Thanks for all of the great entries! Here’s the winning entry, which truly went above and beyond. Click the link to watch the video file:

Naked Duck

Here are the other entries, some of which could easily have won, themselves:

Thanks for all of the submissions, someone!

(Yes, I play a chick. Whatever)

Afro J! This is for you!

Just… wow.

Clearly, you are actually trying to kill us at this point? You are trapping us in a prison made entirely of generosity. How… wonderful.

Holy moly people, you are so wonderful it defies words. We’re so excited, happy and blown away by everything you’ve donated.

Thank you!

Kathleen wagered that if we reached $25,000 she would get her usually luxuriant locks cut down shorter than she ever had before. The reverse-mullet, if you will.

Business in the back, party in the front.

For those who may have missed it, Penny Arcade issued… nay, threw down a gauntlet today.

A gauntlet that a giant might think was a bit roomy. Which brings us to Operation: Infinite Bus. Upon posting it, we had raised $25,520, which was already ahead of last year’s staggering total.

The challenge is such that, if we continue to raise money above and beyond that, then PA will match that amount, up to $10,000.

They want to break our minds to such a level wherein we fear any and all open roads. Possibly even buses. Weep for us.

And… and you know what? Donate. Bring it.

OPERATION: INFINITE BUS

Holy smokes. You people and your giving. Keep up the good work and hell, maybe we could hit that 30,000 mark.

Addendum: With Penny Arcade’s help, now we’re well on our way.

Chat user Dogmeat (real name Nic Boyer) bet that if we beat 20,000 then he would shave his head for the children. Obviously this was all on the honour system, but the man stepped up and let the razer fly!

Enjoy these pictures of the demise of his hair:

While I realize it was a long weekend for those of you in the states, I’d hazard to say it was even longer for our drivers. Our ongoing torment will see reprieve today, however, when we receive a call from the beautiful and talented Felicia Day of The Guild, Buffy and Dr. Horrible. If you have questions you’d like us to ask Felicia, please post them here. We don’t promise to read all of them (see our previous Wil Wheaton call-in for reference), but we’ll certainly choose a few .