Check out a video report from Seattle's FOX affiliate after the jump to see the launch party PopCap threw for Weinert and his friends. You might want to brace yourself, though, because you're about to have a new favorite kid of all time.
Make-A-Wish and PopCap help 9-year-old create his own iOS game
by Griffin McElroy 
on Apr 30th 2011 10:00PM
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Check out a video report from Seattle's FOX affiliate after the jump to see the launch party PopCap threw for Weinert and his friends. You might want to brace yourself, though, because you're about to have a new favorite kid of all time.
Reader Comments (32)
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 10:04PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
Aww.
Well, count in for one!
Well, count in for one!
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 10:05PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Oh my god.
Count me in, I mean. =/
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Oh my god.
Count me in, I mean. =/
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 11:38PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
@Item Box
I'm a charming fellow, what can I say? :)
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I'm a charming fellow, what can I say? :)
Posted: May 1st 2011 3:56AM DarknessBear said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
If you were Altair you'd always be downvoted
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If you were Altair you'd always be downvoted
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 10:09PM Cleaver said
Wow, that kid actually is pretty damn likable.
Posted: May 1st 2011 2:32AM Special Agent Steve said
@Cleaver
Agree. He's pretty charismatic.
Also, a *high-five* to PopCap for their contribution. That was awesome of them.
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Agree. He's pretty charismatic.
Also, a *high-five* to PopCap for their contribution. That was awesome of them.
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 10:12PM The Cole Train said
I will buy this just help this kid out. :) I love feeling warm in the heart and helping out sick kids, it just puts a smile on my face.
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 10:29PM The Wicker Man said
@The Cole Train. The trains at home on the charity rails baby! ;)
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Posted: Apr 30th 2011 10:13PM mrmobius said
So crack cocaine where the profits go to charity instead of terrorism?
Sounds good.
Sounds good.
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 10:22PM Apsac D said
If I owned anything that supported this game, I'd totally buy it.
I personally hate RTS, but I'd still buy it. That kid inspired me to donate some moneys! 3 monies!
I personally hate RTS, but I'd still buy it. That kid inspired me to donate some moneys! 3 monies!
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 10:28PM The Wicker Man said
Awww, I started getting all teary eyed reading this! I will buy your game young man! Hopefully you will make more for us to buy! :)
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 10:43PM Dreyesbo said
My favorite part?
The tag beneath his name was "Videogame designer".
The tag beneath his name was "Videogame designer".
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 10:51PM MosDeffa said
Helping sick kids by buying a game made from a charming chap? Count me in!
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 10:55PM SisypheanLife said
Damn, that means I'll have to buy a copy. Maybe I'll get an iPhone eventually
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 11:15PM Copybass Ah jeez zombies said
"the proceeds from the game will go directly to Make-A-Wish, forming some kind of beautiful circle of altruism"
Is it bad that I read that as "Beautiful circle of autism"?
Is it bad that I read that as "Beautiful circle of autism"?
Posted: Apr 30th 2011 11:22PM vlado said
Nice one PopCap! :)
Posted: May 1st 2011 12:10AM Prince David said
Also looks like fun. I will buy it. Thanks Pop Cap & Make a Wish.
Posted: May 1st 2011 12:18AM Tubbernaut said
SOLD!!
Posted: May 1st 2011 5:29AM ElementalFiend said
This makes me proud of the gaming community as a whole, despite the filth one encounters on a daily basis on Xbox Live.
Posted: May 1st 2011 5:47AM DeadRabbits said
Yet kids like these which are completely amazing, are taken away early due to disease, yet assholes that provide nothing to humanity get to live to a ripe old age.
The universe sucks sometimes.
The universe sucks sometimes.
Posted: May 1st 2011 3:55PM The Only Girl said
@DeadRabbits
Yet your comment yet doesn't have enough "yets".
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Yet your comment yet doesn't have enough "yets".
Posted: May 1st 2011 4:24PM DeadRabbits said
@The Only Girl
Yet your comment is completely yet infuriatingly childish, yet I read it anyway, yet now I'm angry yet angry yet angry.
Seriously. Suck less aight?
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Yet your comment is completely yet infuriatingly childish, yet I read it anyway, yet now I'm angry yet angry yet angry.
Seriously. Suck less aight?
Posted: May 1st 2011 4:38PM DeadRabbits said
@The Only Girl
True story: I love you.
My comment did have 2 yets, which was maybe 1 to many.
Sorry.
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True story: I love you.
My comment did have 2 yets, which was maybe 1 to many.
Sorry.
Posted: May 1st 2011 8:54AM mrmobius said
So, now, another question - what will the piracy rate be on this game?
Ideally 0, but still likely someone will do the wrong thing and pirate the hell out of this.
Ideally 0, but still likely someone will do the wrong thing and pirate the hell out of this.
Posted: May 1st 2011 11:26AM US 447 said
Pshhh now give that kid a Cent--Ipad and id love this story.
Posted: May 1st 2011 11:51AM (Unverified) said
@Copybass Ah jeez zombies
Yes.
Yes.
Posted: May 1st 2011 5:27PM EazySCT said
VERY happy for that kid.
When I was 10 my younger brother had cancer at the age of 7. It was really tough and like the mom said, those hospital stays are brutal.
Popcap and Make A Wish, total class. Great story.
When I was 10 my younger brother had cancer at the age of 7. It was really tough and like the mom said, those hospital stays are brutal.
Popcap and Make A Wish, total class. Great story.
Posted: May 1st 2011 6:56PM AquaShibby3000 said
Great story! Make-A-Wish is class act... Pop Cap too, it seems... I don't own anything apple though... maybe I'll convince my little brother to buy a copy on his iPod :)
Posted: May 2nd 2011 12:08PM OMAOILRIAN said
I had a friend die of Cystic Fibrosis at age 18, and Make-A-Wish was there for him, as they are for this boy and every dying child. Thanks Pop-Cap in helping Make-A-Wish fulfill this boys dying wish! Thank you Make-a-Wish! I hope we strive for the day that your services won't be needed, but until then, I hope people continue to support you in your effects to make terminally I'll children and their families happy. I don't play RTS games, but I will buy it for both my iPhone and iPad.
