child’s play
Features
Gaming Before Chemo, A Child’s Escape
3:20AM Owen Good | His parents can recite the days from memory. What parent couldn’t, for such watershed trauma in the life of a boy and his family. More »
Culture
Mario Marathon Fundraiser Blows Past 2008 Totals
7:00AM Owen Good | Game marathons became something of a fad last year, but the original’s still the best. Year two of the Super Mario Marathon, which raised more than $US10,000 in 2008, is already past $US16,000. More »
Culture
MMO Donating Proceeds To Charity
6:30PM Luke Plunkett | You may never have heard of browser-based MMO Domain of Heroes before, but that’s OK. There’s tons of browser-based games you’ve never heard of. But we mention it because this one’s doing good deeds.
News
Child’s Play Done For The Year, Final Amount Tallied
2:30PM Luke Plunkett | Another year passes, another Child’s Play charity drive winds up. Each year it seems to be getting bigger, grander, more charitable, so let’s take a look and see how much you lot managed to raise. More »
SOE Sells EQ Loot For Child’s Play
2:20AM Mike Fahey | Sony Online Entertainment has announced a month-long Child’s Play fund raising campaign, which will allow players of EverQuest and EverQuest II to buy in-game goodies that generate donations.
Child’s Play Auction Rakes In $200K
1:30PM Luke Plunkett | The Penny Arcade team held their Child’s Play charity auction dinner last night, selling off neato stuff to raise money for sick kids. And raise money they did.
It’s Official, Come Party for Child’s Play in Denver
1:00AM Brian Crecente | OK, get out those calendars. I’ve set the time for this year’s Child’s Play Funde Razor in Denver, US.
Let’s Child’s Play 2008
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | It’s 2008, and Child’s Play is back. You know how it goes. Penny Arcade blow the bugle, you lot lead the charge, your sabres gifts for sick children, your steeds, piles of cash money. So expect to see a whole load of events, drives and pledges for this worthy cause over the next few months, as our much-maligned community/industry gets its act together to bring smiles to the faces of those stuck in children’s hospitals across the US, Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Egypt. You can donate to the cause right now if you’d like or, if you’re a reader of this site, and live anywhere near Denver, we know something that may be of interest. Child’s Play 2008 [Penny Arcade]
Denver’s Child’s Play Funde Razor 08 Is a Go
1:00AM Brian Crecente | Good news for everyone living in the Colorado area who likes good company, good causes and fun games. I just signed a contract with the owner of The Mercury Cafe in downtown Denver for this year’s Child’s Play Funde Razor. The owner of The Mercury Cafe was kind enough to donate her fantastic upstairs concert venue to us for the night. So all we’ll be paying for is the services of a sound man, which is relatively inexpensive.
