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Starting August 1st at 5PM CST, this page will be home to our run through the four 3D Zelda games (Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, and Twilight Pricess) in a 48 hour period of time.

UPDATE 7/21 - Have you ever been sitting around on your computer thinking, "Gosh darn it, I really wish I could watch every single console Legend of Zelda game (besides the crappy CD-i games of course) through the internet on webcam over a 70 hour period." Well sir (or madam), your prayers have been answered in an off the wall gaming collaboration between two of the most well known teams in marathon gaming.

Starting at 7pm CST on July 31st, we will kick-off a team marathon with Brian Brinegar and his Mario Marathon team tackling the first three games of the series in a marathon which is sure to bring back nostalgia. I will be live blogging the event and may even make a guest appearance by their house.

Then beginning upon the completion of their marathon, the Four48 team will begin our run through the four 3D Zelda games. This time, we are guaranteeing success on the words of Chris Vavra, who has been practicing the game that killed us last time (Majora's Mask) in order to drive us to a victory.

You can catch feeds for both videos here at cameronbanga dot com as well as at the Mario Marathon site. We will be using the same ChipIn widget as well, so all donations will be pooled together throughout the event.

The Legend of Zelda, Adventures of Link, A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, and Twlight Princess. All in the span of a mere 70 hours. Get ready to hop along for the ride while we save Hyrule....seven times.

It should be a great experience and I hope you all enjoy it. More information will be coming in the next couple of days, so be sure to check out the site often. As for my original post below, it's all still relevent. Just replace 48 with 70, four with 7, and throw in the word extreme and awesome a couple times.

Some of you might remember that we previously tried this back and January and fell short of our goal from a gaming standpoint. However, through the support of thousands of people across the planet, we were able to raise over $1200 for Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity.

We've decided to take another run for a couple of reasons. First, we want to get the monkey off our back and actually beat these games in 48 hours. Second, all of us would love to spend a fun weekend together before college starts up again. Third, we want to raise more money for Child's Play and we've set a goal of $2000 for the weekend.

A video feed will be posted on this page beginning at 5PM on August 1st. However, we are taking donations as of right now if you have the ability to do so. Every dollar helps us get closer to our goal and no donation is two small. It's a great charity that helps provide toys and video games to children's hospitals across the country. You can donate using either PayPal or a credit card through using the ChipIn widget below.

As a little bonus and incentive to donate, myself and the Four48 team will send a personalized postcard to the first 100 people to donate over $10. If we get over 100 people to donate $10, we will then give a postcard to the next 100 people to donate over $20, and so on throughout the 24 hours. The entire card will be custom made by a team member during the marathon and then sent out.

If you're still reading at this point in the post, I hope that you have some interest in the marathon and you may be curious as to what you can do in anticipation of our broadcast (well maybe not, but in the rare occurrence that you are).

While waiting till August 1st, feel free to check out our archived video at www.justin.tv/cbanga. Here you can find some of our old footage and get a taste as to what the marathon will be like. You can also check out the old blog post here to read more about our last attempt.

I also encourage you to e-mail me at Cameron@CameronBanga.com if you are interested in helping in anyway with the marathon. We can always use people to help spread the word, make posters, and promote the broadcast. Try to find ways to raise some money to donate for the cause and set a personal donation goal. Sell an old game or two on eBay and donate the proceeds to the cause. Contact your favorite blog or even your local newspaper and link them to this post and encourage them to spread the word as well. Heck, just send us an e-mail of encouragement, we really appreciate them.

If you are still thirsty for more entertainment to occupy your wait, I suggest checking out old episodes of my summer podcast series on people who are doing cool things in tech and on the internet. Feel free to take a listen to interviews with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, comedian Tom Green, Justin.tv CEO Michael Seibel, Chicago Red Stars president Peter Wilt, Cheap Ass Gamer's CheapyD, Revision3's Ron Richards, console modder Ben Heck, and Mario Marathon team members Brian Brinegar and John Groves.

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