Transistor Art Contest!
We’ve got an Art Contest underway! You’ve got until the end of Ashton’s shift to create some Transistor art! We’ve deliberately left this one quite open ended, so interpret that however you like (I think the intention is that it relate to Transistor, the game, but don’t let me stand in the way of great art if you’d rather go in a different direction!)
You’ve got until the end of Ashton’s shift (6pm Pacific time) to get your submissions in!! Email contests@desertbus.org and remember to attach your image!
We’ve got some incredible prizes lined up for our winner! They will receive a copy of Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams for PS4, AND a Desert Bus 9 Fangamer T-Shirt!!
Donation Drive
$6.40 (and increments thereof) until 12:45pm Pacific time
Heads up, Minecrafters! We’re giving away an astounding prize pack to one lucky donor! The Minecraft Lot #1 is a cornucopia of cubic goodness which includes a Minecraft Pig LEGO Piggy Bank, a set of five Minecraft novels, Minecraft ornaments, Minecraft clay characters, a Creeper Wind-Up Toy, and a Minecraft Cross-Stitch Button!
Until 12:45pm Pacific Time, donate $6.40 or a multiple thereof to be entered to win this exciting Lot!
Hello World! Stocking Prize Pack!
$12.25 (or multiples) until 11:23am
Ashton has kicked off the first Donation Drive of his driving shift! Until 11:23am, donate $12.25 (or multiples thereof) to be entered to win the Hello World Stocking Prize pack! This fabulous prize includes a festive stocking (perfect for the Holidays!) decorated with classic “Hello World” text in a variety of coding languages! As well, this stocking comes with its own stuffers, because the prize also includes a Camemane Kerman Kerbal doll, a Star Wars Bus-it doll, a Black Luma plush, and TWO two 3D classic console controller ornaments!
And as if that wasn’t enough, we’ve sweetened the pig with a hard-to-find Pinny Arcade 2013 Christmas pin set!
Remember, every donation of $12.25 (or multiples thereof) enters you to win this prize! Get those donations in before 11:23am Pacific time!
Ashton “HuggleZ” Cummings
Driving since: 2012
Points: 3
Crashes: 1
Patronus:
Theme Song: Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot
First Crush: Fugi
Why “HuggleZ”?
It has been my gaming handle ever since I was playing 4-person Warcraft 1 on a coax LAN back in the day, and was later co-opted to be my DJ name when I used to spin in high school and my early 20s.
How he feels about driving for Desert Bus 9:
When not at Desert Bus, he can be found:
- At my computer, working on things for the next Desert Bus (and sometimes Child’s Play)
- Taking photos
- Doing sysadmin work for a number of webcomics, and a number of Electronic Arts websites
- VERY slowly working through my Steam backlog
$5.03 x N until 9:55am for the Board Game Classics Lot!!
It’s a Donation Drive blitz here at Desert Bus 9! Hot on the heels of a Double Donation drive, we’ve got another underway, this time for the incredible Board Game Classics Lot — an amazing prize that including an all-star lineup of games! (See above!)
Get donations in for $5.03 (or multiples thereof) until 9:55am for a chance to win!
Thank you to PubNub for providing us with the ability to maintain our constantly live donation total.
PubNub was founded in 2009 in San Francisco, CA as a Data Stream Network for software developers to build realtime applications. They succeeded in making real-time message systems that allow for near instant communication for web and mobile apps. Today, PubNub powers thousands of realtime apps around the world, from innovative start-ups to globally recognized brands. They manage over 3 million realtime messages per second and 100 million devices per month. We are very thankful to PubNub for their continued support of Desert Bus.
Michael Stevens will be calling into Desert Bus at 11:30am PST on Monday, November 16th.
Michael Stevens is the creator of the Youtube brand Vsauce where on Vsauce1 he hosts a video series that seeks answers to big, unexplored questions like, “Why Are Things Creepy?” and “What If You Were Born In Space?”. His channel was the largest growing channel in September 2012 and now has over 9.5 million subscribers.
Have a question for Michael? Leave it in the comments below!
$6.12 x N for the Hero Vault Wenge until 9:06am Pacific
$9.18 x M for a DB9 T-Shirt until 9:15am Pacific
We’re running TWO simultaneous Donation Drives!
Get in now!! They’re closing soon!! Remember to donate multiples of $6.12 to be entered to win the Hero Vault, or multiples of $9.18 to be entered to win a DB9 T-Shirt!
Desert Bus: The Game Contest Winners!!
Congrats to Revolver Rossalot for his winning entry in the Desert Bus Board Game contest! Rossalot, enjoy your new Portable Dance Party prize!!
And the honourable mentions…
And the rest of our amazing entries!
LeVar Burton will be calling into Desert Bus at 8:00am PST on Monday, November 16th.
LeVar Burton is an award winning actor, director, producer, and speaker. Known for his roles as Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge in the iconic “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and as host of Reading Rainbow from 1983-2009, he has received 12 Emmy Awards, a Grammy, and five NAACP awards.
Through his digital educational company, RRKidz, Burton turned Reading Rainbow into a digital reading service, and thanks to over 105,000 Kickstarter backers, he has been able to bring it online as SKYBRARY. By bringing Reading Rainbow to the web, he has made it accessible to 83% of American households, and it will be accessible for teachers and students beginning in January 2016.
Have a question for LeVar? Leave it in the comments below!