Desert Bus for Hope 5 is nearly here, and that means we have a whole bunch of guests who want to call in to show their support.  We’re thrilled to announce that this years list of guest callers is bigger than ever!  Thanks to our good friends Liz Smith and Steven Dengler, we’ve been in touch with some very talented and very awesome people, who we know are all looking forward to chatting with us (and you!) during the event. Set your alarms and mark your calendars, because you’re not going to want to miss a single call this year! (Please note: this schedule is in Pacific Time [GMT -8].  If you are viewing from another time zone, you may want to check these against your local time. This time zone converter may help.)

Call Ins:

Saturday November 19, 2011

11:00AM: Tim Schafer - Double Fine Productions

1:00PM: Chris Avellone – Obsidian Entertainment

2:30PM: Kevin Murphy – Rifftrax

4:00PM: Shamus Young – Escapist Magazine

6:30PM: John Scalzi – Author

8:00PM: Steve Butts – Escapist Magazine

 

Sunday, November 20, 2011

10:00AM: Stephen “Stepto” Toulouse - Xbox Live

11:00 AM: Ian “Dix” Dixon – Desert Bus IRC Chat Moderator

1:00PM: Jim Sterling – Escapist Magazine 

4:00PM: Grant Imahara – Mythbusters

6:00PM: Veronica Belmont – Revision3

 

7:15PM: Jeff Green - PopCap Games

8:00PM: Yahtzee Crowshaw – Escapist Magazine

 

Monday, November 21, 2011

11:00AM: MovieBob – Escapist Magazine

1:00PM: Sam Logan - Sam and Fuzzy

2:30PM: Chris Cashman – 1 vs 100 Live

4:00PM: Markus “Notch” Perrson – Mojang [Had to cancel due to bad internet, we're trying to reschedule]

6:00PM: Phil Plait - Bad Astronomy

 

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

11:00AM: Ernie Cline – Fanboys

1:00PM: Peter Sagal - Wait Wait… Don’t tell me!

4:00PM: Mikey Neumann – Gearbox Software

6:00PM: Paul & Storm – Musicians

8:00PM: Felicia Day – The Guild, Dragon Age: Redemption

 

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

11:00AM: Susan Arendt – Escapist Magazine

1:00PM: Sean Becker – The Guild

2:30PM: Justin McElroy – Joystiq

4:00PM: Molly Lewis – Musician

6:00PM: Jonathan Coulton – Musician

8:00PM – Jeremiah Slaczka – 5th Cell Games

 

 

Thursday, November 24, 2011

10:00am: Wil Wheaton - Author, Cool Dude [MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!]

In Person Visits:

Friday, November 18th:

James Portnow of Extra Credits

Saturday, November 19th:

Steven Dengler

Sunday, November 20th:

Kristen, Jamie and Robert of Penny Arcade & Child’s Play

Lee Lee Scaldaferri, creator of Name Game

 

Monday, November 21st:

Ken Steacy – 7:00 pm until late!

AND MORE!

Note: There are a couple of names still to be added to this list, and we’ll update it as time slots are confirmed. Make sure to check back periodically, to ensure that you don’t miss out!