This may sound really cheeky, but please hear me out.

last night I was due to play in a Mario Strikers Charged tournament, but I had to dash out of the house in a mad rush as we got a call that my sister Adele's house was on fire. We raced over to her house as quick as the traffic would allow.

By the time we got there the fire was all but out, but smoke was still pouring from her son Nathan's bedroom.

Thankfully everybody was safely out of the house, but the upstairs is completely devastated.

Nathan, my nephew is an 11 year old boy that has autism. He's an avid gamer and his collection of games far out weighed mine. Sadly, like all his other world positions his games are all gone.

I've got an old PS2 that I no longer use, along with a copy of Guitar Hero and a few old PS1 games, which I've donated to him.

Here comes the cheeky part. If anybody has any old PS2/1 games that they no longer play and wont miss, would you consider donating them to my nephew.

I know this is a lot to ask, but I'm sure you can imagine how gutted you'd be if all of a sudden your entire collection was lost.

If anybody does wish to donate, please pm me.

Many thanks,

John (and Nathan)

I checked it out just in case, and sure enough:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/6915061.stm

I don't have any PS1 or PS2 games, but if I find one on E-bay for cheap tonight, I'll send it your way. If you wanna PM me your address.

That's the one alright. I was speaking to one of the firemen last night after everything was over and they said that they had to change crews every 15 minutes instead of the usual 35, because of the heat. And Cornwall being the small community it is, my mum works with the wife of one of the fire fighters, and she mentioned that had big Jodie (the babysitter), been even a minute behind where she was then my two nieces wouldn't have gotten out alive.
We've already contacted the local paper and there's a story going in next week about it and about how brave big Jodie was.

Thanks for the offer Volkov.

Something to bear in mind, as Rayne pointed out, is that we live in the UK. I understand that it'd be a lot to ask most of you guys are you are in the States (primarily), but if anybody from the UK/Europe is reading, or if you want to donate via paypal or ebay, then please feel free to get in touch.