Child's Play Raises $1.4 Million for Charity
Child's Play Raises $1.4 Million for Charity
January 18, 2009
Joystiq reports that Penny Arcade's Child's Play Charity raised an amazing $1.4 million for sick children during its recent fund drive:
The annual Child's Play charity fund is known for accumulating outlandish quantities of money from the gaming community -- this year was no exception. Button-mashing altruists not only met the charity's lofty $750,000 goal, they nearly doubled it, bringing in a total of $1,434,377...
...generous gamers surpassed last year's impressive $1.3 million haul (and in the middle of a recession, no less)...
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ZippyDSMlee: Welcome and goodmorning its zippy in the AM....wat OMG its 8:50AM!!!!
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JDKJ: O.K. Suit yourself. But when you're wearing Ray-Bans, sitting on a curb with a white cane and a cup of pencils, and doing Stevie Wonder impersonations, don't say I didn't warn you.
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ZippyDSMlee: JD:No thank you I don;t want your cooties...or STDs...
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JDKJ: Me. I'm rehearsing the role just in case I do get dubbed Zippy The Soecnda.
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DarkSaber: Wait, is that meant to be Zippy, me or you?
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JDKJ: I cud caer lez. =^^= *wakes up in mid-afternoon after staying up until 3:00AM soldering resistors on to circuit boards, stumbles around in formerly white but now grey underwear, while simultaneously scratching groin with vigor and making coffee*
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DarkSaber: knell? Don't you mean Neil? Anymore of tht and I'll dub thee Zippy The Soecnda
DarkSaber: knell? Don't you mean Neil? Anymore of tht and I'll dub thee Zippy The Soecnda
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JDKJ: Now, now, Saber. Don't be salty. You weren't the first one to knell and bob and you ain't gonna be the last one, either.
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DarkSaber: JD's feeling rather desperate it seems.
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JDKJ: C'mon, Zip. You already touch yourself way too much. Spread the love. Before you go blind.
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ZippyDSMlee: JD:No and I ain't touching any part of you or your friends!! :P
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JDKJ: @Zip: You know Lik Mitaint?
JDKJ: @Zip: You know Lik Mitaint?
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ZippyDSMlee: neill and bob,oldest giveing head joke and most lamest...
Posted 11/20/09 at 04:18pm
JDKJ: But thanks for the memory. MIB's a classic. *sings* "Here come the Men in Black. Galaxy defenders. Here come the Men in Black. They won't let you remember."
JDKJ: But thanks for the memory. MIB's a classic. *sings* "Here come the Men in Black. Galaxy defenders. Here come the Men in Black. They won't let you remember."
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ZippyDSMlee: JD:for the record I told you you can suck your own dck.
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JDKJ: Naw, man. That's Mueedeegiaap and Bob. And you can stop bobbing. I got Zippy bobbing now, too.
JDKJ: Naw, man. That's Mueedeegiaap and Bob. And you can stop bobbing. I got Zippy bobbing now, too.
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DarkSaber: OH I get it now! It's Men In Black quote! The twins that run the comm centre in HQ.
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JDKJ: I'd like to introduce you to them. First, Neil. Then, Bob.
JDKJ: I'd like to introduce you to them. First, Neil. Then, Bob.
Posted 11/20/09 at 03:47pm
ZippyDSMlee: JD:I know they are intimate friends of yours...
ZippyDSMlee: JD:I know they are intimate friends of yours...
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Comments
Thats outstanding.
Awesome. It's a great charity all around with very little money sucked into its bureacracy.
Good stuff! :)
Truly a great feat in these troubling economic times.
You see, this is further proof that JT is right. Too much GTA makes you give genereously to sick and needy.....Wait, hold on, thats not right....
Out-Bloody-Standing!
Says a lot in a time of bad economy when an organization like thise still shows exceptional donations.
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Congrats to Child's Play! I'm glad that they can continue to keep up the good work despite the tough economic situation.
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those guys are awesome.
who knew that wang jokes and generous use of the F word could do so much good for mankind....
I am going to donate next year when I am old enough to register a PayPal account. Nice job Penny Arcade.
WTF does Emma Watson have to do with this?
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"Game on, brothers and sisters." -Leet Gamer Jargon
Oh please no! Emma Watson is just fine as she is. No one needs to be burdened with a monstrous pair of breasts - neither the woman carrying them or the man who gets to touch them. More than a handful is a waste.
Is that really what they believe on the planet you're from?
Anyway, much love to the guys at Child's Play, and everyone who contributed. Certainly not easy to find extra money lying around these days.
"There is no sin except stupidity." - Oscar Wilde
But gamers are bad?!?!?! How could they ever do something like this? (sarcasm)
Truly Awesome, and this year I contributed the most I ever have to childs play. More than I should have probably. But I was in the giving mood. ;-)
That's really awesome. Glad to see good news coming out of this industry, for a chance.
See? More proof that Tycho and Gabe indulge in exploitation and racketeering! Wait, sorry, this is proof that Tycho and Gabe are awesome people.
good job child play
wishes you a good 2009 year of charity
Thanks Zaruka
Huzzah! It's great to see gamers continually prove the nutjobs wrong about our ability to empathise!
You mean nutjobs and liars, but its good to see us gamers are just as care and generious just like everyone else.
Bah! Humbug! The only thing more wasteful than a government run charity is a privately run charity.
Would you care to elaborate?
"There is no sin except stupidity." - Oscar Wilde
Good on you guys...
We all have to do our little part to show to some people that Gamers are also nice people who care.
Also the industry for a long time has been trying to highlight to parents about the ESRB, even when things were tough people in the industry were always there doing their part to highlight the videogame ratings system to help the parents.