Gallery: SF Bay: Come to Ümloud!, Win Prizes for Child's Play
01umloud
Live in the San Francisco Bay Area? Come to Ümloud! on Thursday, December 9 and you could go home with all sorts of swag. [Ümloud!](http://umloud.org), a non-profit that I serve on the board of, has a Rock Band night every year to raise money for [Child's Play](http://www.childsplaycharity.org). We've taken the "Rock Band bar night" concept to the next level, letting people play on a massive stage at San Francisco's DNA Lounge with full lighting and sound systems behind them. Guests lined up to purchase $150 "band passes," which are now sold out. But we still need SF's gamers to come out and show their support. We're holding a massive raffle and silent auction, and everyone who pays the $10 door charge gets a piece of smaller swag off of our prize table. Ümloud! will also be the first place that you can play the upcoming Billy Joel track pack for Rock Band 3, which will be upstairs in the free-play lounge. Click through the gallery to see some of the prizes that will be at the event. More prizes are [listed on the Ümloud! site](http://umloud.org/prizes). *Ümloud! starts at 7 p.m., Thursday December 9 at DNA Lounge, 375 Eleventh Street, San Francisco. $10 at the door, 18+.*
02classic-sega-systems
Sega Genesis, Sega CD, extra controllers and an assortment of games. Used. (From Baker's garage.)
03mafia-ii-ring
Mafia II 14K gold-plated signet pinky ring, donated by 2K Games.
04tecmo-koei-games-and-swag
Giant package full of Tecmo Koei America games and swag, donated by the company.
05super-scribblenauts-package
Super Scribblenauts game and vinyl Maxwell doll, courtesy Warner Bros.
06signed-bioshock-2-items
Signed BioShock 2 game and "Sinclair Solutions" splicer mask in signed box, donated by 2K Games.
07destructoid-bobbleheads
Mistr Destructoid bobbleheads, donated (along with a bunch of other swag) by [Destructoid.](http://www.destructoid.com)
08tearing-the-sky
Signed copies of the [debut novel from EA Partners' Jamil Moledina](http://www.tearingthesky.com).
09pygmy-puff
Pygmy Puff plush, [only sold at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2010/06/gallery-hogsmeade-souvenirs/4/) in Orlando.
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