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    Penny Arcade / Child's Play

    Tired of the Media bashing gamers all the time? Tired of being indirectly called the downfall of our society and the cause for all our school shootings!?

    The guys in Penny Arcade reacted to articles like that. They got pissed off, and made a website where gamers can buy gifts/games/console systems or just donate money to kids in hospitals for the X-Mas season.

    www.childsplaycharity.org

    The first few days, they got thousands of dollars in donations from gamers all around the country.

    It's quite possibly the coolest thing ever! And the author who originally wrote the post that pissed Gabe off apologized: HeraldNet: Video gamers go out of their way for ill children

    If you don't know about this yet, spread the word! If you don't have money, Spread the Word anyway!

    Some of the stuff on the donation site are 2 dollars. Two dollars. Granted, you can give to charity everywhere else, without letting people know, and to the homeless, or whatever... we, as gamers, also just don't have to prove ourselves to anyone, but this is for the gaming community, and of course, for those kids!

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    You do realize that child's play has been around for like 4 years now right? It's not new

    But still, it's a great cause and a great charity to donate to for the holidays.

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    Yeah I can't believe I only found out about it yesterday. But I'm sure there's more slow people like me that need to be told about it :D

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    Child's Play is seriously one of the greatest things ever. I remember them showing what all they bought for the kids last year. Was seriously impressive. I'll definitely be supporting.

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    It's amazing that this little webcomic has spawned its very own Xbox game, a convention bigger than E3 (PAX), and a charity that collects more for children than even a lot of well-known widespread older charities. I am constantly in awe of PA's ability to do things, and they keep getting greater and greater. I'll probably be donating to Child's Play this year, for the first time now that I have a job. I would encourage others to do the same.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Silenka View Post
    It's amazing that this little webcomic has spawned its very own Xbox game, a convention bigger than E3 (PAX), and a charity that collects more for children than even a lot of well-known widespread older charities. I am constantly in awe of PA's ability to do things, and they keep getting greater and greater. I'll probably be donating to Child's Play this year, for the first time now that I have a job. I would encourage others to do the same.
    What's more amazing is that they still can't make funny webcomics!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiarax View Post
    What's more amazing is that they still can't make funny webcomics!

    You must not have a soul!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiarax View Post
    What's more amazing is that they still can't make funny webcomics!
    I disagree completely, but it's interesting to know that someone thinks PA isn't funny. Must be because it's popular, huh? Can't enjoy anything that's popular, that's caving to the man! >.>

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiarax View Post
    What's more amazing is that they still can't make funny webcomics!
    Hey how about you post your favorite webcomics and we'll all tell you how wrong you are for liking it, because what you like is clearly terrible, too.

    Opinions, assholes, etc. Talk about Child's play.

    Funde Razor in Denver mid-december: Event: Denver's Child's Play Funde Razor 08 Is a Go

    There are likely to be other events local to you that give to child's play, so if choosing the perfect amount to donate seems tricky, there are always other events to give to. eBay auctions, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiarax View Post
    What's more amazing is that they still can't make funny webcomics!
    Penny arcade, not VGcats

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiarax View Post
    What's more amazing is that they still can't make funny webcomics!
    Oooo! Look at me! I'm so edgy because I think the things that other people like are lame. I don't like your faggy corporate music because all of those bands sold out, so everything that I like is so obscure that even if you do a web search you won't find them because everyone on the internet is a sell out. (Goth hair flip.)

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    Well, regardless of if their comics are good or bad (I like em!), this is still a very awesome thing they've done! :D

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiarax View Post
    What's more amazing is that they still can't make funny webcomics!
    edit: Not going to bite the troll bait. It was poor taste, just go back to spam.

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    Fail troll is not fail...? :/


    It is really cool that things like this are around. Regardless of quality, the fact that they even try is respectable.

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