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Child's Play Hits $200,000
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!'"
I tried checking out the charity site and got a blank page in Safari.
Perhaps the charity is using a redirect from GoDaddy?
It seems to suffer all the symptoms (loads in FireFox or IE but not Safari or Opera, but if you open it in FF or IE and then try it in Safari or Opera it will load...?). Curious and potentially unfortunate
Hopefully Gabe and company will become aware of this as Safari users that don't know of this "bug" (or "change" or whatever it is) may be discouraged to find the site doesn't load.
The Amazon wishlists for the hospitals have far more of the traditional boardgames and toys than video games, actually.
The Braying and Neighing of Barnyard Animals Follows.
When you're going through chemo, holding a pencil (or crayon) up to a piece of paper can take too much energy. Holding a book up, or even holding your hands up to a keyboard can be too much to do for very long.
When I was going through chemo, I found that the one thing that could keep my mind active while not taxing my body at all was sitting there in a comfy chair with a video game controller in my lap - you can keep your hands down and just move your fingers a little, which is much less tiring than any activity that requires holding your hands up. And if I was too tired even for that, my husband could play and I could watch and help him figure out the puzzles.
I think video games are an excellent idea for these sick kids.
Warning: Apple/Nintendo fangirl. Likes her electronics cute & cuddly. May be rabid.