I don't really enjoy Penny Arcade (way too many naughty words), but they did a pretty stand-up thing a couple weeks ago by donating $10,000 to the charity Child's Play when Jack Thompson had problems putting his money where his mouth was.
Yeah, this is old news, but I just found out about it last night while listening to Mur Lafferty's Geek Fu Action Grip podcast.
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Posted by APEGamer at Thursday November 03, 2005 at 8:55 AM
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Personally, Penny Arcade is a platform for Tycho and Gabe to rant or vent at times, but they do a great job with Child's Play. It is one of those charity events put on by gamers that helps to prove that they are not all wackos who try to re-enact GTA in real life. I know last year they did events in Houston and other cities, and I donated some cash since the kids need gaming darned it. Its all about kharmic retribution and I need to really work on that 
Posted by Tim on Thursday November 03, 2005 at 10:02 AM at 10:02 AM
Unfortunately I can't seem to follow the situation that led up to this donation - but good for them!
Posted by Scott on Thursday November 03, 2005 at 11:04 AM at 11:04 AM
Check out Wikipedia's entry on Jack Thompson. The whole story is recorded there. 
Posted by dave on Thursday November 03, 2005 at 12:54 PM at 12:54 PM
Dave, a link would have been helpful... so I thought I would provide one...or two, or a few...
Posted by Peter on Thursday November 03, 2005 at 1:26 PM at 1:26 PM
While reading the unofficial Photoshop weblog today, I found this gem. In the spirit of making video games less violent, folks Photoshopped various games to be kinder and gentler. Some are very, very funny.
Posted by Kevin on Friday November 04, 2005 at 3:59 PM at 3:59 PM