Links: Animal Crossing, plus a plug for Child's Play

This is from a fairly sad story involving a mother, a daughter, and "Animal Crossing," a Nintendo game where you interact with a virtual world and can send messages and gifts to other people playing the game. Here's a YTMND featuring the comic, with some plaintive music (+10 nerd points if you can ID the track).

Anyway, the real reason I'm bringing all of this up is to remind people that the 2008 Child's Play charity drive is going on right now. I've always believed video games were a huge boon to people who are otherwise bedridden or disabled. Donate, and help some sick kids have a better holiday season.