Being a little slow on the uptake, it didn't dawn on me until Friday night that I could actually do something to help raise funds for Katrina.

Thankfully, I quickly came to the conclusion that writing up a generic paragraph of snarky (misspelled) crap and selling it on eBay probably wouldn't raise much money. Instead, I've decided to assemble a modest pile of game swag and auction it off on eBay with 100 percent of the proceeds going to support American Red Cross's Alabama Gulf Cost Chapter in Mobile, Alabama.

While there are some real gems in the stuff I'm giving away, the most prized item is likely my E305 Xbox 360 faceplate. And unlike some people, I actually only got one of these bad boys at the Microsoft press conference. (I'd offer to sign it, but that would just lower its value.)

Check out the full list of items after the jump and then hop on over to eBay and bid something. Remember this all goes to the Red Cross and its efforts helping out the victims of Katrina.

Gold City of Heroes Boxing Gloves: Voted most non-sensical swag item of 2005.

Devil May Cry 3, 25 to Life and Metal Gear Acid T-Shirts: Because you can never have too many game T-shirts.

Resident Evil Outbreak T-Shirt: A RE Outbreak T-shirt compressed into the shape of a gun, perfect for breaking out of prison.

The Maximo Vs. Army of Zin Limited Edition Laser Cel: One of only 9,250 prints. Sweet.

Resident Evil 4 Laser Cel: Print number 15,168 of 18,850. Not nearly exclusive as that extra swank Zin print.

Xbox 360 Faceplate: Straight from E3 never even removed from it's packaging.

Auto Assault Business Card Holder: Shiny card holder filled with Auto Assault game cards.

Metal Gear Acid and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Stickers: Perfect for that car you don't own.

Fable Metal Die: A big square metal die with different Fable-esque phrases on it, like Choose Evil.

Arc the Lad Paperweight: I got nothing on this one, sorry.

Top Gear Rally Sculpture: This tiny metal sculpture shows a severed foot on a gas pedal or maybe it's a brake. I'm not really sure.

Nintendo Ice Cube: It's clear, plastic and blinks. It wasn't so much swag as something I swiped from the bar where Nintendo held their E3 party. Shhhhh.

The Art of Guild Wars: Fantastic book featuring the art of the massively multiplayer game Guild Wars.

Darkwatch Innocence Comic Book: This is really more graphic novel than comic book, kind of cool to read the back-story for the game.

The Making of Doom 3 book: This is a pretty interesting coffee table book on the making of the creepy first-person shooter.

OK now, get to that crazy fund-raiser bidding. The auction ends Tuesday morning.

A quick addition, here's a chilling account of Katrina's aftermath from a gamer who lives in Alabama.