Video Games Charity Raises Over $10 Million

jones_supa writes "Gaming for Good, a charity established and fronted by celebrity gamer Bachir 'Athene' Boumaaza, has this week passed the significant milestone. At time of writing the group's tally stands at a tame $10 million. It works like this: game publishers donate games to the charity, without asking for profit. Regular folks buy points, which can then be exchanged to games on the website. Finally the money used to buy the points goes to charity. So in one way they're really just buying games, but instead of the money going to publishers, it's going to a good cause. Money raised is going to the international charity Save The Children, where it can be used on health programs in Malawi, Indonesia and Bangladesh."

Comments

What's in it for me?

[rodrigoandrade]

OK, it's Friday and I got karma to burn.

Is buying games this way any cheaper than retail?

If not, where's the incentive to help this charity?

Sorry if capitalism is out of style these days, but that's what keeps the world going and the bills paid.