We are just two days away from this year's Extra Life Gaming Marathon! The Shoot Many Bad Guys team will kick things off just before 8AM on Saturday Oct 20 this weekend. I wanted to communicate our plans for the big event to our friends and family, since you all have been the ones supporting us as we do our best to bring in donations to the Children's Medical Center.
A lot of other Extra Life participants are very focused in their gaming goals this weekend. I have heard a lot of teams are streaming games or will be attempting to play through individual games during their marathons. All of that sounds exciting, but as first timers our team was looking for some variety in our marathon. What we decided to do was play a plethora of different titles across Microsoft's XBOX 360, Sony's PlayStation 3 (and possibly PS2), Nintendo's Wii and 3DS, PC, and even Google's Android OS for smartphones. Needless to say that gives us plenty to choose from, and if I feel the need I can always play Sega's swan song system the Dreamcast or hunt down my Neo Geo Pocket. If anything we will need to be careful not to spread ourselves thin!
I will be tackling some family friendly games during the day with Joshua, including Skylanders for Wii, Lego Batman 2 for XBOX 360, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episodes 1 and 2 on Steam, and even some Pokemon for 3DS. Look for us to crank up the online multi-player at night with games like Gears of War and Halo Reach. It would not be October without a little Halloween influence, so in the early morning hours we are planning on some darker titles like Dead Space 2, Limbo, and Left 4 Dead. Obviously the titles we actually get to play are subject to how our timing with the marathon is going and whether we can keep our eyes open for that long! This sample list is just to show everyone we have a lot in store for this weekend's event.
We will do our best to post frequently to Facebook and YouTube and encourage everyone to keep an eye out for some fun updates throughout the weekend. Originally we were considering some self-deprecating updates, but we never got much feedback on those. Some people think more donors will show up if humiliation is involved, but I guess that depends on who is donating. We'll see if we can work some humor into our updates, but most importantly we will do our best to convey how grateful we are to all the support we have. Hopefully our participation, and the event itself, continues to grow and develop year to year.
We are almost ready for game time!
-Scott
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