Posted on 30 November 2009 by Getmo Games
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Posted on 30 November 2009 by Getmo Games
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Posted on 30 November 2009 by Getmo Games
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Posted on 30 November 2009 by Getmo Games
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Posted on 30 November 2009 by Getmo Games
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Posted on 30 November 2009 by Getmo Games
A website started earlier this year by the family of a boy stricken with a rare disease takes donated videogames and resells them, using the money to assist in finding cures for rare (or orphan) diseases.
GameZone details the story of DonateGames.org, which was launched by Jim Carol. Carol’s undertaking began two years ago when his then 11-year-old son Taylor was diagnosed with Philadelphia Chromosome, a rare form of Leukemia. After uprooting his family and moving to Seattle in order to ensure Taylor had the best care possible, Carol became of aware of Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play charity and witnessed first-hand the positive effects videogames had on the afflicted youth, saying that games “played a big part in helping them get better.”
Carol acknowledged that his road to embracing videogames was not a direct one:
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Posted on 30 November 2009 by Getmo Games
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Posted on 30 November 2009 by Getmo Games
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Posted on 30 November 2009 by Getmo Games
Since it’s Monday and we can all use a bit of levity, check out the embedded video from Nexon, the developer of Combat Arms.
The video spoofs Infinity Ward’s now infamous Fight Against Grenade Spam (F.A.G.S.) video, which called out grenade spammers in the Call of Duty series. Nexon applies the same anti-explosive theme to its online, multiplayer first-person shooter. Video funding was provided by “Fight Against Nade Spammers (F.A.N.S.).”
This video is not immune to criticism either however: several YouTube commenters note that the bleeped out curse words in the video are the same ones that got them banned from Combat Arms itself.
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