! I do, I do, I do-ooh!

35. Leland Dantzler:

I'd give my left ear for that Reach poster. Mm....

36. josh Dorn:

OMG i cant wait for reach it my bday is in the first week of may so the beta test is like a "happy biday to you" from Bungie. ...... Best bday ever...

37. Bill Zika:

Halo: Reach, Mass Effect, Star Wars AND MORE? That's alot of swag that sounds AWESOME to win! :D

38. BitLooter:

THIS is why I always look forwards to Free Stuff Friday. Thank you for being so awesome!

39. Jon:

Swag would be nice...

40. karebearstare:

until the first one is on top of the second one. Once those are in place, it's easiest to get the rest to align. Unfortunately, if you skip the first step in the entire aforementioned 43-step process, it's impossible to make the second step result correctly in the finished product, which is a fully-working copy of the upcoming game by Bungie and Microsoft, Halo: Reach. The game will work perfectly but, for obvious reasons, the social aspects of the game will not function properly until there are more users to allow that to happen. You'll just have to wait for September 14th for all of the real goodness to come along. May 3rd will be nice, but trust me...I've seen the finished product and the game is MUCH better in its final state. It was wise of them to hold off the Thermal Filter armor ability until a month before release. Too neat to give away too early.

Well, I'd better get leaving. I'd love to sit here and talk over the ins and outs of the game with you once you have a working copy extracted, but time travel is a lot tougher than you would think it is, and I've got to make sure I

41. Jbyrd117:

GREEN LANTERN IS MY FAV. HALO IS AMAZIZIZIZIZING

42. Sorrow:

Cool swag, the Halo Reach poster would look amazing in my room.

43. Pat:

Excelsior!

44. Adrian:

Loving the swag! That Reach poster is getting framed, believe it.

45. Cody:

What do you call a cow that has just given birth?...

Well you could call her a lot of things, but I would call her decaffeinated!

46. Bart:

poop

47. Shawn H.:

That is one smexy Halo poster.

And seeing as how Arkansas is the worst place in the world for any kind of Comic or Game conventions, swagbags make for a really nice piece of the pie for me.

I think its pretty awesome that you guys are doin this.

48. kitpowers007:

I think it's awesome that people would go to a con and actually think of others and get extra stuff. And wow a lot of awesome extra stuff! Thanks.

49. KLind:

That's some awesome stuff there.

50. Black Six:

Is it May 3rd yet? I want me some Halo Reach Beta!

51. John:

That Halo Reach poster would love mighty fine on my wall.

52. Sean:

Sweet, I need a reach poster to add to my collection. That'll make 101 :P

53. Peter Carr:

Boy I am such a fiend for swag. I salivate at the list.

54. Matt Butcher:

I want

55. gareth mccomb:

ha loony tunes cooool

56. pabs:

By the power of Greyskull, I have the power!

57. Lee:

This stuff was free? That's really awesome. A lot of this stuff would look good in my kid's room. We're remodeling it for him while he's away at camp.

58. vedichymn:

This sounds pretty awesome, couldn't make it down for the con.

59. deadbodyman11:

Must....Have.....Swag...

60. eolith:

yep, poster would be cool. Never been able to make it to a CON of any sort, so the schwag would be fun.

61. Rufio1617:

I would hang these all over my room!

62. Bob Pawloski:

My wife would love it if I had all this nerd stuff to hang around the house...well maybe not.

63. Nyx:

Ha I didn't even know that there were such things as Looney Tunes Comics. Shows how much I know!

64. jeff:

wow! thats alot of nice stuff.star wars and halo swag in one bag!OMG lol

65. zacwight:

Thinking, thinking.... I have nothing to say.

66. Jacob:

Thats quite the loadout! hope to see it in my halo room sometime in the near future!

67. Matt Smith:

I always loved getting grab-bags at cons, i haven't been to one in awhile (since the last Comic-Con in NY), and i'm just one of those guys who loves getting random swag. That Halo:Reach poster is pretty sweet too.

68. caboose3232:

had no idea half of those comics even existed! awsome!!!!

69. Nevan:

That's a pretty sweet swag bag.

The contest and the prizes look awesome! :)

71. alabaster:

do want!

72. Jordan:

Wantt :D

73. Tim L:

I am so pumped for Reach, hope to win your swag!

74. JaseDakota :

So much cool stuff! Good luck to everyone!

75. Tom:

Agh, one of these years i'll make it to comicon...

76. Drew Tucker:

Super excited!!

77. Crono:

This was a triumph!!!!

78. Dev:

MUST
HAVE
REACH
POSTER

In face all of these items are absolute essentials for my 'Man Lair', wouldn't you think?!?

79. lars:

lol

80. Cacfus:

I'd like to win that.

81. Jran Sakarra:

Man I gotta get a new xbox 360 before May 3rd!
Good thing I still am working on the Halo Comics and Novels.
Beta here I come!

82. Josh P:

Wow, quite the bag of swag! That Reach poster looks sexy! I've got the perfect use for about everything in there. Would love to pass that Star Wars poster along to my uncle, hes a hugggeee fan.

Here is to wishing myself some good luck!

83. Nichole Anderson:

Emerald City Comicon Rocks!!

84. Mark:

"Why you always gotta jump, One of these days your gonna land on something as stubborn as you." - Sgt. Johnson! I Love Halo!

85. MichaelA:

I love swag!

86. Derek:

It all looks awesome, thanks for doing this!

87. Larry Perlman:

I got runner-up on the last swag-bag and it was great, hope to win the grand prize this time.

88. Wm. Eric Allison:

*Drool* That poster would look awesome next to the TV while I'm playing ODST!

Carpe vexillum rules!! and so does this contest!! Any of the posters would be cool!

90. Jojo Ayson:

I'm hungry right now and a little sleepy. Maybe I'll play XBOX for a while.

91. DirtyDozen:

Love the ECCC and would love a sweet swag bag! Thanks for the chance to win!

92. MattAtom:

*whistles appreciatively* Dayme, I have never seen such a bag a swag that took me fancy as much as this'un.

93. Matt:

Oh Ive always wanted a Halo poster. Never actually bought one though! Would be nice to win something too!

94. tommy:

pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me! pick me!

95. Nathan Katsiaficas:

Gah, I'd love some free Halo swag!

96. T.P. aka Steve Evans:

Remember this.........."I'm gonna wear you out!!!" LOL......... Thanks Tiger!

97. supremely:

I *heart* swag!!!! Gimmie Gimmie! ^.^/

This is an awesome offer. I just now wake up from the haze of St Patricks day and see this pot of gold. I'm torn between that Green Lantern Ring and that Halo Reach poster. Wish all of us the best of luck on this.

99. CrazedOne1988:

That reach poster is schweet!

100. Chaotic Shade :

I love Halo and have a continuing collection of Halo stuff. I can't wait for Halo Reach Beta to get here!! Its going to be massive!!

101. Brandon:

Halo Reach poster looks sick and so does the rest of the swag!

102. Stephen D.:

Hmmm, some nice looking swag you got there... Mind if I have it? =]

103. brad:

I like free stuff.

104. Michael H.:

I would kill for that Reach poster...

105. Peter Boshart:

Flaming Ninjas all the way.

106. ChaosDice:

wow....you are awesome to be offering up this stuff ^_^ good luck everyone!

107. BJ:

Cool! Would love to get my hands on this stuff! Thanks!

108. Cameron:

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday :]

109. Kermi7:

Cool stuff. Gimme! (if I'm the lucky one.)

110. Sniper Panda:

Oh I am soooo in.

111. Jake Guy:

I want that Reach poster!!!

112. Jeremy:

Alright!! I hope Reach comes out near September 22nd again. When I found out that ODST was coming out on my 21st birthday last year I thought it was a personnel gift from Bungie to me.

113. Chris:

Cool swag, would be awesome to make it mine!

114. David:

Swag is good.

115. Adam B.:

Nice loot. Do want that Halo Reach poster. :D

116. David:

I love Halo! Give me that poster!

117. Egan Schulz:

Driving my warthog through the valley of death.

118. The Townie:

There once was a young man with an Xbox...

119. Trevor Mack:

Yay free stuff, I live free stuff. Can't wait for Halo: Reach!

120. yoozel:

Viva lag swag give away!!

121. rowboat 000:

I can't find a driver for this damned midi keyboard.

122. Arc Gilbert:

Cool stuff, I hope I win but good luck to everyone.

123. K.Ross:

Sweet. The Halo Reach poster would be awesome.

124. T:

free stuff is best. especially when anything halo or comic related is involved!

125. Ryan:

Hope I win that poster would look awesome in my room.

126. Chris:

Man, any of that alone would be awsome.
All of that would be insane!

127. pittofdoom:

It'd be great to get some free swag...

128. Leo:

Just the cure for all of the empty space I have on my walls!

129. Mark:

Pretty sure I just had a nerdgasm.

Thanks for the opportunity!

130. Zeke:

Assorted buttons ftw!

131. Kyle:

Swag is good. You can send it to me if you'd like

132. Oscar Salas:

Hey, "Free stuff" caught my eye... "Halo Reach" convinced me I had to try... I've never been a winner of free stuff in my past attempts (not on this site). But being a passionate Halo fan, I had to give it a try so yeah. Hopefully my entry goes in right. Good luck to everyone, that bag looks delicious of goods... ^,..,^

133. kcwebgirl:

i went to eccc and all i got was a lousy tee shirt. thankfully you have a bag of swag to make up for my measly spoil!

134. Xander Skyrien:

Yay, free stuff! Go BGN!

135. Angel:

That Halo:Reach poster looks awesome!
PURPLE MONKEY DISHWASHER!!!!!!!!!!

136. Maze:

Winning is fun. i love free stuffs

137. Cameron E.:

Halo 2 is currently my favorite Halo. Lets see if Reach can change that.

138. Alexander Adorm:

Amazinggg. Cannot wait for Reach.

139. Fragger:

Yay, it's always nice having a chance to win some stuff. =P

I know I'd really like to get that Halo: Reach poster to put in a nice frame.

Good luck to everyone. =)

140. Conan:

Free Stuff! Epic!

141. Migg:

It's like Halloween all over again.
Instead of a bag full of Trick-or-Treat candy,
it's a bag full of Nerd-O-Treat candy ;)

142. Dylan:

Wow, that is an amazing prize package

143. Jorge R.:

Wow, that's a lot of cool swag! I'd really love the Mass Effect and Halo Reach posters!

Thanks for the chance to win!

144. chris:

Im rly wanting that reach poster!


What did one snowman say to the other?
smells like carrots!

145. arbitersaid:

Woo!

146. Matt Acuna:

Halo: Reach for the win!!! I can't wait! Support Bungie World Domination!

cannot wait for yet another exciting story to unfold!!!

148. HSAR:

I wish I'd been there, the event itself was just awesome.

149. coolio320:

halo reach poster here i com

150. musicman888:

Woo! Can't wait for the Halo Reach beta to fall, and then the game after that!

151. TOTAL1Tii:

I've spent so much on my Halo collection as it is. I guess I could buy these eventually even if I don't win, but it's gonna be awhile ... Friggin' Recession!! Well, good luck to all and I honestly don't know how you guys @ Busy Gamer News summon the strength to just give this sweet stuff away.

152. Xenos:

Yay Halo Reach!

153. CursedKakashi:

I love me some Halo

154. Crunchbitenuva:

Wow better not be a repeat what happened last time I entered

155. Diego:

Me Wanna win free stuffs!!

156. Bullet Hawk:

Thanks for the chance to win cool stuff!

157. John Fowler:

There's no way that I could pass up free stuff. Plus, tthe Halo: Reach poster looks AWESOME!!

158. lesley:

lets hope for a winner

159. Twiztid Torque:

Man all I want is that Halo Reach poster.

160. Steve:

SICK! I wants to win

161. Chris101b:

That Halo Reach poster is sick! Out of all of that stuff, I like the Reach poster the best. I would gladly settle for 2nd place in this one and let one of the more dedicated comicon fans get 1st.

162. HaloWaypoint:

It is so cool you are doing this for everyone!

163. Linkyle14:

i came here on hopes of that Reach poster, but all of those other prizes would be well worth it

164. Ryan:

I would love this stuff.
Halo: Reach is the stuff.

165. Miwico:

My wall is feeling kind of lonely. I could use some posters to comfort it.

166. Dorothy Rich:

Reach is going to be Awesome!

167. Tony Fields:

An offer made of win, smothered in AWESOME! I loves me some HALO Reach!

168. AJF:

As a avid Halo fan, I really want to see that poster on my wall!

169. Andy Castillo:

Hey, mark me down for this! I really want that Reach poster =]

170. Jack Armstrong:

Great contest! C'mon Halo poster.

171. Vash:

I like free stuff

172. John:

Sweet swag! Hope to win.

173. Kyl Neusch:

That is some sweet swag.

174. Posthumerous:

Really digging that Reach poster. It would look awesome on my wall. :)

175. jr8rulz:

I'd be down for this..i always tend to miss out on these competitions before...so im trying early!

176. Cobolisdead:

Man, I can't wait for the Reach Beta!

177. eric:

i

178. J03Y B0Y:

I'm just in it to get the Reach poster, cuz who can go that far away to get it...

179. Mike Uchiha:

I love stuff like this! Cant wait for reach

180. Julie:

That's a pretty amazing grab bag. Thanks!

181. Dann:

comics??? I'm in!

182. Abbey:

Look at all that swag~
Can't resist the opportunity to get some of that.

183. Bob Fenske:

All that stuff for free? Nice, i would like to see what you guys give for christmas.

184. Dan Brennan:

Maybe it will help me win if I post in bold letters, or maybe, italicized letters. Better yet, I may just pull out the bold italicized letters.

What? You dare talk trash at my fonts?

For some reason, underlined and strike through don't seem to work too well though.

I HEART HALO

185. Trevor:

Great giveaway, guys! The stuff is neat. Especially that Halo Reach poster, can't wait for that game!

186. Mike Coyne:

Very handy stuff.

187. dwb6:

yay. i like free stuff :)

188. Matt:

Nice bunch of swag there. I'm in for a shot at it.

189. David Carr:

I am so in for this drawing. Halo Reach is going to be awesome!

190. Will:

Can I has? :D

191. chickenbutt:

I WANT THE REACH POSTER!! :(

192. Bigandtasty:

I love the art that Bungie has made for Halo Reach so far, especially the art on the poster that is also being used for the box art. Wouldn't mind having something Mass Effect related on my wall either.

193. Darklighter:

Poster looks slick.

194. Mike:

I'm definitely liking those posters...thanks for the opportunity

195. Alex KiDD:

I love free swag. Especially video game swag. Thanks!

196. floormat:

wow this one got slammed. well i'll still take my shot at winning.

entered!

197. Matt J:

WANT! Hope I'm not too late for the party.

198. LazerBlader:

Really liking that Halo Reach poster...

199. Jonathan:

Like the swag, I am down for this.

200. Jordan:

Anything Reach is A O-K!

201. Kyle:

Man, I don't even care if I just get runner up, I just want that awesome halo reach poster! Thanks for the contest!

202. koruwa:

that poster looks sweet. good luck everyone

203. Toan:

I have my eye on the Green Lantern plastic ring.

204. tmj:

I may actually buy Halo Reach which is saying a lot since I stopped buying Halo games after Halo 2. :P

205. Michael:

I missed ECCC due to illness, and really regret it. Following a lot of creators on Twitter made me so jealous. It sounded like a lot of fun!

206. Mike:

In it only for the halo reach poster. Looks like it'd be a pretty sweet piece of swag to hang up on my wall.

207. Hector A Tejeda:

nice cool contest good luck to everyone

208. happy1046:

RAT CITY ROLLERGIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

209. Vandle Valsher:

Sweet! Thanks for running this contest. :)

210. Thomas DuSha:

Ooohh Ooohh Pick me! Pick me!

211. Bryan M:

I'd like to give it a-go!

212. Marie K:

Cool blog and prizes!

213. Zetta:

I hope I win! I would really love to get my hands on that Halo Reach poster

214. steph:

so cool..so many neat posters...
please be me! Xd

215. juvo:

Your swag is showing.

216. adnyl:

In primarily for the comics.

217. Gamewatcher :

This week's winners are:

Grand Prize: 48. kitpowers007
Runner Up: 92. MattAtom

Pretty great participation this week. Next giveaway is in a few hours, let's see if we can keep up this level of participation!

218. Roopie:

MUST HAVE GREEN LANTERN RING!!!

219. Yock:

I didnt get that much stuff at PAX East

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