Members and guests, welcome to our site's new, monthly front page feature that houses all of the relevant events and announcements on RF Generation.  For some time now, the front page has included posts such as the monthly Thank Yous, the playthrough announcements, updates on video game-related conventions, contest and fundraiser announcements, and other relevant site event information. In order to bring you more game reviews and gaming articles, we've decided to combine these informational posts into a single post so that our readers can find it all in one place.  So here it is, our inaugural news post. Enjoy, and be sure to come back for more updates each month!

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First of all, I want to thank all of you who responded to April's "Call For Writers" and sent in applications for a spot on our writing staff.  The decision was tough and while we were only looking to bring on one or two new writers, we decided to bring three on board.  Please join me in welcoming the newest members to our writing staff, Addicted, NeoMagicWarrior, and zophar53.  We are looking forward to some great articles from you guys and hope that all of our members and guests will enjoy some new content from varying perspectives. So please join me in welcoming these new writers. Congratulations!

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Remember watching the "Indiana Jones" movies? Wasn't it great how Indy got himself into sticky situations, and how cool it was when he beat the bad guys? Now you can act out similar moments in this month's community playthrough as we tackle Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for the Playstation 3 and Playstation 4. Crazy gun fights, memorable characters, and epic adventures are just a few of the things that await those who join in on the fun!  This is the first game in the now four part series, which saw its latest installment released on the PS4 just a month ago. If you're ready for some over the top action and treasure hunting, this is a game you won't want to miss!  Sign up for our July playthrough HERE.

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RetroWorld Expo 16 is beginning to take form.  RWX is back with over 120 tables on the main floor filled with artists, video game vendors, retro game book publishers, Indie/Homebrew developers, comic and toy vendors, and more.  We are expanding the console/freeplay/tournament area and adding pinball machines to the Arcade.

Returning guests from last year include The Gaming Historian, The Game Chasers, Pixel Dan, Eric Lappe, and Banjo Guy Ollie.  We are excited to announce some new additions to the guest list: Pat the NES Punk, Gamester 81, and Daniel Pesina.  Pesina is best known as the actor who portrayed Johnny Cage and the Ninjas in the original Mortal Kombat games.  So far our musical guests include You Bred Raptors?, Epic Game Music, and The World is Square.  We will be announcing more guests and musical acts in the coming months.  For updates and announcements, follow RetroWorld Expo on Facebook and check us out at retroworldexpo.com

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We had an AMAZING month of submissions in May and toppled all previous submission records with a grand total of 11,038! These submissions included 9,029 games and 2,009 hardware items added to our database. An astounding number of these submissions, 7,842 to be exact, were images. A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our Pain Yourself With Submissions Contest through April, May, and June, and at this time, I'd like to announce the winners.....yes, you heard me, WINNERS.


This years winner of the Pain Yourself With Submissions Contest is...Envelope Please!...RF Generation's own lovable, squishy, and always serious site member, the Great ZAGNORCH. Congratulations sir!  You are the winner of a $60 video game shopping spree and an RF Generation ringer t-shirt!  We applaud your outstanding efforts this year and appreciate your many contributions to our site over the years.

But wait, there's more......  Though the Pain Yourself With Submissions contest typically only has one winner, the Site Directors felt that we would be amiss by not recognizing another member who put forth an incredible, above and beyond effort into this year's contest.  And by all accounts, if this member was not a part of our staff and had to have his points halved, he would have won the contest. So, in appreciation for his valiant efforts at this disadvantage, we would like to also recognize Flee and give him a $30 video game shopping spree and a RF Generation ringer tee.

Congratulations to both winners and a HUGE THANKS to everyone who participated in the contest over the past few months and also to those who submitted this May.  For those of you interested in how you finished in the contest this year, you can look over the stats HERE (staff members remember to cut your score in half). Now, on with this months top contributors!

Our top submitters (those with a minimum of 50) for May were:
Flee                               3,200
Zagnorch                       2,889
FatherJack                    2,445           
Schlibby                           323
gary76                             278
highspot                          254
singlebanana                   227
paul_ransom                   206
Svengini                          186
Sauza12                          118
Raidou                            101
sharp                              100
Kam1Kaz3 NL77              77
Shadow Kisuragi              69
GamerNick                       61

Thanks to all of you for supporting a fantastic month of submissions!   

Sure, the submissions were incredible, but please also consider that EACH of those entires had to be looked over and approved by our staff.  Let's give a big hand to those guys for their tireless efforts during this year's contest. Top approvers for the month included:

Schlibby                        3,066
FatherJack                       810
Shadow Kisuragi             319
Izret101                          193
Tynstar                            101
Flee                                    51

Great work everyone, let's keep that submission train rolling into July! 

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