The guys over at TrueAchievements are playing Halo this weekend. "Big whoop," I'll bet you're saying, "So am I." Yeah, but the altruists at TA are playing Halo non-stop, to raise money for Child's Play, a combination of altruism and laziness I fully endorse.
On July 2nd at 8:00 AM EDT, eight TrueAchievements staff members will be playing the campaigns of Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo: Reach in four-player Co-Op on Legendary difficulty and will not be stopping for 24 straight hours. That's a whole Halo-day, people.
As donation milestones are passed, the teams will back out to the main menu, add a difficulty skull and resume their play-through with the new skull challenges implemented. As more money is donated, more skulls will be added and more "fun" will be inflicted on the teams.
"At TrueAchievements, we realize that times are tough, and money is tight, but every dollar donated will go straight to Child's Play who works to buy games for children in hospitals... children who, more than any of us, need the positive experience that playing a video game can bring. So, please, if you can, give generously."
Because this is the internet, you can follow along in real time.
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penguinfish
Team mountain gaming did a similar halo event a month or so ago theirs was 48 hours straight. Watching zombies play halo was funny.
All you really have to do is visit ustream's website any weekend and there will be a event raising money for child's play. Mario and Zelda events seem to be the popular ones.
Morbidninja
Mario Marathon just concluded their 4th annual event for Child's Play Charity tool. In just 110 hours they managed to raise over $110,000 dollars for a great cause!
I'm glad to see other groups showing what great things gamers can do for a cause.
cracker1138
*readies wallet to give out money*
theantigzus
Woooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! HALO!!! oh yeah save the kids, but WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !HALO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JontheHoff
Come on everybody! We've got less than 24 hours until this thing kicks off! We're currently at about $400 worth of donations. Every penny counts! Even you crazy Europeans with 42 different kinds of money!
ashtonbm25
Very cool thing to do, and a great organization. If you have never seen their website, check it out and you can pick which hospital you want to donate to. They have wish lists on amazon which makes it easy to do.
Djangorabbit
I think this is awesome! Who says playing video games give you nothing? Well no one will say that now!!!
neoix
first!!!!!!
This is a really cool way to raise money for charity. Rock on TA!!!!!!!!
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