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Desert Bus marathon raises over $132,000 for charity photo

Isn't it crazy how a minigame from an unreleased Sega CD title has been so crucial in helping to raise money for charity? Don't get me wrong -- most of the credit goes to LoadingReadyRun, the group who uses said minigame for its fundraiser -- but still. It's kinda hilarious how it all turned out, in a way.

It's the sort of inspirational story that would usually be made into a movie and even though I wouldn't go see the film in a theater, I'd appreciate that other people had the opportunity to learn more about such a heartwarming tale.

Getting back on topic, Wired reports that $132,608.94 was earned for Child's Play during the five-day-long Desert Bus event. We tip our hats to your unparalleled dedication and willingness to put your sanity at risk, good sirs.

Here's hoping next year will be even more successful!


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GamesAreArt's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2009 23:03
GamesAreArt
HOLY FREAKING SHIZ thats a lot of money. Great job longreadyrun.
Happy Chainsaw Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2009 23:05
Happy Chainsaw Man
That is really awesome for them. And for Child's Play. And everyone, really.
VinceNotVance's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2009 00:02
VinceNotVance
I hope they are catching up on some much needed sleep this whole week.
Great job guys- here's to Desert Bus 4ever in 2010!
VGFreak1225's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2009 00:13
VGFreak1225
Compared to last year's run of $20,000(ish), this was a MASSIVE step up. My guess is their recent features on The Escapist helped. Great work guys!
ANeM's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2009 04:30
ANeM
@VGFreak1225
Last year was over 70,000. The first year was 22,000.
While it still is a massive step up, well.. massive steps up are the running course for Desert Bus for Hope, considering their original estimate for the first year was below 5000 :P
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2009 07:54
lewness
I demand a video of this one.
WarZombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2009 13:19
WarZombie
Great for them. At least the real drive won't seem so bad because of all the practice.
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