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Saturday, May 9, 2009
Culture

The ESA Is Out For Blood At E3

5:20AM Mike Fahey | The Entertainment Software Association has big plans to give back to the community at E3 2009, and it’s not afraid to spill a little blood to do it. Well, draw a little blood. More »
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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Buy Space Strategy Game, Support Bushfire Appeal

5:30PM David Wildgoose | Following earlier news of the Hire For The Fires charity initiative, indie developer Chris Pelling has sent word of his own efforts of support for the victims of the Victorian bushfires. Pelling will be donating 50% of all sales of his own game, Mayhem Intergalactic, to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal. Good show, Chris! More »
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Aussie Gamers Launch ‘Hire For The Fires’ Charity

4:00PM David Wildgoose | The lads from local gaming sites Pixel Hunt, Xbox World Australia and Vooks have banded together to raise money for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal and support those whose lives have been tragically affected by the recent bushfires in Victoria. You can show your support too, by signing up for participating in the Hire For The Fires initiative Update: You don’t need to sign up to show your support. More »
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The Red Cross Launches Emergency Response RTS

6:20AM Stuart Houghton | The Red Cross is really getting into this online game malarkey. Just a few weeks after the launch of their web-based ARG Traces Of Hope they have followed up with ERU – an RTS that demonstrates the challenges faced with deploying Red Cross and Red Crescent resources to deal with natural and man-made disasters. More »
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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Red Cross Offers Traces Of Hope

12:00PM Stuart Houghton | The Red Cross has launched a charity Alternate Reality Game called Traces Of Hope. Set in Uganda, the game lets you use real-world internet resources like email, Facebook and search engines to help guide a sixteen year old refugee – Joseph – back to his mother. “We’ve pulled out all the stops to create an experience where players will feel they are really interacting with Joseph’s world – by communicating directly with Joseph, players find themselves caught up in a hunt across the internet to reunite him with his mother,” said Dorothea Arndt, British Red Cross, New Media Manager. One slightly unfortunate side-effect of the game’s quest realism became apparent when I realised I had missed four of the email messages from Joseph because I wasn’t expectng them and they they triggered my mental Spam/Scam filter. Top tip guys, starting a seemingly unsolicited email with either “Hello! It is me Joseph… I am near Hopetown, Uganda!” or “Thanks for your email the other day” is going to set off alarm bells… My idiocy aside, Traces Of Hope is worth a look. The Red Cross are a great cause and they are genuinely trying something new here. [Traces Of Hope] More »
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