To win a signed FTL poster we had people design spaceships for us!
The winner was Llyann!
And here’s the rest of the entries!
We have lots of awesome giveaways happening all the time! They can be for donation challenges (anyone who donates a specific amount during a short period of time gets entered into a draw), art competitions, costume contests, and who knows what else! These are ones that are happening during Johnny’s shift! (That’s from now until 10am Pacific Time.) There’s no specific time that these happen, so if you really want one you’ll have to keep watching!
This limited edition chest has never been available for direct purchase anywhere, as it was originally created for individuals who worked on Neverwinter, and a few games journalists.
Simple, practical and charming, we feel these gloves add the perfect final touch to any fall or winter wardrobe.
Things that are fun: Words (especially words like “pterodactyl” and “jetski” and “flamethrower”), goofy hats, playing games on the go and funky 3DS cases.
This handsome dice bag is machine embroidered with – very appropriately – polyhedral dice, and is divided into three interior segments for the purpose of sorting your dice.
Moogles are handy to have around, whether to sell you things, save your game or generally cuten things up.
The zombies are coming, the zombies are coming! As the good plant, you must of course fight them off. Or you can play as the zombies, in which case uproot those nasty little plants!
Zombies are a classic – they “never die,” if you will. But you sure can spend a lot of time trying to keep them down. Enjoy some good-old zombie-bashing gameplay with this Resident Evil prize pack!
FTL: Faster Than Light poster – signed
This signed and stylish poster comes from the award-winning game FTL, a top down, real time strategy game from indie developer Subset Games.
Are you a fan of Molly Lewis? Do you enjoy geeky, witty, awesome music performed on the ukulele? Well this lot is for you!
Smeagol figurine from Lord of the Rings
This Smeagol statue from the Lord of the Rings: Two Towers will probably not stab you in the back… probably.
10pm means a driver shift change over, but there’s also a lot of change over behind the scenes. Zeta Shift has begun, and we’ll be here until the early morning.
But if you’re going to be up all night with us you should check out some silent auctions! These two close at 2am Pacific Time.
This wonderful felted doll has a marvelously sinister expression and a pose that shows he is ready to spring into action if anyone threatens his treasure.
Chemistry Cat Solves Global Catnip Crisis
The canvas measures 9 x 12 inches, in a frame that is 16 x 20 inches.
Plus there’s this sweet LIVE AUCTION happening at 4:30am Pacific Time.
This Portal style lightbox features a brand new, yet utterly familiar, cast of characters and items!
YOU NEED A DONOR ACCOUNT TO BID ON ITEMS! To get one go here!
And remember: bid early and bid often!
We’re giving away the Doubleclicks Prizepack of Awesome and the Doubleclicks are calling in at 11pm Pacific Time! Who are the Doubleclicks? They’re a Portland based Nerd-folk duo have taken over the internets with their fantastic music and humor. Check out this sweet video they did for Desert Bus!
This prizepack includes everything you need to be a true Doubleclick fan! Two Albums! (Lasers & Feeelings, Chainmail & Cello), a set of custon Doubleclicks D6s, a DC Button, and a HANDMADE Doubleclicks bag!
The handmade bag was created by Katrina Keller, and is made from canvas and cloth. It measures 11×14 inches, and includes an interior zipper pocket and a 60:40 split pocket for cell phones, dice, cards, etc. The straps are 24 inches long. Additional photos of the bag in action can be seen here!
And now the story of a bunch of people who lost their sanity, and who had no choice but to play one of the worst games ever for charity… It’s Desert Bus.
The Bilzmom Planeswalker contest! Where we challenged viewers to design the art for a Magic: the Gathering Planeswalker card based on Bill’s Mom. Check out all the entries here.
Jags Necropoles! People read the origin story of the clone of beloved Desert Bus mallard Roscoe P. Jangles and then drew some super awesome art!
We ran our very own Strip Search challenge between Kathleen and LeeLee! We had them draw some excellent ’80s Tom Hanks comics, and you can check them out here!
Cam also did his best to accurately predict who’d win all of today’s (American) Football games. We went 9 and 4, two games better than ESPN’s so-called “experts”!
We’ve also been asking people for help with Achievement graphics. We’re still looking for some so check out this page for more information.
And we hit $100,000! (Thanks to ArmoredFrog for the screen shot.)
And don’t forget to check out all the sweet photos on Flickr!
We had some super awesome images for the Jags Necropoles origin story! It was really hard to choose a winner, but Jer finally selected this submission from EJ! They won a deluxe edition of Limbo!
We had two super close runners up, the first is by Merav Ulyansky.
And the second is by Rhiannon McCullough.
Plus here are the rest!
Jeremy has challenged everyone to illustrate the origin story of Jags Necropoles, clone of beloved Desert Bus mallard Roscoe P. Jangles.
The winner will receive a deluxe edition copy of Limbo, which comes with a stylish case, a sticker and 7 art postcards, and 3D glasses for special viewing of them.
So, read through Jags story, copied below, and give us your best illustration.
Like any round trip to Vegas, Roscoe expected that the end would be met with the very same hydraulic whoosh to which he had become accustomed. What he did not plan on was being met with a tiny face much like his own. In the distance, rumbling from a storm caused the sky to growl. The tiny eyes blinked.
“Who are you?”
Unflinching, emotionless, the tiny bill parted long enough to respond. “From the abyss of your subconscious, the will of the one they call Creepy Doll, and from a tiny bit of DNA taken from a dropped feather, I come. I am your clone, Roscoe. I am you. I am Jags Necropoles.”
Thunder roared around them. The storm had arrived.
Get to it people! The contest ends at 9pm!
If you have an eye for icons, this might be the challenge for you. We need some Achievement icons for the following Cheevos, and we’d like you to help us out. The best designs for each one will go up on the Desert Bus Achievements page for all to see and enjoy.
- Two Heads Are Better Than One
- Saturday Morning
- Ring-ding-dingeringeding!
- Crash the Gates
- Dog Catcher
- We’re Helping!
- Hot Swap
This year’s style is plain white on the blue background, but if you feel like throwing a little accent colour in there, have some fun with it!
Use this image as a background to create your cheevo-specific image. Click above to see the full-sized image.
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- An example of an icon for the Banhammer achievement
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- Another example icon. This one less hammery.
Save your file as a png and send it to cheevos@desertbus.org! Good luck!
We received some amazing entries for our Bilzmom Planeswalker contest, but citricacid83 was our winner, with this dynamic portrait
Well done citricacid83! You win a set of autographed Joe Vollan token cards, assuming you haven’t been whisked off to Oz by a twister.
Click below the cut for some of the other excellent entries we received.
Kudos, gang! This one was a lot of fun, and we’re thrilled with your terrific output!
Call your bosom buddies, take a break from your bachelor party, and quit working on that money pit for a minute, we have big news that’s sure to make a splash! We present below Kathleen and LeeLee’s excellent ’80s Tom Hanks comics.
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- Kathleen’s take on Joe Versus the Volcano
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- LeeLee knocks in two runs, riffing on both Turner and Hooch and Big