Thanks to everyone that’s submitted a photo of #DB2020 at home. We’ve been posting many of your submissions over at photos.desertbus.org. Here’s a small sample of what you’ve sent to us…
Photo by Tim Reid
Photo by LadyFermata & TriChronos
Photo by darth_paradox
Photo by Akira Schneider
Share your photos of #DB2020 at home at yourphotos.desertbus.org and we may share them on-air and at photos.desertbus.org.
This year, we’ve asked our community to share what Desert Bus for Hope and Child’s Play means to them, and what impact they’ve had on their lives. Here is a selection of these community submissions…
#dbtome We have watched as a family for at least 5 years. On this #WorldDiabetesDay I am thankful for DB and Child's Play reaching Portland hospitals and more to support families who learn their child's life changing diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes (like our family did a year ago).
— C. Post (@MidLifeCalms) November 14, 2020
I’ve loved LRR & Desert Bus since 07, but in 2016 I personally experienced the work Child’s Play does. During a particularly rough week of chemo, a nurse offered me a break with a donated PS4. I can’t imagine how important that is for kids going through worse. Thank you. #DBToMe
— Scott. (@_Scott1e) November 14, 2020
Every year, I support @DesertBus For Hope and @CPCharity. Once upon a time, I WAS that kid — sidelined by a dozens of surgeries during childhood, riding it out with help from the games and toys in children's hospitals. That respite kept me going. Now, I pay it forward. #DBToMe
— Stefan Gagne (@Twoflower) November 14, 2020
.@DesertBus raising money for @CPCharity is important to me as someone who spent over two months in hospital as a four year old. It is also important due to all the friends I have met watching and helping out including with the @DB_VST #DBToMe #DB2020
— Chris Usher (@doctor_chrusher) November 14, 2020
#dbtome We have watched as a family for at least 5 years. On this #WorldDiabetesDay I am thankful for DB and Child's Play reaching Portland hospitals and more to support families who learn their child's life changing diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes (like our family did a year ago).
— C. Post (@MidLifeCalms) November 14, 2020
Saw my little brother stand up post-op with his IV pole & walk down the hospital hallway to play original Super Mario Bros in 1988. I believe in the healing (and motivating!) power of games. #DBToMe
— Gwen Milks (@andcookies) November 14, 2020
We want to hear your story! You can tweet using the #DBToMe hashtag throughout the rest of this year’s run. We’ll be retweeting submissions throughout the run on the @desertbus Twitter feed and highlighting a selection of tweets from the community here on the desertbus.org blog.
As always, thanks for being a part of our community and your support of Child’s Play!
We’d like to take a moment to thank one of our Technical Sponsors for this year’s Desert Bus for Hope: Rogue Amoeba!
Rogue Amoeba is a privately held software company, based in the USA with offices around the globe. Since 2002, they’ve been making tools to assist you with all your audio needs on MacOS. In that time, they’ve delighted millions of users and earned some of the highest honors in the industry.
Rogue Amoeba provided all the awesome Mac audio software for our broadcast team. Thanks so much to Paul Kafasis and the whole team at Rogue Amoeba for their great software and their continued support of Desert Bus for Hope!
Thanks to the Seattle Garages for playing an awesome set of music at Desert Bus for Hope 2020! And thanks to the Seattle Garages and Joel Clark for joining us for a Q&A afterwards.
If you enjoyed what you heard today, you can pick up the album of today’s performance on Bandcamp. And the band is selling a t-shirt with the album’s cover art on their merch store. The proceeds from both items are being generously donated by the band to Child’s Play.
Thank you Seattle Garages. You all are doing a good job.
RPG fans, we’ve got a donation drive for you! Whether you’re a D&D player or are looking to get into D&D, we’re running a donation drive for a set of D&D Core Rule Books and Eberron: Rising From the Last War, with alternative covers.
Eberron is a world of noir intrigue and pulp adventure infused with magic. Spies and diplomats engage in a dangerous dance, trying to keep the world from plunging back into war. Intrepid adventures dodge deadly monsters and deadlier traps in ancient ruins, looking for powerful artifacts from a forgotten age. Otherworldly threats lurk in the shadows, plotting their return to power. Halflings ride dinosaurs! Eberron is objectively the best Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting*.
This lot includes everything you need to start adventuring with your friends in the world of Eberron. The Core Rulebook gift set has the Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, and Dungeon Master’s Guide in a slip cover case, all three with alternate covers by Hydro74. Eberron: Rising from the Last War has the alternate cover by Vance Kelly.
Donate $6.20 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 3:00pm PST.
*Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this prize description do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Desert Bus organizers or volunteers. They are solely the opinions of Prize Coordinator Erika, who is correct.
The Seattle Garages will be calling in today at 2pm PST!
Seattle Garages is an anarcho-syndicalist Blaseball band from the fictional location of Seattle. They make songs about being gay, the apocalypse, and fighting the gods.
The band will be performing a set on Desert Bus for Hope! Following their performance, there will be a Q&A with the band. Joining the Seattle Garages for the Q&A will be Joel Clark, a member of The Game Band team, the creators of the hit eldritch splorts simulator Blaseball. You can check out the Seattle Garages at https://thegarages.bandcamp.com/ or on their Twitter https://twitter.com/TheSeaGarages.
The Game Band can be found at www.thegameband.com or on Twitter https://twitter.com/thegameband.
Got a question for the Seattle Garages and Joel Clark? Tweet @desertbus with the hashtag #DBSplorts and we may ask your question on-air!
Do you like Magic: the Gathering cards? How about ~~SHINY~~ Magic: the Gathering cards!? We’re kicking off a donation drive for a Throne of Eldraine Complete Foil Set!
Once upon a time, in a land far away, chivalrous knights left on adventures, witches lured small children, and a maiden rose from beneath the misted waters of a hidden lake. Massive hands came down from the heavens to turn creatures sideways, and flood the lands with crackling fires. Oh and it turned out they were all made of cardboard, but at least they were very, very pretty. Enjoy this Magic lot featuring a complete foil set of Throne of Eldraine, specifically the full foil Magic Online redemption set, a fabulous way to complete your own collection of storybook tales and Arthurian legends!
Donate $5.33 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 1:30pm PST.
THREE CHEERS FOR TILTYHOUSE MEDIA! Thank you so much for sponsoring us this year! Your contributions to Zeta, Nightwatch, and DB as a whole is always welcome! Make sure to follow them on all social media things or watch their twitch streams, all the info of which can be found here
“The tiltyhouse brand has been producing entertainment on the Internet since 2005. It’s taken only thirteen years, but we’ve finally found our groove! With your help, we’re hoping to try some new things and really polish what we’re already doing. Most importantly, we want to keep doing what brings you, and us, joy!”
A collaboration between the fine folks at Penny Arcade and Lone Shark Games, Thornwatch is an epic adventure game set in a fantasy forest. You play ghostly spirits of vengeance called the Thornwatch, summoned to save the hapless villagers from the dangers of the forest. This lot contains a rare Pinny Arcade pin and a signed illustration from Gabe, Tycho, and the whole design team.
Donate $5.66 or multiples thereof before 11:45am PST to get a chance at it!
MAGIC PLAYERS! ASSEMBLE!
You know it, you love it. Get a chance at winning it! Donate $7.47 or multiples thereof by 10:05am PST to try and win this Unstable Booster Box!
Unstable is a special MtG set printed for multi-player fun, and so popular that it can be quite difficult to get your hands on. As always, here at Desert Bus we specialize in that hard-to-find stuff, and we’ve got a booster box of Unstable to give away! Featuring the usual kooky, zany fun we have come to expect from an Unset, it’s a great way to enjoy an evening with your bubble. Whether you’re an avid Magic player or the casual cards-with-wine-and-friends type of Magic fan, Unstable is a great way for players of all skill levels to enjoy some hilariously silly spell-slinging together.