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Rid the world of disease…
and c*ap games in one swift blow.
Every week on the news we hear about HIV/AIDs and Cancer claiming yet more lives. What you must realise, however, is that the media editors don’t stick the stories in to fill the half-hour time slot. The diseases are real.
OPEN YOUR EYES!
Every year millions are affected worldwide by the two diseases (and most die). I’m sure you’ve all seen the advert declaring ‘1 in 3 of us will be touched by cancer at some point in our lives’. Though I don’t know how Cancer works, I know that it is a tumour of some kind. In the case of HIV, the virus takes over the body’s natural defence (white blood cells), makes them produce more viruses and finally makes the white blood cell commit suicide. Clever little , huh.
“Well why are you telling us?” I hear you ask.
“Can’t the Government do something about it?”
The same Government that wasted millions of pounds on the millennium dome.
The same Government that is systematically starving (good use of alliteration, there) the NHS.
The same Government that is allowing England to be flooded by asylum seekers.
No, it can’t!
“What can we do? We are but humble gamers.”
You can do more than you think. We are all guilty of buying a few turkeys in our time. My cousin bought Harry Potter, my friend bought Bug Riders, and I bought Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (though in my defence it was only a fiver from a mate who got it bundled with his cube). Anyway, imagine the money you would save if you never bought these titles you play once for 10 minutes. £30. And if you were to give just £5 of that £30 to research into a disease, you would be saving lives. (Maybe hero is too far, but certainly a piece of the jigsaw).
So, not only do you save lives, you save money, and you help weed out those c*ap developers that churn out the same rhetoric each year under a different title (d*mned college boys).
I don’t mean to sound Evangelical, but I was in Cheltenham on Saturday and I put a fiver of my money in a collection pot. And because I had £25 left, it gave me an excuse to buy an RGB Scart cable (which I’ve been meaning to buy for ages.) Now I’m playing Super Smash Bros. Melee with a crystal clear picture. Just got to get it running through my stereo and I’ve a neat little gaming pad.
Am I being Naive? Tell me what you think.
and c*ap games in one swift blow.
Every week on the news we hear about HIV/AIDs and Cancer claiming yet more lives. What you must realise, however, is that the media editors don’t stick the stories in to fill the half-hour time slot. The diseases are real.
OPEN YOUR EYES!
Every year millions are affected worldwide by the two diseases (and most die). I’m sure you’ve all seen the advert declaring ‘1 in 3 of us will be touched by cancer at some point in our lives’. Though I don’t know how Cancer works, I know that it is a tumour of some kind. In the case of HIV, the virus takes over the body’s natural defence (white blood cells), makes them produce more viruses and finally makes the white blood cell commit suicide. Clever little , huh.
“Well why are you telling us?” I hear you ask.
“Can’t the Government do something about it?”
The same Government that wasted millions of pounds on the millennium dome.
The same Government that is systematically starving (good use of alliteration, there) the NHS.
The same Government that is allowing England to be flooded by asylum seekers.
No, it can’t!
“What can we do? We are but humble gamers.”
You can do more than you think. We are all guilty of buying a few turkeys in our time. My cousin bought Harry Potter, my friend bought Bug Riders, and I bought Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (though in my defence it was only a fiver from a mate who got it bundled with his cube). Anyway, imagine the money you would save if you never bought these titles you play once for 10 minutes. £30. And if you were to give just £5 of that £30 to research into a disease, you would be saving lives. (Maybe hero is too far, but certainly a piece of the jigsaw).
So, not only do you save lives, you save money, and you help weed out those c*ap developers that churn out the same rhetoric each year under a different title (d*mned college boys).
I don’t mean to sound Evangelical, but I was in Cheltenham on Saturday and I put a fiver of my money in a collection pot. And because I had £25 left, it gave me an excuse to buy an RGB Scart cable (which I’ve been meaning to buy for ages.) Now I’m playing Super Smash Bros. Melee with a crystal clear picture. Just got to get it running through my stereo and I’ve a neat little gaming pad.
Am I being Naive? Tell me what you think.
Clever. Why don't the medical research people just get loads of super computers to do all the research, though? I think I'll download it though. I need a new screensaver.
I basically scans something and then sends data back to some big medical facility. It runs in the background of your PC.
What does it do, again?
http://download.com.com/3001-2407-5508483.html
Get the program here :)
Get the program here :)
Maybe SR could set something up in their store if the idea gets popular. If everyone that walked into a SR store gave 50p, at the end of the month there'd be loads. And that's on top of the GAD winner £5 donation. Maybe SR could have some kind of budget collection, where if you chose a cheap game, they'd give a set amount (£5, maybe) to a charity. This isn't hollow rhetoric I'm talking. I honestly think we need to give something back when we win GAD.
Yeah, I was thinking of that kind of stuff Grix (especially for those who win numerous GAD prizes). Maybe your right. Mind you, some people would say they gave a fiver, when really they gave nothing. It's a good idea though. After all, you're saving like £40 so it is a good idea.
I know it's not much, but you can download a screen saver which searchs through different molecules for a cure for cancer off a site I can't remember. I'll look and get back to you all.
Although I strongly agree with Grix on his idea - we get things for free, so why don't we pay a little of what we would have spent to help others enjoy life as much as we can.
Food for thought.
Although I strongly agree with Grix on his idea - we get things for free, so why don't we pay a little of what we would have spent to help others enjoy life as much as we can.
Food for thought.
Here how i think cancer works.
A cell begins to divide uncontrollably, resulting in many more cells than you should actually have, these cells use up more resources than your body is used to, so it begins to wear you down.
Anyone else?
A cell begins to divide uncontrollably, resulting in many more cells than you should actually have, these cells use up more resources than your body is used to, so it begins to wear you down.
Anyone else?
How about, every time you win GAD, you give five pounds to a charity of your choice? Do it as often as you like really, but it'll be good to do. Nothing for SR to do, just give out free games.
I think I'll do that.
I think I'll do that.
Rid the world of disease…
and c*ap games in one swift blow.
Every week on the news we hear about HIV/AIDs and Cancer claiming yet more lives. What you must realise, however, is that the media editors don’t stick the stories in to fill the half-hour time slot. The diseases are real.
OPEN YOUR EYES!
Every year millions are affected worldwide by the two diseases (and most die). I’m sure you’ve all seen the advert declaring ‘1 in 3 of us will be touched by cancer at some point in our lives’. Though I don’t know how Cancer works, I know that it is a tumour of some kind. In the case of HIV, the virus takes over the body’s natural defence (white blood cells), makes them produce more viruses and finally makes the white blood cell commit suicide. Clever little , huh.
“Well why are you telling us?” I hear you ask.
“Can’t the Government do something about it?”
The same Government that wasted millions of pounds on the millennium dome.
The same Government that is systematically starving (good use of alliteration, there) the NHS.
The same Government that is allowing England to be flooded by asylum seekers.
No, it can’t!
“What can we do? We are but humble gamers.”
You can do more than you think. We are all guilty of buying a few turkeys in our time. My cousin bought Harry Potter, my friend bought Bug Riders, and I bought Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (though in my defence it was only a fiver from a mate who got it bundled with his cube). Anyway, imagine the money you would save if you never bought these titles you play once for 10 minutes. £30. And if you were to give just £5 of that £30 to research into a disease, you would be saving lives. (Maybe hero is too far, but certainly a piece of the jigsaw).
So, not only do you save lives, you save money, and you help weed out those c*ap developers that churn out the same rhetoric each year under a different title (d*mned college boys).
I don’t mean to sound Evangelical, but I was in Cheltenham on Saturday and I put a fiver of my money in a collection pot. And because I had £25 left, it gave me an excuse to buy an RGB Scart cable (which I’ve been meaning to buy for ages.) Now I’m playing Super Smash Bros. Melee with a crystal clear picture. Just got to get it running through my stereo and I’ve a neat little gaming pad.
Am I being Naive? Tell me what you think.
and c*ap games in one swift blow.
Every week on the news we hear about HIV/AIDs and Cancer claiming yet more lives. What you must realise, however, is that the media editors don’t stick the stories in to fill the half-hour time slot. The diseases are real.
OPEN YOUR EYES!
Every year millions are affected worldwide by the two diseases (and most die). I’m sure you’ve all seen the advert declaring ‘1 in 3 of us will be touched by cancer at some point in our lives’. Though I don’t know how Cancer works, I know that it is a tumour of some kind. In the case of HIV, the virus takes over the body’s natural defence (white blood cells), makes them produce more viruses and finally makes the white blood cell commit suicide. Clever little , huh.
“Well why are you telling us?” I hear you ask.
“Can’t the Government do something about it?”
The same Government that wasted millions of pounds on the millennium dome.
The same Government that is systematically starving (good use of alliteration, there) the NHS.
The same Government that is allowing England to be flooded by asylum seekers.
No, it can’t!
“What can we do? We are but humble gamers.”
You can do more than you think. We are all guilty of buying a few turkeys in our time. My cousin bought Harry Potter, my friend bought Bug Riders, and I bought Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (though in my defence it was only a fiver from a mate who got it bundled with his cube). Anyway, imagine the money you would save if you never bought these titles you play once for 10 minutes. £30. And if you were to give just £5 of that £30 to research into a disease, you would be saving lives. (Maybe hero is too far, but certainly a piece of the jigsaw).
So, not only do you save lives, you save money, and you help weed out those c*ap developers that churn out the same rhetoric each year under a different title (d*mned college boys).
I don’t mean to sound Evangelical, but I was in Cheltenham on Saturday and I put a fiver of my money in a collection pot. And because I had £25 left, it gave me an excuse to buy an RGB Scart cable (which I’ve been meaning to buy for ages.) Now I’m playing Super Smash Bros. Melee with a crystal clear picture. Just got to get it running through my stereo and I’ve a neat little gaming pad.
Am I being Naive? Tell me what you think.