So, let’s spice up the Bob Ross Paint off! As you may have seen we are having a donate-off to choose the winner of our little contest. The breakdown is as follows:

$5.01 or multiples thereof – Kate

$5.02 or multiples thereof – Graham

$5.03 or multiples thereof – Andy

$5.04 or multiples thereof – Tally

The winner of the donate-off has the honour of being crowned, “Kind of Bob-Ross like, we guess”. In addition to the satisfaction of having your selection win, we will draw a winner for a “mystery prize” from the donations for our winning contestant.

“EDIT” So remember when I said mystery prize? I lied, we knew all along what we wanted to do. One of our own social media volunteers Kelly will be doing a CUSTOM PAINTING for the winner. After the run we will put you in contact with Kelly to get the details of your request hashed out.

Wakka Wakka Wakka, okay that’s enough. Time to get serious for this giveaway. We’ve got these mittens up next on the chopping block. The Ghostly Quartet PacMan Mitts are a set of four wool mittens that will not only ward off the cold but any rogue hungry yellow circle creatures. In addition they are fully reversible to have your ghosts face whichever direction you want them too.

We are going to run this giveaway as a Donation Drive for donations of $8.05 or multiples thereof until 5:30 PM PST.

Mikey Neumann will be calling into Desert Bus at 6:30PM PST on Monday, November 16. 

Having been a part of the games industry since the age of nineteen, Mikey is perhaps best known for his work at Gearbox Software where he acts as the Chief Creative Champion. His most notable work with the studio is no doubt the critically and commercially successful titles in the Borderlands series. When not lending his creative talent to the world he can be heard voicing the (slightly) crazy mechanic Scooter.

Aside from this work at Gearbox, Mikey keeps extremely busy with a variety of personal projects. He is one half of the Chainsawsuit Original team alongside Kris Straub and his popular YouTube series Movies with Mikey continues to provide insightful yet comedic commentary on popular films.

In his most recent project, TV Crimes, Mikey watches awful TV so you don’t have to. Joined by actor and entertainer Wil Wheaton, they enjoy the worst that TV has to offer.

Have a question for Mikey? Leave it in the comments below!

Do you enjoy Magic: The Gathering and other card games? Do you enjoy having a nice smooth surface on which to place your cards?

Do you like customized art?

Well do we have the Donation Drive for you! This giveaway is for the Custom Drawn Black and White Playmate, drawn by artist Greg Strange. Pictured here is an example of his art-style but this lot is all about your ideas. The winner of the lot will get a full custom art piece of whatever they want on a shiny new playmat.

This drive will run until 4:20 PM PST and the magic number you’re looking to donate is $7.01 or multiples thereof.

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$16.11 (or increments thereof) until 2:06pm

We’re giving away this beautiful foil black-on-black Planeswalkers set! Get in on the Donation Drive in the next 10 minutes!!

This set was created especially for San Diego Comic Con and was NEVER made available for retail. These are incredibly rare, and will never be offered again!

Get an entry into our draw by donating $16.11 (or a multiple thereof) until 2:06pm! Remember, you can donate a multiple of $16.11 to get multiple entries in the draw!

Transistor Art Contest!

We’ve got an Art Contest underway! You’ve got until the end of Ashton’s shift to create some Transistor art! We’ve deliberately left this one quite open ended, so interpret that however you like (I think the intention is that it relate to Transistor, the game, but don’t let me stand in the way of great art if you’d rather go in a different direction!)

You’ve got until the end of Ashton’s shift (6pm Pacific time) to get your submissions in!! Email [email protected] and remember to attach your image!

We’ve got some incredible prizes lined up for our winner! They will receive a copy of Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams for PS4, AND a Desert Bus 9 Fangamer T-Shirt!!

Donation Drive

$6.40 (and increments thereof) until 12:45pm Pacific time

Heads up, Minecrafters! We’re giving away an astounding prize pack to one lucky donor! The Minecraft Lot #1 is a cornucopia of cubic goodness which includes a Minecraft Pig LEGO Piggy Bank, a set of five Minecraft novels, Minecraft ornaments, Minecraft clay characters, a Creeper Wind-Up Toy, and a Minecraft Cross-Stitch Button!

Until 12:45pm Pacific Time, donate $6.40 or a multiple thereof to be entered to win this exciting Lot!

Hello World! Stocking Prize Pack!

$12.25 (or multiples) until 11:23am

Ashton has kicked off the first Donation Drive of his driving shift! Until 11:23am, donate $12.25 (or multiples thereof) to be entered to win the Hello World Stocking Prize pack! This fabulous prize includes a festive stocking (perfect for the Holidays!) decorated with classic “Hello World” text in a variety of coding languages! As well, this stocking comes with its own stuffers, because the prize also includes a Camemane Kerman Kerbal doll, a Star Wars Bus-it doll, a Black Luma plush, and TWO two 3D classic console controller ornaments!

And as if that wasn’t enough, we’ve sweetened the pig with a hard-to-find Pinny Arcade 2013 Christmas pin set!

Remember, every donation of $12.25 (or multiples thereof) enters you to win this prize! Get those donations in before 11:23am Pacific time!