Update: We're going to go ahead and wrap up the contest tonight. Get your last minute entries and votes in by 11:59pm CST. It's contest time here again at Shacknews. We're going to throw something a little different at you, as recently there have been wonderful but intensive contests. To switch things up, how about trying to represent elegance, simplicity, and well, judgement of someone that isn't me. For this challenge, we have a smorgasborg of Japanese gaming: Eternal Sonata (X360) and its Xbox 360 faceplate, Tenchu Z (X360), Project Sylpheed (X360), .hack//G.U. Vol.3: Redemption (PS2), Digimon World Data Squad (PS2), Namco Museum DS, and Digimon World Dusk (NDS).

So your task is to write a haiku about gaming, and post it in the comments to this article. We're going to go with the popular haiku form here, consisting of three lines of five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables respectively.

But we're not just asking you to post--you should also take a look at the other posts and give props to those you like the best. Why do that? Well, those with the most positive replies will be the winners. So feel free to post as many poems as you like, but make each one a fresh post rather than reply. Don't forget to tell us which of the prizes you would like to win, or you'll get one at random! You have until Sunday at 11:59 CST to submit, and the results will be posted the next day.