iPhone game devs band together for Haiti relief

Want to help a country in need? There's an app for that.

Nice. Let us all give money to another country while we have people starving, dying, etc... in ours. Of course, people have gotten too Politically Correct for their own good, and anyone tells the truth gets scrutinized.

Because Haiti is the hot-shit with all the whiny, liberal college drop-outs. If we gave this amount of attention and aid to every country in need, we would be broke. Of course, since there is so much attention paid to Haiti, everyone must chip in. Other countries have a problem? Too bad.

Reply?

Haiti is an ittybittyteenyweenylittlebitty country on an ittybitty island, and one of if not THE poorest nation in the western hemisphere. And they just lost 100,000+ citizens to natural disaster, and their most populated city was reduced to complete rubble.

People did help China and India, and people did help with the aftermath of 9/11 (hello... We had plenty of allies march into Afganistan and Iraq with us), we also had help with Katrina. This is an entirely different situation that warrants an entirely different response, the Haitian government would never be able to handle this on their own, whereas the US, China, and India can more than take care of themselves (though obviously, still deserved a helping hand).

Why is it every time a country tries to help another one, there is always someone bitching about it?

It's like heckling someone who's helping an old lady get up.

You?

No, you just don't have a soul/heart/conscience/whatever term you prefer.

Foreign aid is not socialism.

More than happy to help Haiti, but I REALLY don't like it when I see stuff like this.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/haiti/7020908/US-accused-of-occupying-Haiti-as-troops-flood-in.html

STFU! If Brangelina donates you better too! ;)

*Thinks of Chris Redfield visiting Haiti*


*Lowers head in shame after realizing it's too soon for a zombie joke*

Good on the 10-game-coalition for donating their proceeds.

Guys, I tried calling Haiti, but she didn't answer.
I guess she left her phone vibrate.

:D

Pro Tip: Hey Joystiq, if you have a serious article devoid of snark and cynicism, may I suggest disabling the comment section. You've been in the business for several years and should know that a good portion of internet dwellers lack basic human decency.

Thanks,
Common Sense

nothin like the putrid sulfur smell of ignorance in the morning to brighten up your day :D

This is fantastic. helping others who are in need.. continue being a good example with other game companies.

I agree, the US needs to mind its own citizens before being anywhere near the position to send relief, much less TEN THOUSAND TROOPS to another country's aid. I do consider myself qualified to say this having served a year with Americorps VISTA and spending most of my time helping organize volunteers (note: not paid US troops and civil servants) to repair and recover from the effects of a particularly nasty series of ice storms that crippled the rural northeast a couple years ago. More people die every year from being priced out of heating oil and freezing to death in cold weather in the northeast than any other type of natural disaster/extreme weather like tornados, quakes, forest fires, etc. that get all the media attention. Oh and yeah, Mississippi and Louisiana are *STILL* covered in devastation and ruin after Katrina, but everything is hunky-dory to your average American because the French quarter and the casinos are back up and running.

The problem isn't that we can't help, the problem is that almost all goodwill and charity in the U.S. comes from people who are already impoverished, near-impoverished, and the lower-middle class. If Red Cross marketing is sapping relief aid to help Haiti (and, let's face it, to pay for their own administrative shenanigans) and the US taxpayer (mostly money from the dying middle class in this country) is paying for relief efforts, then that's just that much more money that isn't helping poor American kids who, unlike their Haitian counterparts, can grow up to change America with their votes and other contributions as citizens.