Desert Bus for Hope

Kristin is Child’s Play’s Foundation Coordinator,which is of course the primary reason for Desert Bus’s existence. In case you somehow don’t know Child’s Play is a non-profit organization founded to improve the quality of life of hospitalized children by providing facilities with video game consoles, games, books and toys. The Child’s Play network of pediatric hospitals and other partners numbers over 80 across the globe, with over 12 million dollars in toys and cash donated since its inception in 2003.

Kristin has been Child’s plays Foundation Coordinator since 2005 and we’re really excited to see her! Kristin will be in on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 12:30pm PST! If you have any questions for her, please leave them in the Comments!

Sponsor Thank You: 2K Games

November 20, 2012 at 08:00 AM PST

Posted by Ashton

2K Games is a developer/publisher with an impressive list of published titles (The Darkness, Borderlands, XCOM, Spec Ops), including a few we all thought would never see the light of day (Prey, Duke Nukem Forever). 2K and their game The Darkness helped spawn Unskippable’s most noteworthy running gag “That was the nth time I died.” It also was the very first game Yahtzee Croshaw covered in Zero Punctuation, so the company holds a deep and warm place in our hearts. We’re also happy to say that after this year, they’ll probably have a nice place in your heart too — they’ve literally given us a huge box of games to give away.

2K Games will be releasing hotly anticipated Bioshock: Infinite in 2013. You can learn more at www.2kgames.com.

Call In: Jonathan Coulton

November 20, 2012 at 07:00 AM PST

Posted by Ashton

Jonathan Coulton is a geek artist and performer responsible for such oeuvres as Code Monkey, Still Alive, and Want You Gone. Currently the house musician for NPR’s Ask Me Another, Jonathan has just released an original Christmas album, One Christmas at a Time, and will be touring the US later this month.

During the call we’ll auction off a surprise mystery thing! So mysterious even we don’t know what it is yet!

JoCo (as we like to call him) will be calling in on Tuesday at 11:00 AM PST, 2:00 PM EST, 7:00 PM GMT. Questions and cogitations should be left in the comment section.

WAKEUP! timetobidonauctions SHAKEUP!

November 20, 2012 at 05:00 AM PST

Posted by Ashton

Driver and his bus will never BREAKUP

(Driver and his bus will never)

Wanna see the stuff that’s on the table?

Bid on these auctions if you’re able!

(You wanted to!)

You’re welcome.

There are new Auctions coming your way this morning:

Sponsor Thank You: Dragon Chow Dice Bags

November 20, 2012 at 04:00 AM PST

Posted by Ashton

Dragon Chow Dice Bags produces awesome dice bags with a flat bottom to ensure your bag will not tip over and spill your precious dice (unless your DM prefers that whole “angry gods flip the table from time-to-time” approach like ours does). If you were hoping these might be bags full of something to feed that dragon, you’re probably out of luck (you’re the one who tastes good with ketchup, after all!).

Dragon Chow has graciously donated a very special lot of their amazing dice bags to Desert Bus; each one is hand crafted and made with special, limited edition Desert Bus for Hope fabric! D20s stored in these bags are guaranteed to roll 20s roughly five percent of the time!

If you’re not lucky enough to get one a limited edition Desert Bus bag, there are still plenty of others available at www.dragonchow.com.

Desert Bus YouTube Channel

November 20, 2012 at 02:59 AM PST

Posted by Ashton

We know you can’t watch the feed 24/7, so we’ve been putting some of the best clips up on Youtube! Check out the Desert Bus channel and watch some!

Sponsor Thank You: Privateer Press

November 20, 2012 at 02:00 AM PST

Posted by Ashton

Privateer Press, the award-winning publishers of No Quarter Magazine and the explosively popular Warmachine and Hordes tabletop miniature game lines has joined Desert Bus as a sponsor this year!

Privateer has been a driving force in tabletop gaming since it released The Iron Kingdoms to critical acclaim and industry awards in 2001. Over the next few years they hit two more out of the park with the steampunk inspired Warmachine in 2003 and the feral, monstrous Hoardes in 2006, and has continued to expand their existing game lines and produce other games of immersive, breathtaking quality like their new role playing release, Five Fingers: Port of Deceit.

It’s an exciting time to be a player of Privateer’s games and that excitement is coming to you with a whole horde of swag from this awesome company.

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