The following press release landed bleeding and flapping in our tips@ box yesterday:

Huntsville, Alabama. June 26th, 2006. To draw attention to National HIV Testing Day on June 27, 2006, Werd Interactive, Inc. is giving away two different mobile games free.

People need to go to an HIV Test site to get tested. At the test site there will be a printed sheet of instructions to obtain the free game.

Werd Interactive's Managing Director, Randy Shepherd, says, "We want to give people a thank you gift for taking the time to get tested. HIV/AIDS is on the rise and it will take a continuous effort to let people know how to protect themselves from the virus, to encourage testing, and to let them know that if they are infected, there are many places they can go for help."

AIDS Service Organizations and Test centers should contact Randy Shepherd directly for the PDF file so they can print the information to allow free downloads.

E-mail: randy.shepherd@werdinteractive.com

It's a good sign that they sent it to us, it means the stereotype of gamers never getting laid is finally dying out. Or possibly that the stereotype of gamers being a bunch of smack junkies is gaining footing. Either way, hooray for us.

You heard the man, go get stabbed and get your voucher, then download some freeware. I have it on good authority that plenty of clinics offer free AIDS testing in the first place, so basically you get games for nothing.

Hey, maybe they have Furcadia! Eliza Gauger

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