Extra Life charity lets gamers battle cancer

by Justin McElroy { Sep 12th 2008 at 10:00AM }

With billions of loyal fans visiting our site each hour, we have a considerable, almost daunting amount of power. It's a power we occasionally use for evil or just for stupid, but we decided this morning that we'd do something good with it for a change and direct your attention to Extra Life.

Fresh from the victory of their non-boycott, Sarcastic Gamer is once again rallying the troops, this time asking them to set aside Oct. 18 for an all-day gaming marathon. All you have to do is get friends and loved ones to sponsor your decadence with money that goes straight to the Texas Children's Cancer Center. It's like a charity fun run, but for fat people.

It's a great effort, but do us a favor and take at least a couple of breaks, will you? The last thing you want to do is fight cancer while you die of dehydration.

Tags: charity, Extra-life, sarcastic-gamer

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

knighty (GT: ZeraKnight) @ Sep 12th 2008 10:27AM

I'll be playing my part. Haha....get it? Nevermind....

knighty (GT: ZeraKnight) @ Sep 12th 2008 10:32AM

To be more specific I'll be fighting ZOMBIE CANCER and fighting off alien invaders with my ZAPPY GUN TO DESTROY THEIR RADIOACTIVE SUPERCORES. Might dabble in a spot of bomb defusal too.

....UUUUWHHHHUUAAAATTTTT!!!!

Megadanxzero @ Sep 12th 2008 1:14PM

Here, let me assist you Doctor...

:O

*high five*

Obie @ Sep 12th 2008 10:30AM

Good for them, this and Penny Arcade's "Childs Play" make me feel good about being a gamer.

Wiinterfang @ Sep 12th 2008 10:45AM

Cool :).

Lono @ Sep 12th 2008 10:50AM

I'd like to throw out a friendly challenge to the Joystiq crew from the guys over at Sarcasticgamer.com. I challenge Justin and the crew to see if they can form a team that can raise more money than the Sarcastic Gamer Team on the Texas Children Cancer Center's website.

Here's the sign up page:

http://waystogive.texaschildrens.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=212

Form a team, set your goal, make your page, it's that easy. With over 300 participants signed up and over 15 websites participating

mutd1999 @ Sep 12th 2008 12:14PM

Oooh snap! Joystiq, you've been called out! :)

I'd love to try and help out. I've known a few friends get diagnosed with cancer. It's just plain awful. I second what Obie said.

rothbart @ Sep 12th 2008 11:49AM

I love it when a charity event comes along that somehow turns my obsession into a "humanitarian effort". For once, my therapist can't yell at me to "grow up and act like an adult!"

Okay, I don't have a therapist and if I did, they wouldn't STAY my therapist if they talked to me like that... but what a great reason to stand proud and make an event out of this 24-hour gaming binge. I'm already planning my food deliveries and working on a rough draft of my gaming schedule. All in the name of helping the kids... nevermind that I might have been gaming for 24-hours straight October 18th anyway, now I'm helping to cure cancer. If only Folding@home were a game, I could help cure cancer WHILE helping to cure cancer! I encourage any PS3&360 owners to let their PS3s Fold that day for every minute they're not in use!