Night Watch stands ready for another year of Desert Bus antics. It takes a village to drive a bus, for some reason, but our volunteer village is up for the task! Come to our town hall every day from 6pm to 12am Pacific Time, starting on November 12, and join the ride with this ensemble cast of night riders.
Entertainment
Graham Stark (He/Him)
A founding member of Desert Bus for Hope, Graham continues to fill his November with DB weirdness because he knows no other way. When not performing unhinged nonsense for charity, Graham spends the rest of his year as a producer, director, writer, and performer, creating comedy and light entertainment with the team at LoadingReadyRun.
Matt Wiggins (He/Him)
Once upon a time, long long ago, Matt was a member of loadingreadyrun. Then he moved to Vancouver, and was replaced with a different Matt. You may know Matt from previous Desert Busses, a number of older LRR videos, from his streams on twitch, from one of the videogames he has worked on, or far more likely, as that guy who appears in photos of videos of his puppy Maple sometimes.
Ian Horner (He/Him/They)
Purveyor of quantified bullshit since 2005. Charismatic megafauna for LoadingReadyRun. One of the Olds.
Andrew Ferguson (He/Him)
Andrew has been a Desert Bus volunteer & organizer for over a decade now, starting out as our first official photographer at Desert Bus 6. Now, as our Communications Director, Andrew leads the thirstiest team on the bus and helps oversee our social media, blog, photography, & PR presence on the web. In addition to Desert Bus, Andrew's active in the indie game scene working on games, giving the occasional talk, and by assisting with Indiecade & the IGF awards.
Andrew also runs chiptune shows as a co-founder & emcee for the Vancouver Chipmusic Society and is the current board president of the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival. Andrew also has two incredible partners, Sara & Sandra, a very round calico cat named MySpace, and a sunglow boa constrictor named Helios. Andrew is not sure why he is writing this in the third person. Andrew is listening to loud hyperpop and has had too many coffees today.
Jordan Hopkins (He/Him)
Jordan Hopkins is a long time Desert Bus wordsmith and entertainer based out of Seattle. When not doing K-pop shenanigans or Gundam goofs at Desert Bus, Jordan streams too many roguelikes to count and crafts Social Media Marketing plans for Magic at Wizards of the Coast!
Max Loy (They/Them) – Stage Friend
Someone's got to fiddle while Rome burns, and Night Watch's stage friend Max is perfect for the job. They keep the show on rhythm while the entertainers waltz around, and sometimes soothe the wild beast that is our souls with their amazing live fiddle performances.
Broadcast
Ben Ulmer (He/Him) – Broadcast Producer
Cory McElrea (He/Him) – Broadcast Director
Broadcast magicians Ben and Cory let us beam our antics into your home, and they do it in style, with scintillating hi-def and quippy chyrons.
Site Manager
Brett Johnson (He/Him)
Night Watch is in person again this year, which means we have all these people in one physical location, which in turn means someone has bring order to the chaos that is the Moonbase. That wonderful someone is Brett.
Shipping
Alexandra Eastveld (She/They)
You know those fairy tales about helpful elves that come out at night to bake your cookies or cobble your shoes? Alex is that elf. If you get a prize from Desert Bus, Alex will emerge from a cozy cubby behind that bookshelf to ship it to you.
Communications
Juliana Cooper (She/Her)
Soraya Een Hajji (She/Her)
Julie (socials) and Soraya (blog) are both a mix of museum curator and intrepid reporter: they curate the finest gifs and bring you the latest news from Desert Bus. Without them, no one would know what's going on! ...Even with them, sometimes no one knows what's going on.