Posted by Brenlo in the Station.com blog:

"As I began my post holiday catch up of various news sites, I stumbled across a NY Times piece on the Child's Play Charity.   The piece talks about the roots of the charity and the money it has raised to date, definitely worth reading and like my blog entries, it is short.  Mike and John, alias Gabe and Tycho have done a great thing here, raising over 2 million dollars for Children's Hospitals around the world.  Our own John Smedley is quoted in the story,

Mr. Smedley said, Child's Play "really helps bring our industry together for the common purpose of helping kids."

I agree.  With all of the criticism out there about video games, as well as all of the competition we have between various companies it is refreshing to see industry and fans alike come together and do something so worthwhile. 

Thanks Tycho and Gabe for starting the charity and for all the good it has done."