If you are something like me, your myriad social media feeds have develop into a rolling timeline of atrocities to which you are feeling compelled, uselessly, to bear witness. But here is a possibility to do one thing, nonetheless small:
Itch.io is presently internet hosting Play for Peace – Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle, an unlimited 382-game pack that you could choose up for a tiny $8, with proceeds going “directly to Palestine aid and relief.”
The video games are, properly, actually too many to record right here, however would usually retail for $1,177 altogether. Plenty of them are small indie initiatives you may by no means have heard of (which is not to say they do not look cool), however there are just a few heavy hitters in there.
There’s stuff like chatting-and-coffee-making sim Coffee Talk, Extreme Meatpunks Forever (of PCG-declared “Best videogame name ever” fame), hack-n-slash roguelite Moon Hunters, VVVVVV, and a book (yes) called “I Signed Up To Be The Substitute Familiar Of A Struggling Witch To Pay My Bills And I’m Just Now Realizing What I Got Myself Into,” which I’ve never heard of but I feel very much vibes with PCG’s patented (not actually patented) long headline technology.
And then, you know, a few hundred more games, which aren’t in the main about being gay and destroying capitalism, but which certainly do feature those things prominently as themes, which I think all cool people can endorse. And all for a mere eight bucks.
If you’d like to know the good cause your eight bucks are going to, the bundle’s organisers have partnered with UNRWA USA, “an independent 501c3 nonprofit that supports the work of UNRWA through fundraising, education, and advocacy in the United States.” In essence, the {dollars} go to UNRWA USA which then passes them on to UNRWA, the official United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees within the Near East.
A load of excellent video games—let’s be trustworthy, most of which you will properly by no means get to, being that there are almost 400 of ’em—and an excellent trigger. You may do quite a bit worse together with your money and time.