SURPRISE FOLLOWUP AUCTION FROM VOLPIN PROPS!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

GO TO THE FEED!

Wow. We received over 120 entries for this contest and after much work Kathleen and Kelly were able to narrow it down to two winners!

Kathleen’s Winner:

By Kiyote

The bus kicked off into light speed, the stars around them blurred, and time crawled to a standstill.

A writhing mass of tentacles poured forth as the great Cthulhu came into view.

Insanity set in as one word was uttered from the dread mouth of the Great Old One.

“Burma-Shave”

 

Kelly’s Winner:

By Daniel Brown

If accelerated to light speed, the Desert Bus would complete it’s journey approximately 448254 times per second. All is fine until we factor in Wiggins Radiation, which would mean the Bus would crash 448254 times per second, overloading every Sega CD console in existence, destroying Desert Bus forever.

Damnit, Matt.

 

Click after below to see the other eight stories that made it into the top ten!

By ratinskypo

With all of LRR collapsed from exhaustion, Creepy Doll, the vampiric monstrosity, had just taken command of the Bus when his felt eyes did not see a mysterious glowing button on the controller.

The button impatiently pressed itself, launching the Bus into the ground at light speed.

No one survived.

It was Matt’s fault.

By Britt Treichel

“Llight speed, disengage in five…” I gripped the cold steering wheel, stars streaming past like ribbons in the black.

“Two… One… Disengaging.” Even in the empty vacuum of space, the crunch of windows was still sickening.

The last thing I saw floated past on a rectangular sheet of metal: Burmashave.

 

By Jason Farmsworth

After years of driving it finally happened. The bus speed up, the white lines blurred, the bugs started to fill the windshield. Than the bus left the ground flew off into space, then crumpled.

The driver’s ghost looked down a single tear on his cheek.

“I finally space jumped.”

 

By Chloe Winsdale

They knew it was a dumb, horrible idea, but what were they to do? Matt’s frump face was after them, and it would rain down Whale Plaid if they stopped. Gripping the controls, the switch was hit for lightspeed.  The last thing they saw was a sign: Burma Shave.

 Desert bus jumps. Light speed reached. Matt’s driving? Roadside breached. Burma Shave.

By Nicholas Zapetis

Within that nanosecond that the bus reaches light speed, everything relative to the bus seems still, as outside the atoms of the Bus’ frame cause nuclear fusion with the very air, resulting in a massive atomic explosion.  Within moments, the last bits of radiation reach Tuscon and get one point.

By Heather Dunning

The driver waited anxiously for the signal from control as he brought the bus up to its max speed.  The Burmashave engines were filled to the brim with Nyanonium, capable of bringing the bus to lightspeed.

The signal was given and the driver punched it.  The explosion was magnificent.

More auctions opening just in time for dinner (PST; breakfast MST)!

• “Substructure”, a painting of Limbo by artist Eric Johnson. This eerily beautiful painting measures 10 x 22 inches.
• Bid on the amazing amigurumi Moogle by Michelle; he’s the perfect dancing companion!
• Ken Steacy has donated this rocking Rocketeer Prize Pack!
• Michelle Wilson has crafted an awesome Green Forest MtG Card Cozy and matching tokens bag!

At 6pm you have an amazing replica Skyrim waraxe crafted by Volpin Props with leatherworking by God Save the Queen Fashions.

Seriously. This is tremendous. The auction goes live at 6:00 PM PST tonight.

Go.

Get your wallet.

Collect dragon souls.

For the children.

Fus Ro Dah.

Bob “MovieBob” Chipman is the resident film buff of The Escapist and host of Escape to the Movies, The Big Picture, and the Game OverThinker Overbytes. He’s also the man behind Intermission and the upcoming webshow The Adventures of the Game Overthinker on blip.tv. On top of all of this, he maintains his blog, MovieBob, with near-daily posts.

Bob will be calling in on Tuesday at 8:00 PM PST, 11:00 PM EST, 4:00 AM GMT. Leave your questions for him in the comments section!

This had some of the best art that we’ve seen yet, but there could only be one winner!

Caitlin Wryther wins with this awesome piece of art:

Special honorable mention to the best runner up, Yngvar Asplund, who did a fantastic job here:

Thanks everyone for sending in your entries! Take a look at these awesome pieces:

“In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming bidding.”

So wrote H.P. Lovecraft in his 1928 story The Call of Cthulhu, somehow knowing that all of you would be staying up all night watching us play Desert Bus and bidding on awesome things. Such as…

• This awesome Cthulhu Messenger Bag.
• The Rosco P. Jangles IV Memorial Necklace whose silver stars and green beads will either appease/anger Cthulhu.
• The All Sprites Totoro nail set, sized generously to fit most tentacles hands.
• The Level Up Studios Brentalfloss Prize Pack featuring three (3!) t-shirts, buttons, and CDs!

There’s still more time to bid on these awesome silent auction items!

• Carry all your madness in this arcane Cthulhu Messenger Bag!
• A fantastic Rosco P. Jangles IV Memorial Necklace byLadyRhian!
• A wonderful set of My Neighbor Tortoro by crafter Sandy Wasserman!
• A Level Up Studios pack with with three (3!) Brentalfloss t-shirts (1 ladies M, 2 men’s L) Brentalfloss buttons, and two signed CDs! 

We just received a new song written and recorded by Kitty Shinju!

Click here to download Kitty Shinju’s “Raise Your Bid for the Children”

Lyrics after the break:

The light goes up

and the bidding begins

The eagerly awaited live auctioning

Of something we want to win

And we’re all smack-talking,

and raiding bids

For the children!

I dare you to meet me

I dare you to beat me

I dare you to break right through me

With smack-talk

I dare you to meet me

I dare you to beat me

I dare you to raise your bid

For the children!

I’ve got something really good

to sweeten this pig

Ten Thousand Dollars

And I have a sword

I’ll throw in

Cause we want to raise the bids

For the ones who’ll really win

For the children!

I dare you to meet me

I dare you to beat me

I dare you to break right through me

With smack-talk

I dare you to meet me

I dare you to beat me

I dare you to raise your bid

For the children!

I’ve got the money to back up my mouth

But that’s not what it’s all about

Doesn’t really matter if I win

It’s about raising the bid

For the one’s who’ll really win

For the children!

I dare you to meet me

I dare you to beat me

I dare you to break right through me

With smack-talk

I dare you to meet me

I dare you to beat me

I dare you to raise your bid

For the children!

I dare you to meet me

I dare you to beat me

I dare you to break right through me

With smack-talk

I dare you to meet me

I dare you to beat me

I dare you to raise your bid

For the children!