UPDATE: CONTEST IS CLOSED - THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUBMISSIONS!

With FIFA 2009 set to drop soon, we were lucky to partner with our friends over at EA Sports to give some copies of the coveted game away. We have six copies that we will be giving away here on the site, two for XBox 360, two for Playstation 3 and two for the Wii. All you need to do is tell us:

The youngest athlete to appear on the cover of an EA Sports game?

How old they were when they appeared?

What game and year did they grace the cover?

Make sure you tell us what type of game console you have as well.

Send your answers to submit@theoriginalwinger.com

Game on…

Yeah, maybe it was a glitch in the 2008 version of Tiger Wood’s PGA Tour.

Not this year.  Tiger Wood’s PGA Tour 2009 has just a bit more than last years version.

We already hipped you to some pre release excitment about FIFA 2009.  Now I just found out that our boy Maurice Edu will be gracing the cover of the legendary game for its North American release. According to The Canadian Press, Edu, Ronaldinho and Guillermo Ochoa will all share the coveted cover. Big ups to Maurice on landing this.

Looks like the folks over at Complex got to experience FIFA 2009 at an advance showcase. I have to admit that I have been a FIFA fan for years, even when everyone else had moved on to Pro Evolution. I stayed true to FIFA and as a result got ridiculed by my boys who kept reminding me that Pro Evolution was way better. Anyhow, according to the folks over at Complex, FIFA 2009 seems to not only have caught up to the Pro Evo games, but has surpassed them. That’s what I’m talking about. Redemption comes in many ways, and this just might be my daily dose of it. Head here for the Complex review. More images after the jump.

[Via Complex]

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Released back in 2006, Nike’s Air Force 1 mashup with Playstation are now selling between $2,000 and $2,500 depending on your show size.

Wonder what Adidas Top Sala X Chinatown FC will cost you in a couple of years?

image via FlightClub

Back in 2002/03 I would come home from training everyday in Columbus and fail miserably at trying to beat Max Payne.

Wasn’t too sure if it would translate well to a movie, but the trailer looks pretty legit with Mark Wahlberg as Payne.

Our boy Wes is sick with it when it comes to Pro Evolution Soccer.  If there was a professional league for PES, I would definitely enroll this cat in it. With that in mind, Konami has announced that Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 will be dropping this fall, although no concrete date has been released. Apparently some people weren’t too happy with the ‘08 version, but Konami officials are saying that 2009 is a huge improvement. We’ll let Wes be the judge of that.

[Via GamingBlog and My 360]

If you grew up like we did, then you spent some serious time on the OG Nintendo system. Conquering Mario Bros, secret codes for Contra and trying to figure out what the hell Zelda was all about. With that in mind, this coffee table has been created paying homage to the classic Nintendo system. Cool coffee table you say right?But so waht, what can it do for me? Wel folks, this is actually a fully working controller. Pop off the glass top, throw in your favorite classic Nintendo game and get busy. Check the video of this controller being played after the jump

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Ever wonder who’d win a throw down between Homer and Peter? Now you know….

What about Ken Vs Sub-Zero?

M.U.G.E.N allows any technologically advanced geek to download/find a 80’s/90’s 2-D character and show their skills in the fighting world. You got game to represent at the highest level?

If you’re one of these cats that’s got enough game to represent and find new guys to fight at the highest level, hit me up and show us what you’ve found. I’d love to find some soccer guys from World Cup or NES Soccer that can jack some guys up!

Conan is such a show off.  Art imitating life once again Mr. O’Brien?