🛑 Please read! 🛑 If you've been to a convention, especially one of the PAXs, you've probably encountered or at least heard about The AFK Room. It's a quiet space where congoers can retreat to when things get overwhelming. One of the major providers and curators of that space,

A serious, painful blog post about the status of Take This by Doctor B please read & support if you can. If your job will match, even better. I’m asking as the Chair of the Board & Stream Ambassador takethis.org/2024/08/take-t…

If you missed our fundraiser stream kickoff with Take This, you can still get our "It's Okay to Crumble" t-shirt! Get this super cool design and support two of your favorite organizations here: shop.cookiebrigade.org/products/its-o…

We shared the news with our close community yesterday, and now we’re sharing with the public: Take This will shut its doors before the end of the year if we can’t secure funding. Doctor B ‘s bittersweet and transparent blog post has the details. takethis.org/2024/08/take-t…

Take This is an incredible organization that has done deeply important work in our gaming communities. From clutch advice & research to the AFK rooms at big events like PAX! If you can give a little or a lot to help support mental health for gamers and devs, this is the time!

Just in case anyone had concerns, the Accelerate program is fully funded - Sarah Hays, PsyD 🏳️‍🌈 and I will carry that project forward, though if Take This closes the future of Accelerate is uncertain.

The team at Take This is such a diverse group of talented, brilliant, and kind people with a unified mission: “Take This is a mental health nonprofit decreasing stigma and increasing support for mental health in games” They are going through a tough time and need your help.

The first MH charity in the gaming space, Take This is at risk of closing forever. Please, read, share, and donate!

Found out some awful news this weekend: Take This, an amazing Mental Health organization that helps support gamers at events like PAX will shut down if they don't raise enough money by September 30th. To try and help, Sprites and Dice is running a last minute charity event. 🧵

A post-PAX West funding update from Doctor B !

I made a tiltify campaign to help support Take This . For every donation of $10 or more, you'll get entered into a drawing to win a $50 gift card to HeartBeat Dice if we double our goal, the gift card will get increased to $100. Donate here: tilt.fyi/9Uoeux7sih

The memoir chapters in The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: Bluey are powerful time capsules of parental struggles in the early days of the pandemic contrasted with the collective relief of finding Official Bluey TV. They'll make you cry (in a good way) rkowert.com/bluey/

Perfect wedding day reading. 📖 rkowert.com/the-witcher/

Live from Doctor B , here's your weekly update on Take This' September fundraising efforts.

It’s official! Really excited and honored to be in the first cohort of mentors for #AccelerateProgram! 🎉

We cast Incantation of Generosity! If you donate $50 to Take This, our friends over at Beadle & Grimm’s are offering 10% off purchases of $50 or more. Donate at givebutter.com/bg-incantation to receive your 10% off code to Beadle and Grimm's Pandemonium Warehouse!

🎮  Exciting Announcement! 🎮 I'm thrilled to be speaking at the 20th Anniversary Women in Games Global Conference – PLAY GROUNDED – celebrating 20 years of empowering women in gaming! shorturl.at/HJvbJ #WIGConf24 #WomenInGames #GamingForGood #WomenInTech #DayOfTheGirl

We are incredibly grateful to Paizo and Humble Bundle for choosing us as a charity partner and announcing the Bundle of the Dead! Bonus action: All donations to Take This during September will be matched up to $50,000, including from this bundle! humblebundle.com/books/pathfind…

Just a week away from our next Games Leadership Retrospective Talk with JC Lau - we'll be looking at "Power Play: Leadership Lessons from DEI in Games"! Tickets can be reserved here: tickettailor.com/events/gamesle…