Posts Tagged ‘Call in’
November 18, 2016 12:00 pm
Posted by: Jordan

kristin_lindsayKristin Lindsay will be calling in at
2:00pm PST on Friday, November 18th.

Kristin Lindsay is not everyone’s mom, she just plays one on the internet. Kristin is Director of Operatives at Penny Arcade, Inc. and Child’s Play Charity where she has been since 2005. She is also PAX Enforcer Commander and has a knack for coordinating thousands of volunteers and making it look easy.

Have a question for Kristin? Leave it in the comments below.

November 18, 2015 9:00 am
Posted by: Jordan

Jimmy Wong

Jimmy Wong will be calling in at 11am PST on Wednesday, November 18th.

Jimmy Wong is an actor, musician, and podcaster known across multiple platforms across the internet. Best known for this role as the lovable best friend Ted in Video Game High School, Jimmy has since garnered a large fan base from his musical talent on his YouTube channel and his work at Rocket Jump Studios.

His most recent work as a host of the extremely popular Magic: The Gathering podcast The Command Zone has led to a surge of popularity amongst the Magic community. The Command Zone is a weekly podcast focused on all happenings of the multiplayer MtG format known as Commander. Jimmy is now a staple of the MtG community, appearing in numerous Wizards of the Coast Events; chief among them being the Magic Community Cup.

Have a question for Jimmy Wong? Leave it in the comments below.

November 18, 2015 8:56 am
Posted by: Mike

Daniel Saunders will be calling into Desert Bus at 9:00am PST on Friday, November 18th.

Podcaster, Writer, Vision Scientist, Brother of Awesome

Daniel Saunders is the co-host of the LoadingReadyRun podcast, Fight the Future, where he has spent the last year looking at the worlds of young adult dystopian books and movies, from The Hunger Games to Ender’s Game and Battle Royal to Nausicaa. He also wrote the LoadingReadyRun sketches Floating Solo and It’s All In Your Head. His greatest achievement, however, is that Daniel is Desert Bus driver Paul’s older brother — An honour so stunning that he didn’t submit a guest bio, so Paul had to write this for him.

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

November 15, 2015 9:00 am
Posted by: Jordan

AshlyBurch

Ashly Burch will be calling in at 11am PST on Sunday, November 15th.

Ashly Burch is best known for creating Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’? alongside her brother Anthony Burch. HAWP is an absurdist comedy series focused on video games and industry trends.

Along with her role as Tiny Tina in the Borderlands franchise, Ashley has lent her vocal talent to numerous projects within both the game and animation industries. Whether it’s Adventure Time or Attack on Titan, Ashly can be heard in a wide variety of roles.

Got a question for Ashly? Leave it in the comments below.

November 16, 2014 10:23 am
Posted by: Jordan

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This picture should be all that needs to be said! We have Mike and Tifa Robles of The Lady Planeswalker Society calling in at 11:00 AM PST, and we will be running a DONATION DRIVE for this item. Another copy of these SDCC Exclusive Black Planeswalkers went for a massive auction the other night, so this is your chance to get these for a steal! The actual amount needed to donate will happen during Mike and Tifa’s call in so stay tuned!!!!

November 15, 2014 11:02 am
Posted by: Jordan

We’ve got a ridiculously amazing auction happening at 11pm during our call in with the Bad Astronomer himself, Phil Plait. You guys are going to want to tune in for this crazy space themed lot.

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We’ve got a signed copy of Phil’s Book “Death from the Skies!”, A TARDIS USB hub, a Scirens wristband and a bunch of other amazing things. Not in the picture you are also going to get your own pair of Eclipse glasses!!!! Stare at the sun all you want (please don’t actually).

Oh….and one more thing.

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A FREAKING METEORITE!!!!! That’s right, you can have an actual meteorite that fell in Russia in 1947! GET IN ON THIS EVERYONE!!!!!

 

UPDATE: PHIL IS THROWING IN MORE GLASSES, THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT LAZERS WITH!!!! LAZERS!

November 17, 2013 5:30 pm
Posted by: Kelly

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Desert Bus is excited to welcome back writer and performer Bill Corbett. He will be calling in at 6pm tonight, Sunday November 17th.

Bill Corbett is most known for his work as the voice and puppeteer of Crow T. Robot (v.2.0) on the award-winning cult television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. He also played a number of other characters on MST3K, including the omnipotent, but dim witted alien, The Observer (also known as “Brain Guy”).

Bill is an international playwright and screenwriter. His screenplay, Starship Dave, was made as the Eddie Murphy comedy Meet Dave. He has also written a comedy called The Big Slam, which has been produced at theaters coast to coast; from Washington to Washington. His other plays include Hate Mail, The Stuff of Dreams, and Super-Powered-Revenge-Christmas #1. He is the co-creator of the animated web show Poker Night and is a regularly contributor to NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion and All Things Considered. Bill also is an actor for the Guthrie Theater and Berkshire Theater Festival and has taught playwriting and screenwriting at numerous schools.

After giving bad film a few years to catch its breath, Bill reunited with his MST3K teammates Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy to create Rifftrax, which creates mp3 riff commentaries for movies ranging from the obscure to blockbuster hits. He is an Aries.

If you have any questions for Bill, please put them in the comments section below.