Free Video Games For our Troops

16 Mar

Free video games for our soldiers – we thought that was cool. And the story behind the only spacer4.jpgorganization that is solely devoted to this task is cool as well. SPC Jesse Williams founded the (NFP) gamesforsoldiers.org when he returned from active duty in Afghanistan and has been working (singlehandedly, by the looks of the site) to get video games donated to soldiers stationed there and in Iraq.

He started contacting video game publishers whilst still in Afghanistan because they were such a great way for soldiers to relax and get a break. Thanks to SPC Williams, thousands of video games have been sent to armed services personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan!Hordes of Orcs

And SPC Willims is not the only hero here because MrJoy and Freeverse are the ones that came through and donated the latest game -more than 20,000 copies of Hordes of Orcs – to the US Armed Services through Games For Soldiers. (And at around $25 a game that’s equivalent to $500,000)

If you would like to know more – you can get the interview with Jon Frisby of MrJoy, Inc live on iTunes podcasts (episode 41).