Hello! We're Gaming For Others! We're a small group of avid gamers from Warwickshire in the United Kingdom that play awesome games for charity. Our goal is simple: We play games from a particular series in a gruelling marathon until the donations run out... so the more you pay, the more we play, and by 'play', we mean 'die over and over again, scream in frustration while you laugh at our continual failure'.

In addition to donations, we're looking to you lot to really make us suffer (for a good cause!). Watch as our sanity unfolds LIVE while we are repeatedly flummoxed by the hard levels... then pick the controller back up and try again – we won't stop until we run out of donations!

Our first marathon event was the Super Mario Brothers series,in aid of SpecialEffect. It took place over the Easter weekend (April 6^th – April 9^th), we played for over 88 hours and raised over £1, 600. Watch the videos here. Stay tuned for our next event!

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SpecialEffect

SpecialEffect is a charity dedicated to using cutting-edge technology to enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities. More specifically, the organisation helps young people with disabilities play and enjoy computer games. For these children, the majority of computer games are simply too quick or too difficult to play, and we can help them and their parents to find out which games they can play, and how to adapt those games that they can't.

But this isn’t just for the sake of fun. By giving disabled young people the means to participate, we’re kick-starting rehabilitation, inclusion, self-esteem and quality of life.

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To keep our event running, we need you to donate. Every donation, no matter how small, will push us further and keep us playing. You can donate to us at any time, whether it’s now, or during the event itself. We are using JustGiving for donations and every penny goes straight to SpecialEffect Click the link below to donate. You will be redirected back to this website once your donation is complete. Thank you for your support.

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Marathon Complete

GamingForOthers’ first marathon event is now over. We played Mario games for a staggering 88 hours, received 148 donations and raised £1,674 for SpecialEffect. This money will be used to allow disabled people to love and enjoy the games we play and could not have happened without your help.

Thank you all so much for not only the donations, but also for helping us spread the word, tuning in and providing encouragement – in whatever form that may have been – throughout the event. Every retweet, bit of fan art and chat message helped push us forwards to the 88 hour mark.

The event was enormously successful and we are all looking forward to being able to do another marathon event in the near future. Please keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook pages so that you can join us again and watch us laugh, rage and cry at our next marathon... only to pick the controller back up and go again and again!

Thank you so much for watching our marathon!

-- The GamingForOthers Team