I’m not-live blogging our Extra-Life 2015 Marathon! More games, more fun! Our team, The Vidiots, could still use donations, if you like. We can always use more sick kids; they’re so inspiring!

We’ve been playing:

• Even more Super Smash Bros. Wii-U. This is going to be a near constant with this crowd.
• PCs were doing even more The Binding of Isaac and quite a bit of Undertale. There’s also been quite a bit of good, old-fashioned Team Fortress action.
• Lots more Lethal League on the SteamLink.

Pictures!

More to come!

I’m not-live blogging our Extra-Life 2015 Marathon! After subjecting ourselves to the horror that is “Pixels”, we’re back to playing! Our team, The Vidiots, could still use donations, if you like. We can always use more sick kids; they’re so inspiring! Since the movie ended, we’ve played:

• More Super Smash Bros. Wii-U. This is going to be a near constant with this crowd.
• PCs were doing even more The Binding of Isaac and HearthStone.
• Our man playing Fallout 3 has decided that it’s his mission to move all of the shopping carts in the wasteland to the Super Duper Mart. Well, “mission”, may be a strong word; let’s say “hobby”, instead.

At some point it was also decided that every time anybody started to sing “Mad World“, everybody had to join in or face undetermined consequences:

More to come!

I’m not-live blogging our Extra-Life 2015 Marathon, and I’m already running behind. We’ve got 10 teenage boys locked in varying forms of mortal combat.

Our team, The Vidiots, have raised $383 for sick kids so far. You can still donate, if you like – we can always use more sick kids; they’re so inspiring! This hour we’ve played:

• Some Super Smash Bros. Wii-U to get things started!
• Scattered around various PCs there was some The Binding of Isaac, Fallout 3 and HearthStone. A few of the phones also saw Puzzle and Dragons and Fallout Shelter.
• The SteamLink has been a huge success – when connected to PlayStation Dual Shock 4 controllers (the Steam Controller itself isn’t getting great reviews, sorry Valve). There was some hectic action in Lethal League and Skull Girls.
• The was also some weirdness. Several people were introduced to the bizarre The Static Speaks my Name and somebody brought a Sega Genesis and subjected a small, but dedicated contingent to the marvels of Shaq-Fu.

We’re heading towards lunch soon. Here’s some eye candy for you:

More to come!

I’ll be not-live blogging our Extra-Life 2015 Marathon at, with any luck, about an hour delay. Amazingly, nearly everybody that planned to show up, has. More amazingly for a group of teenagers, they were all on time. There are still a couple of holdouts, but we’ve got more than enough to make this count!

Our team, The Vidiots, have raised $383 for sick kids so far. You can still donate, if you like – we can always use more sick kids; they’re so inspiring!

Here are a few shots of our lovely home before the invasion.

Weep for us, people! Weep for us!

We’re getting ready to kick off our Extra-Life 2015 Marathon! In a little over 12 hours we will be invaded by nearly a dozen 17 year-old boys. They will fill our humble home with the sights, sounds and smells (oh, dear lordy me, the smells!) of charity! And gaming. Lots of gaming.

Our team, The Vidiots, have currently raised $345 for sick kids. You can still donate, if you like – we can always use more sick kids; they’re so inspiring!

We’ve got a PS4, a PS3, a Wii-U, a regular-old Wii and an impressive tower of board, card and dice games. Our brand new Steam Link is ready to bring PC games to our TV and a proud, lonely PlayStation Vita stands united with a short-stack of Nintendo DS’s for private play. Controllers are charged and stacked like cordwood. Plentiful snacks are at hand! Caffeinated beverages are standing by!

Folks. We. Are. Ready!