Tactical Pinup, Gamers 4 Change breaking records for charity through gaming In this episode, “For Maggie”, BigHeartedGamers visits with Twitch charity streamer, Tactical Pinup, on the final eve of her team’s campaign as it was on the verge of earning $125,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We talk about her path as a charitable gamer and where her and her team, Gamers 4 Change, are headed. Intro and outro music for this episode is from Eric Skiff’s…
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This week BigHeartedGamers we will be attending a couple of days worth of E3 in Los Angeles, California. We’ll start the week at the E3 Microsoft Press Event and make our way from there to various other press events and then to the show floor. While there have been a few leaks of info about new or revised consoles, there doesn’t seem to have been anything earth shattering leaked so far. Or maybe we haven’t…
We support the gamers who play games and volunteer for charity. BigHeartedGamers.com wants to recognize people who support their communities, locally or at large. What was the game that turned you into a gamer? The game that turned me into a gamer would have to be The Legend of Zelda on the NES. My mother was really deep into video games in that era, and she always kept her games to play with me. Zelda…
We are happy to share our first audio feature here on BigHeartedGamers.com. Enjoy our pilot episode and be sure check out Bee the Swarm. It shouldn’t be too surprising, perhaps even befitting that a person who studies the stars has hopeful aspirations for terrestrial things. Rob Slaughter is a physicist for the Air Force. When he isn’t staring into space through an amazing telescope, he is helping others through gaming. His mobile app, Bee the Swarm, let’s…
What is Charity Live Stream? It started simply enough. Several ideas jotted down on a piece of paper in February of 2015 outlining a new idea for a new business venture. An idea to centralize thousands of gamers that raise money for charity. Every year video game driven events raise millions of dollars across the world for various charities. These communities are passionate, diverse and eager to play, work and sacrifice for their charity of…
A relative newcomer to the charity scene, Streams for Dreams hosts events to raise money for charities. As they see it: At Streams for Dreams we host gaming events with the intention of raising money for charities. We find games entertaining, and we want to share that entertainment with you, but we don’t want anything back for ourselves. Our dream is just to help people with theirs. Simple, right? So we ask that you donate…
We support the gamers who play games and volunteer for charity. BigHeartedGamers.com wants to recognize people who support their communities, locally or at large. What was the game that turned you into a gamer? Tetris, for the GameBoy. What video game charities do you play or volunteer for? I’ve been doing Extra Life going on six years now. While I don’t play for them anymore, I try to support Operation: Supply Drop and Stack-Up.org. Do…
Charity and games people, that’s what we’re talking here. Anyone here of the game Halo? Anyone hear of the United States Military? Well put those two together with a live stream and you have a match made for raising awareness and funds! Check out this info: In conjunction with Operation Supply Drop, Podtacular is pleased to announce the inaugural Spartans For Troops Halo Community Livestream event! Partnering with over twenty groups and personalities, this event…
We talked about Gamers Outreach in July of last year here at Big Hearted Gamers because they are pretty awesome. The goal of Gamers Outreach is to provide kids in hospitals with recreation and therapy through the power of video games and they’ve done an amazing job. As of publication, Gamers Outreach is helping 78,840 children per year. That’s a staggering number! Think about the city in which you live. Your home city might be…
We support the gamers who play games and volunteer for charity. BigHeartedGamers.com wants to recognize people who support their communities, locally or at large. What was the game that turned you into a gamer? Super Mario World. The SNES was my first console as a kid. I remember being so excited when my brother and I opened the box on Christmas morning. I was very confused when I opened the box and there was nothing…