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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 artists/designers, he doesn't have health insurance. That means he's looking at thousands of dollars worth of bills. Tangent- Did you know that Daniel Clowes, indie comics writer/artist, agreed to have two of his Eightball stories (Ghost World and Art School Confidential) turned into movies in part so that he could get health insurance? It's a fact- health insurance is to grown ups as crack cocaine is to Tyrone Biggums

Anyway, I'm telling you this in hopes that you will donate some money to Mr McMillen's hospital fund. This isn't charity we're talking about, this is practical cause and effect. If Mr McMillen needs to take other work to pay his hospital bills, it will take that much longer or him to finish Super Meat Boy. Edmund has already helped complete two other games (Spewer and Time Fcuk) since Super Meat Boy was announced, which has likely contributed to why Super Meat Boy isn't done yet. Spewer and Time Fcuk are two great games and I'm glad they were made, but I'd much rather Edmund be spending 100% of his time on Super Meat Boy. I mean, why should Mr McMillen have to do stuff like "work" in order to make stuff like "money" to pay stuff like "bills"  when he could be creating something that could go on to be the greatest indie crossover 2D platformer ever made?

Please give the nice man three dollars so I can get the Gish/Braid/Alien Hominid/Bit.Trip game of my dreams sometime this century. If 1000 of you do this thing, Mr McMillen should be all set hospital bills-wise, and maybe he'll even put your name in the credits of the Super Meat Boy

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moreno's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/07/2009 23:53
moreno
no
Aaron McGahan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 00:01
Aaron McGahan
I would have, but your crappy html skills made paypal not like me. Oh well; hope he voted for Obama.
Intruder's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 00:02
Intruder
@ Moreno

What exactly is that directed at?
Ashley Davis's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 00:21
Ashley Davis
The link should work now!
DrManik's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 00:25
DrManik
Nope. This one is from the link from NG.

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=AomSBmTo-RxJnUykopjg5NAuG-1Z9cliKrs-xa7K83PQ2HU87VZ1SWYciJa&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1fca8cb0621aa94a5f79f0a43673e1ec7bc7ccc4f7f65b31ba
Ashley Davis's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 00:28
Ashley Davis
@DrManik: That one doesn't work for me either. :(
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 00:28
pedrovay2003
@moreno

I was trying to think of something to say to you, but nothing even remotely close to what you deserve is coming to mind.
Ben PerLee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 00:39
Ben PerLee
[url=https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=C5mNYjkiKQMDJ_BxNtdgobZ917akjru7JwcOd5MpAHNTt6_F2q5RDjnhVAq&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1fca8cb0621aa94a5f79f0a43673e1ec7bc7ccc4f7f65b31ba]This should do it, guys. Please donate if you can, I've met these guys, and we don't want Edmund to turn into a Super Meat Boy himself[/url]
Ben PerLee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 00:41
Ben PerLee
Oh fail.

[url]=https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=C5mNYjkiKQMDJ_BxNtdgobZ917akjru7JwcOd5MpAHNTt6_F2q5RDjnhVAq&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1fca8cb0621aa94a5f79f0a43673e1ec7bc7ccc4f7f65b31ba[/url]

But that should do it!
Kordras's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 00:53
Kordras
Still not working for me. :[
kingtobo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 01:03
kingtobo
I'm not entirely sure why everyone doesn't just use the shortened URL that's in the cblog -- http://bit.ly/D7i5b should work.
goodgamer77's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 01:08
goodgamer77
@moreno: I understand if you don't want to give money, times are tough. But if you felt the need to comment, couldn't you just say something like, "oh that sucks for him, I hope he gets better and his family doesn't starve."

It would make you seem more compassionate and less like a total ass.
Wookiee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 01:22
Wookiee
Consider it done.

These are hard times for everyone, and I've been luckier than most, financially.
Colin Harris's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 01:30
Colin Harris
I'd like to help, but I have about $3,000+ in medical bills of my own to deal with. Hope it works out for him.
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 03:17
mistic
He should move to Europe where healthcare is free and then he could use the money to make even better games :-)
Zepwich's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 03:19
Zepwich
Why cant the US have some sort of Medical card system in place. Its ridiculous!
Lugtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 03:26
Lugtor
Isnt it nice to have a nice Health Insurence system like the U.S. of A ? Oh.. wait.
Phalanxxx's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 04:24
Phalanxxx
I hope $20 helps, times are tough.
Mohammad Maaytah's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 05:14
Mohammad Maaytah
Done, hope it helps, get well soon.
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 06:20
RonBurgandy2010
I'll send over my $5, hope everyone else does the same.



Also, Karma.
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 07:00
CocoJambo
I do not approve of this communism.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 08:13
TheStripe
@Moron E. - If you're uninterested in the plight of a fantastic artist and designer, please take it elsewhere. Insensitivity toward the misfortunes of others is for 4chan, dickhead.

@CocoJambo I see you're unclear about Communism.

I have a five-month old son and $1000 of credit card debt, and I can find a fiver for Edmund. Grow up, or shut up.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 08:24
TheStripe
@Lugtor - We're working on it. If only the Tea Party idiots could understand that they're being manipulated by the health insurance companies and lobbyists, reform could stand a chance. But that's how it is here, corporations spend millions of dollars on "grassroots" movements to convince republicans to vote against their best interests.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 08:35
Xzyliac
I'm surprised there aren't more uplifting nice things in this comments section.

Well when I get home I'll surely donate. Medical bills are a bitch.
xibalba's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 09:02
xibalba
We all have bills of our own but I still found $15 to give. Now get back on your feet and make us some games damnit :D :)
Redface's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 09:11
Redface
I literally emptied out my bank account for this dude just now ($4.03. Times are tough.) This game better rock.
DR EGG's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 10:15
DR EGG
If you can't donate towards his bills, at least tell your local Congressman to support Health Care Reform.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 10:27
DaedHead8
I can spare 5 dollars for a fellow game designer in need.
CommanderVideo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 10:43
CommanderVideo
I gave at the office. Literally. I'm at the office, and I just gave.
Ok Abacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 11:18
Ok Abacus
I agree with what Dr Egg said
Ben PerLee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 11:23
Ben PerLee
Oh Commander Video, you card!

Having met Edmund, I can confirm that he is a great guy, and I just want to update with you guys that he is back home out of the hospital. He's doing better, just minus a gallbladder.
di64's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 12:39
di64
As a European, the fact that things like this can and do happen in America makes me sad. Nice one, real life.

Get better soon/hope America gets a bit of socialism in it's politics, at least with respect to healthcare. The pros far outweigh the cons.
ToxinBlackheart's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 12:55
ToxinBlackheart
Nothing fills the gap of missing gallbladder like a donation.

<3 Feel better Edmund!
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/08/2009 16:50
CocoJambo
@TheStripe

Clearly I didn't make sarcastic comment obvious enough (or at all), for that I am sorry. I was just trying to point out the irony that an independent entrepreneur and hard working American such as Mr McMillen, not being able to pursue his ambitions due to a system many Americans advocate as the one made for people like him and instead of free loaders, thus showing that the current American healthcare system is a fallacy on its own, only working for hard working people that also happen to be rich.

How would any sane person accuse this man of not deserving one of the most basic human rights?
WarZombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/09/2009 02:49
WarZombie
I'll definitely find the money to donate. My family isn't exactly rich (In fact, we're the complete opposite), but if medical bills are what's going to keep Super Meat Boy from coming out, then I'll donate money to make sure that doesn't happen. Everybody deserves to pursuit their passions.

Fuck medical bills. Go Edmund, and get better.
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