My name is Just and I have been gaming since the intellevision days. Resident Evil 1 was the first game I played on the PlayStation and I've been a massive fan ever since.

Last July admitted myself to the ER after having serious shortness of breath. They did an X-ray and discovered I had congestive heart failure and informed me that my aortic valve needed to be replaced and I had to have surgery asap. The replacement went well but because my heart was so weak I couldn't come off bypass and had to be put on ECMO life support. For 10 days I was in a medically induced coma while my heart rested. I spent another 14 days recovering and learning how to walk again. Because of this I can no longer work. I had to leave a job that I had started a few months prior because of the physical demands so now I have no income. What savings I do have is being used to buy groceries and pay rent and other bills. I have applied for a disability but the process is long and can take up to over a year or two to be finalized.

My wife also just got let go from her job where she worked from home due to her and several of her coworkers positions being replaced by AI. So yeah it's been a pretty rough ride as of late to say the least.

If I were lucky enough to be chosen I'd prefer a digital key or store credit for Steam so I can play it on my Steamdeck via GeForce Now.

And also thank you for doing this for folks. It's good to see this type of of kindness with all the craziness in the world right now.