Joyswag: Rare Alan Wake goodies from E3 [update]

by Dustin Burg on Jun 11th 2009 12:00AM

Update: Congratulations to Joyswag winner heyo007! Sweet dreams ...

After emptying our pockets post-E3, we came across some nifty Alan Wake swag that was tucked away in the side pockets of our carpenter jeans. And, in Joystiq tradition, we're giving it all away to one lucky reader.

Up for grabs is an exclusive (and quite rare) Alan Wake E3 faceplate that's numbered 477 out of 500 and an attractive Alan Wake t-shirt (sized XL, of course). If you think about it, the swag pairing makes logical sense: the faceplate covers your Xbox 360 and the tee covers your buff, naked self.

To enter, leave a comment telling us about your most recent nightmare.
You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec).
Limit 1 entry per person.
This entry period ends at 11:59 pm ET on Thursday, June 11.
At that time, we'll randomly select 1 winner to receive a Alan Wake E3 faceplate and t-shirt (ARV: $50). Please check your email!
For a list of complete rules, click here

Tags: alan-wake, e3-2009, joyswag, Microsoft, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (767)

i actually had a dream about them canceling alan wake >_>

I had a nightmare that George W. Bush was re-elected president for a 3rd time....phew thats why there only dreams

That I missed a very important flight and was trapped in a foreign city, where everyone seemed to ignore me.

My most recent dream was that i was being eation by a giant pink spider named spider

It would be me following my sister and mother in my car, in the snow. To watch them go off and hit a snowbank killing them. There was nothing I could do to save them. And I couldn't get myself to wake up, so it made me feel like I had actually lost them until a little bit later when I finally found reality again and woke up.

I dreamt I didn't win the faceplate

being covered in insects

I had a nightmare about a dead bird eating me.

In my dream I am walking around people frozen with a look of terror in thier eyes. A cat is sometimes walking with me, and sometimes on my shoulder. I then hear a crying sound like my daughter when she is hurt. Somehow I push my way through the forest of shapes and I see her being dragged into a van. I start screaming and pulling to get to it but the door snaps shut and when I look down I see blood on my hands.

I'm an archaeologist. I have been excavating a lot of burials. I had a nightmare where my teeth started falling out. One of my bottom incisors was loose and when I pulled it out, my whole de-fleshed lower jaw was still attached to it. Even in the middle of my nightmare, my mind went "Ok, that's bull." Unearthing too many skeletons can be a bad thing I guess!!!

I had a nightmare my girlfriend was pregnant, two days later, the test came back and she was. I fear I'm never gonna wake.

I'll tell you about it after it's over.

I have this dream, weirdly enough, that I have nearly once every year or two, ever since I was around 10, about being trapped under a house, and being chased by a witch, and in the dream, I'm trying desperately to get out, and I hear myself being chased, and chased, and it's friggin' scary, and then I wake up. It's like, I've been getting farther and farther in the dream each time I have it! It's like I'm dreaming up a game :(

I have those kinds of nightmares that people actually want, you know, where zombies invade and you grab a gun, your best buddies and start racking up points.

I had a nightmare that my entire game collection burned up in a fire.

Last night, probably one of the worst nightmare I had... I got into a fight with my older brother... it was intense and freaking long. It's hardcore too, then I was shot at the end! That's when I woke up, I was sweating, and I was kinda crying and sad...

But hey, good thing it's just a nightmare...

I had to chainsaw duel the Stay Puft man and Godzilla. Got knocked out by the beer tree...

My most recent nightmare went something like this:

I was at home visiting my mom (dad was at work) and my wife was with me. While they went to a different room, cops swarmed my house and put me under arrest. While the reason wasn't clear, it was never paying taxes or not having insurance on something.

I was in jail, but steathily broke out to tell my family to find a way to prove that I was innocent, I was framed!

So being the good person that I am, I turned myself back in to the police until everything was right.

THEN I woke up cause I had to pee, not sure how it ended!

Last night actually. Our dog just had a litter of five puppies, and in my dream I was sitting in our entertainment room when I heard a scream from outside and an "Oh my god Oh my god, no!"

So I run outside, and was lucky enough to find that some neighbors were just walking by and thought the puppies were cute. Woke up in a cold sweat though still :(

Had a recent nightmare about China and North Korea attacking and was defending Chicago a-la Red Dawn.

Chased by a demonic leprechaun :(

I was hiding in this huge tree fort and there were lego bricks attacking me!

eaten by a marshmallow

I was strapped to the ceiling of an elevator by my feet as it plummeted from my house to hell. It was scarier because of the feeling of being upside down. Then I woke up and realized my head was hanging over the side of the bed...

I dreamed that I finally won a contest like this, and then awoke in horror ro realize that it was all a nightmare.

Please Please please pleaseplease.....

I had a nightmare were there was no swag left in the world and I had nothing to search for on eBay and no more posters to hang on my walls and no more figurines to put on my shelf. Luckily it was all a dream.

I was in an elevator, and it started to drop rapidly, and I got out of it and jumped up to discover I could suddenly fly, only then to be killed by another dropping elevator. Not Cool at all.

I had a dream that I got this girl, which I am sort of dating, pregnant. Is there any other horror greater than that?

My most recent nightmare was a world where all gaming news had to be done through twitter by law.

I had the most terrible nightmare! Sony released a new version of the PSP that added nothing, yet was charging $249 for it!

i had a terrible nightmare that i didn't win this contest... it left me in tears

my last nightmare. Had a dream a gator pond was in my back yard.
(I know not scarry) for some reason I was terrified in my dream.

I'm somewhere that allows me to see where my home is, but when I attempt to walk there I always get lost.

not wining.

I had a dream that I was in prison and that I was never getting out. I remember waking up sweating and looking around my room to make sure that I was still at home.

P.S. Hey Joystiq. If I can get an Alan Wake faceplate that would be sweet. Since my XBOX 360 RROD when I rented Bionic Commando. If not its cool.

I had a nightmare that i drowned while white water rafting! not fun!

i was running in school and then some guy shot me

Giving a presentation in front of my english class naked...

I only vaguely remember my latest nightmare. It involved Jim from "The Office" and a robot.

My most recent nightmare... I'm a little vague on the details, but it involved wine and the devil and guitar hero 3. not pleasant.

I've been waiting for Alan Wake forever and my nakedness problem has been an issue lately so that shirt would be handy.

I recently had a nightmare where no matter what I did I couldn't beat my wife at any game we played, First I tried some Wii sports Tennis, no joy....next up I think I have a game that I can beat her at....Halo 3.....nope she's pulling off double tap head shots left, right and center. This cycle repeats it's self over and over. then I wake up.

Anthropomorphic dogs broke into my home, stole my bed and made fun of my real dog.

In my most recent nightmare I dreamed that I worked at a nine to five job in a office scary stuff.

I had a dream where I died of suffocation (I went down like a ton of bricks, man, it was fucking terrible.) There was nothing I could do, couldn't prop myself up, couldn't call for help, nothing. It lasted WAY longer than other death dreams I'd had. Anyway, I can ascertain that, if you die in your dream, you DO NOT die in real life. But you do stand up and look at your bed, just to make sure you don't see your own corpse there. No shit, I'm completely serious about all of this.

I've been having these ridiculous nightmares this week, and last night's tied all of my emotions and experiences into one freaky event.

So, I was inside a TJ Maxx retail store when my real life arch-enemy appeared in her new mobile home - the back of a Humvee. I was shocked and appalled because there were spiders all throughout the back of the vehicle. Next, I went over and found a bottle of Curve cologne for only $3.99, so I pulled out my current bottle (that I haven't used in like two weeks) and sprayed myself down with the entire thing. This is where the dream got even more confusing: one of those tentacle-like monsters from [Prototype] burst through the floor and started destroying the TJ Maxx. I quickly ran up the side of the monster and jumped into the vehicle, which had been transformed into my living room.

Sorry if that doesn't make any sense - that's how it happened. Oh, and sorry for advertising for TJ Maxx (value - the proof is in the tag).

most recent nightmare?
my teeth literally shattered in my mouth
and i kept spitting out the shards
but they wouldnt stop coming out
i woke up drenched in sweat grabbing my teeth

So its some weeks after a horrific event. I'm walking down The Road with my son. Its getting dark and we need a place to sleep. We soon find ourselves at a gas station. We enter and i see off in a corner a soda machine. I press the Pepsi button but to my surprise (and horror) out came a Coca Cola! I woke up in a cold sweat and glad it was all a dream.

Mine is not winning this faceplate. :-)

I lost a jetski in a bad and dark storm on a lake. I think it's still out there. I tried to go find it but I don't know where it ended up because I woke up.

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