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Charity EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Activision donating $1 million to veterans 30 This week sees the release of three new Call of Duty games across multiple platforms from Activision. This Wednesday is also Veterans Day here in America. To honor both occasions, Activ... No sleep had! We gamed all to night benefit cancer fund 54 Update:  We're live!  http://www.justin.tv/destructoid  ... but just for another half hour!We have raised over $4,000 in the last 24 hours but that's still a tiny amount to what's ... Every time a PayPal ka-chings a meat angel gets his wings 35 So, if you check the cblogs regularly (as you should), then you probably already know that Edmund McMillen, (indie game artist/designer) just did some hospital time, and like many indie game art... Play this flash game and help save an arcade 12 Arcades have been experiencing a slow, painful death all across the country for more than a decade. Now, you have the opportunity to help save one with Stride Gum's "Save the Arcades" p... Final Fantasy marathon helps ACT Today 16 Despite Germany's perception of gamers we do indeed like to help people. Why just yesterday, after I was done being violent because I play videogames, I helped get a kitten down from a tree. I fi... One FightStick's (hopefully) bloated price not a bad thing 3 OK. Here it goes. If you are really desperate for a Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition FightStick, live in the UK, hate using Amazon or eBay, and possess a heavy heart, then Capcom Eur... Real Heroes: Firefighter gives back to real firefighters 13 Epicenter Studios, makers of Real Heroes: Firefighter for the Wii, plan to give a portion of their proceeds from the sale of this game back to real firefighters.As we mentioned in our preview of ... E3 returns with a slew of charity events in tow 4 E3 is back bigger and better than ever this year, and along with all the fanfare are a couple of other really awesome additions in the form of the presence of several charities. The ESA formally ... MMO donating 5 percent of all purchases to charities 5 Looks like you can make a difference in the world by sitting on your arse all day playing massively multiplayer games. Browser-based and free-to-play MMO Domain of Heroes is currently offering a ... I-Mockery presents Tetris: Online Charity Edition 19 I-Mockery is holding a very special charity auction today. All you have to do is go to I-Mockery and play some Tetris. That's it. For every person that makes it to level three, I-Mockery will don... RetroforceGIVE! Mega Drive ends TONIGHT! 9 [Chad's far, far away in the land of dolphins at the moment so I thought I'd give it a bump! -Niero] This Sunday evening (3/29) the RetroforceGIVE! Mega Drive charity auction is officially over. ... RetroforceGIVE! Mega Drive charity auction is LIVE! 60 I am extremely emotional today. Not only is the long awaited RetroforceGIVE! Mega Drive charity auction finally live on eBay, but when I think about the amount of stuff you all donated to make th... Change4Life campaign strongly implies that gaming leads to death 26 A campaign aimed at stimulating young people in a bid to fight heart disease and diabetes has caused outrage in the gamer community for using videogames as a scapegoat. British games publication ... Near Miami? Come jog with Mr. Destructoid for a good cause 21 Attention, South Florida geeks! Pry yourself from your computer and put on your neon spandex. Destructoid.com invites you to join Miami's biggest video game community in person (for once) as we r... Resident Evil blood drive competes for the silly promo stunt awards 14 We've seen some pretty silly marketing stunts in our time, but at least Capcom's Resident Evil 5 blood drive will save lives as well as cynically advertise a videogame. That's right, Capcom will ... REMINDER: RetroforceGIVE! donations end this week! 14 You are all generous, kind-hearted, amazing people. Oh, wait, did I mention handsome? You are all generous, kind-hearted, amazing, handsome people.We started donations for the RetroforceGIVE! Meg... Help the future gamers of the world with the RetroforceGIVE! Mega Drive 53 Instead of calling your family more or trying to lose weight, why don’t you start off 2009 with a resolution that really matters? Giving to children! Best retro podcast ever RetroforceGO! i... Child's Play CD 2008: great music for a cause 20 The Child's Play charity was created by Penny Arcade founders Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins back in 2003 to combat the negative stereotypes assigned to gamers by the media. Their goal, aside fr... Get your Child's Play charity auction dinner tickets before December 5th 4 It's almost that time again. The Child's Play charity hosts a swank auction and dinner event this time of year every year to raise money for the chilluns. The whole thing goes down this year on D... Extra Life/SingSterling: It was tricky to rock a rhyme, but we rocked it 50 This weekened, something incredibly special happened. Sarcastic Gamer hosted the world's first Extra Life event -- a worldwide gaming marathon raising money to fight pediatric cancer. Destructo... Extra Life/SingSterling: LIVE FEED! 71 Starting from 5pm British Manchester Time, Destructoid.com and Sarcastic Gamer proudly presents SingSterling, a live SingStar marathon in the name of Extra Life, a charity raising money for pedia... Extra Life/SingSterling: Only a few hours left 26 Only a few hours left for you to make the difference between 24-hours and Rick Astley and me getting away with 12-hours and Metal Gear Solid 4. If you have not donated yet, DO IT. If you consid... Extra Life/SingSterling: Full track list revealed! 40 Ladies and gentlemen, Extra Life is THIS Saturday, October 18, and on that day you will be treated to The SingSterling Challenge, a SingStar marathon to be broadcast LIVE online for your viewing ... Extra Life/SingSterling: Best Buy to DOUBLE all donations made today 17 It's time for another sexy Extra Life update, and this one is of particular interest to anybody who is yet to donate. According to Sarcastic Gamer, Best Buy has pledged to double all sponsorships... Extra Life/SingSterling: Codemasters pledges $1000 in support! 36 What? YES!I've just been talking to Codemasters, where I have been made an absolutely wonderful offer. The marketing team behind Rise of the Argonauts and Damnation has pledged a $1000 sponsorshi... Extra Life/SingSterling: Codemasters pledges $1000 in support! 36 What? YES!I've just been talking to Codemasters, where I have been made an absolutely wonderful offer. The marketing team behind Rise of the Argonauts and Damnation has pledged a $1000 sponsorshi... Extra Life/SingSterling: Thanks for all the support so far! 19 We debuted the SingSterling Challenge two days ago and thus far things are going pretty decently! So far we have $632.00 in the bank -- not bad, but not AMAZING either. I know these things usuall... Destructoid joins Extra Life, presents The SingSterling Challenge 61 Some of you may or may not know, but Sarcastic Gamer has set up a brand new charity, Extra Life. Extra Life is a proposed 24-hour gaming marathon set up to raise money for a very worthy cause. I'... Publisher to give 10,000 copies of Chrome: Specforce to soldiers 9 TopWare Interactive, publisher of a wide variety of budget titles, has announced today that they will be donating over 10,000 copies of Chrome: Specforce to various branches of the US armed servi... Two separate gaming marathons are streaming live today for charity 7 Playing games to raise money for Child's Play has become a popular way to spend time these days, and wouldn't you know it, two different groups of gamers decided to host their gaming marathon fun... Buy this awesome Herbie Hancock-signed Rock Band bundle, help a good cause 18 Sure, maybe you already own Rock Band. But is it signed by Grammy award-winning jazz musician Herbie Hancock? Yeah, I didn't think so; your copy of Rock Band fails. While rubbing elbows with... Thieves steal a Make-A-Wish recipient's PS3 56 14-year-old Zak Touilii had only one great passion left in his life, the PS3 and the games given to him by the Make-A-Wish foundation. Last week, thieves broke into Zak’s Wollongong residen... PopCap's special promotion gives to breast cancer charity [update] 4 With Mother's Day right around the corner, the folks at PopCap Games have decided to run a special promotion, with proceeds going to a breast cancer charity. From today (May 1st) through Mother's... Microsoft sets up hospitalized children with Xbox 360 consoles and LIVE 34 Face it, being in the hospital sucks. My friends and family know that I'm terrified of hospitals, so I may never get to witness the really nice gift Microsoft has extended to hospitalized childre... Child's Play beats their $1 million goal 26 The videogame chairty Child's Play had a really good year. It seemed like gamers and game makers did their best to get behind the cause, and that has paid off. The Child's Play Web page ... Rock out in Seattle at Pinkapalooza 14 Discovering the Pink Godzilla store in Seattle during PAX almost resulted in an orgasmic version of my death. Being the game and toy obsessee that I am, the sheer selection of awesomeness they ha... Cheap Ass Gamer raises over $17,000 for Child's Play in a week! 27 Cheapy D and the fine folks at Cheap Ass Gamer have managed to pull together over $17,000 for videogame charity Child's Play. They started their own CAG Fund for Child's Play in the hopes of rais... Child's Play Charity Dinner pulls in over $225,000 10 If you didn't know already, Child's Play is a charity organized by the fine gents behind web comic Penny Arcade back in 2003. Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins created it help the kids of the Seatt... The OneUp's awesome Child's Play auction 7 The OneUps are having an extremely awesome auction for Child's Play. They're giving away 12 albums from the entire collection of the OneUp Studios, two limited edition shirts and sheet music: Pro... Charity auction for an epic date with an Epic Games programmer 17 Are you a charitable female that resides in the greater Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina? Are you free on the night of December 9th? No, I'm not trying to pick you up -- I'm trying to hook y... Charity auction gives you a chance to become a videogame designer for the day 17 Sony's Santa Monica studio is auctioning off a chance for someone to become a videogame designer for the day. The winner of the auction will be able to bring along one guest and they will get a t... Kingdom Hearts 2 Keyblade replica helps to raise money for Child's Play 11 I can't get over the stuff people make to raise money for Penny Arcade's now-famous Child's Play charity. It makes me proud to pick up a controller every day (not to mention I'd like a lot of thi... EA adds SimCity to charity laptops 16 EA is donating a copy the classic city building game SimCity for each laptop given out by the non-profit One Laptop Per Child, an origination that supplies inexpensive laptops to children around ... Child's Play charity drive officially open 13 One of the coolest charities around (and the world's largest game charity) has just kicked off for 2007.If you didn't know already, Child's Play is a charity organized by the fine gents behind we... Master Chief gets a smoking rack to benefit those now without 22 Courtesy of Kotaku we've received word of the above statuette: a miniaturized, feminized Master Chief created by artist David Johnson currently up for bid on eBay. The 11.5" polymer clay wan... Game music for a good cause 8 While not everyone listens to video game and anime music, there is quite a large following within the gaming and animation online communities, and it seems to be growing daily. Many news outlet... Ezra Chatterton and the Order of the Phoenix; Snape still kills Dumbledore! 17 Remember a while back when I brought you all the heartwarming story of Blizzard's good deeds toward a young World of Warcraft fan whose HP was being sapped by cancer? It gets better! WoW Ins... Terminal Reality selling autographed monitor for charity 16 Right now, Terminal Reality, the group behind BloodRayne, is holding an eBay auction for one of its monitors, which is autographed by the staff. Now, what's so great about the monitor?Te... The Xbox 360 can save lives too, says Peter 'Sony who?' Moore 21 In true salt of the earth fashion, Peter Moore is making it clear that Microsoft is very much open to the idea of doing their part to help out the research community with a Foldating@home-like pr... Gamers, these are the people who you should base your lives around 28 In light of all the bad press video games have been receiving lately, it felt like the perfect time to bring to the attention of the media all the names in the gaming industry that have been us... Japanese discount bin games 3 In the U.S., if you were to buy from an importer, store or online, you'd find that that import games are marked up a bit to cover the store's cost of importing and handling, although some... Donate blood for your MMO 9 A Chinese Massive Multiplayer Online game called Cabel recently offered banned players and new players the chance to regain old accounts or get new accounts in exchange for donating blood. The of... Case mod for a cause [update] 33 While the rest of the crew is doing PCP and contracting STDs, some of us are saving the chilluns. Want to get down with Dtoid's puritanical side? Then head over to eBay and bid on this Zeld... 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