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Child's Play Profiled by NYT

Posted by Zonk on from the big-time dept.

There's a very nice profile of the Child's Play charity up on the New York Times site. It goes into some detail on the history of the gamer's charity, and paints the participants in a positive light. Good press all around. From the article: "... Common purpose drew Bernie Burns to get involved. Mr. Burns is a member of Rooster Teeth, a troupe that produces 'Red vs. Blue,' an online comedy series based on the game Halo. Rooster Teeth attended the Child's Play dinner auction this year and successfully bid $9,000 to record dialogue for the coming video game Halo 3, a prize comparable to being given a cameo appearance in a movie. The game's developer, Bungie Studios, would probably have allowed the troupe to record the dialogue anyway, but 'it's for charity,' Mr. Burns said of the $9,000 bid." The article states that the charity has raised $2 Million over its lifespan, and the official site is currently this year's contribution to that number is around $885,000.

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  1. Re:I'd love for Jack to see this. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Indeed, Child's Play beats the pants off of Jack Thompson's offer to donate 10,000 if someone programmed a video game to his specs... IIR someone did it and he reneged on the deal.

    Yep, that's correct. And PennyArcade donated the $10,000 in his stead, with "because Jack Thompson won't" on the "For:" line.

  2. Another profile by ryry · · Score: 3, Informative

    In the interest of blatant self promotion, I offer my own coverage of CP in JIVE Magazine :-)

    Yeah, we're no NYT, but still :-)

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    -ryry
    ::insert witty .sig here::
  3. Re:interesting edit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    CP is a general charity for children's hospitals, funded by gamers. Not a 'give kids games' charity.

  4. Re:interesting edit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    CP is a general charity for children's hospitals, funded by gamers. Not a 'give kids games' charity. They do promote video games. IIRC the hospitals draw up a wish-list of toys and books and then CP add video games they'd recommend too.

  5. Re:Absolutely outstanding... by ceejayoz · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not quite over yet, either. $885k was as of the 22nd, and they made $125k in that week. Their PA newspost that day stated they were on track for $1 million overall.

    Pretty bloody awesome. $2112 of that is from the gaming community I'm a member of. We're pretty happy.