Man donates PS3 to charity

November 22nd, 2006, 01:14 Posted By: gunntims0103

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He may be the only person who spent last week standing in line for a PlayStation 3 for charity.

"Gamers in general, you know, they're not bad, they just have a bad rap," said Craig Skistimas.

Skistimas runs a gaming web-site from his parents' kitchen counter-top in Flower Mound.

Starting last Monday, he camped out in a Best Buy parking lot so that on Friday he could be first in line.

He sold the PS3 online and donated the proceeds to a charity that gives video games to kids in hospitals.

"You're benefitting gamers, you're benefitting kids in hospitals, and it's really a win for everybody involved," he says.

Throughout the week, Skistimas and a few colleagues produced video blogs chronicling his week-long wait in line.

The blog was posted at various websites making Skistimas a web celebrity among video gamers.

"So I was chatting with hundreds of people every day, and just talking to them about the auction. Are you really in line? Yeah, I'm really in line."

Skistimas donated about $2,000.

"It's done nothing but good, nothing but good. It was definitely an awesome experience. If I could do it again, I'd do it over three times," said Skistimas.

This is by far the best news iv heard for the Ps3. What are your thoughts?

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