We have a slightly unorthodox contest underway! We’d like you to tell us the weirdest place you’ve played Nintendo! Send your anecdotes — real or fiction — to contest@desertbus.org and use the subject line “Nintendo Story“.

The best entry wins this awesome Needlepoint NES Controller 3DS Case! It looks like a fuzzy classic Nintendo controller, but inside it’s carrying your 3DS! It even has a slot in the back so you can charge your 3DS while it’s in the case – just don’t mistake it for a real controller and try to plug it into the NES!

So what’s the catch? It’s like this: your story must have 50 words or fewer, OR exactly 64 words. 

If you find that confusing, we can do this algebraically: Let the number of words in your story equal x. Your story then has to conform to this formula:

x = {=<50; 64}

The contest is open until 8:30pm local time!

Good luck!

The weirdest place *I* played Nintendo? Renaissance England, I guess?