EvaUnit02 on 10/5/2010 at 09:38
ah yup, having a console in your hospital's waiting room is a guaranteed improvement on patients' "quality of life"
Oh please. Wii Sports maybe, but that's a real stretch.
Tomi on 10/5/2010 at 10:09
Why do you play games if not to improve your "quality of life"? And what's that Wii Sports example got to do with anything?
For kids, anything that helps them kill time or takes their minds off the fact that they've been separated from their parents and that they may be seriously ill, is a good thing. Like dethtoll said, you clearly never spent any time in the hospital as a kid.
Great find, dj_ivocha, thanks for letting us know! :cool:
Aerothorn on 10/5/2010 at 11:02
I think Eva is just mad that they buy those dreaded video game consoles and a gaming PC.
Muzman on 10/5/2010 at 14:14
Children's hosptals have toy drives all the time. Don't really know what the big deal is.
Charity itself is a fairly irrelevant area by most people's contributions. It's not as if your ten bucks to childhood lukemia is gonna buy that one pipette that makes all the difference (more likely photocopy paper). You may find it ends up at some clinic where kids have to spend weeks on end so they bought a couple of games systems for them.
june gloom on 10/5/2010 at 17:09
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
ah yup, having a console in your hospital's waiting room is a guaranteed improvement on patients' "quality of life"
Oh please. Wii Sports maybe, but that's a real stretch.
I don't think you understand how this works.
From their FAQ:
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Q. How will these toys be used?A. Items like the videogame systems and games will be given to the hospitals and a child will essentially be able to check it out and have it placed in their room. Obviously the more systems and copies of each game they have the better. Other toys though will be given to individual children as presents. Something they can keep and take with them when they leave.
So they're not just sitting in a waiting room. Knowing what you're talking about: it brings results.
Avalon on 10/5/2010 at 17:23
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
ah yup, having a console in your hospital's waiting room is a guaranteed improvement on patients' "quality of life"
Oh please. Wii Sports maybe, but that's a real stretch.
I do have to repeat deathtoll's statement that you probably never spent any time in a hospital as a kid.
Staring at the ceiling in that hospital bed for 16 hours a day while doctors and nurses come poke you every 10 minutes is killer, especially when you're there for days or even a week at a time - I'd hate to have been one of the ones who was there for
months. I didn't get the super nintendo rolled into my room because there were only two for the entire department, but holy shit would I have been ecstatic.
Shadowcat on 11/5/2010 at 08:30
They're currently at $869,142
If they reach "one... million... dollars" (USD) then the source code to Gish, Penumbra Overture, and Lugaru gets released.
Gish for hand-helds would be nice :)
Not much time left, though.
d0om on 11/5/2010 at 14:02
Just saw this, thanks for the head's up guys! I was thinking about buying some of these games at some point, but never did. Now I have all of them :)
I'm not sure I have time to install Penumbra before it runs out though, since I am at work and there is only a few hours left. Oh well, by the time I get around to finishing the first one the others will probably be on sale somewhere again!
doctorfrog on 11/5/2010 at 14:49
Quote Posted by d0om
Just saw this, thanks for the head's up guys! I was thinking about buying some of these games at some point, but never did. Now I have all of them :)
I'm not sure I have time to install Penumbra before it runs out though, since I am at work and there is only a few hours left. Oh well, by the time I get around to finishing the first one the others will probably be on sale somewhere again!
I'm pretty sure that Penumbra (Overture or Trilogy) are yours forever also if you buy them, no activation, just a serial protection.
reizak on 11/5/2010 at 21:44
Looks like they did raise over a million, and are indeed releasing the source codes.
Edit: a breakdown of the numbers (
http://www.wolfire.com/humble/stats) here.
