The Summer Vacation Report or: Why I Haven’t Posted in 4 Months

Salutations Readers,

First off, I’ll apologize for my extended absence. But, summertime is quite busy for me and my family. Lots of weekends outdoors can put a dent in the amount of time to play games or write about them. Also, my brother got me involved in a softball league that nabbed a normally free night from my schedule.  All these little things add up and cause things like this blog to get set on the back burner.  Sadly this blog is no stranger to a setback like this.

Now, I’m back to resume blogging and roll out more great content to my readers and friends. I’m unsure of the rate that new articles will be released, but I would rather post something than nothing at all.

The reason I decided to kick-start this now is the Extra Life 24 Hour Marathon.  I’m signed up and ready for October 15th!  I hope to raise some money for Children’s Miracle Network and specifically St. Louis Children’s Hospital.  Look for more information including how to get involved or donate in the next few weeks!  If you can’t wait that long, visit http://www.Extra-Life.org/participant/commandercody83 to make a donation.

Now that I’ve got all the big stuff out of the way, I want to talk about games for just a bit.  I’ve been playing a ton of games as usual.  I’ve managed to finish Call of Duty: Black Ops, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Tornado Outbreak, Rez HD, Transformers: War for Cybertron, Red Dead Redemption, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Duke Nukem Forever, Nail’d and now Crysis 2.  I’m also caught up on Fallout: New Vegas including all the DLC that has been released and the Hardcore achievement.

So obviously I’ve had the time to game, but writing a review or article might take up to three hours.  But now things are slowing down and the weather is cooling down.  So I’ll hopefully have more time to write and produce some fun stuff.

Thanks everyone around me for your continued love and support.

Cody

PSA: A Life of Gaming for Extra Life Charity

Times are tough. Money is tight. I understand that. I live through it every day. This doesn’t mean we can’t help out a good cause. On Saturday October 16th, Extra Life (a Sarcastic Gamer community charity effort) will be kicking off a 24 hour marathon with the proceeds going to Children’s Miracle Network.

I was planning to participate, sadly I’ll be working part of that day. I’d be one grouchy bear if I had to start the longest play session of my life afterwards. So on October 23rd I’ll be doing my part and playing video games for 24 hours. The proceeds will still be going to Extra Life. As of this writing I’m unsure of the start time, but I will keep you posted!

I’d been kicking around the idea of doing a 24 hour gaming marathon for charity. In my research of gaming charities I lucked into Extra Life. I’m setting a personal goal of $240 in donations. That’s $10 for every sleep deprived hour I’ll be playing.

I can’t do it alone. Chris Burke has already pledged to play over Xbox Live with me. And I’d like to invite some of my closest friends/family to come and play with me in person!

Here is the main list of games we’ll be playing:

Borderlands

Halo Reach

Left 4 Dead 2 (have The Passing)

Modern Warfare 2

Some optional games:

Street Fighter IV

Halo 3

Halo 3: ODST

I plan to play in 6 hour intervals. So from 10 AM – 4 PM I’ll play something, then switch to another game from 4 PM to 10 PM until we’re done! I’m flexible and plan to take hourly breaks.

If you’re available and would like to play a certain game, let me know! Can’t do 6 hours or want to do more, let me know! We’ll make it work!

For people interested in playing along you can add my Gamertag: commandercody83 and we’ll play some games.

So, if you’d like to help visit http://extralife.sarcasticgamer.com and click “donate.” Then click “find a gamer” and search for my name (Cody Walker) to make a donation!

Thanks for your time. With your help we can make a difference.

Sincerely,
Cody Walker

PS: I won’t stop anyone who wants to register themselves and participate rather than just donate! If you do, join our team A Life of Gaming!