Humble Bundle's Jingle Jam 2017 Is An Overstuffed Advent Calendar

Yogscast is known for being loud, obnoxious gamers that play across multiple channels on YouTube. Additionally, they’re also known for being some of the most talented, giving influencers in the entire industry. They go above and beyond to give back to the communities whenever they can. For the past couple years, they have teamed up with Humble Bundle for what’s called the “Jingle Jam”.

First off, Humble is a well-known website amongst PC gamers. Their Humble Store, which acts as a place to purchase keys from publishers and developers (sometimes on sale). But, they’re most known for the bundles they offer weekly, aptly called Humble Bundles. Generally, they’re multi-tiered and offer a massive discount on a handful of games, comics, or books with a theme. The money, which can be as low as $1, gives purchasers a chance to split the proceeds however they wish to Humble, the developers, or even their chosen non-profit organization.

Ho, ho, holy crap, that's a ton of games...

Jingle Jam, however, changes the formula a bit. Generally, the holiday offerings are comprised of a ton of games within a single bundle. Set up like a traditional Advent Calendar, the Jingle Jam offers a single tier for the main bulk of games at $35. The lesser-offered and not-as-often taken $5 only tier allows people to participate without the games, offering a $5 “Shout-out” for the player on the Yogscast Stream and special Yogscast-themed Team Fortress 2 badges. There’s no $1 tier, as with normal bundles, since this is a special event.

The games, however, vary from little-known to widely popular. This Jingle Jam started with an offering that included Rust and Garry’s Mod, along with Dungeon of the Endless and Q.U.B.E. Director’s Cut. Each day comes with new offerings. But, from experience, there’s only so many keys supplied from each developer and as the end of the month draws near, certain games become unavailable to those that have not bought the bundle yet.

Another deviation from normal bundles is the massive list of charities on their support list. Where most bundles have one or two, Jingle Jam has seven built in. The list includes: Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, Special Effect, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Mental Health Foundation, Save the Children, International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association, and an extra spo to add your own charity. With the sliders, you can choose as much or as little you want to go to each one, since the developers donated the keys and Humble doesn’t take a tip from this one.

Watch live video from Yogscast on www.twitch.tv

Finally, Yogscast holds their massive, month-long event via Twitch, which is also called the Yogscast Jingle Jam 2017. They play random games all month to support the charities. During writing, they were playing the original Command and Conquer: Red Alert and had raised $3,182,000, after less than four days into the month-long event. According to the bar on their stream, that puts them over 100% to goal, with over 25 days to spare. I believe they will hit it at that rate.

So, to the Yogscast team and their fans, awesome job! I donate every year, myself to the cause and am happy to again be a part of this wonderful event of gamers giving back. You can check out the Yogscast Jingle Jam 2017 here.