We are very pleased to welcome back the Cookie Brigade as a sponsor for Desert Bus this year! A fixture seen at every Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), the Cookie Brigade is an unstoppable force for good among the hungry teeming masses. Beginning life in 2007 as attendees passing out cookies to hungry PAX line-goers, the Brigade has grown to become a worldwide network of bakers. Since 2007 the Brigade has raised over $215,000 in donations for Child’s Play from their baking endeavors.
We thank the Cookie Brigade for their continued delicious support!
Standard is expensive right now in Magic: The Gathering. What would you say to an extremely easy way to build quite literally, whatever standard deck you want. This MTGO Lot includes Four copies of every card currently in Standard Format. That is Khans of Tarkir, Fate Reforged, Dragons of Tarkir, Magic Origins and Battle for Zendikar.
This intangible yet unbelievable giveaway will be offered as a Donation Drive. Any donations of $11.71 or multiples thereof until 7:30 PM PST will get you an entry for this amazing offering from Wizards of the Coast.
I mean, not really. It’s Mikey, this shouldn’t be a surprise by now.
Mikey Neumann is being is usual amazing self and is going to run a secret surprise live auction tonight at 9:00 PM PST tonight. The only thing we know about it is that Mikey said, Borderlands fans should pay attention.
We’ll know more later tonight!
Graham “Gramm” Stark
Driving since: 2010
Points: 3
Crashes: 4
Patronus:
Theme Song: Still More Fighting from Final Fantasy VII
First Crush: Diana. Friggin. Rigg.
Why “Gramm”?
I was playing my first JRPG (I’m guessing FF7 or Breath of Fire 3) and I wanted to name the character after me, but “Graham” sounded too normal.
How he feels about driving for Desert Bus 9:
When not at Desert Bus, he can be found:
Making funny things at LoadingReadyRun and/or reclaiming the northlands, as is my birthright.
Hold onto your belts folks, we’re doubling up on Donation Drives. That’s right, we’re running concurrent drives, this is the best time to make the most of your donations.
This innocuous-looking wooden box doesn’t seem like all that much, but what comes inside is packed with Desert Bus fun. The Cards Against Desert Bus Box contains a set of 562 unique cards were hand selected from over 1600 submissions, and while chock full of Desert Bus in-jokes, the cards scan remarkably well with your standard Cards Against Humanity sets.
We will be running this drive until the end of Kara’s shift 6:00 PM PST and any donations of $11.24 or multiples thereof will gain you an entry for this box of fun.
Aaron Forsythe will be calling into Desert Bus at 6:30pm PST on Thursday, November 19th.
Aaron Forsythe is the Director of R&D for Magic: The Gathering and a former pro-tour player. As a member of R&D over the past 10 years, Forsythe has been both a designer and developer for Magic: The Gathering and his design credits include Magic 2010 through Magic 2013 and Planechase. As a developer, his work can be seen on many Magic releases including the original Ravnica block, Zendikar, and the Modern Masters set.
Have a question for Aaron? Leave it in the comments below!
Have you ever wanted to learn exactly how to doge? With this helpful guide by Seamus Wheaton (thoughtfully translated by Anne and Wil Wheaton for our human words) you can do exactly that!
A Guide to Being a Dog, illustrated by Lar deSouza, can be yours as we are running this as a Donation Drive. Any donations of $7.55 or multiples thereof until 5:30 PM PST will get you an entry for this copy.
In addition to the standard helpful knowledge and wonderful illustrations this book provides, it has been signed by the author Seamus Wheaton, and both the human translators Anne and Wil Wheaton.
We all know CL4P-TP, the lovable and extremely annoying robot companion throughout the Borderlands series.
This particular CL4P-TP model however is dressed to impress. In addition to having the most dapper of Claptrap’s, the box is signed by David Eddings who voices Claptrap and Chris Rager who voices Mr. Torgue.
We are running this as a Donation Drive. Any donations of $6.04 or multiples thereof until 3:45 PM will net you an entry to win this tiny dapper friend.
Tin Man Games is a Melbourne, Australia based game designer. Specializing in digital gamebooks – interactive fiction/RPG style games where you control the story! Formed in 2009 by Neil Rennison and Ben Britten Smith, their first title, An Assassin in Orlandes, was released in March 2010 and they haven’t slowed down a bit since! Notable titles from the team include Tin Man’s own Gamebook Adventures series, 2000 AD’s Judge Dredd, and the immensely popular Fighting Fantasy series by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson. Their latest work, a collaboration with Ryan North; To Be or Not to Be is their own lovingly crafted Gamebook version of Hamlet featuring art from Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade and many others!
We welcome Tin Man as sponsors of the run and thank them from the bottom of our hearts for their support!