We feel very lucky to have Take This as a sponsor for Desert Bus 2017!

Take This is a non-profit charity that seeks to inform people about mental health issues, provide education about mental disorders and mental illness prevention and reduce the stigma of mental health. Since 2013, Take This has been helping those who suffer by letting them know they are not alone, providing information and treatment options and letting them know how to find help.

Thank you to everyone at the Take This team for all your amazing work and for supporting Desert Bus 2017!

We have some awesome new silent auctions underway with some incredibly cool items including:

Shift Banner Cat Cube

Kingdom Key Prop

Signed Comic Book Lot by Ken Steacy

If you’re interested, sign up for a donor account and head over to the silent auctions page. From there, you can also see other upcoming silent auctions. These silent auctions will run until 6pm PST.

 

Penn Jillette will be calling into Desert Bus at Noon PST on November 22nd!

Penn Jillette is an American magician/illusionist, juggler, comedian, musician, inventor, actor, and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller.  More importantly (to us at least), he’s a big part of how we’re all here doing what we do. Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors for the Sega CD contains the Desert Bus mini game and without it, Desert Bus literally wouldn’t exist!

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

Driving: Wednesday Nov. 22nd 10am – 10pm

Kathleen De Vere

Points: 9
Crashes: 5
Driving Since: 2010

Things she’d like to do on her shift: “This year I’d like to add some mayhem and adventure to the afternoon shift. I don’t know what form this could take… competitive trivia, extreme music appreciation, discussions of PG13 fanfic. Nothing’s off the table. My definition of mayhem might not be the same as yours.”

I’m Kathleen De Vere, and I’m here to PARTY!

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YouTube: youtube.com/loadingreadyrun
Twitch: twitch.tv/loadingreadyrun

 

Congratulations Ashiok_Nightmare_Beaver!

Andy was delightfully pleased with your submissions, and wanted to give all of you the win! But Ashiok’s made his very tired absolutely giddy. Thank you everyone for pitching in to make Andy’s shift complete.

And here are our Runner’s Up…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by Raxes                                                                           by Dobbykroket

 

Thank you so much everyone! Check out the rest of the submissions below.

It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this!

Take This is a wonderful organization that advocates and educates on mental wellness, and they’ve given us a selection of their goodies to give away!

Donate $5.07 or multiples thereof before 9:50am PST for your chance to win!

This lot includes:
– Take This Tote Bag – has a zipper on top and is the perfect way to transport all your sweet new swag.
– Psychomancer Plushie – is super soft, stuffed with hope, and a great size for hugging.
– Take This / Wrymwood Gaming Box of Hope – Hope Shield, contains one random mystery Hope Shield made from any one of their 16 core woods. 1 in 100 is a Legendary Shield, crafted from Gabon Ebony with a rare inlay.
– Foam logo pin
– Metal logo pin
– Pinny Arcade original Psychomancer Pin
– Limited edition Pinny Arcade Psychomancer Pin, designed by Mike “Gabe” Krahulik

PLEASE NOTE: At the request of Take This, 50% of the donations for this item will go to Take This. The other 50% will go to Child’s Play.

Carla Oliver will be calling Desert Bus on November 22nd at 11:00am (PST)

Carla is the Director of Child Life, at Children’s Hospital Colorado, where she has led the department since 2009. Prior to coming to Colorado, Carla was a child life specialist at Texas Children’s Hospital for three years. From there, she moved on to find her clinical passion of serving patients and families who have been impacted by a serious burn injury at Shriner’s Hospital in Galveston. She was the primary child life specialist for 7 years before becoming the manager of the child life program there for 5 years.

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

 

We’ve got another donation drive for you! In this prize set, we present three non-fiction works that you can add to your shelf. Included are the following:

– An Odyssey into Video Games and Pop Culture
– The Secret History of Star Wars
– From First Word to Last: The Craft of Writing Popular Fiction

Donate $5.04, or multiples thereof, until 8:30am PST for your chance to win!

Andy has lovingly created a character named West Country Doctor, a new incarnation of The Doctor. He has requested art of the character, in all of his glory. Check out the Crapshots for some laughs and good references.

We have to say though, this is no traditional creative challenge, we have no physical prize for you this time, but if you submit some you a) get Andy’s love and admiration and b) a chance to have a say on what Andy does. Want to hear him sing a specific song as the West Country Doctor? Want to hear a Doctor Who speech with him in character? You’ll get your chance to tell him what to do!

You have until 9:00am PST to get those submissions in!

Please send your submissions to contest@desertbus.org with the subject line “West Country Doctor”. Include your submission as a photo attachment in JPG, PNG, or GIF format. 

Please be sure to also include the screen name you’d like us
to use on air should your submission win.

Next we have a selection of cool board games for you to try your hand at! In this lot you’ll find a copy of Krosmaster Area, a copy of Courtier; and a copy of Lost Temple. Donate $5.42 or multiples thereof until 7:15am PST for your chance to win!