On October 17th, more than 1400 gamers came together for a 24 hour gaming marathon, that took place in in living rooms, churches, studios and even on a couple of live video streams (caught you napping Dtoid!). It’s hard to announce a total, since the money is still technically coming in. If you’re holding onto money you collected for the event, stop earning interest and get it in! We’re ready to FINALLY put Extra Life to bed for the year.
YOU RAISED MORE THAN $170,000 dollars in 2009.
So far Extra Life has raised nearly $300,000 dollars for pediatric cancer research and treatment. Next year? Forget what you know. Extra Life is giving you a chance to raise money for kids in YOUR community. More on that later.
On behalf of all of the families and kids who fight a battle few of us can fathom, THANK YOU for what you did for kids. THANK YOU for being a part of Extra Life 2009. Please pass this along to any news outlets that you may have access to. A lot of bad news gets reported about gamers… We feel this one’s worth a GOOD NEWS report.
Team VGEvo is doing their 24 hours of gaming for Extra Life right now, and they are kicking booty! Together with the PS Nation Podcast, they have raised almost $6000. If for some crazy reason you haven’t gotten around to throwing a few bucks towards supporting pediatric cancer treatment and research, this is your last chance! Click hereto go to their team page and make a donation.
The guys aren’t even half way through their 24 hours yet. They can use your support!
We are almost two weeks out from the Extra Life gaming marathon, and the money is still coming in! This past weekend was the official make up day for those who couldn’t get their gaming in on October 17th. On November 7th, Team VGEvo will be putting in their hours. Extra Life keeps going and going and going!
It is important to note that today is the deadline to meet your goal of $192 to receive an Extra Life t-shirt. The t-shirts will be ordered this weekend and should be landing in your mailbox in the next few weeks.
Thanks again to everyone who did their part to make this an epic success! We are well on our way to hitting $160,000. A special thanks to our friends at Kotaku for doing a follow up story on Extra Life.
The dough is still rolling in! Extra Life has so far generated $143,000. We surpassed our total from last year. Congratulations!!! This was a team effort, and we couldn’t have done it without the support of every single one of you! We have truly made a difference in the lives of children battling pediatric cancer.
This Saturday is the official make up day for those who have not completed their 24 hours of gaming. The website will be open for donations until October 31, so you will be able to direct people to your personal fundraising page while you are putting in your hours!
Everyone who reached the $192 mark will be receiving the official Extra Life t-shirt! All the cool kids are going to have one, so you don’t want to miss out! There is still time to make your goal!
Thank you for your dedication and support of Extra Life and Sarcastic Gamer!
UPDATE: Thanks to the incredible Houston Street Team, who threw a FANTASTIC live event last night at Alegria in H-town, Extra Life has officially passed the $140,000 dollar mark. Simply AWESOME.
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We are blowing the total from last year out of the water! As of 11:00 p.m., the total for this year is $137,000. Thank you so much to everyone who participated and donated and volunteered and promoted and put their hearts into Extra Life! We have four and half more hours to go here in Houston. I hope you guys who have already put in your 24 hours are getting some well deserved zzzzzz’s.
Stay tuned to Sarcastic Gamer for updated totals, as the money is still coming in! The website will be accepting donations until October 31.
There is still time to meet your fundraising goal of $192. Everyone who reaches this amount gets the official Extra Life T-shirt (pictured above) designed by our very own Yamster and Undead Dog.
We are now over 12 hours into Extra Life. I hope everyone is hanging in there! Things are in full force at Alegria Dance Studio in Houston. We are rocking out with Rock Band, enjoying arcade games, old school consoles, 360s and PS3s and even playing some ping pong.
There is some serious gaming going on all over the world right now…all in the name of fighting pediatric cancer. Limit Break Radio and Destructoid are broadcasting live for all 24 hours of Extra Life an they have raised almost $10,000 between the two of them!
Stay hydrated. Enjoy some junk food. Stretch out your trigger fingers. Game on.
Doc will be making an announcement at midnight central time with the total money raised so far, so be sure to stay tuned to Sarcastic Gamer.
This morning, approximately 1800 gamers began a 24 hour odyssey to play video games while raising money for pediatric cancer research and treatment. That’s more people than were signed up for the famous Ironman triathlon last year.
While we didn’t have to train, we probably won’t get hurt, and some of our games have foul language, our contribution towards the fight against pediatric cancer is no less noble than any other.
This morning, we put kids first.
Over the past months we’ve held kids with cancer close to our hearts as we reached out beyond our close circle of friends and family members, past those we work or go to school with, and well into the immense social network colelctive to enlist others to stand with us.
I’ve been privy to some of the initial totals, and while WE DO NOT MEASURE SUCCESS IN DOLLARS, the numbers are pretty frickin awesome.
You don’t need a pep talk to play video games all day.
But I want you to know how proud I am of this community, and its amazing brother and sister sites from all corners of the world, who rallied for the cause. Today, I feel like I have 1800 new friends.
To our donors, our players, and our co-conspirators… Thank you
I hope you are all planning on turning in early tonight! Extra Life begins bright and early on Saturday morning, which is quickly approaching for our UK friends! Make sure you have all your supplies ready. Food. Drink. Games. Some people are taking their preparations very seriously. Andy at This is My Joystick is making sure all his ducks are in a row. Check out his survival guide.
I will be spending my evening setting up for the big Extra Life event in Houston. Limit Break Radio is gearing up for their lock in in Michigan. Numerous other events and parties will be happening around the world. This is so freaking exciting!
Stayed tuned to the Sarcastic Gamer site and Forums for up to date information on what everyone is playing and Extra Life donation totals.
I have a new favorite website, 29-95.com. They have the scoop on everything we hold dear; food, music, art, comics, games and even sex. They took the time to show us some love this week. Check out the article they posted about Extra Life. They also printed up some flyers and posters to help us spread the word. For this we are grateful!
We also made some new friends at Joystix Classic Games and Pinball. They hooked us up with a sweet deal on some arcade games for our Extra Life lock-in in Houston. Love me some Pacman! If you are looking for a pinball machine, slot machine, foosball table or pretty much anything else, these are your guys! Check them out.
Welcome to the last second. The nick of time. The skin of our teeth.
Extra Life is nearly here.
In this special episode of the Sarcastic Gamer Podcast we focused on our personal reasons for getting involved in Extra Life, and the ways that people around the world are making this event their own. We’re just days away from the 2nd annual event, that raises money for pediatric cancer research and treatment.
(We also got talked games… Demon Souls, Brutal Legend, and even hinted at something hysterical coming up on the next episode.)
But more importantly, we’re going to let you meet a child you would love to have known.
It’s a special episode of the Sarcastic Gamer Podcast, with an ending you don’t want to miss.
To get involved in Extra Life (There’s still time) just decide whether you’d like to SIGN UP to play on Saturday or simple DONATE.
FINALLY, here’s the link so that you can get the embed code for last year’s video, created by our friend TempleDog. See how many sites you can get to post it. Time is running out. Every bit helps.
