Ok, we entered the crazy zone a long time ago: thanks to your help, we have raised a truly crazy amount of money for child’s play! You guys are amazing: thank you so much for making Desert Bus such a huge success!
The other night when Penn called us, he wanted to give us something really special. So we brainstormed with the crew, the chat and Penn himself, and came up with the “The Desert Bus Experience.”
This package includes an envelope of sand from the real, actual Nevada desert, a pine tree air freshener, and an actual bus ticket from Las Vegas, NV to Tucson, AZ (valid only for 9 days from purchase, so…)
This auction will be happening close to the end, and it may be one of the silliest auction we’ve ever had, but it’s the most in keeping with the spirit of the game.
Everything is signed by P&T themselves, and will be shipped direct from Vegas to the winner.
Huge thanks to P&T for this!
We’re on the final stretch, but before we stop, we’ve got the final version of Michael Lunsford’s amazing poster!
Here it is, it is amazing!
We’ll be printing two of these. One for us, cause it’s awesome. And the other is for you!
The auction will be running within the next couple hours, please BID_ highly!
Rosco is a duck of many talents, who has led a long and daring life of adventure. Below is a small sampling of his feats, as illustrated by you, in one of the most impressive collections of art we’ve ever had a challenge produce. Great kudos to the illustrators.
In the wee hours of the morning, Kathleen discovered a creature long ago thought to be extinct: the dreaded bear shark. Here are the representations of the beast that swam from your collective psyches and into our inbox.
I have been scrambling to catch up with all the art challenges over the last 24-hours: sorry for the delays, but we’ve obviously been very busy :o. The first challenge of Kathleen’s run was a Top Gear fan art challenge, for which we had a small number of submissions … but a fierce number of submissions, as represented below.
A huge rush of money from Ken (value added) Steacy has done it, and not only pushed us over the edge of of $140 00, but past last year as well! We are amazed, we are impressed, and we are grateful on behalf of the children. Much love, everyone–now let’s see how high we can get this bus!
FOR THE CHILDREN!!
One of the general rules of Desert Bus is the less frequently milestone pictures go up, the busier we are, and the better things are going. As indicated by a general lack of milestones for most of today, we are doing very, very well, sitting only $10 000 shy of last year’s astonishing Desert Bus finish. The prospect of doing better is in sight. Can you taste it? Let’s push on past and see if we cam kick this bus into overdrive!
Whenever I think about retro-gaming, I think about Frank Cifaldi, proprietor of LostLevels.org and News Editor for 1Up.com. Frank is a bastion of knowledge about the history of games, and has the the dubious distinction of being the man who leaked Penn and Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors (and therefore Desert Bus) onto the internet. He’ll be calling ia a scant one hour from now. so stay tuned!
At 1Up, Frank has is a news editor, columnist, and regular contributor to Retronauts, in its various forms, over the last year. He’s a great, and very thorough feature journalist, and we look forward to speaking to him!
Frank also brings with him an insanely large lot of review games from the 1Up/EGM offices, to be auctioned off at the end of his appearance!
If there’s anything you want to know from Frank, post your questions in the comments below. If we have time, we’ll pass along your questions!