Americans win gold at world video game championships in SF (thanks Mike Martinez) has the results of the Counter-Strike competition: "Team3D defeated the Titans of Denmark in the counterterrorism-themed PC game, where operatives stake out ramshackle buildings with high-powered sniper rifles and other weapons to take out their foes." Also, Bjorn3D's 2004 Pumpkin Carving Contest is this year's edition of the long-running contest.