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EXTRA LIFE 2016: Interview with Nicole Fulmino from Children's Specialized Hospital

By Asif Khan, Nov 11, 2016 6:10pm PST

Nicole Fulmino stopped by Shacknews Intergalactic Headquarters during our 25 hour Twitch stream to cheer us on and talk about the great work done by the folks at Children's Specialized Hospital.

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Summer Games Done Quick 2016: Day 7

By Asif Khan, Jul 09, 2016 1:00am PDT

SGDQ concludes its 7 days of awesome streams. You can find the daily schedule and watch the week long stream marathon come to its conclusion with us!

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"It's certainly been rumored to have happened repeatedly, including the $10K donation that ..."

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Summer Games Done Quick 2016: Day 6

By Asif Khan, Jul 08, 2016 12:00am PDT

SGDQ is back with 7 days of awesome streams. You can find the daily schedule and watch their streams with us here all week!

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"I loved everything about the small mario run. The kid doing it, the grandmother, the tricks, ..."

- skizl see all 63 comments

Summer Games Done Quick 2016: Day 5

By Asif Khan, Jul 07, 2016 1:30am PDT

SGDQ is back with 7 days of awesome streams. You can find the daily schedule and watch their streams with us here all week!

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"BETHESDA BLOCK Now: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Any% Next: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Any% ..."

- TroZ see all 70 comments

Summer Games Done Quick 2016: Day 4

By Asif Khan, Jul 06, 2016 12:30am PDT

SGDQ is back with 7 days of awesome streams. You can find the daily schedule and watch their streams with us here all week! 

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"It looks like I picked the wrong time to format all of my hard drives and reinstall Windows. "

- Grumbeld see all 47 comments

Summer Games Done Quick 2016: Day 3

By Asif Khan, Jul 05, 2016 12:20am PDT

SGDQ is back with 7 days of awesome streams. You can find the daily schedule and watch their streams with us here all week! 

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"Now: Super Meat Boy Dark Ending Next: Defunct Any% - All Collectables if incentive met Then: ..."

- TroZ see all 72 comments

Summer Games Done Quick 2016: Day 2

By Asif Khan, Jul 04, 2016 12:00am PDT

SGDQ is back with 7 days of awesome streams. You can find the daily schedule and watch their streams with us here all week! 

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"I really enjoyed the parts of the mega man block I was able to watch. :>"

- fuell see all 47 comments

Summer Games Done Quick 2016: Day 1

By Asif Khan, Jul 03, 2016 9:00am PDT

SGDQ is back with 7 days of awesome streams. You can find the daily schedule and watch their streams with us here all week! 

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"It doesn't look SOTN-y to me, but there is a Castlevania game with "moon" in the title fwiw."

- DinK see all 5 comments

7th Annual Gamers for Giving Event Raises the Bar February 21-22

By Josh Hawkins, Feb 16, 2015 2:00pm PST

Gamers Outreach annual charity fundraiser looks to gather $25,000 for sick children around the country this weekend, February 21st and 22nd.

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SimCity Red Cross DLC raising money for charity

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 17, 2013 11:00am PDT

Right, so you're unhappy when EA releases ads as free DLC for SimCity, or paid DLC, or DLC free with toothpaste, but what about DLC which helps charity? What's that? You won't pay $9.99 for some pointless Red Cross odds and ends? Oh, what a monster you are!

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"God, the Red Cross is just AWFUL when it comes to "protecting their brand." Basically any 80s ..."

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Old World of Warcraft equipment nets $330,000 for charity

By John Keefer, Jul 15, 2012 8:30am PDT

An auction of old World of Warcraft server blades raised more than $330,000 for Blizzard's charity of choice, St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

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Child's Play charity raised $3.5 million in 2011

By Steve Watts, Jan 05, 2012 8:00am PST

The Child's Play charity raised $3.5 million in 2011, bringing the grand lifetime total up to more than $12 million.

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"Humble indie bundle made about $8 million last year so that is basically half their funding now ..."

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Humble Bundle Steam Key minimum increased to battle un-humble gamers

By Xav de Matos, Dec 21, 2011 6:00pm PST

A few un-humble folks have taken it upon themselves to purchase the latest Humble Indie Bundle for one penny, in an attempt to increase their odds of winning prizes during Valve's current raffle promotion.

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"I don't know how you can't afford a dollar but still have a computer and Internet connection."

- Mecha Tofu Pirate see all 15 comments

World of WarCraft pet sales pull in $1.9 million for Red Cross

By Jeff Mattas, Aug 04, 2011 10:15am PDT

Blizzard has announced that sales of the Cenarion Hatchling, a downloadable pet in World of WarCraft, have generated more than $1.9 million for Red Cross's Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami relief fund.

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"You are quite correct, it's the third, unless I missed something with the L'il pet series. "

- TwitchCannon see all 7 comments

Play for Japan album available on iTunes

By Xav de Matos, Jul 11, 2011 5:00pm PDT

The long-awaited charity album released under the Play for Japan banner arrived on iTunes over the weekend, offering 18 tracks from some of the industry's best with all proceeds going to benefit the people of Japan.

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