We auctioned off two custom sketches by Ken Steacy – anything you want, fully inked, shaded and highlighted!

You can’t have these, but aren’t they awesome? Apologies for terrible iPhone pictures!

Robert Ashley is a freelance journalist who has written for Games For Windows Magazine and Gourmet. He is also an aspiring radio producer and the creator and editor of ‘A Life Well Wasted’, a groundbreaking internet radio show about video games and the people who love them. His band, I Come to Shanghai, released their first independent album earlier this year.

Robert Ashley will be calling in to chat with us at Desert Bus in just a few minutes. Tune in!

Also, you can check out the A Life Well Wasted and the brand new, just-posted episode 5: Help, featuring LoadingReadyRun’s Matt Wiggins and Jeremy Petter, who talk about gaming and Desert Bus. http://alifewellwasted.com/

Next time you see a dude named GoDesertBusGo on XBox live, know that he is an upstanding dude -

So Bill showed up late, spilled drinks and crashed the bus, all in under two hours. Wow.

Special Alert! Anyone who donates at least $5 in the next hour will be entered to win one of three prize packages from our friends at Crispy Gamer . Each prize pack contains some CG swag, and a game from their stash. If you’ve been waiting to make a small donation, now may be the time!

Also, check out Crispy Gamer’s great article on us!

This awesome Lady Gaga parody was created by Ian Horner.

Now stop asking me to update the blog!