From Shortpacked!

So, due to Chelsea and Danny both having been Make A Wish kids (Chelsea went to meet Sheri Lewis and Lambchop and Danny had his basement turned into an awesome play room that I was jealous of when we were kids, ha), Make A Wish is my charity of choice.

Therefore, I am ridiculously excited to fnd out about this. This is Blizzard's new cash cow--a pet store. You can use real money to buy in game pets. This is not what I am excited about. What I am excited about is that the Pandarian pet is a Make A Wish pet. If you buy him, 50% of the proceeds until Dec 31st goes to Make A Wish. The pet itself is $10 and will be availible on all characters as it's bind on account. You can also send the code to a friend as a gift. WoW players, as silly as it sounds to pay real money for in game toys, this is for a really good cause.

I do find the Pandarian to be an interesting choice and I wonder if this means we won't see them as a playable race. I would have thought they would make such a pet a phoenix in memory of Ezra Chatterton (Ezra was a 10 year old boy with cancer who LOVED WoW and whose wish was to be a developer for a day. He went to Blizzard studios and designed a NPC (which he is the voice of) and wrote a quest (a really cute one in the Tauren starting area where he asks you to help find his dog, Kyle). He also designed a rare weapon and the first of a rare mount that was designed for him (which is a phoenix). He passed away last October).

So, fellow nerds, buy an in game pet for a good cause, will ya?