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.
So Donate!
HERE!
Contest:
11:30 PM on 10.07.2009
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What exactly is that directed at?
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I was trying to think of something to say to you, but nothing even remotely close to what you deserve is coming to mind.
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But that should do it!
It would make you seem more compassionate and less like a total ass.
These are hard times for everyone, and I've been luckier than most, financially.
Also, Karma.
@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.
Well when I get home I'll surely donate. Medical bills are a bitch.
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.
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.
<3 Feel better Edmund!
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?
Fuck medical bills. Go Edmund, and get better.