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OCTOBERKAST! 24 Hours of This is Only a Test For the Kids!

We're taking This is Only a Test live, for 24 hours. That's right, it's OCTOBERKAST. Join Norm, Gary, Will and a slam-packed roster of guests for a full day and night of dumbassery. After all, it's all for charity!

OCTOBERKAST HAS BEGUN. To donate to Child's Play, hit the Chip-In widget down below. To watch the show live, go to our chat, load up the Tested channel on your Justin.tv app, or to listen to an audio-only feed, check out Mixlr. We've got an amazing lineup of guests, tons of fun stuff planned, and have already raised almost $6500 for the kids! Come join us, and have fun!

Child’s Play is a fantastic charity, started by Penny-Arcade in 2003. Child’s Play donates toys, video games, books, and cash to hospitals, for use by sick kids in hospitals around the world. They’ve raised more than 7 million dollars since starting, and they run the whole thing with very little overhead, so money you donate to Child’s Play will actually end up going to sick kids. That’s right, this is actually for the children.

We've announced our guest list, so be sure to check it out!

If you want to donate, click the OCTOBERKAST ChipIn widget below, which will help us keep a running tally of your contributions during the show. Anything you give using the ChipIn widget goes directly to Child’s Play, it doesn’t pass through any middlemen (including us) and no one takes a cut. When you donate, you'll also have a chance to leave a comment. If they aren't too filthy, they may or may not be read on the air!

We’ve got a great slate of guests confirmed for OCTOBERKAST--we'll unveil that roster a bit later--and we’re excited to bring you a full 24 hours of podcast, starting on October 14 at noon, right here at Tested. Naturally, you’re welcome to come by whether you donate or not, but if you can spare a few bucks for the kids, that would be pretty awesome. If you want to apply the $15 Whiskey store credit you got with your annual membership to OCTOBERKAST, it won't show up in the total here, but leave a message in the store when you make the purchase, and we'll keep track of it and report on those numbers during the event too.

We're going to do our damnedest to archive the whole thing as a podcast, and will have both video and audio-only streams going as long as we stay sane. Check back in tomorrow at 11AM PDT to find out where to watch the video or access the audio stream. We go live at noon!

Our confirmed guests include (in alphabetical order): Alexis Gallisá, Brad Shoemaker, Colin Campbell, Dan Stapleton, Dave Snider, Gordon Mah Ung, Jason Cross, Jeff Gerstmann, Jeff Green, Loyd Case, Patrick Klepek, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Veronica Belmont, and a whole lot more!

shadykx125on Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:12 p.m.

Stuff like this is why I love whiskey media. Please archive!

but ill donate either way

cosmonautDREWon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:15 p.m.

this is rad. I love these types of stream marathons. I'll donate during the stream!!

dvdhauson Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:16 p.m.

Is there going to be any video streaming of this awesomeness?

datarezon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:17 p.m.

I just donated. You really better do this now. :P

Dudeon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:17 p.m.

Hard to imagine Will and Gary doing anything for the children so this'll be interesting to watch :P.

Put some money in, would do more but being unemployed sucks.

chickdigger802on Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:18 p.m.
Would love to chip in. 
 
Would love at the very least an audio archive of this 'masterpiece'. For the record. Get it done Will! Use some of those WD HD's.
Th3_Jameson Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:20 p.m.

Who will be the first to go mad? Who will resort to cannibalism first?

MagikUnicornon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:21 p.m.

I am totally psyched for this. I'll be finishing up with my finals of the trimester just in time! I'll definitely be donating. Please make lots of hard-boiled eggs for Norm to eat. That is MY only request.

Falconon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:25 p.m.

If you guys end up taking calls, I'd love to call in and talk all things Microsoft in your down hours when any normal guests will be sleeping.

mech4399on Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:27 p.m.

I'm gonna try and do the marathon with you guys!!!!!!!!!!!

Sharpshooteron Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:28 p.m.

I love this idea and all for a great cause. I'll defiantly chip in.

chilibean_3on Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:28 p.m.

Good luck, guys. 24 hours of entertainment can't be easy for you or your voice. Can't wait to tune in around the time where you guys start going delirious form the lack of sleep.

Theresonlyoneon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:29 p.m.
Please archive this, I want it all.
rmanthorpon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:34 p.m.

THIS IS THE GREATEST IDEA

TheAdminon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:35 p.m.

So the podcast officially ends on October 15th at noon, correct? Man - that's a rough time to end it - I would assume you guys will be very, very tired. That being said...

I can't wait!!

DrWormon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:38 p.m.

Seeing how tough it was to see them keeping the Big Live Live shows going, I can see this going horribly, horribly wrong.

Which means this going to be soooo awesome!

Ford_Prefecton Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:44 p.m.

$1 per hour, who's in with me?

MrMazzon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:46 p.m.

Im in

Vyperon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:47 p.m.

Awesome, just one question.

Lord Whitta spells it OKTOBERCAST, yet here it is spelled OCTOBERKAST.

WHAT IS THIS MADNESS? (This is possibly the best First World Problem to have ever existed)

Andrewon Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:58 p.m.

I can't wait for this! I will be donating during the podcast and I'll double my donation with a pledge to archive! (Something @will has said wouldn't happen... I want to listen to the whole damn thing!)

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