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A winner is you: Dtoid PS3 XMB theme winners announced!
4:01 PM on 12.04.2007, Nick Chester 41 comments

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Choosing a winner for our custom Destructoid PlayStation 3 theme contest was no easy task. After a few beers and much deliberation with our Art Director, Topher "Hushgush" Cantler, we've made the tough decision: Jayeugene, a winner is you! 

As you can see from the above preview, the hours of work put into this theme certainly paid off. Jayeugene hand-crafted icons for almost everything found on the media bar; we were instantly won over by the creativity found in things like the Dtoid robot-looking boombox, or the subtle use of "PSTRIPLE." Jayeugene wins a pretty cool prize package, courtesy of Sony, that includes Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Folkore, along with other titles and nifty PS3 schwag.

We also pulled our hair out choosing the runners up in this competition, JJP3D and Eques-Ardor, who both win cool schwag prize packages (also courtesy of Sony). You can take a gander at their work after the jump. 

Congratulations, guys -- awesome work like this proves that we most definitely have the best videogame community in the world! (It also proves that we could get you guys to just about anything for prizes ... which is frightening.)

You can download the winning top PS3 themes here:

http://www.destructoid.com/ps3-themes-skins-destructoid.zip 

 

 JJP3D

Eques-Ardor


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maxio098ui's Avatar
maxio098ui at 12/04/2007 16:05
oooehhhh sleek
Eques-Ardor's Avatar
Eques-Ardor at 12/04/2007 16:10
Your comments hurt my feelings :'[

lololol
Nice work Jay.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 12/04/2007 16:12
The first thing I do when I buy a PS3 is download this beauty
SlavedHeart's Avatar
SlavedHeart at 12/04/2007 16:13
Please let there be more theme contests... I got a late start, and now we know what we are all up against...
A New Challenger's Avatar
A New Challenger at 12/04/2007 16:17
My favorite part is the photo icon showing Bombertoid from a certain game on a certain competing platform.
slee's Avatar
slee at 12/04/2007 16:22
how do you install it
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 12/04/2007 16:23
Congratulations Jayeugene. You did a great job.
Jayeugene's Avatar
Jayeugene at 12/04/2007 16:23
SWEET!! I can has ps3 shwag!

@ Eques-Ardor & JJP3D
Your themes kick total ass! Awesome job!

@ A New Challenger
Yeah, he was someone else's art and the only part i didn't create by hand, but i didn't take credit for it in my description in my blog.

Thanks for the comments Dtoiders!! :) I knew there was a reason i didn't buy Folklore yet (also i didnt have the money for it) lol. I hope to see more contests with usable art!
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 12/04/2007 16:25
goddamn, these are great. YOu guys rock.

Also, great prize package!
Eques-Ardor's Avatar
Eques-Ardor at 12/04/2007 16:26
Yeah. I made mine simple because I like simplicity. :P
I have an SD tv. That would probably clear up WHY I didn't make mine bright-colored-face-rape-awesome.
loki d20's Avatar
loki d20 at 12/04/2007 16:31
Awesome job guys, and proof that I would have been laughed at like a kid who just got his pants pulled down around his ankles in fully school gym if I had entered something.

@slee: See this link for installation

http://www.n4g.com/News-82381.aspx
SPIDER PIG's Avatar
SPIDER PIG at 12/04/2007 16:36
i love that theme, its super bad ass
Milofo's Avatar
Milofo at 12/04/2007 16:39
Sweeeeet. I'll have to install this on my PS3 right away.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 12/04/2007 16:46
Noice!

Everyone give it a 5 out of 5 on the website, not only to support it, but to piss off all the haters there that don't understand community support.
Kryptinite's Avatar
Kryptinite at 12/04/2007 16:48
@slee
The way I did this was:

1. Go to this site on your PS3
http://www.allps3themes.com/2007/11/19/destructoid/

2. Download the file, while on your PS3 and it automatically goes to the correct destination. Then you're all set.

3. If you don't have the internet running to your PS3, which you better since you have a 400 console, then you can use a usb drive but I haven't a clue on how to do it.
Jayeugene's Avatar
Jayeugene at 12/04/2007 16:55
FYI, there are instructions on my cblog on how to install these awesome themes! Thanks again Dtoid and Readers!
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 12/04/2007 16:59
I couldn't decide at all -- all were so incredibly awesome. We're really lucky to have a community like this
trydizon's Avatar
trydizon at 12/04/2007 17:02
I was in the process of making one, but then I saw Jayeugene's.

Jayeugene = awesome sauce.

Good job man!
IvoryShipping's Avatar
IvoryShipping at 12/04/2007 17:04
@Eques-Ardor,
I like the streamlined simplicity of yours. If I had a PS3, I'd download it.
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 12/04/2007 17:08
Yeah, it was really tough to judge. You guys all did an awesome job, but Jay's icons were too awesome not to win.

Congrats, guys!
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 12/04/2007 17:19
Congrats, Jay!
BS3 Owner's Avatar
BS3 Owner at 12/04/2007 17:27
Wow, SW33T! Themes guys...

Can't wait to test run them all! Seriously, WOW!
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 12/04/2007 17:32
I’ve been using Jay’s theme since he first put it up. It rocks. Jay, have you updated it yet, taking into consideration what I mentioned about moving the Dtoid logo up some pixels? If not, that’s cool...I was just curious.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 12/04/2007 17:41
Looks pretty awesome. I'll probably grab it when I eventually get a PS3.
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 12/04/2007 17:42
here's how to transfer it with a usb drive:

1) create a folder named PS3(with caps) on a usb drive and inside it create another folder named THEME(also caps) and that where you put your theme files.

usb/PS3/THEME/file.p3t

2) plug the drive on your psTriple then go to
settings-->theme settings-->install new theme on your ps3's xmb and you're pretty much done.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 12/04/2007 17:56
Very nice. If I had a PS3, they'd so be on there.
A New Challenger's Avatar
A New Challenger at 12/04/2007 17:57
@Jayeugene:

On the off-chance you thought I was criticizing you, I didn't mean anything bad at all. I just found it a bit funny that Bomberman Live for 360 is subtly and unofficially being promoted by Sony through this contest :)
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 12/04/2007 18:27
@Jayeugene
See? Your a winner! Told you so! This here didn't do anything bad to you. I'm glad because your entry rocks!

Anyway the offer for Mac users (linked above) is still active. So get to work and make us proud.
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 12/04/2007 18:43
The sad part is that I have to buy a PS3 to get the awesomeness.
Jayeugene's Avatar
Jayeugene at 12/04/2007 18:50
@ A New Challenger

No, i didnt take it that way, but trust me it wouldnt have bothered me if you were criticizing it, i love criticism!

@ bronxbombr21

Yeah, i actually did make an updated version to bump the logo up, lemme dig for it and ill link it here when i find it.
Eques-Ardor's Avatar
Eques-Ardor at 12/04/2007 19:16
No Uncharted for me. :'[

I hope you enjoy. :P
JJP3D's Avatar
JJP3D at 12/04/2007 22:29
Hey Guys This is JJP3D! Great Job Jay and Eques. Your icons were great Jay! But if youre not interested in Heavenly Sword and NBA 08 let me know ;-) Again Congrats!
Sir Name's Avatar
Sir Name at 12/05/2007 08:25
Awesome job guys, I look forward to using all three.
DEG's Avatar
DEG at 12/06/2007 11:26
I instaled all three last night. Great Job guys.
Jayeugene's Avatar
Jayeugene at 12/13/2007 01:41
I just got my loot in the mail today, thanks again DTOID!! :) Folklore and Uncharted RULE
DynamicSheep's Avatar
DynamicSheep at 12/26/2007 13:56
Got my PS3 yesterday, got home around 10, d/l'd the updates, and fell asleep around 1, woke up, got this... Dtoid GET!
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