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Oh God, Desert Bus is Now on iOS and Android

Owen Good — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:30:00 EST

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Just in time for Desert Bus for Hope's fifth annual charity drive, the infamous mini-game from Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors for Sega CD is now available on Android and all iOS devices. It is, by all appearances, a straight port of the unforgiving original, which requires you to drive eight hours in real time to achieve a single point. More »

The Desert Bus Departs For Charity Tomorrow

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:00:00 EST

It's that time of year again, when a group of charitable gamers sit behind the wheel of the infamous Desert Bus and drive endlessly, tirelessly, maybe even masochistically, at a maximum speed of 45mph for nearly a full week More »

Desert Bus Charity Shatters $100K Goal

Owen Good — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

Desert Bus for Hope, the fund drive dedicated to playing the world's most boring game, ever, logged more than five days behind the wheel and raised a staggering $132,568.94, more than 88 percent over last year's total. More »

Child's Play Drivers Pile Back on the Bus

Owen Good — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:00 EST

Take a seat and don't stand forward of the yellow line - Desert Bus for Hope kicked off its third marathon o' masochism, and looks to top the $70,000 it raised last year for the Child's Play charity. More »

Desert Bus Creators Take on Jack Thompson

Owen Good — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EDT

This trailer for Penn & Teller: Bullshit - an unabashedly biased take on the talking points of various agenda pushers - puts our favorite disbarred lawyer in the crosshairs in the upcoming season. More »

Desert Bus Rides Again, Already Raking in the Dough

Owen Good — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST

We've had a little bit of game marathon fatigue up here in the Tower, but Desert Bus for Hope, as something of a granddaddy of all of these — not to mention the absolutely absurd and painful game they chose — gets a pass from me. More »

Desert Bus Charity Drive Tops $12,000

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:40:23 EST

When we first posted about the Desert Bus For Hope drive, in which a few unlucky charitable types would be forced to play through the bore-torture game Desert Bus for days upon end for a good cause, donations were at $2,000. As of this post, the outpouring of money from sadistic do-gooders is over $12,000. And that's Canadian dollars, too! The good kind! Donations don't appear to be slowing down either, so make sure to do your part to keep that bus a-rollin'. More »

Gamers Forced To Play Desert Bus For Charity

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:00:00 EST

The gang from LoadingReadyRun are enduring many, many, many hours of "playing" the commercially unreleased Desert Bus, a sadistically monotonous driving game from Penn & Teller's Smoke And Mirrors, all in the name of charity. Originally planned for release on the Sega CD and 3DO, Desert Bus requires eight-full hours of play to complete, with no pausing and absolutely no reward (save for a single point). Masochistic players drive a slightly unbalanced bus in a straight line, from Las Vegas to Tucson, experiencing virtually no changes in the scenery. For eight hours. Then they go back. Another eight hours. More »