Life got away from me last weekend and I was unable to assemble our Epic Games themed care package following our Epic sized Gears of War 3 gamernight/charity raffle. Congratulations to the winner of our $350 Project Triforce Marcus Fenix bust raffle, Mr. Cory Allshouse; his donation of $20 was worth seven tickets in our charity raffle, and his lucky number came up!
Anyway, back on target, CRIMSON OMEN is primed like a satchel charge and on its way to Jaron and his team in Afghanistan! Here’s what’s in it; obviously with the centerpiece of the care package being all the gorgeous Epic Games/Gears of War 3 signed swag Epic Games donated to us! I also want to take a minute and recognize our latest corporate donors, the folks over at Gamer Grub and PDP (Performance Designed Products) for their donation this month! All games are 360 discs unless listed below!
Purchased/donated:
Gears of War skinned 250 GB Xbox 360
2x Gears of War skinned Wireless Controller
1x HDMI cable
Soul Calibur 5 with Graphic Art book
Wii Lanyard
Soul Calibur 4 (PS3)
Killzone 3 (PS3)
Little Big Planet (PS3)
Marvel vs Capcom 3 (PS3)
1 x Game Informer
1 x Victoria’s Secret (ahem)
Epic Games:
3 x signed copies Gears of War 3
1 x Gears of War fleece blanket
2 x Gears of War 3 BradyGames Gameguides
2 x signed Gears of War 3 comic books
3 x signed Gears of War universe novels (Coalition’s End, Jacinto’s Remnant, Aspho Fields)
4 x Gears of War Crimson Omen sticker packs
10 x “Epic Gamer” Epic Games t-shirts
Gamer Grub:
10 x packs of PB&J Gamer Grub
PDP:
1 x Rock Candy 360 12’ wired controller
Activision:
Blur
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3)
Bethesda Games:
Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
Hunted: The Demon’s Forge (PS3)
Capcom:
World Gone Sour (downloaded to Xbox harddrive)
Dead Rising 2 (PS3)
Devil May Cry HD Collection
Double Fine:
Iron Brigade (Downloaded to Xbox Hard Drive)
Brutal Legend (PS3)
Electronic Arts:
Battlefield 3
Shadows of the Damned (PS3)
Skate 3 (PS3)
Need for Speed The Run (PS3)
Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning (PS3)
Alice: Madness Retuns (PS3)
Battlefield 3 (PS3)
Kalypso:
Tropico 3
Tropico 4
PC Gamer:
1 x How to Build a Gaming Rig magazine
1 x PC Gamer magazine
Phil War (@raidingforces)
“Those Who Dare” WW2 Fiction Novel, sent by the author
Ranger Coffee:
3 x packs of Ranger Coffee
Reverb Communications:
Naughty Bear (PS3)
Robot Entertainment:
Orcs Must Die (downloaded to Xbox harddrive)
THQ:
Darksiders (PS3)
Darksiders 2 sweatshirt x2
3 x Space Marine lanyards
Valve:
Portal 2
Portal 2 (PS3)
1 x Steelseries 360 wired headset
1 x Evil Controller Urban camo wired controllers
Ubisoft:
1 x Ezio Auditore 6” statuette from Assassins Creed 2
Total Care Package Value (Based on Amazon Pricing, Before Shipping Costs): $1938.55
- I think this second grader has really got a future in art design.
Good, I love when our care packages are around the $2000 mark; raises the overall care package dollar amount and makes for a hell of a Powerpoint slide bullet when I present my little media kit to prospective donors and interested parties. Okay, too much “inside baseball”, as it were.
We’re getting ready to announce our next care package shortly, but in the meantime if you’d like to help us build video game care packages for troops deployed to Afghanistan, here are four simple ways to donate:
1) Use the Chipin link on the front of Front Towards Gamer.com. OR
2) Use the Chipin link on the front page of Operation Supply Drop.org. OR
3) Make a Paypal donation to donations@operationsupplydrop.org.
4) If you don’t want to send cash, you can simply send your used games or gear to the following address to make the next care package:
Operation Supply Drop
9301 Alvyn Lake Circle
Bristow VA, 20136
Thanks, everyone!
