Desert Bus for Hope
#1
Posted 23 November 2009 - 03:05 PM
Desert Bus for Hope charity event roars into town
By Tristin Hopper, VibrantVictoria.ca
http://vibrantvictoria.ca/?p=1469
Thanks to some Victoria sketch comedians, one of the world’s most boring video games is yielding a charitable bonanza.
Desert Bus, produced in 1995, simulates, in real time, a tedious eight-hour drive between Tucson, Arizona and Las Vegas. And as long as donations flow in, the members of online comedy website LoadingReadyRun.com are prepared to play the game to oblivion.
Last Friday, the group kicked off Desert Bus for Hope III, their third annual Desert Bus marathon fundraiser. [...]
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#2
Posted 24 November 2009 - 10:20 AM
They're up to $63,000 now (with a ways to go), which is pretty mind blowing.
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Posted 24 November 2009 - 12:30 PM
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#4
Posted 24 November 2009 - 12:50 PM
http://www.childsplaycharity.org/
Vic General's Child's Play Wish list: http://www.amazon.ca...st/J247WG7VUS6E
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Posted 26 November 2009 - 10:47 AM
#6
Posted 04 December 2012 - 01:23 PM
That brings their lifetime total to well over a million dollars.
This is a great article about this year's event that goes into the history and the people behind it.
http://www.polygon.c...bus-childs-play
It's amazing to me that a charity drive run in Victoria by people from Victoria can raise over 400k in 6 days and get almost no local media attention (try searching the TimesColonist website for Desert Bus). I've seen writeups in the TC for events that raise less than 5% of that.
#7
Posted 11 December 2012 - 12:40 PM
Virtual bus rides for charity
Times Colonist (Victoria)
Thu Nov 18 2010
Page: A5
Section: Capital & Van. Isl.
Byline: Jeff Bell
Source: Times Colonist
Boredom and drudgery are set to bring in the bucks for a Victoria group supporting pediatric health.
The members of LoadingReadyRun, a sketch-comedy ensemble, will be back at the wheel for the several days staging their fourth annual Desert Bus for Hope, a video game marathon live on the Internet. The action starts at 6 p.m. tomorrow at desertbus.org.
Last year's effort brought in more than $140,000 for Child's Play, a charity that supports children's hospitals.
The ensemble will have several "drivers" playing the Sega game Desert Bus, which simulates a ride from Tucson to Las Vegas, and is as boring as they come. But that also forms part of the game's charm.
The LoadingReadyRun folks describe it as "a tongue-in-cheek parody of other simulation games."
One of the drivers this year is Kathleen De Vere, who is also the event co-ordinator.
"We play as long as people donate," she said.
#8
Posted 11 December 2012 - 03:00 PM
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#9
Posted 14 November 2015 - 07:24 PM
Just wanted to let folks know Desert Bus 9 is under way and raising money again for Child's Play charity.
https://desertbus.org/ is the home page.
Last year, they raised just over $640,000 for the charity driving the desert bus for about a week.
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