Child's Play Breaks a Million Bucks

Utoxin noted that Child's Play has raised the bar for their annual games for hospitals charity. They say "Not only did we break the million dollar mark, but we decimated it with our new total of $1,135,000! This significant achievement made this holiday season a happier, brighter one in our fifty partner hospitals. To everyone who has contributed to this amazing milestone, thank you! The hospital wish lists are still online, and some have seen new items added. While we try to get lots of new games and more to the children in time for the holidays, the hospitals have a need for equipment year-round. Likewise, we will continue to accept donations through Amazon, PayPal and the mail until next year's fundraiser kicks off."

Wonderful

[pedantic bore]

Bravo! This kind of grass-roots charity warms my heart.

If this sort of thing sounds good to you, check out Rotary International [rotary.org] because they do this sort of thing, on a global basis, year round. There are plenty of other similar organizations; shop around to find one that works for you.

Never makes mainstream news though..

[Anonymous Coward]

..because games are "murder simulators".

I wished this kind of stuff made the news instead of the numerous violent video gamer portraits that are painted by TV and Paper news.

Good Use of Power

[RobBebop]

I saw this on Penny Arcade the other day, and it is good to see that Tycho and Gabe have used the power of running a top ranked webpage for a greater social benefit.

Kudos the them, and to everybody who enjoys successful and a love for charity.

Re:Gabe

[ceejayoz]

I doubt that Child's Play is anything to Gabe but a chance for shameless self-promotion.

Who gives a shit? Sick kids around the world got a million dollars worth of toys out of it.

Contributors

[techpawn]

Does this count the donation that they made in Jack Thomson's name when he welshed on donating a large sum for making a violent video game to his specifications... Or was that last year?

Re:Um.

[Anonymous Coward]

if 100,000$ isnt that much to you, id be happy to take it off your hands

Re:Gabe

[rhennigan]

Yeah this is exactly the type of thing pricks like Gabe do; help raise over a million dollars for sick children. What a prick...

Re:Gabe

[Anonymous Coward]

Most charity is fundamentally egotistical in nature. In fact, most everything we do is egotistical, even stuff we think of as altruistic. We've just been taught that ego is shameful, and so we dress our actions up in language which hides the self-gratification.

So, frankly, wanking Gabe's ego in exchange for coordinating the flow of $1m of toys and games to kids coping with chemo is a fair trade to me. Does mean I have to like the guy, or hang out with him on Friday night.

Re:Gabe

[pembo13]

While I do not have any idea the issue at hand here, I'm not a big fan of the ends justify the means.... children getting X amount of toys doesn't just make something okay.

Re:Gabe

[immcintosh]

While I do not have any idea the issue at hand here...

Just stop right there. There is no "ends justify the means" here. This is a charity event. There is no evil ulterior motive that could make a difference. The ends and the means are the same--people are donating toys to sick children. They're not being robbed blind, this is a willing donation. While it's true that the success has been going to their heads a bit, it's not exactly surprising considering they just raised over a million dollars of charity with their pet project. I think any of us might be a bit arrogant about that fact too.

As for the OP in this little thread... accusing somebody of being a raging egomaniac in comparison to Harlan Ellison is almost mind bogglingly ironic. If it's true this must have been a real case of unstoppable force meeting immovable object.