It’s almost Halloween. That means monsters and costumes. It also means Xbox One’s next hit game, “Sunset Overdrive,” is releasing very soon. The timing is perfect. The game is all about people drinking contaminated energy drinks that turn them into monsters. This coming week is all about people buying costumes that turn them into monsters. To celebrate the season, Xbox is allowing us to give away an Xbox One Special Edition “Sunset Overdrive” bundle (retail price $399) to one of our fans.

We’ve decided to award this awesome prize to the person who tweets us the coolest, most-creative, scariest (or funniest) photos of them transforming into a monster. It doesn’t have to be as elaborate as the great Stephanie Fernandez‘s works, but we do need to see before and after photos of your beastly change. Make sure you include the hashtag #MTVMonsterContest so we can find it, along with a link to our official rules: http://goo.gl/Tfxsgd. You should check out that link if you’re going to participate, our fancy lawyers spent some time typing it up. Also, make sure the photos are of YOU and not ones of your friend or ones you stole online.

The contest kicks off today and goes until October 31st. We’ll announce the winner by the following week.

If you need some help with zombie makeup, check out the below video (it’s the last lesson):

The Xbox One Special Edition “Sunset Overdrive” includes the following items:
· Special edition white Xbox One console and wireless ...

Over the weekend, Bill Hader hosted “Saturday Night Live” and brought his much-beloved character Stefon back to “Weekend Update.” During his usual recommendations for seriously unusual night clubs in “New New York,” Stefon name-dropped MTV’s Dan Cortese multiple times. This caused Twitter to explode with #DanCortese and #PartiedWithDanCortese. Everyone wanted to get in on the joke about partying with the ’90s host/actor/bandana-enthusiast…even Cortese himself.

No doubt many of you started to wonder if you actually could hang with Mr. Costese. Since we at MTV know all about partying with him, we’ve put together the below quiz. Only those of you who get a perfect score should attempt to get into clubs like Whimsy or Jan’s New Backpack.

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This bizarre video made it’s way into our morning pitch meeting today:

Everyone in the room laughed, but much of it might’ve been nervous laughter. The numb faces onscreen combined with their mechanical laughter makes them look like a bunch of Billy the Puppets from “Saw.”

It didn’t sit well with me. How are they doing that? Are these people psychopaths or can anyone look that creepy? In an attempt to exorcise the video from my head, I asked our team to try it for themselves. If my my work pals can do it, maybe it wouldn’t seem so weird anymore.

Below are the MTV Newsies who tried it, including myself, to varying degrees of success. It feels really odd to force yourself to laugh while also trying not to smile. It’s even odder to watch your coworkers look that creepy. Now, I’m still left with that same lingering uncomfortable feeling. The only difference is I’m surrounded by these faces everyday. Crap. And something is drawing me to watch myself do it again in the mirror. Damn, I’m creepy. Double crap.

Watch these at your own risk:

Ethan Fixell

Tony Sam

Madeline Roth

Tess Barker

Rachel Paoletta

Jason Saenz

Neal Stastny

Charlie Kasov

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Ryan McKee

Guy Code, Comedy, Sports & Idiots...those kinds of things.

@TheRyanMcKee

The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards will shine brightly in the record books for all eternity. Wait, are there record books for twerkin’? If not, there will be soon and Miley Cyrus’s performance against Robin Thicke’s midsection will be one of the first entries.

While Miley’s hard-workin’ butt was the night’s biggest highlight, plenty of moments made the show unforgettable: Lady Gaga sported a shell bikini, *NSYNC reunited, Macklemore made an inspired statement for equal rights, Katy Perry roared…you know what, it’s better to relive via the funny rap video above.

Ryan McKee

Guy Code, Comedy, Sports & Idiots...those kinds of things.

@TheRyanMcKee

If you’re of legal drinking age, summer is the best time to day-drink. It’s hot, you can take your shirt off outside and it’s socially acceptable (for the most part). The problem with summer day-drinking is not enough people realize it’s a marathon and not a sprint. It’s easy to pop a couple and be s–t-faced before 2pm…and you didn’t even remember to eat lunch!

This video below is a perfect example of why you need to really pace yourself this season. You don’t want to end up like this drunk neighbor getting sprayed off a lawn like a stray dog.

Ryan McKee

Guy Code, Comedy, Sports & Idiots...those kinds of things.

@TheRyanMcKee

The beginning of this story is straight out of a well-made horror movie. One day, eight families in the same neighborhood of San Clemente, CA found porcelain dolls on their doorsteps. No notes or explanation accompanied them. Right away, that’s f–king creepy. Imagine opening your door on an average day and seeing the cold stare of an antique doll. But it gets even odder than that. The 11 dolls were all left for families who have a daughter around 10 years old…AND each doll resembled the girls they were left for! What? I know. Wes Craven is stealing this for his next movie as I write.

The families called the cops. Orange County Sheriff Department tweeted the story asking for leads. Everyone’s skin began crawling. Was it a horrible (kinda genius) prank? They hoped so, because the alternative was…well, I won’t spoil the end of Wes Craven’s next film.

Within five hours, sheriffs tweeted that the mystery had been solved. A little old lady had done it as a gesture of goodwill. She thought the girls would like the dolls as gifts and saw nothing weird about leaving them on their porches in the middle of the night (actually, I don’t know if she did it in the middle of the night, but it makes the story better).

This story is a good reminder for young people to watch horror movies with your grandparents. That way they’ll know when they’re doing something that might terrify the entire community. ...