To help raise money for Child’s Play, Cody Thomson, 36, is planning to walk across several states in the U.S., including N.C., Tenn., Miss., Ark., Okla., Texas, N.M., Ariz. and Calif. Thomson, a self-proclaimed avid gamer, said to IGN that he is packing his Nintendo 3DS and plans to play Paper Mario, Professor Layton and Fire Emblem at the end of each day. It’s going to take roughly eight months for Thomson to traverse the country, and he will have walked about 3,000 miles once he’s done. Thomson’s lengthy journey begins on March 10th.
“I’ve spent months on the planning. Now I’m a few weeks out from setting off, so it’s a good time to start talking about this and raising some funds for Child’s Play. I’m seeking about $8,000 to fund the costs of the journey and everything else is for the kids. The sky’s the limit. But however much I get, I’m doing this.”
“When I was a kid I had an eye disease and the doctor actually advised that I get a games machine to strengthen my eye muscles. My parents bought me an Atari 2600. I wasn’t hospitalized, but games helped me. They had a beneficial impact. They helped me to see and I think that Child’s Play is wonderful, what they do. Kids in hospital need escapism as much as anybody.”
“I’ve been saving up games. I have Paper Mario, Professor Layton and Fire Emblem planned, so that’s something to look forward to at the end of every day.”
-Cody Thomson
Good luck to Cody! :D He’s doing an amazing thing! :D
Yes, indeed!
Do u like penis?
Are you civilized? Wait, you just answered that for me.
It is very noble of him to undertake what sounds like and will be a very daunting task, but in doing so i’m sure he’ll get probably a whole mess of streetpasses as an added bonus to doing this.
http://www.change.org/petitions/konami-platinum-games-metal-gear-rising-revengeance-for-the-nintendo-wii-u We only have a few hundred signatures! We need all the help we can get!!!
But…but how will he charge his 3DS?
Coffee shops, gas stations, anywhere there’s an outlet.
He could also carry a small, light battery in a backpack, to plug his 3DS into whenever it’s low on juice, that could last weeks on a single charge. I’m sure they exist somewhere.
Solar options are available as well.
You can get a universal wrist charger. You can plug in your phone, DS, iPod, etc. into it and charge it wherever you are. I would assume it runs on batteries so he could take a bunch of extras with him.
He said he’ll play his 3DS at night so I think that would be when he gets a motel or something, which would have an outlet for him.
Hopefully his 3DS lasts all day in sleep mode to count all of his steps.
And who said gamers weren’t active? He’s an amazing person! This is the most noble deed I’ve ever heard any one do. I know of an eye disease from doing a project on it. It’s devastating, and having a relative with eye problems really makes an impact on me. Go on, Cody! You’re doing an amazing thing!
Yes what Adam is doing is great. But to say it’s “most noble deed” makes you sound naive.
You don’t think it’s Nobel to support hospitalized kids?
Hmm.
I hope he does this challenge well. :)
Yeah! Yeah!
is he taking vita too?
What’s a Vita?
Don’t bring fanboy crap onto this article, both of you.
Leave it to the Nintendo fanboys to twist things. Very shameful of you.
^^stfu killer you’re one of those..
No, he is right, it was very shameful of them to bring crap like that into this article.
Wait, can the Vita count steps too in sleep mode too?
He’s a modern day Forrest Gump. :]
My prayers to you on your mission friend. Cheers to your success.
Yeah!
this whole thing makes me wanna go with him!
Lets do it ala forest gump
Sin valor americano, que Allah castigará a usted yo los niños por tales pecados que cometiste.
En el nombre de Dios te va a quemar en el infierno cody!!!
English please
Aprender a leer idiotas, las niños en estos dias con tan malos modales
Talk for yourself. You’re the one speaking a language most people here don’t understand.
I do and he should be baned.
Trust me, you do not want a translation
-_-
Please don’t bring up religious talk in this topic, as it’s not relevant.
Translation: American worthless, that Allah will punish you I children for such sins you committed.
In the name of God, you’re going to burn in hell cody!
Si beuna suerte estúpido inútil americano.
Allah puedo quemar usted y los niños en los fuegos del infierno!!!
Ban him a deleted all his comments.
Your religion is fucked up if you want God to send people’s kids to the fires of hell.
Mi gusta como tu eres religioso pero to querer mandar nino’s al la infierno.
Translation:like how your religious but you want send kid’s to hell.
Well…he will be back January next year lol. Think off all the games that will be out when he is finally done lol.
Make sure dirtbag Lamar Alexander doesn’t read this.
this sound like an epic pokemon adventure, don’t you agree?
i can see it already
A wild hobo appears it use money begging
Traveler use just credit card reply,is not very efectvive
Hobo use yell at traveler,critical hit
Traveler use cell phone, calls 911 honor flees.
Hobo*
(Golf clap.)
Now that i think about,he may be making this as an excuse to utilizing his Pokewalker.
Very nice.
Nice. But he would be really extremly slow then. I wouldn´t need more than 4 months to cross the USA by foot. Because he would only handle 12 miles per day, that´s nothing.
Even when you are sick? 12 miles per day is good considering he’s gonna walk for a LONG time.
I understand what you’re saying, 12 miles a day isn’t much. I’m a backpacker, I get it. But he’ll be averaging that. Some days he prolly won’t do more than a few miles. It takes a lot of effort to walk up and down through mountains all day. If you hike the Appalachian Trail (generally done south to north) you start in Georgia and finish in Maine. When you hit New England and get into the mountains you’ve done 75% of the distance and 20% of the hiking. My point is, you think you can keep up a pace of 25 miles a day the WHOLE way across the country? You’d have to jog the whole way. Most peoe who walk it take at least 7-8 months. Don’t belittle what someone else is doing for charity to make yourself feel better.
This guy is a champion!
Slow comments day , huh?
3 games for 8months ? Better take about 25 LOL!!!
I can beat even more in less time.
That’s what I’m saying lol. For 8 months , I would need a lot of fucking games ^_^
I need 25 games a month to survive, and beligerante or not i am a multy console gamer:)
This is cool, I use my for a pedometer everyday tracking how much I run or walk (it stays 10 hours in sleep mode for me without loosing battery life for me. He is going to have allot step and a huge spike on the graph.
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