While most of our amazing Desert Bus guests have been calling us to chat, our next guest is the first actually show up in person!
Joel DeYoung is the Chief Operating Officer of Hothead Games in Vancouver, and director of the Penny Arcade Adventures games. Joel is currently producing his new project, Swarm, but has taken some time out of his schedule to come hang out and drive the bus. If you have anything you’d like to talk to Joel about, be sure to show up in the chat to say “Hi” between 2:00 and 6:00 PST.
Shamus Young is a software engineer, father of three, and columnst/contributor to escapistmagazine.com. You may recognize him from his column, ‘Experienced Points’, or from the ‘Shamus Plays’ series of videos, or perhaps even his webcomic series ‘Stolen Pixels’. Aternately you may know him from his website and blog Twenty-Sided over at samsyoung.com.
Now you see it, now you don’t! Looked at straight-on, this scarf appears to be a simple striped affair. But looked at from an angle, the LoadingReadyRun logo suddenly appears. This is the magic of illusion knitting, and the combination of black and blue stripes in this scarf makes the logo highly visible (when viewed from an angle). Notes from the crafter: “Like most of the things I make, this project started because I wanted to learn a particular technique (illusion knitting, in this case) but didn’t have a specific project in mind for myself. Making a scarf for the Desert Bus Craft-along gave me both a project and an intended recipient.”
Averaging well over $1000 per hour, the Desert Bus keeps going strong! Let’s see how high we can fly this rocket, folks, we’re on track for a huge number toys and games for the kids!
When Morgan arrived (late) this afternoon to begin his 24-hour shift driving the Desert Bus, he confessed that he had only had about five hours of sleep. Given his condition, the chat became dubious of his awareness, and asked us to set up a donation-based crash pool.
Of course we have obliged, and used this as an opportunity to create another way for you to win a fabulous Desert Bus prize. To be eligible, make a donation of five dollars and a number of cents equal to the hour of his shift in which you expect Morgan to crash. For example, a donation of $5.17 would indicate that you expect Morgan to crash in his 17th hour of driving. A donation of $5.25 indicates a vote of confidence for Morgan, and the expectation that he will finish his shift without incident.
If (or when) Morgan crashes, we will make a random draw from the successful guesses, and give the winner a Sega DS prize pack, containing Sonic Mega Collection, The Hardy Boys: Treasure on the Tracks and Pictoimage. If you’re looking for an excuse to donate $5, this might be it, and keep watching as we will have a lot of other prizes to give away before the run is out.
After only 25 hours, one drive, one crash and many many challenges, we have crested the $30,000 mark. The surreality that is Desert Bus continues, so keep watching to see how things unfold!
Frequent watchers of Desert Bus will be familiar with Pants-on-Head James who, with Rosco, has had many fantastic adventures. Here are some of your interpretations of his fantastic exploits!
