cancer
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Gaming4Life Is Calling On Twitch To Help Raise $50,000 For Charity
Sony Foundation’s GAMING4LIFE charity drive returns this month. GAMING4LIFE is an annual series of charity live streams, this year running from November 1 to 30. Funds from this year’s drive will go to the Sony Foundation’s You Can Stay program, which assists youth cancer patients living in regional areas travelling to city hospitals to receive…
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‘The Last Game I Make Before I Die’: Fighting Cancer By Making A Video Game
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about Crashlands, a mash-up of Diablo, Pokemon and Don’t Starve lobbed at Steam’s collective face with unfettered glee. It’s ambitious, funny and fun. Turns out, it was conceived when its creator found out he had cancer.
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Shadow Of Mordor Producer Fights Rare Form Of Cancer
Briefly: Earlier this year, Shadow of Mordor executive producer Michael Forgey learned that he has a malignant form of brain cancer. Although the tumour is inoperable, Forgey is doing everything he can to battle against the disease. Forgey’s family and friends at Monolith Productions are raising money to help him cover medical expenses and support…
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Now’s Your Chance To Give Back To Brandon Boyer
Someone who’s helped get a lot of great video games in your hands needs your help now. Brandon Boyer — the chairman of the Independent Game Festival and a relentlessly exuberant champion of all sorts of video game creativity — fought off cancer last year. But the expenses of his medical care came out to…