Thanks to all of your wonderful donations we raised a whole bus-ton for the children! We have picked a winner of the Desert Bus 10th Anniversary Jenga set.

Congratulations to chat user, GIFmaster and MODERATOR: CantWearHats!!!

Enjoy the tower of Desert Bus history Hats!

Hot off the heels of our haiku challenge we have a fresh donation drive coming your way. Jenga has been a part of Desert Bus for years now, no more evidenced then by James’ sick skills!

For the next hour until 3:35 PM, any donations of $13.37 or multiples thereof will enter you for a chance to win a Desert Bus Tenth Anniversary Jenga Set!

We had so many lovely submissions from our poets in the chat. It was tough to create a shortlist much less pick a winner. Alas through all of our combined poetry knowledge we have decided on a winner of a Desert Bus 10 T-Shirt!

Congratulations to chat user Akaiatana with their wonderful Haiku!

Folks said we’re crazy

The obstacles in our way

Are Smoke and Mirrors

Enjoy your new T-shirt Akaiatana!

If you fancy yourself a latter-day Basho, we’ve got the contest for you!

We want your best Desert Bus for Hope Haiku! In a 5-7-5 syllable scheme, we’d like your take on how we got to Desert Bus X! Best entry will win a FanGamer Desert Bus X T-shirt!

Send entries to [email protected]! USE THE SUBJECT LINE “DESERT DBX HAIKU!” and include the chat/screen name you’d like us to call you on air if you win! You have until 1:40pm Pacific Time to put your poetry into our inbox!

No time to waste, it’s time for another

Donation Drive!

One of our most unique Donation Drive prizes is up for grabs! Check out the Desert Bus SOUTH Prize Pack — featuring

• Pop Vinyl figure of Driver and Founder Mikey Neumann
• A Chasm Scooter magic card and 4 Shift Squid tokens,
• A ~17″x15″ Desert Bus tote bag made with cotton fabric and painted details,
• A 10″x10″ Desert Bus South cloth handkerchief with painted details, and lots more!

Donate $6.66 (or a multiple) before 12:30pm Pacific Time
to be entered to win!

Well that didn’t take long! James has inaugurated our first

DBX
DONATION DRIVE!

In the spirt of getting this up as quick as possible, donate $5.27 — or a multiple thereof — before 11:09am Pacific Time to be entered to win our sensational Portal Prize pack!

Now that the post is up: you might be asking what the heck is a Donation Drive? Happy to explain!

We have lots of prizes to give away here, and we want to make sure that everyone gets a chance to win! Every now and then, we open up a DONATION DRIVE to do that. We specify a donation amount and a deadline (for this one, $5.27 and ending about 11:09am Pacific Time). Until that deadline, anyone who donates $5.27 gets an entry into our random draw for the prize! Easy!

Oh, one more thing: you can always donate MULTIPLES of the donation amount for MULTIPLE chances to win!! So for this drive, a donation of $5.27 gets you one entry. $10.54 (which is $5.27 x 2) gets you two entries. $105.40 gets you TWENTY entries! Get it? Good! Get out there and donate!

WELCOME TO

DESERT BUS

X

It marks the spot; it’s the MVP of the alphabet when it comes to algebra; it’s an Ed Sheeran album? And most importantly it’s in the title of the this year’s event! What are we talking about? Why X of course!

The atmosphere here at Lunar Module Mark 3 is electric as we prepare for our TENTH instalment of DESERT BUS FOR HOPE. As if the whole enterprise wasn’t insane enough, this year we roll over into DOUBLE DIGITS as we hurtle through a virtual Sonoran Desert in a busted virtual charter bus… FOR THE CHILDREN!

Mike here, proud as a peacock that I get to blog you through the first shift of DBX! I and the rest of the blog team will be updating this space LIVE and in real time as we undertake this week of loving insanity! We will be doing our best to keep you up to date with any ongoing events, contests, auctions, special guests, and anything else you’ll need to know!

So on behalf of the whole DBX #squad, welcome aboard! We look forward to having you along for the ride!

James Turner

Driving: Saturday, Nov 12 10am – 10pm

Desert Bus for Hope
Pinny Arcade Pin

Introducing the most air freshener-filled, road-centric, desert-focussed Pinny Arcade pin ever! This rare pin is an official part of the Pinny Arcade collection, commemorating an entire decade of driving tiredly through virtual desert landscapes in the service of aiding sick children.

These pins went unbelievably fast! We can’t thank you enough for all of your purchases that went right to Child’s Play Charity.

A pin will also be included in each and every Desert Bus 10 prize, whether silent auction, live auction, or giveaway.

Many thanks to Penny Arcade for giving Desert Bus this exciting opportunity to join the Pinny Arcade family!

Video Game Trivia

IQ2000 is putting together another round of trivia for DBX and he’d like your submissions. If you have a super interesting piece of video game trivia, now is your time to shine!

Email your question, answer, and screen name to [email protected] with the subject line “DBX Trivia” by midnight November 8th. One submission per person, please.

Wondering what makes a good trivia question? Here are some handy guidelines:

• We’re NOT looking for the hardest question you can think of. Aim for something in the “medium” difficulty range. The last thing we want is a battery of impossible questions and no one knowing any of the answers!
• A great question makes people go “Ohhhhhh, of course!” when they hear the answer. It should be something they will have heard of!
• The best questions will make players say “Wow, that’s really interesting” whether or not they knew the answer.
• Try to build in as many clues as possible in the question. Even if someone doesn’t know the answer outright straight away, they should be able to at least make a decent guess based on what you’ve given them!
• Try to keep it short to medium length. Aim for 300 characters or less, please.

Here are the questions from the DB8 trivia round: