Extra-Life Results

   On October 20, 2012 I participated in a video game 24 hour marathon for charity.  Gamers helped raise money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.  I posted in more detail about it a couple weeks ago.  So today I just wanted to say a little bit about how it went.

   I started playing at 8am Saturday and played until 8am Sunday.  The first six hours flew by very quickly.  The next couple hours kind of slowed a bit, but then time seemed to go faster again.  The problem was the last two hours, they dragged on and on.  I played quite a few games through the 24 hours, mostly on my PS3, though I did dab into some PC games.  I had planned on doing a lot of multi-player but ended up playing mostly single-player.  I played with a few friends online, some Resident Evil 6 and Dynasty Warriors.  I had a personal goal of breaking the 900 trophy mark for my PSN account.  When I started the event I had about 870, I ended up earning trophy number 901 at the very last moment.  I had a couple technical problems with some games, so I set them aside and moved on!

   All in all the event was a great success on many fronts.  I even made it the full 24 hours (with help from some friends chatting in my ear).  There are still donations being brought in, but at the moment of this writing there has been 1.9+ million raised from the event!  I raised 62% of my monetary goal.

 Here is a list of all I played:

• Dynasty Warriors 7 (4+ hours)
• Tales of Graces F (6+ hours)
• Resident Evil 6 (4+ hours)
• Medal of Honor
• Limbo
• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
• Enchanted Arms
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
• Amy
• Mirror's Edge

Shout out goes to Mike, for helping me stay awake and all the laughs!  Make sure to check out the special episode of the podcast we did for Extra-Life. (should be episode 007)

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