The winners of Portal 2 and the National’s “Exile Vilify” video contest were announced today, despite weeks spent trapped in a “seemingly intractable stalemate” between organizers over the recipients of the first and second place prizes. Two videos in question were an animated retelling of a plot line from the video game and a live-action clip of a man lip-synching via melancholic hand puppet, which quite beautifully captures the song’s forlorn mood. In the end, the latter clip took home top honors with the former honorably handed place #1.00000000001. Check out the C.F.Meister-directed victor above and the runners-up here.
Previously: Watch Owen Pallett perform “Exile Vilify” w/ The National