Shakespeare wrote: “This above all: to thine own self be true.” But sometimes you wanna play as someone else! This morning, Jer is inclined towards the latter, so we’re running a DONATION DRIVE to help select what Role Playing Game he’ll play!

Until 7am, make your donations to cast your vote!

• Donate $5.23 or multiples to make Jer play Baldur’s Gate
• Donate $7.87 or multiples to make Jer play Diablo II
• Donate $9.31 or multiples to make Jer play Final Fantasy II

NOT ONLY THAT! EVERYONE who enters our donation drive will be entered to win the BIG BAG o’ DICE, surely the most incredible assortment of RNGs ever put together!

Dawn rises on our second day of DBX, and as we of the Zeta Shift head to sleep, here’s a quick update to catch you up on what’s been happening overnight….

Jer’s shift started and, because keeping the bus on the road isn’t enough of a challenge, he’s playing other games from the driver seat, as voted on by the community. Every hour for the rest of Jer’s shift, we’re running donation drives to pick the next game. Check the blog for the latest donation drive.

We’re also still running a creative challenge, where we’re looking for your sticker submissions to add to the Desert Bus iOS app, up until just before Jer’s shift ends. Check out the blog post for more info.

We auctioned a Desert Bus Cat Cube, for $1250!

We made shadow puppets. Or tried, at least.

LET’S GET READY TO ZEEEETTTTAAAAAAAAAA~~~

Team Desert Bus sings about pineapples and pens.

The Adventures of Tintin… the abridged version.

Remember, for the latest updates, stay tuned to desertbus.org. You can also catch up on the latest #DesertBusX happenings around the web…

• Visit photos.desertbus.org for the latest photos from Andrew Ferguson
• Visit youtube.com/user/DesertBusForHope for the latest video highlights from the Video Strike Team (VST)
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• And, of course, the live stream is always available at desertbus.org and twitch.tv/desertbus!

Hey, you gotta respect the classics. And for this next hour in the ongoing Jer Tries Not to Crash While Playing Games That Are Not Desert Bus, we take things back to the most classic of all video gaming franchises… Mario Games!

A reminder of how this works… donate one of the amounts below (or multiples thereof) to help Jer pick the game he’ll play for the next hour. Here’s your options…

Donate $6.65 for Super Mario Bros 3
Donate $6.66 for Super Mario World
Donate $6.67 for Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins

The game that gets the most donations will be the game Jer will play next hour. And, as an added bonus, every donation towards one of these amounts counts as a chance to win the ultra-suave and ever fashionable Desert Bus 10 T-Shirt from Fangamer! We’ll run this donation drive until 6:00am PST.

Indie games… a category with so many options we couldn’t pick between that we’re doing it again! Jer’s night of games, games, and more games continues with Indie Games.

Here’s your choices…

Donate $5.06 to vote for Sword and Sorcery EP
Donate $5.07 to vote for Bastion
Donate $5.08 to vote for Enter the Gungeon

Donations of the amounts above (or multiples thereof) votes for that game, and the game with the most votes will be the game Jer plays (while playing Desert Bus, mind you) in the next hour. Regardless of what option you vote for, all donations to this donation drive gets you a chance to win a Lego Megaman Energy Tank Coin Bank, perfect for destroying robots and storing spare change.

We’ll run this donation drive until 5:00am PST.

4am is totally the best time to learn something new… right? Well, we’re going for it anyway, as our next theme for Jer’s Night of Game-ception is Edutainment!

Just a reminder as to how this works, donate the amounts listed below (or multiples thereof) to vote for the game you’d like Jer to play next. (Yes, while driving. It’s complicated.)

Here’s your options…

Donate $7.13 to vote for Mario is Missing
Donate $7.14 to vote for Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
Donate $7.15 to vote for Donkey Kong Jr. Math

The option that gets the most donations will be our educational adventure for the next hour. Regardless of what you vote for, every donation into this donation drive gets you a chance to win a copy of the Mystic Vale card game. We’ll run this donation drive until 4:00am PST.

Well, we really couldn’t go through an evening of playing games while playing Desert Bus without throwing in a trading card game into the mix. For this hour, there’s two choices to pick between….

Donate $8.76 to vote for Magic: the Gathering Online Draft
Donate $8.77 to vote for Hearthstone Arena

The option with the most donations will be the game Jer will play for the next hour. Regardless of what you vote for, all votes in this donation drive will get you a chance to win this (rather appropriate for the theme) Magic: the Gathering From the Vault Lore card set, signed by members of the creative team!

We’ll run this donation drive until 3:00am PST.

If you’re looking for something fancy, we’ve got three silent auctions wrapping up at 2am, including some very classy Pokemon with very classy hats….

We’ve also got an awesome Destiny Thorn Hand Cannon and Nintendo Power buttons up for auction. These auctions are also ending soon, so be sure to check out the Silent Auctions page for these and other auctions we’ve got in progress!

And now for something different… for the next hour of Jer Plays Games While Playing a Game, we’re picking between three games in the Rom Hacks and Fan Projects category.

Your choices are the following…

Donate $5.01 to vote for Rockman 4 Minus Infinity
Donate $5.02 to vote for AM2R
Donate $5.03 to vote for Mario Kart R

As with the other donation drives we’ve done so far this evening, the option with the most donations will be the game Jer will play for the next hour, but every donation towards this drive will get you the chance to win this Cthulhu Messenger Bag. It’s… ahem… R’lyeh nice.

We’ll run this donation drive until 2:00am PST.

It’s time to pick the next game Jer will play during his shift. While driving the bus. Please don’t try this at home.

This hour’s theme is Platformer Indie Darlings. Here’s your options…

Donate $6.78 to vote for Braid.
Donate $6.79 to vote for Limbo.
Donate $6.80 to vote for Fez.

The selection that gets the most donations will the be the game Jer will play for the next hour. Regardless of whichever gets the most votes, everyone that donates to this donation drive will have a chance to win these Undertale ceramic coffee mugs. We’ll run this donation drive until 1:00am PST.

We welcome Nuvango as a new sponsor to Desert Bus for Hope this year.

Nuvango is an innovative fashion and lifestyle brand that frequently collaborates with international artists. The Toronto based company emerged in 2015 from Drew Downs and Jamie Pichora as an evolution of their previous brand, Gelaskins. Their goal is to inspire creativity in the wardrobe with bold statements through fashion.

Thank you Nuvango for supporting Desert Bus 10.