Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Child's Play 2005 Launch

Posted by Zonk on from the from-big-geeks-to-little-geeks dept.

It's that time of year again! Child's Play 2005 is underway. Child's Play is a charity run every year by Penny Arcade, the well-known online gaming comic created by Gabe and Tycho. Child's Play is your chance to give to the proto-geeks of the world who not only might not have the chance to play games otherwise, but find themselves sick in a hospital during the Holiday season. Child's Play gives money, games, and toys to children's hospitals in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.. Gabe's kickoff post was put up yesterday on the site. The Child's Play site itself is chok full of information, including a F.A.Q., letters from former patients who have been touched by games in hospice, and an order form for tickets to the second annual Child's Play charity dinner. This last is a swanky shindig with a silent auction, at which you can bid on one-of-a-kind opportunities like a tour of Bungie's studios or the chance to be in a Penny Arcade comic. Most important, though, are the links on the front page of the site to the various Amazon.com wishlists. There, you can purchase a book, game, or toy to have sent to a deserving kid at one of the participating hospitals. These folks are our folks, and if you have anything to give this is the place to do it. Thanks.

7 of 147 comments (clear)

  1. Ahhh charity... by CupBeEmpty · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I know what to do with my stockpile of Hot Coffee modded GTAs. There is nothing that hospitalized children need more than that.

  2. Is it possible to make a donation... by iapetus · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...so that they don't send a copy of Spyro: A Hero's Tail to an already-sick child? That's just cruel and unusual punishment...

    --
    ++ Say to Elrond "Hello.".
    Elrond says "No.". Elrond gives you some lunch.
  3. They better watch out... by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jack Thompson might show up dressed in a santa suit and green fur and try to steal all the toys.

    --

    Technoli
  4. Re:Gifts of Substance not Fluff by (A)*(B)!0_- · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Probably not a popular sentiment and I'll probably be modded as a Troll."
    You think that suggesting that people donate blood is not a popular sentiment? Wow. You're a troll alright, one making tired karma grabs. I wouldn't have been annoyed if you had just said, "Donate blood too!" because it is a good idea but you wrapped around that statement this idea that you're the only one to ever have thought of this and everyone else thinks donating blood is a bad idea. Stop pretending to be female. Stop whoring for karma. Just stop.
  5. Re:Let's go! by Allison+Geode · · Score: 4, Funny

    from that link:

    This comes alongside the less publicised news that Thompson received, at his home address, a tube of vaginal lubricant, courtesy he feels, of Rockstar.

    best laugh i had all day. thanks.

  6. Re:Open-books charity? by Tim+Browse · · Score: 5, Funny
    I know that there are a lot of scammers preying on the "for the children" line for charities (not to mention politics) but Gabe and Tycho have never numbered among them.

    Yeah, but Gabe did punch a baby once.

    (In Gabe's defence, the baby was being kind of a dick.)

  7. Not Slashdotted? by R2P2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Child's Play site isn't slashdotted yet. That means either a) they've got a really good server, or b) Slashdot readers are a bunch of cheapskates who don't care about charity. I know what my vote is...