Child's Play Hits $200,000

Posted by Zonk on Thursday December 8, 2005 @05:51AM from the and-counting dept.

Gamasutra reports that the Child's Play charity drive has already hit $200,000 this year, with the big-ticket auction still to come on the 13th. Donations will be accepted through December 20th. From the article: "The donation so far includes 90 GameCubes, 95 PlayStation 2s, 79 Nintendo DSes, 153 Game Boy Advances of various types, 30 Xboxes, 26 LeapPads, 30 MP3 players, and 49 DVDs, on top of countless software, videos, and other toys. 'Thank you for all the toys!' said Meghan D. Kelly, Director of the Child Life Program at The Children's Hospital in New York. 'Child's Play Charity is like a dream come true!'"

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Violence and Children by NessusRed · 2005-12-08 06:10 · Score: -1, Flamebait

This is a horrible idea. Besides ignoring the fact that the money would be much better spent on the actual medical bills giving these violent pastimes to children is simply creating the next generation of sociopaths. Science has proven again and again people who play video games are more inclined to perform real acts of violence. Ted Bundy was rumored to play video games up to 10 hours a day. Do we really need another serial killer?