LoadingReadyRun's Desert Bus for Hope Begins Tonight

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LoadingReadyRun's Desert Bus for Hope Begins Tonight

[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/DesertBusForHope]
The Desert Bus engines are fired up and ready to begin the long journey between Las Vegas, Nevada and Tuscon, Arizona over-and-over for charity!

LoadingReadyRun's fifth annual Desert Bus for Hope, a videogame marathon and variety show benefiting Publisher's Club membership [http://www.childsplaycharity.org/index.php] purchased this weekend, The Escapist will donate $10.

You can also click here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/DesertBusForHope/dessertbus.php] to play the The Escapist's Desert Bus mini-game. A pie to the face didn't seem like enough suffering, so we decided to up the anty from. This year, viewers can donate money to Child's Play by purchasing virtual slime to shoot at the LoadingReadyRun cast, with Pub Club members receiving 20 additional slime shot with their first purchase. The "winning" cast member will get slimed during the live broadcast.

Throughout the event, LoadingReadyRun will also be auctioning off The Escapist prize packs around the same time as call-ins from our editorial staff and talent, so make sure to watch! You can check out the schedule below.

Tune into live stream cams to watch all the fun and play the Desert Bus mini-game!

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Call-in Schedule - Note: Times may be subject to change.

Saturday
4:00 PM PST (7:00 PM EST) - Shamus Young [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/Shamus+Young]
8:00 PM PST (11:00 PM EST) - Steve Butts [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/Steve+Butts]

Sunday
1:00 PM PST (4:00 PM EST) - Jim Sterling [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/John%20Funk]
8:00 PM PST (11:00 PM EST) - Yahtzee Croshaw [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation]

Monday
11:00 AM PST (2:00 PM EST) - MovieBob [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies]

Wednesday
11:00 AM PST (2:00 PM EST) - Susan Arendt [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/Susan+Arendt]


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TimeLord

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Ahh Desert Bus, the one time of the year where I feel perfectly validated for watching other people play a video game and at the same time bid money for awesome stuff to help children in need.

There's nothing else like it and here's hoping there are many more Desert Buses in the future!
 

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I saved up more money for it this year. I'll be donating and buying a shirt again if they have them available. If no shirts, then a bigger donation.

Last year, my cat-shark picture got honorable mention for being the only cat with a shark head. Hopefully we get more fun events like that. Knowing LRR, we won't be let down.
 

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On one hand, Desert Bus is entertaining as fuck. But on the other hand so is MLG Providence, and MLG Providence isn't supporting some fucking children that I most likely hate. So I gotta go MLG on this one.
 

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I admit this makes me a terrible person, but I think I like the idea of Childs Play more than the reality, since I hate kids.
 

MowDownJoe

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The call-ins page on desertbus.org [http://desertbus.org/guest-call-ins/] doesn't match the one (pruned down to Escapist contributors) presented in the article. So, what gives? When is Jim Sterling calling in? Is Shamus even calling in at all?
 

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RanD00M said:
On one hand, Desert Bus is entertaining as fuck. But on the other hand so is MLG Providence, and MLG Providence isn't supporting some fucking children that I most likely hate. So I gotta go MLG on this one.
Yeah man, those sick kids, what an annoying bunch!!

I had a great time watching Desert Bus last year, this year I've a full time job though so I wont get to watch nearly as much, but at least I'll be able to support them more with cash!
 

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I cannot wait for this to start, this will be my first Desert Bus and I'm looking forward to it so much. I love LRR, I love watching people suffer with bad games, and I have no reason to hate sick kids, so this is perfect!

When I have to go out for the first few days, I may well have to try recording what I miss on hypercam or something for my own future viewing pleasure... perhaps, anyway.

Next year I'll be saving more money to donate/auction and hopefully submit some stuff to the craftalong.
 

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MowDownJoe said:
The call-ins page on desertbus.org [http://desertbus.org/guest-call-ins/] doesn't match the one (pruned down to Escapist contributors) presented in the article. So, what gives? When is Jim Sterling calling in? Is Shamus even calling in at all?
As far as folks from The Escapist go, the times here are correct. A few of the call-ins had to be changed recently and I am sure the LRR crew have their hands full getting ready to bus ;)
 

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What time does it start in England, it doesn't say.

Anyway, i can't wait, i saw parts of it last year and the parts i saw were really good, and funny xD
 

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arc1991 said:
What time does it start in England, it doesn't say.

Anyway, i can't wait, i saw parts of it last year and the parts i saw were really good, and funny xD
Well, it's happening at 9:00 PM in GMT -5 timezone, so it starts at 4 PM or 1 AM or something for you? my brain is dead today...
 

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Dr_Horrible said:
arc1991 said:
What time does it start in England, it doesn't say.

Anyway, i can't wait, i saw parts of it last year and the parts i saw were really good, and funny xD
Well, it's happening at 9:00 PM in GMT -5 timezone, so it starts at 4 PM or 1 AM or something for you? my brain is dead today...
Considering it's 1:44 AM here i doubt it's 1pm or 4pm...

4am sounds about right xD
 

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arc1991 said:
Dr_Horrible said:
arc1991 said:
What time does it start in England, it doesn't say.

Anyway, i can't wait, i saw parts of it last year and the parts i saw were really good, and funny xD
Well, it's happening at 9:00 PM in GMT -5 timezone, so it starts at 4 PM or 1 AM or something for you? my brain is dead today...
Considering it's 1:44 AM here i doubt it's 1pm or 4pm...

4am sounds about right xD
Yeah, got the AM and PM switched up, curse my lack of brainpower!

wait, wait, I know how to solve this...
checks website...
It starts in 18 minutes!