Celebrate With Us! Sidequest’s 24-Hour Livestream for Extra Life

Celebrate With Us! Sidequest’s 24-Hour Livestream for Extra Life

Hello and welcome to Sidequest, Bleating Heart Press’ video game vertical! In celebration of our new site, we’re bringing you a solid 24 hours of video game livestreaming on Saturday, November 4. We’ll be streaming live from noon PST on Saturday to noon PST on Sunday, and, best of all, we’ll be doing it to raise money for Extra Life!

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Get Your Game On: Sombra, N7 Day, Extra Life, Voice Actors Strikes, and More Westworld

I’m still recovering from this past weekend’s Extra Life 2016 gaming marathon, but loss of sleep was well worth it. Along with thousands of other gamers all over the continent and beyond, we raised over $6.6 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. This is my fifth year as a participant, and I’m proud to have my daughters joining me in the process, though they were disappointed that I did not let them stay up all night.

While we were gaming our hearts out #ForTheKids, the gaming industry continued to bustle along. Here are a few highlights. (more…)

What it Means to Be a #SickKidsHero for Extra Life

Over a decade ago, I made a promise. I was driving to work and my favourite radio station was running a week long radio-a-thon in support of Sick Kids Hospital. Instead of my usual morning music and entertainment chatter, I listened to stories from children and families who have been helped by Sick Kids. I cried all the way to the office and promised myself that, whether or not I had children, Sick Kids would be the one charity I would unfailingly support. (more…)

Celebrate With Us! Sidequest’s 24-Hour Livestream for Extra Life

My Extra Life 2014 Game Marathon

There has been a lot of negativity and poison within gaming culture of late, but on October 25th, over 40,000 gamers set all that aside to do what we do best in a 24-hour gaming marathon in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. I am so very thankful to friends and family who helped me reach my goal, and so proud of my fellow gamers for making this event bigger and better every year. You can read more about the Extra Life campaign in my previous post.

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Celebrate With Us! Sidequest’s 24-Hour Livestream for Extra Life

Extra Life 2014: When Rage Quits Really Can Save Lives

Other than pesky colds and the occasional flu (damn you, back to school germs!), my kids are fairly healthy, and for this, I am extremely thankful. But my heart forever goes out to the children and parents who are not so fortunate which is why, for the third year running, I’ll be participating in the Extra Life gaming marathon on October 25, 2014.

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