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Someone Sent Us Fooooooood!
November 21, 2013 at 09:49 AM PST
Posted by Ashton

 

Big Thank You to The Geeky Hostess!

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She very nicely sent us some Desert Bus cupcakes
in an effort to no doubt give us all a sugar high.

Thank you!

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Ashton's Final Challenges!
November 21, 2013 at 08:09 AM PST
Posted by Ashton

In his last hour Ashton doing another give away! Lets try to get him over Jer’s total :)

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$7.50/entry Whale Plaid!

You waaaaaanna

You know you waaaaaaaannaaaaa.

 

Guest Call-in: Jim Sterling
November 21, 2013 at 08:00 AM PST
Posted by Ashton

Desert Bus is excited to host Jim Sterling on Thursday, November 21st at 11:00am PST.

Jim is the Reviews Editor for the independent video game blog Destructoid and host of The Escapist series Jimquisition.  Jimqusition began on YouTube and ran for twenty-seven episodes between October 2010 and January 2011. The series was picked up by The Escapist  and resumed on April 18th, 2011, where it has resided ever since.

Jim is well known for adopting an inflammatory persona on his shows, particularly in his video series Jimquisition, in which he offers his personal views on subjects related to or about video games the video game industry. Though the opinions presented are his own he prefers to deliver them through the provocative persona of a narcissistic pedagogue whose catchphrase is “Thank God for me!”

Despite his busy schedule Jim also regularly contributes to GamesRader, GamePro, and Game Front. He also writes and performs poetry for Jim and Yahtzee’s Rhymedown Spectacular, which he hosts with Ben “Yahtzee” Crowshaw , hosts the Destructoid video game podcast Podtoid, and hosts segments for the Movie Defense Force series.

If you have questions for Jim Sterling, please leave them in the comments below.

$7.77 Giveaway Challenge
November 21, 2013 at 07:14 AM PST
Posted by Ashton

 

You have 15 minutes left!

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It is exactly 1 Pika by 1 Pika in size and each multiple of $7.77 gets you one entry :)

OMG Live Auction in Under 30mins!
November 21, 2013 at 05:41 AM PST
Posted by Ashton

Stained Glass Desert Bus Logo

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Find it here!!

At 7am (20 mins from now) it is going to be up for live auction.

Eevees and Ultima and Ken Steacy - Oh MY!
November 21, 2013 at 05:31 AM PST
Posted by Ashton

Silent Auctions Up Right Now!!

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Ending in just under 4 hours from now

Hand Drawn Eevee Button set

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Hyrulian Archeological Finds

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Signed Ultima – the Ultimate Collector’s Guide (Platinum edition)

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Auctions ending in just under 8 hours from now.

Original Pillarfield Ox illustration by Inkwell Looter

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Chic Lady Geek lot

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Ralph McQuarrie Print w/ book

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PLEASE NOTE: At the request of Ken Steacy, and with the permission of Child’s Play, 50% of the donations for this item will go to the Desert Bus organizing team, in recognition of their efforts in putting on this event. The other 50% will go to Child’s Play.

 

Last Time, on Desert Bus...
November 21, 2013 at 04:58 AM PST
Posted by Ashton

Oh, team Zeta Shift. There are so many things which go on, and such incredibly funny events, and I love working this shift. Here’s what you missed.

This is QWERPline. It was bussing hysterical.

Ashton issued a photoshop contest for Sad Cowboy Paul. The results were HYSTERICAL, but the winner just broke me, at like 1am. Way before we normally break.

It was also a Musical Theater-inspired shift! We sang an outrageous amount of songs, and then this thing happened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fwuq4uIDGg

I posted up the feels from two nights ago in this blog post, and overall it was a silly, sweet, and very funny shift. Have a great day, Desert Bus.

Winner of Doge-Fu Poetry Challenge...
November 21, 2013 at 04:35 AM PST
Posted by Ashton

It’s InfiniteJest!

“Such doge, much desert
Raise money, for children, wow
QWOP balls, much derp, Doge”

Congratulations!

The rest of the submissions are, en masse, below the cut. We got LOTS of them!

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Dan Miley:

Feel such emotion,

The doge command for wow dude.

Desert bus so good.

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Mr Guy

I do not believe
that I can write a haiku
in thirty minutes.

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TheStorne:

wow, doge is so good
everyone love doge much
and doge love you too

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Christina LIddle:

Err mah gerd a doge!
Oh such doge. So very doge.
Why you look so swag?

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pimento:

very rules, much strict
this line must have seven beats
wow, all the success

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Jonas Obrist:

Furui basu
Doshu ga odoru
Kane no oto

Translated:

An old bus,
The doge is dancing,
The sound of money

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Sherlock:

November, such cold
Wow, very fundraising, many Doge
Do want, good childrens

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Adam Douglas:

Bussing so hard now
Much dance, very crash, club hard
QWOPING Doge, for child

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niconorsk

On the fiftieth
All that I wish to behold
The great doge K9

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Wow, Such Syllable
Five Seven Five Doges Here
Perfect Poetry

With Such Golden Fur
With Such humorous language
With Such Shibe Doge

Wow, Such Poetry
Wow, Very Much Funny Doge
Perfect Syllable

(Donor Account Arigah)

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LordSparks

What is up my doge?
I can make your head a splode
Go check your emails.

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CapnHat

Much Doge, very rhyme
Jamie needs to stay forever
HashTag Zeta Shift

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Goehle

desert bus rolls on
team zeta derps through the night
many qwops, such doge

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Sky

Such charity. Wow.

Existential desert road

Very spirit quest!

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Adam Gould:

wow such desert bus
Doge remains funny all night
[chat intensifies]

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Donate. So Children.
Zeta shift wow amaze bus.
Such Haiku. Much Doge.

-RedRaptor

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Mr. Guy

He has the cutest face
But that tail looks kinda ‘shopped
What is up, my doge?

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“Tragedy of Doge
The Floating Words Haunt My Dreams
Will Never Know Peace”

Zoz

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Such stare. Wow. The doge
Watching bus. Watching you. Drive
Forever always.

-QuarterNote

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wow, such poem format
very syllabels like wind
so flow and fitting

//Varya

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Hey there, little Doge.
Sitting on the lower third.
…Don’t eat the timer.

—Anubis169

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A Shiba Inu.
Praise given sarcastically.
One meme for the job.

-WAYF.

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wow, doge is so good
everyone love doge much
and doge love you too

– The Storne

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Dancing in a hat of Doge
Money For Children
Desert Bus Full of Hope

– Douglas COulombe

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Ezio will kill
That dastardly evil Doge
for his scurf of eden

Noob Doge Noob Doge Noob
Doge Doge Doge Bus Noob Bus Doge
Bus Bus Bus Noob Bus

Hello, Ladies – I’m
The man you wish your Doge was
Now I’m on a Bus

MrVerbal

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Donate. So Children.
Zeta shift wow amaze bus.
Such Haiku. Much Doge.

-RedRaptor

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Many Spacebid, Wow
For the children, much money
Such Crash. Dammit Matt

– Pseudo Mcnim

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wow, much desert bus
many bug splat, so green
no crash, much fun, wow

– Ryan Williams

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Wow such Doge haiku
Doge donates doge love children
Much bus So desert

Doge thanks you for reading dogeku
Doge continues to watch

~TheMadTweaker

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Bus has many hats
Jingle chicken, toothy fish
The Doge rules them all

Thanks,
Melanie (oceangreen)

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shibe sees his tail
chases it, gets it, bites it
wow. much hurt. such pain

– Chton

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Desert Bus – so wow /
Child’s Play – much donations /
Very insane time

Jontall

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What is Doge, Google?
Venetian Duke? No. Puppy.
Silly internet.

– Alexander Olson

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Doge. Very Colour.
Much words, so fragments. New think!
All wow. Need Kitty?

Cheers,
thenerdemperor

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Many doge can tricks
But none quite as well as Sir
Ranger Danger doge

– hUBBEKING

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Doge Haiku. Much Write
Much donate. Such dance. Great Bus
Super kids, Zeta

– Jeremiah

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Such Haiku, much words
Special Bus,Driver No Crash
So excite, Zeta Shift

– Geoffrey Hazlewood

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such much very wow
I am Busser, donate now!
wow wow plz wow
– LuckieDuckie

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People bussing intensely,
the doges barking insanely
all for the children.

from Dim

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The noble doge. Wow.
Much lineage, such breeding.

Doge snuggle, so love.

– Katie Cook

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Wow! Much sick children
Very money to Child’s Play
Desert Bus so Hope

Rolling on desret
So dusk, so night, have bugsplat
Such boring gameplay

– Francois

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such smoosh face shibe
much joy meme so bus power
whoops, missed a line . wow

– Brian Orlick

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Doge, bus to bring toys
to all the good girls and boys
be quick they are sick

– Patrick Crowthers

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By amylouise

“Doge on desert bus/
Can stop at every bus stop/
Much pee, many marks, wow”

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Bah! What is a doge?
Doge or doge there is no not.
Go home doge your drunk.

– Dane Stobbe

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Too many word float
Buzz like fly, very bother
Please much bug spray, yes?
– ArcadeStarlet

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A doge is such love
A doge is many happy
But doge crashed bus

Who cares what fox say?
There’s only one I care for.
Doge says such break Kate.

Doge tries speech jammer
Puts headphones on it’s cute head
Doge does not speak words.

Doge is cute doggy
Gets all of the loving pets
Yeyeyeyeye

– Gregory Skeels

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So help children, very good.
much sleep deprevation qwop
almost dong, very whale dong.

Evil_Smurf

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I want a doctor
I call a telephone box
“No sir, this is doge”

– Drecon

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Such Haiku, much words
Special Bus,Driver No Crash
So excite, Zeta Shift

– Geoffrey H

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Haikus they count to
syllables, five seven five
oh bus man, such doge!

– Fredrik

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Need to go sleep soon/
Watching cute doge video/
Staying up way late/

– Ryver

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So much comic sans/a cute little shiba and/those clever captions.

by Elfowlgirl

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Just in on Derp Line
Who Says Doge can’t make Music
Watch Ass 2: AirDoge

– Mark Denker

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wow such bus many monies
many monkee dance for the child
burmashave

love thisisthechris

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Foreign paw-em. Wow.
So meta. Such syllables.
Ruff crowd. Many effort.

– Combine non elite

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wow wow wow wow wow
wow wow wow wow wow wow wow
wow wow wow wow wow

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Empty desert road
Here in eternal twilight
Such dance, much children

– Artemis

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Immensely bright eyes,
that stare at us from corner.
Who dare not love Doge?

– Alejandro Pro

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such haikew
sevn silabuls go hear
much mistakes, my bad

– Merav

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Money for childrens.
We no stop. Plz! More Money.
Such meme. So laugh. Wow!

– inquisitorjl

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Bear hat given love.
Final form revealed, doge hat.
Wow cute, such perfect.

-Zalpar

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Once upon a time,
The gods called for a hero,
And so Doge was born.

He scaled high walls,
Conquered many kingdoms,
And there was great Doge.

Then he grew ancient,
Waxed on his victories old,
And so died a god.
Doge.
– Granville Parham

More Media Thank Yous!
November 21, 2013 at 03:51 AM PST
Posted by Ashton

We have a lot of support from media coming in every day, from forums to big-time articles. Though we can’t thank each and every one of them (seriously, we’d love to if we could) we’d like to take some time to send out very special thanks to the following paragons:

Our first batch of steaming hot special thanks goes to Alexandria Brown of the Boulder Gaming Examiner for her article “Desert Bus for Hope uses worst game to fund-raise for charity”, which not only encouraged readers to visit Desert Bus and watch our snazzy for-the-children antics, but also gave a solid history of both the charity and the Penn and Teller game, which she rightly dubs the worst video game ever. Ever.

Next, a big time shout out to our friends over at FANGAMER for their encouragement and promotion of the awesome Jon Kay Desert Bus 7 tee shirts.

And finally, extra special with a cherry on top thanks to Phil Plait (of Bad Astronomy fame) and Slate.com for the article “Take a Ride with Me on Desert Bus. For the Children!” It’s always great to hear from Phil, and his support is nothing short of fantastic. Thanks for the kind words and all the help you give us doing what we do FOR THE CHILDREN!

Addendum: Because it somehow missed my list of posts to praise, Siobhan Harper over at Dojit was one of the first to lead the charge with her article “Why You Should Watch Desert Bus” way back on November 15th! The article is not only informative and supportive of our cause but it’s also a good read. Thanks for your hard work, Siobhan! We here at Desert Bus really do appreciate it.

Sponsor Thank You: Card Kingdom
November 21, 2013 at 03:07 AM PST
Posted by Kara

cardkingdomMagic: The Gathering rules, and the place where it rules is Card Kingdom. Card Kingdom is an MTG shop physically located in Seattle, WA, but their awesome inventory of tabletop games, apparel, cards and paraphernalia is also available on cardkingdom.com. Want to rep your Ravnica guild with a T-Shirt? Selling MTG singles? Looking for bulk playsets, stylish accessories, or the last Mythic for your deck? Look here.

The folks who run Card Kingdom have also been known to sponsor LoadingReadyRun MTG drafts. So if you like live-stream LRR features (kind of like Desert Bus Driver Cam, but with Magic), you may thank Card Kingdom for supporting that, too.

Card Kingdom continues to be an amazing sponsor of Desert Bus for Hope and has once again provided us with uncut foil sheets of Magic Cards. In past years these sheets have been amongst our highest grossing auction lots.

Thank you, Card Kingdom, for your continued and invaluable support of Desert Bus for Hope.