Sad Boomer

A couple of friends of mine are putting on a charity video game marathon, from Oct. 26th - 29th, to support the American Cancer Society, and I've been lucky enough to get involved. What they're doing is streaming a 72 hour marathon of interactive gaming where you can drop in and play along, or simply give them company while they suffer through until their eyes and fingers bleed. Obviously  the whole point is to raise funds and awareness of cancer, so it'd be nice if visitors could chip in a few dollars along the way. There will be Prizes and Give-a-ways sponsored by Valve, Arenanet, World-8, Anothercastlegames.com, and ZOMBIES&Toys. I'll be playing through at least part of Left4Dead with them, probably on Saturday the 27th, so drop in and say 'hi.'

They're also hosting an exclusive Fan Art Contest with prizes all weekend long. To jumpstart submissions, I created this little guy and sent him in. You'll have to check out the link above to see the specific version I submitted to the cause, but until then enjoy!

"Sad Boomer" 954px X 646px Mixed Media (colored pencils and Photoshop)

...and hey, do everyone a favor by heading over to Videogame Nightmarathon 2012 and click the donate button. They're not taking any of the cut--they're not even gonna handle any of the money--it goes directly to the American Cancer Society and it's a tax-write off for you. Everybody has a few lonely presidents somewhere, why don't you do the right thing and help them find their friends?