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Katrina Hits the Gaming World

Posted by Zonk on from the fight-the-flood dept.

Despite the media's portrayal, Gamers are people too. hollismb writes "From IGN Xbox comes the news today Bungie, the developer of the Halo series, is raising money to aid the hurricane victims. How are they doing it? With a tee-shirt you can purchase from Bungie's store: 'Just so that we're clear, of the $19.95 the shirt costs, about $15 in cleared funds will go straight to the Red Cross and directly to the disaster relief. Nobody, not Bungie, the Bungie store, or the distributor will clear a penny profit.'" Kotaku has a story up with a firsthand account from a gamer trapped in the flood zone, and to provide relief has up a swag auction. If you've been looking for a pair of City of Heroes boxing gloves, this is the place to go. Similarly, Penny Arcade has an auction going, where they're selling the original artwork for the PAX 2005 program.

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  1. Katrina Hits the Game World by Sentry21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here's a screen capture of Katrina hitting the game world.

    (originally stolen from http://data.4chan.org/b/src/1125712295576.jpg but mirrored for bandwidth).

  2. You don't have to get in order to give by SalaciousPucker · · Score: 2, Informative

    https://give.redcross.org/?HomePageDonateButton

  3. Penny Arcade by Mark_MF-WN · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Those guys from Penny Arcade are pretty cool about charity. I mean, anyone can give, but it takes pretty great people to lead others into giving as well.

  4. sheesh by Gogo0 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Kotaku has a story up with a firsthand account from a gamer trapped in the flood zone

    What the hell? What kind of special insight could someone who plays video games give on the situation??

    "...it's like being in an RPG."
    Oh. Well... okay...