Desert Bus for Hope has raised $73,736 this year, beating the record for last year which was $70,423!
They are still going too! Be sure to show your support by visiting the site and watching! If you can spare a few dollars, that would also be helpful.
I thought i would bring attention to a notable (and pretty strange) charity event called Desert Bus For Hope. The good people at LoadingReadyRun started this event in 2007 to raise money for the Child’s Play charity.
Here is a description: (From the website)
Q: What exactly are you doing?
A: Put simply? We sort of invented the internet telethon by accident – you give donations to Child’s Play, and we play Desert Bus. It’s really boring and mind numbing and generally unpleasant. The more you donate the longer we play. To keep you and us amused, and to increase the donations we auction off and give away prizes, have celebrity guests stop by, and become your monkeys. Want us to sing “Still Alive?” Sure, we’ll do it for a $20 donation. We play 24 hours a day until you stop donating. Scary, isn’t it?
What is Desert Bus? (From Wikipedia)
The objective of the game is to drive a bus from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada in real time at a maximum speed of 45mph. The feat requires 8 hours of continuous play to complete, since the game cannot be paused.The bus contains no passengers, and there is no scenery or other traffic on the road. The bus veers to the right slightly; as a result, it is impossible to tape down a button to go do something else and have the game end properly. If the bus veers off the road it will stall and be towed back to Tucson, also in real time. If the player makes it to Las Vegas, they will score exactly one point. The player then gets the option to make the return trip to Tucson—for another point (a decision they must make in a few seconds or the game ends). Players may continue to make trips and score points as long as their endurance holds out. Some players who have completed the trip have also noted that, although the scenery never changes, a bug splats on the windscreen about five hours through the first trip, and on the return trip the light does fade, with differences at dusk, and later a pitch black road where the player is guided only with headlights.
So far, as of this post, they have raised $32,802. Quite a fine amount, and they are still going strong – 1 day and 19 hours into it.
Check it out! Its a fine idea, but that game really would be torture…
Edit: $33k!
