So ... November 11th is Veteran's Day. Why should you care? Well, we still have quite a few active military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan and a fair portion of those people are gamers.
Enter Operation Supply Drop. They send care packages of donated games and accessories to soldiers who really just want to relax and have a bit of fun. They are an official not-for-profit charity that has gathered over $20,000 worth of games and gadgets to send over. They have received support from EA, Bethesda, Rockstar, and Activision, so they have some pretty big friends.
If you have some decent, new games that you don’t play anymore, send them to someone who can still get some use out of it. And don’t send E.T. or an N64 or I will personally reward you with a light gun in a randomly selected orifice. Plus if you donate over $40, you get 1600 Microsoft Points.
The Dtoid crew raised nearly $7,000 together for Extra Life. I know that was just a few weeks ago, but I’m sure we can pool together just a bit more for yet another good cause.
If you’re interested and want more info, fire of an email to shanghaisix@fronttowardsgamer.com, and if you’re funky enough to send your stuff right now, drop donations@operationsupplydrop.org a line.
Contest:
11:00 AM on 11.04.2011 | 
Answering Tristrix, I try to build the latest and greatest care packages going out; the wish lists we get from units downrange typically consist of 360 or PS3 gear, and I'm trying to fill them with stuff that's coming out right now. I'm tossing in a copy of Batman: Arkham City for the 360 in the package going out this weekend to the Pakistan border.
Answering Tristrix, I try to build the latest and greatest care packages going out; the wish lists we get from units downrange typically consist of 360 or PS3 gear, and I'm trying to fill them with stuff that's coming out right now. I'm tossing in a copy of Batman: Arkham City for the 360 in the package going out this weekend to the Pakistan border.
If they were stupid enough to sign themselves up for this atrocious war, stupid enough to actually believe in what they are doing, stupid enough to fall for all the lies an manipulation that they have been fed for years, then they don't deserve anything. I don't wish harm on them, but I sure as hell aren't going to give them a damn thing.
Call me anti-American if you wish, that is usually the right wing extremist way of denying the truth. Call me whatever you want, but the evidence is overwhelming. These people are idiots, murderers, and completely blind. I wouldn't give them the time of day, let alone games.
don't feed the trolls.
Hey, if you've got any brethren over there still or got friends ready to rotate over, get with me at those emails above and let's get them hooked up with some gear! I'm always looking for units to support! I'm also at @shanghaisix on Twitter.
That goes for the rest of you lot! :)
No need to give them free handouts like some middle class welfare line.
Just wanted to say I think it's great the work that you guys are doing especially in the face of people who are ungrateful for everything that soldiers sacrifice.
If you are so up-in-arms about other people receiving things you're not getting, maybe you should start your own charity for volunteer firefighters...but then again, you might get reserve police officers mad at you because "they don't get paid to risk their lives and don't get any handouts".
By the way, I'm not even an American, I don't agree some of the conflicts America is involved in, but if you want to live there, the least you could do is support your troops, or if you aren't willing to do that, then at the very least don't talk shit.