News: Pogo pitches in to support Japan.

Pogo is doing two things to help Japan. One of them is great, the other is kinda… pointless. You’ll see. ^_^

The Great: Pogo, along with EA & The Sims, will donate up to $50,000 to the American Red Cross. It’s one of those deals where they match what you donate, which is always really neat.

You do not have to be a Pogo member to get in on this! Click on the American Red Cross link above and donate away!

Now, the second thing that they’re doing is offering free items for minis to show support for Japan. I took a look at the items and they’re t-shirts.

 Lookie me! I’m socially aware!

Aaaaaaand I totally don’t get the point of them. It’s on par with changing your Facebook avatar to a cartoon to take a stand against pedophilia. (Yes, that was a real thing that went around Facebook. Useless? Uh-huh.)

I think it would be REALLY cool if they made items that you could only get by donating. But maybe their system isn’t set up for that. *Shrugs*

What do you think of companies that match donations? Is it generous, or just clever marketing scheme? How about the “support” items? ^_^