This story will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. A group of World of Warcraft players have decided to get together this weekend for a marathon, powerleveling session. Now while that alone doesn’t sound out of the ordinary, these guys are doing it for charity. Specifically, they’re raising money for CURE, an organization focused on eradicating child cancer.

Friday, June, 27, 2008, comic artist Michael Turner died in Santa Monica, CA, after an eight year battle with cancer.

While Michael Turner might not be as well known as Stan Lee or Todd McFarlane, to fans and those within the industry, Michael Turner was an icon who helped redefine the comic industry in the mid 1990s. It was his fighting spirit and dedication to his fans that set him apart from many of his peers.

Michael Turner began working with Top Cow comics in…

We all have bad habits we’re trying to free ourselves from. Whether its drinking, speeding, or in my case caffeine and chocolate. One of the more popular vices everyone would like to see vanish is smoking. Yep, down with the nicotine sticks, no more dancing with cancer these days. But if you have friends who smoke like I do, asking them to stop will result in their telling you to ‘butt’ out or blow that defiant puff in your face.

It’s a habit that people find difficult to shake, especially if they’ve been smoking for quite a long time, rendering the nicotine patches, gums and carrot sticks useless. But in Canada, members of the Allen Carr Team – founded by anti-smoking guru Allen Carr – found a way to help smokers break their habit with the help of a Nintendo DS.