With the yule tidings of the holidays upon us, it’s once again time to reach into your wallets, your couch cushions, and your hearts to support Child’s Play, the charity started by Penny Arcade founders Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. The purpose of Child’s Play is to gather toys, books, games – any entertainment – and donate the stuff to children’s hospitals.
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The second Mario Marathon is up and running right now, to benefit Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play Charity. Three crazy people will play through the seven core Super Mario Bros. games on Wii Virtual Console in one weekend, nonstop, with limited sleep. Hilarity will ensue. Donations will be made, to buy games, toys, books, and other goodies for the kids in children’s hospitals across the world. These kids suffer plenty, and anything that the gaming community …
A few slices of Portal cake to celebrate some big birthdays this week, with Penny Arcade turning ten yesterday and the original Half Life reaching its tenth today. Valve is celebrating by putting the game on sale for $0.98 over Steam, though if you haven’t played it by this point even that price probably isn’t enough to woo you. Neither the game nor the cartoon could be reached for comment regarding birthday wishes, but I …