Sad, but a nice touch:
'Sarah Marie Alida Parries was a five-year-old from Vancouver, British Columbia who liked playing a free-to-play mech shooter called “Mechwarrior Online†with her dad. She would pilot her favorite mech, called a Jenner, and school all the older gamers more often than not. Unfortunately, she wasn’t a part of the gaming community for long. A few months ago Sarah lost her fight with inoperable brain cancer.'
'But her story doesn’t end there. Infinite Games Publishing and Piranha Games, the maker’s behind “Mechwarrior Online†were so touched by this little girl’s passion that they created a mech in her honor. Anyone playing the game can purchase “Sarah’s Jenner†for $10, and all the proceeds of the purchase will go to the Canadian Cancer Society.'
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/26/tech/gaming-gadgets/mechwarrior-sarahs-jenner/index.html
That's a nice thing to happen.
QuoteThe organizers say non-players interested in contributing should reach out to their local cancer societies.
All of us know, or will in future know, someone suffering with cancer, it may even be you or me.
One day, with our help, maybe the boffins will find a cure.
Cancer research UK isn't funded by the government, it relies on donations.
Please Donate (http://support.cancerresearchuk.org/support-us/donate/donate-money).
Yeah, I don't think anyone is lucky enough to make it through life without a close friend or family member suffering from cancer. It's becoming more and more survivable, but still needs funding.
On the subject of the story, it's a nice piece. I wish more games interacted in this way with their fans. Borderlands did some really nice things too, helped with a proposal for one couple and wrote a eulogy for another fan. Games are becoming a bigger piece of people's lives, it's nice to see some developers stepping up and showing fans they care.