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Donation Drive: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Resin Painting
November 14, 2019 at 03:04 PM PST
Posted by Tim

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So, you’ve just been bit by a radioactive spider, or pig, or painting, or what have you and you are looking for something to decorate your new spider-cave? Look no further than this one-of-a-kind Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Resin Painting. It’s the only one in the multi-verse guaranteed!

Drawing from Miles Morales’ iconic spider-suit from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, this 12in x 12in painting was made by painting a little bit at a time and carefully covering each layer in a thick layer of high gloss epoxy resin. The background is textured black and grey paint with the web detail painted in three dimensional “puffy” fabric paint to emphasize the 3D effect offered by the resin. The graffiti inspired text reads “What’s Up Danger?” from the Spider-Verse soundtrack occurring during one of the most visually memorable scenes of the movie. With no less than 5 layers, the painstaking layering of paint and resin gives painting a deep three dimensional effect while simultaneously being extremely shiny.

Donate $6.16 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 5:00pm PST.

Sponsor Thank You: Codename Entertainment
November 14, 2019 at 03:00 PM PST
Posted by Tim

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We here at Desert Bus for Hope would like to thank one of our returning prize sponsors for this year’s event: Codename Entertainment.

Codename Entertainment makes games because they love games. They are the award-winning studio founded in 2008 here in glorious Victoria, British Columbia. Crusaders of the Lost Idols is consistently in the Top 2% most played games on Steam, and has been a top game on Kongregate.com and ArmorGames.com since it was launched in July 2015. Crusaders has been played more than 35 million times across all platforms. Their latest game is Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, an official free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons-based strategy game. Idle Champions has remained in the Top 20 free-to-play games on Steam, Top 100 Most Played Steam games by concurrent players, and racked up more than 3 million cumulative plays since it was launched in September 2017.

Thank you Codename Entertainment for your support of Desert Bus for Hope!

Sponsor Thank You: Roxley Games
November 14, 2019 at 02:17 PM PST
Posted by Tim

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We here at Desert Bus for Hope would like to thank one of our prize sponsors for this year’s event: Roxley Games.

Roxley Games specializes in games that are innovative, well-developed, and highly-polished. At Roxley, they pour their heart and soul into every game they have the opportunity to work on. Some board games you might have played recently that they’ve published include Dice Throne, Santorini, and Brass: Lancashire.

Thank you Roxley Games for your support of this year’s Desert Bus for Hope!

Surprise Donation Drive: Teller Lot
November 14, 2019 at 02:12 PM PST
Posted by Tim

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It wouldn’t be a call with Teller without a generously donated surprise lot! We’re running a donation drive for a collection of prizes that includes…

  • 4 tickets to either a live taping of Penn & Teller: Fool Us! or a Penn & Teller show at the Rio in Las Vegas in 2020.
  • 1 night stay at the Rio Las Vegas.
  • A souvenir gift bag.

Donate $12.04 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 4:00pm PST.

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Silent Auctions Update: We're Running Out of Things!
November 14, 2019 at 01:52 PM PST
Posted by Tim

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It’s Day 7 of bussing here at the Lunar Module and we’ve just about emptied everything out of the prize mines. There’s a few things left, though, and so, here’s what’s up for auction currently on the Silent Auctions page, lovingly crafted and donated by members of the Desert Bus for Hope Craft-Along community…

If you want to bid on these Silent Auctions, make sure you’re signed in to your Donor Account. Don’t have one? You can create on here on desertbus.org.

Act fast, because these Silent Auctions close at 4:00pm PST.

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Coming Up Tonight: Qwerpline Live!
November 14, 2019 at 01:15 PM PST
Posted by Tim

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By popular demand, we’ll be performing a live edition of Qwerpline tonight during Omega Shift!

Qwerpline started as a yearly gag on Desert Bus for Hope and has evolved into a comedy improv podcast published by LoadingReadyRun. In the podcast, Big G-Money (Graham) and A-Train (Alex) host a live morning radio show for the great town of Nsburg. They’re often joined by a rotating cast of characters, including traffic reporter Richter Hammockslam (Ian), Derek the Intern (Beej), and arts reporter Edith Slump (Kathleen). The podcast just wrapped up its second season.

Tune in tonight at 10:00pm PST to watch the hilarity live!

We made it to $650,000!
November 14, 2019 at 01:10 PM PST
Posted by Tim

Hey everyone, we made it to $650,000 raised during this year’s Desert Bus for Hope! Well done everyone! Thank you for your eternal generosity and support of this event – we can’t do this without you!

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Upcoming Call-In: Teller
November 14, 2019 at 01:03 PM PST
Posted by Tim

Penn & TellerComing up at 3:00pm PST today, Teller will be calling in to the Lunar Module to say hello!

Teller is an American magician, entertainer, actor, and author. Together with his partner Penn, Teller has performed since the late 1970’s. The duo, having been featured in numerous stage and television shows, currently headline in Las Vegas at The Rio. Penn and Teller are also notable as the original creators of the game Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors, the origin of Desert Bus. Teller can also be found on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, which has recently wrapped it’s 6th season on the CW.

Got a question for Teller? Tweet @DesertBus with the hashtag #DBTeller with your question and we may ask it on-air!

Sponsor Thank You: Greater Than Games
November 14, 2019 at 01:00 PM PST
Posted by Tim

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We here at Desert Bus for hope would like to take a moment to thank one of our Prize Sponsors for this year’s event: Greater Than Games.

Founded in January 2011 by Christopher Badell, Adam Rebottaro, and Paul Bender, Greater Than Games is the publisher of many engaging, richly-themed and highly replayable tabletop games. We love playing games and our ridiculous process of game creation and our goal is to continue producing high quality tabletop games for many years to come. With those ideals in mind, Greater Than Games merged with Dice Hate Me Games in 2015. This merger resulted in Dice Hate Me Studios, a game design and development studio under Greater Than Games, LLC. Dice Hate Me Studio specializes in retro Americana themed games with euro-style elements. Our company is now known for award winning games like Sentinels of the Multiverse, Spirit Island, Bottom of the 9th, and Compounded.

Thank you Greater Than Games for your support of this year’s Desert Bus for Hope!

Donation Drive: Roll20 D&D Adventure Pack
November 14, 2019 at 12:38 PM PST
Posted by Tim

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We’ve got another Roll20 Donation Drive for you! Running a D&D campaign? We’ve giving away a D&D Adventurer’s Pack!

Play Dungeons & Dragons with your friends, wherever they may be in the world! This pack includes access to the D&D Player’s Handbook, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, and Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus on Roll20.net. You will also receive a 1-year Roll20 Pro Account which includes 3Gb of custom asset upload storage, powerful dynamic lighting and line of sight features, and Table on Tablet support. Aaaand, this giveaway is a digital product, but we’ll still ship the winner this year’s Desert Bus for Hope DBloon!

Donate $10.23 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 2:30pm PST.