As gamers, we rarely get opportunities to do something for others, especially when it supports a worthwhile charity that looks after the interests of children. All of this could very well be changing with organizations such as OneBigGame.

OneBigGame is organized by volunteers and is setup to develop and create video games which they publish for charity. So from a gamer's perspective, what this means is that if you purchase a game that is published under the OneBigGame banner, your money will be given to a charity supported by the organisation. The organisation's motto is "Play, so others can can" and it's as simple as that. So buy a game and save a life.

OneBigGame was founded by Martin de Ronde who began in the industry 10 years ago. He then founded his own development studio in 1998 which was then sold to Lost Boys Games. After being renamed to 'Guerilla Games' in 2003, Martin was then commercial director and part of the team that created the PS2 game 'Killzone' for Sony Computer Entertainment. After moving on to Media Republic, Martin then founded OneBigGame in 2006.

The first game released by OneBigGame called 'Chime' is now available for download via Xbox Live for 400 Microsoft points. I will be downloading this and getting that much more out of my gaming knowing that my money will be going towards a worthy cause.

So gamers, if you ever wanted an opportunity to turn the tide on all those negative stereotypes gamers keep getting slapped with, this is a step in the right direction.

You can check out OneBigGame here: [URL=http://www.onebiggame.org]www.onebiggame.org[/URL] and Chime here: [URL=http://www.chimegame.com]www.chimegame.com[/URL].

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