Extra Life 2022 Begins!

While I have been at this since January, we are officially jumping into the new year's Extra Life event now at the site. First I am thankful as hell to be able to say this each and every year and I do not see that changing in the future. But what is Extra Life? Well if you have been with us for a while you probably already know this, but for the newbies (and welcome by the way), it is a charity event where gamers around the globe come together to raise money and help sick kids. Every year we all pick a hospital we play for and all donations made in any given player's name will go to that hospital, and end the run with a 24 hour gaming marathon. It's all run by the Children's Miracle Network and simply an amazing way the gaming world can help those who need it most. Does this sound like something you would want to be a part of? Then why not sign up at www.extra-life.org? If you would rather help another gamer playing... (I mean we are not here to dominate this, we are here to help kids) you can find all the gamers playing there, too.

But if you wish to help us, first I have to thank you. Any help we personally can bring to the table is humbling, and you can find the link to our team page both here or in the links on the right-hand-side of our page.

And finally I do have a bit of news to give you all. In addition to the big event, there is a relatively new competition called Extra Life United which has been happening over the past few years. This will be the first time in a while where the event will have a live component as well as an online one. In a few short weeks gamers will be competing to bring donations to their hospital in Orlando Florida (April 12-15) and will likely be broadcast on the Extra Life Twitch channel. We will be hosting it as soon as we see this going on, but we encourage you to follow them too.

As of for the big event, most will be gaming on Nov 5th. This is not set in stone outside the main Extra Life channel itself, so you can expect gamers to spread out a little bit, but we will try to hold to it ourselves. If we need to adjust, we will let you know. 

And with that, I think it is time to get moving. Thank you for reading and see you out there!

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Blair Witch (PC) Review

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The Crooked Man (PC) Review

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HiveSwap: FriendSim (PC) Review

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Little Nightmares (PC) Review

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