For every in-game Station Cash purchase of special Child’s Play benefit items, SOE will donate $10 to the Child’s Play charity.

The excellent bit about this — if it could be any more excellent — is that the items cost 500 SC credits, which is the equivalent of $5. You heard it right: SOE will match every $5 donation/purchase with another $5.

I, like everyone else, was quite wary of the Station Cash concept at first, but when you look at the available items, they’re really no threat to the “pure” game world. Besides, this is a charity for kids…nobody loses here!

Peter bought me a load of SC for my birthday yesterday, and I had enough for 2 Bouncing Baby Bear Cubs (Riannon got “Bugaboo,” and Dionaea will be getting “Boogaloo”) plus a set of Ironforge Plate for Ria. Screenshots really don’t do the set justice…it looks like it’s made of pearl. Shiny!