And so. Having totally burnt myself out on contests in June and July, I managed to sort of skip August in the way of contest. Sure I gave away a couple of things, but I was burnt out.

But this morning I woke up with a brilliant idea, well really just a lose concept, but I couldn't shake it. Why don't we giveaway a Playstation 3.

Sure why not, it will only cost us $600 and oh, by the way, they're likely going to be impossible to find. But that's the way we roll here at Team Kotaku.

I've got the money. I've got the stupid idea. So I'm doing it.

Hit the jump for the most convoluted rules yet for one of my little contests. While it doesn't involve math or the price of a glass of Guiness in Ireland, you're probably going to wish it did.

On a side note, while I can't absolutely promise the winner will get a PS3 on day one, I'm going to be sitting my own ass out in front of a store on PS3 launch eve to try to ensure it.

Ok, follow along, this gets tricky.

Starting today, I will be announcing a clue a month for our PS3 giveaway contest. So that means, I'll announce one clue today, one clue next month and one clue in November.

To be entered in the contest you have to answer all three clues correctly. And they're going to be very, very, very hard. So hard, in fact, that I look forward to randomly selecting one winner from the successful applicants with a coin.

To up a person's chance at winning I'm going to give anyone who successfully answers a clue the month I ask it an extra entry into the contest, if they get all three correct.

In other words, if you answer all three clues correctly you are eligible for the contest. I will then go back and see WHEN you answered the questions. If you answered this month's before November starts you're name will be placed in the metaphorical bag twice. If you also answered October's before the month ends, you're name goes in a total of three times. If you answered Novembers by the end of the contest as well, you're name goes in the bag a total of four times.

So, to reiterate, you need to get all three right to be eligible and for every month you answered the question within the month it was asked you get an extra entry. So in short, answer earlier, get more chances at winning.

I will then put all of the names, including the repeats in a list, number it and then use Random.Org to randomly select the winner.

The winner will receive a Playstation 3 60GB model as soon as I can get my frostbitten hands on one, which I hope will be the day the system launches.

I'll be posting the first question in a few minutes. Once think you know the answer, and this goes for the duration of the contest, email it to kotakucontest@gmail.com WITH YOUR ANSWER IN THE SUBJECT LINE and your contact info in the body of the message. And remember only one answer per a person for each question.

I will not be looking at the body of the message unless the subject line has the correct answer.

PS. For those of you counting, that means anyone who gets all three right will automatically be entered into the contest at least twice, because the giveaway ends before November does. Aren't you smart.
Brian Crecente