Gears fans at SDCC can also get their hands on the actual Gears 3, so thatвЂ™s some extra incentive to go if you werenвЂ™t already. If youвЂ™d rather get something tangible for your dough, though, Microsoft and Epic will be selling real-life вЂњSave CarmineвЂќ and вЂњCarmine Must DieвЂќ T-Shirts for $20 at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. But before you start thinking that this is just a quick money-grab, keep this in mind: All of the proceeds from the Carmine T-shirt sales go to the ChildвЂ™s Play charity, which is one heck of a worthy cause. Starting July 29th, fans will be able to buy one of two T-shirts for their Xbox Live avatars вЂ“ вЂњSave CarmineвЂќ and вЂњCarmine Must DieвЂќ вЂ“ and each sale will cast a vote for Clay CarmineвЂ™s survival or demise, respectively. But seeing as how killing Clayton like they did his brothers Anthony and Benjamin might be a bit too cruel, Epic and Microsoft are leaving it up to all of us. The Carmine brothers are, sadly, the Gears of War universeвЂ™s equivalent of Star TrekвЂs redshirts вЂ“ theyвЂ™re rookie soldiers who exist solely to get killed off in a way that establishes the danger of the situation so that we start to worry about the safety of the primary protagonists.

Moral choices are everywhere in games these days, and they usually boil down to two options: Do you do something вЂњgoodвЂќ and put money down on your halo, or do you do something вЂњbadвЂќ and get a slightly greater reward? Well, Microsoft and Epic are bringing the two-option moral choice to the real world for Gears of War 3, giving gamers the choice to decide the fate of one of the seriesвЂ™ characters вЂ“ Clayton Carmine. Epic Games and Microsoft are letting gamers choose whether the third (and final?) Carmine brother will survive Gears of War 3 or perish horribly вЂ“ to benefit sick kids.

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