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At noon we'll be playing Team Fortress 2 on PC, Gears of War 3 and Mass Effect 3 on Xbox 360, and Uncharted 3 on PS3, but as the day goes on we'll be playing other games. What other games, you ask? Well, just to name a few...

Minecraft, League of Legends, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Tribes: Ascend, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Burnout: Paradise, FIFA 12, Madden 13, Super Monday Night Combat, Assassin's Creed 2 (Brotherhood or Revelations), Max Payne 3, Mario Kart 7, Left 4 Dead 2. And, obviously, plenty more.

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Our goal is to raise $5,000 for Child’s Play. Help us! And as an added bonus for donating, we’ll perform truly mortifying feats of gaming when we hit donation milestones.

Schedule for livestream

  • 12:00 PM: Sleeping Dogs
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  • 3:00 PM: The Walking Dead with Telltale
  • 4:00 PM: Beyond Good & Evil Game Club Episode 4
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  • 11:00 PM: Gears of War 3 multiplayer
  • 12:00 AM: Guild Wars 2
  • 1:00 AM: Shadow of the Colossus
  • 2:00 AM: Mass Effect 3 multiplayer (360)
  • 3:00 AM: A SCARY GAME WITH SOPHIA (if we hit that mark, otherwise something else)
  • 4:00 AM: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD
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Charity tiers

  • $500: Sophia (our easily-frightened EiC who can barely play BioShock without running out of the room) will play a VERY SCARY GAME at 3am.
  • $1000: One person (chat chooses) will sing an embarrassing song in Singstar
  • $1500: Two people (chat chooses) will sing an embarrassing duet in Singstar
  • $2000: Dance to “I’m Han Solo” from Star Wars Kinect
  • $3000: Dance to “I’m Han Solo” from Star Wars Kinect. Twice. In a row.
  • $4000: Someone will get slapped in the face for 1-minute with the Wolverine foam hands
  • $5000: MYSTERY
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