4am is totally the best time to learn something new… right? Well, we’re going for it anyway, as our next theme for Jer’s Night of Game-ception is Edutainment!

Just a reminder as to how this works, donate the amounts listed below (or multiples thereof) to vote for the game you’d like Jer to play next. (Yes, while driving. It’s complicated.)

Here’s your options…

Donate $7.13 to vote for Mario is Missing
Donate $7.14 to vote for Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
Donate $7.15 to vote for Donkey Kong Jr. Math

The option that gets the most donations will be our educational adventure for the next hour. Regardless of what you vote for, every donation into this donation drive gets you a chance to win a copy of the Mystic Vale card game. We’ll run this donation drive until 4:00am PST.

Well, we really couldn’t go through an evening of playing games while playing Desert Bus without throwing in a trading card game into the mix. For this hour, there’s two choices to pick between….

Donate $8.76 to vote for Magic: the Gathering Online Draft
Donate $8.77 to vote for Hearthstone Arena

The option with the most donations will be the game Jer will play for the next hour. Regardless of what you vote for, all votes in this donation drive will get you a chance to win this (rather appropriate for the theme) Magic: the Gathering From the Vault Lore card set, signed by members of the creative team!

We’ll run this donation drive until 3:00am PST.

If you’re looking for something fancy, we’ve got three silent auctions wrapping up at 2am, including some very classy Pokemon with very classy hats….

We’ve also got an awesome Destiny Thorn Hand Cannon and Nintendo Power buttons up for auction. These auctions are also ending soon, so be sure to check out the Silent Auctions page for these and other auctions we’ve got in progress!

And now for something different… for the next hour of Jer Plays Games While Playing a Game, we’re picking between three games in the Rom Hacks and Fan Projects category.

Your choices are the following…

Donate $5.01 to vote for Rockman 4 Minus Infinity
Donate $5.02 to vote for AM2R
Donate $5.03 to vote for Mario Kart R

As with the other donation drives we’ve done so far this evening, the option with the most donations will be the game Jer will play for the next hour, but every donation towards this drive will get you the chance to win this Cthulhu Messenger Bag. It’s… ahem… R’lyeh nice.

We’ll run this donation drive until 2:00am PST.

It’s time to pick the next game Jer will play during his shift. While driving the bus. Please don’t try this at home.

This hour’s theme is Platformer Indie Darlings. Here’s your options…

Donate $6.78 to vote for Braid.
Donate $6.79 to vote for Limbo.
Donate $6.80 to vote for Fez.

The selection that gets the most donations will the be the game Jer will play for the next hour. Regardless of whichever gets the most votes, everyone that donates to this donation drive will have a chance to win these Undertale ceramic coffee mugs. We’ll run this donation drive until 1:00am PST.

We welcome Nuvango as a new sponsor to Desert Bus for Hope this year.

Nuvango is an innovative fashion and lifestyle brand that frequently collaborates with international artists. The Toronto based company emerged in 2015 from Drew Downs and Jamie Pichora as an evolution of their previous brand, Gelaskins. Their goal is to inspire creativity in the wardrobe with bold statements through fashion.

Thank you Nuvango for supporting Desert Bus 10.

Jer’s night of retro games while playing a retro game continues, and we need your decision on what game to play next. As with last hour, you’ll have the choice of three games and your donations to this donation drive will help us determine what to play.

This hour, we’re picking between three Pokemon games. Here’s your choices…

Donate $7.76 to vote for Pokemon Blue
Donate $7.77 to vote for Pokemon Snap
Donate $7.78 to vote for Pokemon Go

The game that gets the most donations will be what Jer will play on stream next hour. Regardless of what you pick, you’ll have a chance to win this Destiny: The Buried City print, covered in signatures from the dev team! We’ll accept donations for this donation drive until 12:00am PST.

Jer’s issued a creative challenge to the community, and it’s your chance to help add something awesome for the Desert Bus iOS app!

We’d like to put together a set of stickers for iOS that capture everything that is Desert Bus for Hope, and are looking for your submissions. Because of the nature of this challenge, there’s a few things to keep in mind…

• Submissions should be 408px by 408px.
• Submissions should be in PNG format and should have a transparent background.
• Please keep in mind that your submission may be included in the Desert Bus app.

The winner will receive this Darkwing Duck prize lot, and we’ll look to include many of your great submissions in the iOS app in the future. Send your submissions to [email protected] with the subject line iOS Messaging Sticker. We’ll accept submissions until 9:45am PST, just before the end of Jer’s shift.

So, we’re doing something a little different for this donation drive… Jer’s shift has just started and we need your help picking what game you’d like to see him play! In addition to helping pick a game, you’ll enter for a chance to win this awesome Zelda – Legends of Localization book.

Here’s your options…

Donate $5.55 to vote for Metal Gear Solid on Game Boy Color
Donate $5.56 to vote for Resident Evil on Game Boy Color
Donate $5.57 to vote for Street Fighter Alpha on Game Boy Color

These are all wonderful options, but we can play only one. The one that totals the highest is the game Jer will play live on the feed. Regardless of what game you vote for, we’ll randomly draw for a winner from all votes. We’ll be running this donation drive until 11pm PST.

It’s been a crazy first day of Desert Bus. As we wind down Day 1 and head into Day 2, here’s a rundown of what you might have missed:

Andrew might have started out excited as he took the controls of the bus from James, however time (and the energy of our crew) soon distracted him enough to have our first crash of the year! #BlameAndrew

We asked for everyone to flex their creative muscles and tasked the viewers to create a Haiku about the journey we’ve taken to get to Desert Bus 10. We had many wonderful submissions but in the end, chat user Akaiatana took the top prize with this haiku:

Folks said we’re crazy
The obstacles in our way
Are Smoke and Mirrors

Thanks to your amazing generosity we have already SOLD OUT of our Pinny Arcade Desert Bus Pins. Now the only way to get these pins is to win them along with any Desert Bus prize. There are still plenty of great Desert Bus Posters, Photo Books, and Playmats however!

James had a BOLD idea for an art challenge for the tail end of his shift. He decided that he wanted to solicit TATTOO ideas for a possible tattoo that James would get as his first. This is the design that James is going to be workshopping from chat user GothicPie!

Bengineering brought back his infamous “describing things” voice from Desert Bus 9 and used it to possibly nuclear effect. Whilst describing one of our awesome silent auctions Ben’s unbelievable delivery took out the ENTIRE Lunar Module. Engineering, Communications, Web, didn’t matter because we ALL died laughing. This is a VST clip you DON’T want to skip.