Somewhat unrelated, but this bizarre-possibly-gta-mod-looking game was just posted to Destructoid. Given that it pretty much encompasses what Desert Bus would look like today, I’m posting it for you.

Yes, it’s true! #DesertBus beat New Moon on Twitter’s trending topics, and our viewers drew these to celebrate!

Keep using the #DesertBus hashtag, and let’s see if we can trend tomorrow during peak traffic!

We’ve given away two copies of the Girl’s Guide to Dating a Geek to people watching Desert Bus for being awesome!

Our first winner Kevin Raymond wrote the following haiku:

Why am I a geek?
Oh God, the virginity.
Please give dinosaur.

Then I challenged the everyone to draw a desert bus running over Edward Cullen (a symbol of #desertbus overtaking #new moon as a twitter trending topic) – and Tyler Samson won with this incredible (and rushed drawing!)

Edward Under Bus

Yes, we have passed $13 000 dollars. Thirteen thousand dollars of spite, torture and generosity from you to us: Nothing can stop the bus rush!

Yes, we have gone for five hours without crashing.

In honour of Desert Bus 3, 1Up has updated their fantastic Retronauts blog with an in-depth article about the history of Pen and Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors. I you’ve ever wondered about Desert Bus’s origin, this article will probably teach you a thing or two. If you have a few moments, give it a read. Education is good … for the children!

Well guys, I’m announcing this early so you have plenty of times to ask your questions!

The CEO of Hothead Games, Joel DeYoung will be here on Monday at 11:00 PST to drive the bus, give away amazing prizes and answer your questions in a Q&A session – so if you have any burning questions about the video game industry, PA Adventures or Ron Gilbert’s DeathSpank, post them in the comments below!

Some folks in our community have speculated what the “orbiting underground moonbase” that we broadcast from actually looks like. Here are some artistic renderings:

I saw a couple in the chat that aren’t here: if you made one, make sure to send it to stuff@desertbus.org

Yes, we have bested $12 000 in the great drive of love for the children. Incidentally when we passed $7000, we also passed $100 000 raised over the last three years, which is great :). Go Child’s Play! We love you!!

DesertBus has passed $11 000 — and we’re only two hours in. Things look dire for our heroes … and in D&D dire means BIG. James is holding up quite well under the circumstances … give him another nine hours though :).