Itch.io’s amazing 1,500-game charity bundle surpasses $5 million goal

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Article note: The huge number of games is like 75% weird anime/furry/dating sim choose-your-own-adventure porn, game assets, and other so-far-up-their-own-unconditional-affirmation-asses-they're-choking indie game community bullshit, but there are a handful of things I've been wanting to try mixed in, so good excuse to chuck $10 to timely charitable causes.
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Indie gaming storefront Itch.io is currently offering arguably the best video game bundle in history: more than 1,500 games and counting for just $5, with all proceeds going toward the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund. Now, the deal, called the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality, has passed more than $5 million in proceeds for charity as of Thursday afternoon.

It’s more money than any of the biggest gaming corporations have thus far donated amid Black Lives Matter protests following the killing of George Floyd, whose death at the hands of former Minnesota police officers has sparked worldwide outrage and a national reckoning on police brutality and racial justice.

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