On Sunday June 5th starting at 12:30pm and ending at 1:30pm ET, we will be giving away a bundle of limited edition Portal 2 merchandise. All of these items are officially licensed by Valve and rather hard to come by. For your testing pleasure, we’re including: Portal Gun and Weighted Companion Cube Keychains Aperture Science is… Read More »
Want to help spread the word about UPickVG 5, the upcoming game-a-thon funding clean water projects in the developing world? Want to earn shiny Karma points that can be used to enter giveaways, and for bragging rights? Like showing off the awesome heart-controller icon of UPickVG? You friend, are in luck! We’ve got a quick… Read More »
On Saturday June 4th starting at 4:30pm and ending at 5:30pm ET, we will be giving away a custom art commission from the amazing artist Fusspot! Hailing from Chicago, this fantastic freelancer’s art is full of expressive and colorful characters. Fusspot has graciously donated her time to create a unique piece of art. The commission can… Read More »
On Friday June 3rd starting at 8:30pm and ending at 9:30pm ET, we will be giving away a bundle of Steam game keys! This collection covers a wide variety of genres and includes the following games: The U-Pick Crew is very grateful to our own Bobby for his donation of these games to UPickVG 5, and we look… Read More »
During a UPickVG game-a-thon for charity, your charity donations pick the games we play. It’s pretty much our “thing.” But donations aren’t the only thing that determine the game of the hour (every hour!): there’s also… THE WHEEL OF DESTINY! If you need a little refresher course on how the Wheel of Destiny works, we’re… Read More »
When you think of water scarcity, what comes to mind? Do you imagine hot, arid deserts? Dusty roads with bright sun and no shelter? Or do you imagine green mountains with arable land? Silty river basins with long rainy seasons? Two of our past charity: water projects, in Rwanda and Cambodia, present a unique conundrum… Read More »
[Editor’s note: In honor of Tail of the Sun being the first game to EVER have a successful write-in campaign on our games poll, and thus ending up on UPickVG 5’s Available Games List, we decided to let our guard down and allow Grant to write another one of his “game reviews,” this one about… Read More »
UPickVG 5, the mega 48-hour game-a-thon for charity where YOU pick the games, is right around the corner, June 3rd-5th! As that time quickly approaches, we are proud to announce the list of games that will be available for you to choose from! This game list was put together based on your suggestions and your… Read More »
Here it comes: the schedule for which UPickVG volunteers will be subjected to YOUR game choices, and when! Here are the faces that will be playing whatever games you choose for charity, and when: Friday, June 3rd Friday 8pm – Midnight Saturday, June 4th Saturday Midnight – 4am Saturday 4am – 8am Saturday 8am –… Read More »
UPickVG 5, the fifth annual-ish charity game-a-thon where you, the viewer, get to pick the games we have to play – why, it’s just around the corner! And now, it’s time for one of the really fun parts of the game picking: the voter poll! We use your votes in this poll to determine how… Read More »