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Giveaway: Team17 Family Pack
November 14, 2023 at 03:46 AM PST
Posted by Matthews

Family game night is back on! This pack of twenty (yes, 20) download codes from Team 17 includes a ton of different games, ranging from Greak: Memories of Azur (a puzzle platformer with gorgeous hand-drawn art that follows three siblings as they team up on adventure), to Moving Out (a goofy universe where physics can help or hinder your moving company’s success). Hit up the mini-golf links in Golf With Your Friends, and then check out Sweet Transit to live the dream of building self-sufficient cities where the only transportation is trains. The wide variety of games in this pack means there’s something for every mood, and with features like assist-mode, the whole family can play

To win, just donate $7.48 or positive multiple integers thereof from now until 4:45am PST to enter!

Giveaway: Steve Jackson Signed Games
November 14, 2023 at 02:10 AM PST
Posted by Matthews

Our friends at Steve Jackson Games have kindly sent along two excellent board games, both of which have been signed by Steve Jackson!

Munchkin Lite is a fun and fast-paced version of the classic game of kicking the dungeon door and swiping as much loot as possible. It features 115 cards and is designed for 3-4 players.

Bill and Ted's Excellent Board Game has you traveling through time, collecting people from history to help you pass your history report. But every time you pick someone up, the phone booth breaks! Uncool! This game is out of print and makes a fun collector's item.

Donate $6.53 or positive multiple integers thereof from now until 2:09am PST for a chance to win!!

Giveaway: Large Plush Polyhedral Dice
November 14, 2023 at 12:29 AM PST
Posted by Matthews

They're cozy. They're celestial. They'll tell you if you made that con save! It's a set of large plush dice! Measuring between 6' - 9" inches in diameter, this full set of 7 will need a full size castle for its dice tower. Set also includes Stardust Galaxy 16mm and 10mm poly dice from MDG for your smaller, more reasonably sized, gaming needs.

Set is made from cotton space fabric, foam interfacing and polyfill. Numbers are heat press vinyl and dice are machine sewn, hand finished.

Donate $6.62 from now until 1:30am PST for a chance to win!!

Art Challenge: Desert Bus Tourist Cut Outs!
November 14, 2023 at 12:18 AM PST
Posted by Matthews

Zeta needs to find their holes. They're made for them! And we need your help. For our art challenge this evening, we'll provide you the template, and you make them fancy! We want you to take our holes, and turn them into Desert Bus for Hope tourist cutouts for us to stick our faces through!

You can find the template right here. It's a PNG with transparent holes ready for faces. We want to see your best ideas for our holes. No, I don't know what you mean by phrasing.

You have until 4:30am PST to get your entries into contest@desertbus.org with the subject line "Desert Bus Tourist Cut Outs", and the chosen winner will get BOTH a Desert Bus for Hope 2023 unisex t-shirt in the size of their choice, as well as a 2023 DBLoon!!

Nightwatch: crab teeth meat
November 14, 2023 at 12:02 AM PST
Posted by Soraya

There's a point in any Desert Bus for Hope run when you can tell the switch has just flipped from "we're doing this thing for charity" to "what are we doing again? Who cares, just keep doing it!"

Tonight was the night that switch flipped.

Do not ask us why we suddenly care this much about crabs. Ask yourself, why don't you care this much about crabs? And know that anyone who delves too deep into the "what" and "why" of Nightwatch will end up like Jacob here. Observe:

Jacob stands still, looking hesitantly around at all the people dancing and making crab hands at him.
Step 1: Jacob is puzzled and overwhelmed.
Jacob stands in the middle of the room, hesitantly conducting a chorus of people chanting "Teeth! Teeth! Teeth!"
Step 2: Jacob tentatively plays along.
Jacob bends over the couch and gets rammed in the butt by Graham wearing a bucket on his head.
Step 3: ONE OF US. ONE OF US.

Come visit us again anytime, Jacob! At your own risk, of course.

But Jacob was not our only visitor tonight! PJ needed a haircut, and what better time or place to get it done than during the middle of Nightwatch for a bit?

PJ and barber Devin sit in front of a black curtain. Devin cuts off well over six inches of brown hair and holds it up for PJ to see.

But then, things took a dark turn. Literally.

Graham holds a phone flashlight under his chin in an otherwise dark room. The shadow from the rims of his glasses stretches across his forehead in the shape of two thin horns.

Because we got a visit... from Jigpaw.

We had no choice but to drop meat off a ladder into Graham's open mouth while he wore a helmet labeled Meat. No choice! Jigpaw demanded it very politely!

Julie crouches on top of a ladder while Graham lies flat on the floor, face up, wearing a helmet that says "MEAT" in bright pink letters. She drops a large pepperoni directly into Graham's open mouth and the whole room cheers..

Mind you, some people just can't help but face god and walk backwards into hell. Specifically, Matt. Whether it be challenging chat to make him do 91 squats (and losing) or aggravating Ben, young Master Wiggins simply could not keep himself out of trouble this eve. Maybe he could take some lessons from Jordan in how to apologize (to LeVar Burton)?

We had a lot of fun tonight, and we're glad we spun out of control just in time for Rachel to see us at our burst. Tonight is her last night with Nightwatch, and we'll dearly miss her presence on our crew! At least we got a chance to sit down with her for an in-depth interview conducted professionally by Gibb.

Okay, Zeta. We dare you to get more weird than we were tonight. If anyone can do it, it's you... but we didn't make it easy!

Art Challenge Winners: Crack-a-Mac Intro
November 13, 2023 at 11:59 PM PST
Posted by Soraya

Let's get a crack-a-lackin' on our crack-a-mackin': it's time to announce to winner of tonight's art challenge! The prize goes to...

Winner: Alahmnat, Oscelot, and Jonas Evenstar


Runner Up: Viewers_Like_You


Runner Up: Miles (aka OtherEdgeworth)

Giveaway: Commander Masters Bundle
November 13, 2023 at 10:15 PM PST
Posted by Soraya
Two boxes of Magic: the Gathering items for Commander Masters. The larger box has a dragon on it and the smaller one has a pink, flowerlike crystal.

Your Commander deck demands minions, and this bundle of Collector Boosters and Draft Boosters has all the options you need.

Donate $9.91 (or multiples thereof) by 11:15pm for a chance to win the Commander Masters Bundle!

Sponsor Thank You: Tiltyhouse
November 13, 2023 at 09:45 PM PST
Posted by Soraya
Tiltyhouse logo. A black circle background on which stands the white silhouette of a house that's tipped slightly to the left.

When Desert Bus is over and you find yourself yearning for the quirky humor that has enlivened your many nights, fear not. You can still find members of the Desert Bus crew on the internet, doing comedy at Tiltyhouse! Thank you, members of Tiltyhouse, for letting us borrow you and thereby supporting Desert Bus year after year.

Giveaway: Tekken x Supreme Coat (XL)
November 13, 2023 at 08:11 PM PST
Posted by Soraya

It's throwing fists, it's giving fashion. First featured in the Fall/Winter 2022/2023 fashion line-up of the streetwear brand Supreme, this puffy XL coat designed by Yohji Yamamoto sports a Tekken-inspired aesthetic for the back logo.

Donate $8.32 (or multiples thereof) before 9:00pm PT for a chance to win this Tekken x Supreme Coat!

Art Challenge: Make Crack-a-Mac Intro
November 13, 2023 at 06:51 PM PST
Posted by Soraya

Crack-a-Mac Craze has been sweeping the nation [Day 1] [Day 2]. Your body is not ready for this hot new deck-building game that critics have described as "dry," "odd smelling," and "the best burger-themed game since Sneak King." High praise!

The only thing this game needs to truly take the world by storm is a compelling intro. That's where you come in. Design us an intro for the Crack-a-Mac series and you could win a 2023 Desert Bus t-shirt (Unisex).

A Desert Bus 2023 t-shirt. The shirt is black, decorated with Desert Bus for Hope logos and emblems in a retro pixelated art style.

Send a link to your Crack-a-Mac intro to contests@desertbus.org before 10:30pm PT. One winner will receive the t-shirt!