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By Owen Good
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Early this afternoon, Brian Brinegar, Dan May and John Groth finished their seven-game Super Mario Marathon that began Friday, and ended officially before 3 pm Eastern with more than $10,000 raised for Child's Play, the gamers' charity that donates books, toys, games and money to kids in children's hospitals across North America.

Brian, the marathon's organizer, said the total raised shattered the original goal of $1,500. "I think our suckage worked to our advantage," he said. "Had we completed the games in say 20 hours, we would never have raised this amount of money."

All told, the trio lost well more than 500 lives over nearly 48 hours of gaming. They sped through the first three titles, and blew past the $1,500 goal in the first hour. After that they took requests from contributors and viewers (who logged more than 60,000 viewing hours, combined, on the webcam, Brian said) just to keep things interesting.

In the end, Dan brought the marathon to a close by whipping Bowser's ass in Super Mario Galaxy at 2:47 pm, Eastern time. "I was pumped right up until Dan finished Bowser in Galaxy," Brian said. Now he's just wiped out. Still, John (the guy in the overalls and cap) and Brian plan to continue their pursuit of the last 30 or so stars needed to unlock Luigi in Super Mario Galaxy, taking them to about 8 pm tonight.

"I don't think I'll play a 3D Mario again this year," Brian said. The group slept and gamed in shifts. "We must have died like 30 times on Bowser in Mario 64, mostly from fatigue. And Mario Sunshine was probably overall the worst," Brian said.

John and Dan are Purdue University alumni; Brian is a current student and employee. The nearest hospital to them participating in Child's Play is Riley Hospital of Indianapolis.

Congratulations to the marathoners. Ten thousand dollars is a prestige number, for any kind of donation, and they and all who contributed should be proud of what they've done this weekend.

The marathon unfolded on this schedule:

Friday, June 27
3 pm to 3:17 ? Super Mario Brothers begun and beaten. Four lives lost in 17 minutes.
3:17 pm to 3:50 pm ? Super Mario Brothers 2 begun and beaten. Four lives lost in 23 minutes.
3:50 pm to 5:27 pm ? Super Mario Brothers 3 begun and beaten. "A ton" of lives lost in 1 hour, 37 minutes.
5:35 pm to 6:23 pm ? Super Mario World begun and beaten. 4 lives lost in 48 minutes.
6:23 pm ? Super Mario 64 begun

Saturday, June 28
5:47 am ? Super Mario 64 beaten, 122 lives lost in 11 hours, 10 minutes
6:02 am to 8:41 pm ? Super Mario Sunshine begun and beaten, 127 lives lost in 14 hours, 39 minutes.
9:09 pm ? Super Mario Galaxy begun.

Sunday, June 29
2:42 pm ? Super Mario Galaxy beaten, 232 lives lost in 17 hours, 31 minutes.
Combined: 47 hours, 42 minutes, 524 plus "a lot" of lives lost.

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Game Marathons: Fad, or Going the Distance? [Game Marathons]
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Reminder: Extra Life charity marathon taking place today
Image 0 en - Reminder: Extra Life charity marathon taking place today Filed under: Culture We've all had gaming sessions so lengthy that a thin layer of film formed between our posteriors and our furniture -- but rarely have we ever had a worthwhile reason for doing so. However, as of 9 a.m. today, ga [..] Read complete article
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GTA Marathon: Go Get Arrested. Lots. [Gta Iv]
This popped up on the Rockstar Social Club a short while ago: The Liberty City Marathon. In other words, do a lot of what you ordinarily do in GTA, just do it a lot more often — or if you've finished up [..] Read complete article
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Mario Invades NYC Taxi Cabs [Event]
Not content to get pwned by me in Mario Kart Wii, Mario is heading over to New York City later this week to take New Yorkers for a ride. This Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. Mario (not that creepy Denver Mario, the real deal) will be at the Sheraton Hotel, 811 7th Avenue betwe [..] Read complete article
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Nite to Unite Raises $750K for Charity [Nite To Unite]
The Entertainment Software Association's annual fundraiser for children's charities raised three-quarters of a million dollars this year, the association said. ?The video game industry?s commitment to giving back is stronger than ever,? said ESA pres [..] Read complete article
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Rock Band Drum Marathon Goes 24+ Hours [Marathons]
You know how iTunes helpfully tells you your playlist contains "1.1 days" of music? Well, 22-year-old Sean Feica just drummed that in a solo Rock Band marathon that will be at l [..] Read complete article
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PS3 Laptop charity auction, bid at Engadget
Filed under: Hacks, Sony PlayStation 3 Our brothers-in-arms over at Engadget are proudly hosting a charity auction for Ben Heck's one-of-a-kind PlayStation 3 laptop. If you're interested, you've got one week t [..] Read complete article
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Mario Super Sluggers on deck for Wii
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Marathon: Durandal Map Pack Drops Tomorrow [Downloadable Content]
Fans of Freeverse's port of the Bungie classic Marathon for Xbox Live Arcade are getting a real treat tomorrow as the company announces the imminent release of the Jjaro Map Pack. Due out tomorrow, the map pack includes twelve classic multiplayer levels from Marat [..] Read complete article
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