Donate to Extra Life In the heart of the COVID pandemic, and in the parking lot of the WinStar Casino just north of the Red River, I received the 2020 Hero's Award from the Children's Health Foundation. A few years later, I found myself accepted the
As the screenshot above might imply, the $100K milestone happened on May the Fourth. Yes, it’s taken me almost a month to get this update out there. Not quite how I envisioned hitting the mark that I’ve been eyeing since last year—between baseball season with the kids
From Saturday, April 26 to Monday, April 28th, Mrs. Tex will head out on a road trip to celebrate her life-long friend's 40th birthday. Long-time followers of my Extra Life efforts know what that means: I'm streaming every night she's gone. This time around,
Remember that post last week when I said I was under $300 to go to $100K? Turns out that, somewhere in my hasty attempts to organize my all time fundraising, I forgot to remove $280 (Orange Bowl Auction proceeds) from a cell equation and counted it twice. Oops! Thankfully, I
As I type this, I'm $260.22 away from raising $100,000 for Extra Life in my 10 years of gaming, torturing my taste buds/liver, and other silly stunts (by the way, I didn't forget I still owe a 5k and 10k run too!). I
I knew it would only be a matter of time before Milfy jumped into one of the Sunday Minecraft streams to wreck havoc for our group. The rest of my new friends now have discovered what I've known for years: he's here to create pain (for
Happy Friday, Heroes! Yesterday I got to take part in a call with our Extra Life program directors to get some insight on some rather exciting changes to the program. While the heart of the program, folks like me playing games to raise money (over $130 million raised since 2008
Heroes, I'm about to run off to Houston to hear Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth music live because Mrs. Tex rules and let me sneak this in as a birthday present. Before I drive off, I need to drop a quick update about future streaming plans that will occur
Heroes, I wanted to drop a quick line while I had a free moment before I get to my final set of meetings out here in Vegas. This week has been absolutely bonkers, seeing me go from Atlantic City to Chicago and now to Vegas. I can't wait
I've honestly stared at a blank draft screen trying to think up of some clever intro generate a laugh and morph that into a call for donations. Problem is, I can only dig so deep into a bag of nothing. Perhaps the Mavericks will give me Luka Doncic
I can only best describe yesterday as "well, I figured that would happen." Ohio State won the national title and the hope the first Notre Dame drive gave me quickly dissipated in the first half. Thankfully, the Irish had more fight than I did and made a game
There is no sim here. I’m behind the sticks in the first ever Extra Life College Football tournament in partnership with Playfly College Esports. You can join in too. The entry fee is a $15 donation, which is made when you sign up at https://playflycollege.gg and register
Heroes, Dropping into your inbox this weekend to let y'all know that I've added 24 more hours to the Orange Bowl Ticket Charity Auction and the minimum bid for both tickets is now $250. These are for two tickets in the upper endzone of Hard Rock
Heroes, I'm still over the moon with Notre Dame's Sugar Bowl victory last night over Georgia. Not only are the Irish two wins away from a national title (something I wouldn't have believed after watching them lose to NIU in person), but y'
Heroes, Welcome to 2025, complete with a whole lot of new changes! Firstly, gamin4aven.org will now go directly to a site where you can find all my old newsletters/posts from the defunct Substack and all future updates. The site runs on Ghost.io, which you might associate with
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A quick update on what to expect this year.
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Because Extra Life United doesn't happen by magic
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A look back. A look forward.
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And it was encouraged
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Five Games and Thoughts on Whether You Should Buy
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Spoiler Alert: Great Success!
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Donate and make me do silly things.
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Mixing in Frustration, Short Stories, and Dating Sim Horror
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This past weekend reminded me of why I Extra Life