Hello Kitty Online wants to make charity fun this holiday season. Sanrio Digital is partnering with Toys for Tots and all North American players’ actions effect donations. If players collect certain item drop items and turn them in to HKO Game Masters, they’ll get an in-game gift for their character and help a real little girl or boy in the real world get a Christmas surprise.

The catch is that there are a lot of items players have to collect and they must be turned in to a Hello Kitty Online GM between December 6 – 8, 2010…

There’s good news for Sanrio fans with internet connections too slow to download Hello Kitty Online – you don’t have to! If you have $19.99, you can pick up the Hello Kitty Online Premium Edition instead. The packages have already shipped to stores and you can get the game on a DVD if you live in North America or Europe…

This is the way game companies should do business. Aeria Games & Entertainment, Inc., has launched a month-long promotion (April 2009) that guarantees gamers will enjoy their games or get a refund.

The company’s press release goes a bit further than just guaranteeing “fun,” but states a refund will be issued “if players do not have the most fun they possibly can.”

Yep, if you don’t have fun – a completely subjective state of being – while playing an Aeria game, you get your money back. The catch is that the refund will be of Aeria Points, the currency used to purchase in-game items at Item Malls including avatar outfits, pet and items that help leveling.