MMO Players Help a Boy’s Wish Come True

Geek Culture

Image: Kotaku / Sony Online Entertainment

I’ve had the good fortune to be a part of MMORPG communities for years, both as a player and an official capacity as a community manager. I’ve never heard a story as touching as this one: players of EverQuest II recently pulled together to make the wish of a terminally ill boy come true.

Kotaku related the story of Carri Hoover, who posted on Sony Online Entertainment’s official forums in early March to ask if anyone could spare their in-game time and money to create a special place for her son, John.

[Read the rest of Kelly Knox’s post about the genorosity of gamers at GeekMom.]

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