Radio Free Nintendo: Doin' It Live (For The Kids)! - Dec. 4 (A Child's Play telethon)

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OP shamelessly copied from NeoGAF. I would have made my own OP at the time the forum went offline, but now it's just more important to get the message of this spread out.

If you don't know Radio Free Nintendo, they do a weekly podcast about gaming (and not just the Nintendo side of things). This time, instead of doing the usual, they're doing this telethon-style podcast for Child's Play. Their goal is to raise $5000, and they're already at just below $1000 without the show having even started yet.

Felt this was worth posting especially since I can't recall another show like it ever. Plus, Craig Harris is rumored to be making his first public appearance since leaving IGN. Might that be relevant to your interests?

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/blog/24406

Who: Radio Free Nintendo, a leading Nintendo podcast, and other internet gaming personalities

What: A special podcast telethon

When: Saturday, December 4, 12pm EST/9am PST/5pm GMT

Where: Stream and donation box available here

Why: To raise money for Child's Play

Quote:
Here at Nintendo World Report, we've long been supporters of Child's Play, the fantastic charity that provides toys and games to hospitalized kids. So, when our old friend Karl Castaneda brought us an idea for doing a special, live-streaming version of RFN to support Child's Play, we got excited. Not only can we do things live that don't make sense in the recorded version, like real-time listener interaction, but the lack of editing means there are fewer constraints on how long the show can run. Then we thought... why not do it telethon-style, all day long? With a respectful nod to Desert Bus for Hope, we present RFN: Doin' It Live... for the Kids!

The idea is pretty simple: keep donating money for this great cause, and we'll keep podcasting. The first hour is free, and each additional hour will have an increasing donation goal to keep us going. It should be self-limiting, but since we aren't set up for Desert Bus-type endurance runs, we'll have a maximum of 12 hours. Can you imagine it, up to 12 hours of Radio Free Nintendo insanity? To make that happen, we'll need to raise a lot of money for sick kids. And to make you want to hear more and more of the show and keep donating, we need to offer exciting programming each hour. If you have any ideas or requests, please let us know in advance! You can also get updates on the event and help spread the word by connecting to RFN on Facebook.

***If you are new to RFN, please be advised that the show contains explicit language. We're doin' it for the kids, but the show itself is for grown-ups.***

Programming schedule and $$$ required to unlock:
(Note: Schedule and guests are subject to change before and even during event. Each hour of content will be unlocked when the corresponding donation goal is met.)

12:00 EST - New Business (Free)
1:00 EST - Super NES/Famicom 20th Anniversary Retrospective ($100)
2:00 EST - Radio Trivia (game music) with Michael "TYP" Cole ($300)
3:00 EST - Craig Harris chats about holiday games, future systems, and more! ($750)
4:00 EST - Jeff Kalles on Child's Play and a look back at Metroid Prime Hunters ($1250)
5:00 EST - Game of the Year Roundtable ($1750)
6:00 EST - Nintendo Quiz with Karlie and James ($2500)
7:00 EST - Hidden Gems of WiiWare, DSiWare, and Virtual Console ($3250)
8:00 EST - Listener Interaction Extravaganza! ($4000)
9:00 EST - Billy Berghammer on our 3DS and Wii 2 Wishlists ($5000)
10:00 EST - Wii Report Card 2010 -- Our Annual Check-Up ($7500)
11:00 EST - Closing Thoughts, Drinking Games, and Calamity ($10,000)

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Bump in case this was missed during the middle of the night. Podcast has started.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/sitenews/24406

Just another $160 to go to get them talking until 5pm.

Also, if I heard them correctly from last week's podcast, this will not be available for download afterwards simply because of how long it will be and bandwidth issues and such, but if you donate, you'll be given a way to get the whole thing.

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As of right now, if $140 isn't donated, this will be the last hour of the show. So get listenin'!

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Currently at $1786, with just 8 minutes to spare for the Game of the Year roundtable! That will probably be the last hour.

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Thread bump because they've put up the entire telethon up for download. All 6 and a half hours of it! If you missed it last week, you have a chance to listen to it now.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/podcast?showall&series=rfn#episodes

One more thing: They raised $2223 for Child's Play by doing this. :^: