Child's Play-Spawning Game Critic Praises, Apologizes

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing out a HeraldNet editorial praising online comic Penny Arcade for their 'Child's Play' charity effort, in which the author apologizes for having written the original anti-gaming article which helped the Penny Arcade authors to their decision that "the media seems intent on perpetuating the myth that gamers are ticking time bombs just waiting to go off." The controversy eventually spawned the Child's Play charity fundraiser, which ended up raising almost $150,000 worth of toy/game-related donations for the Seattle Children's Hospital, and the HeraldNet columnist praises the "speed and power with which this network of gamers mobilized their effort on behalf of children and Children's Hospital." He also apologizes for his previous views, commenting: "Certainly many gamers read my column as a statement that I believe that they are bad people. For that impression I am sorry. I did not and do not believe that."

Comments

Re:We should take what we can get and go for more

[Anonymous Coward]

a father and son - separated by three hundred miles and thirty years - the chance to play a round of golf together

That's some ping time there...

Let's introduce PA to kids!

[AvantLegion]

Quote the article: If your children play video games, and even if they don't for that matter, I encourage you to know about Penny-arcade.com.

Great recommendation. Now next Christmas, every kid will want a Fruit Fucker 2000

Wow, this broad just likes writing articles that she has to apologize for, eh?

Re:Why write it then?

[welshwaterloo]

heh.. he wants kids to go there: "If your children play video games, and even if they don't for that matter, I encourage you to know about Penny-arcade.com" First paragraph on their site: "Legally, what we need is something mad stringent - something to make those motherfuckers hoof it door to door if they want to talk to me about my dick so bad." Bill France, a father of three, is a child advocate *sigh*