October is Skeleton Appreciation Month, and few people appreciate skeletons quite as much as Doom modder Marphy Black. Through his mastery of Agitating Skeletons, he has posed deep philosophical problems, made us contemplate infinity and sometimes just punch a whole lot of skellingtons. His latest is the most fiendish by far - he's probably going to make some poor Twitch streamer hate Doom, because this is…
Desert Bus
2 years ago
3 years ago
Vintage joke game Desert Bus, where players drive the eight-hour journey from Tuscon to Las Vegas in a wonky bus which veers slightly to the right, is now remade in full modern fancy-o-vision as Desert Bus VR. Published by Borderlands devs Gearbox, this new version is completely free, it adds online multiplayer, and yes, it has a non-VR version too. The original Desert Bus was…
5 years ago
Desert Bus has found remarkable fame for an unreleased game. Created for funny wizards Penn & Teller's scrapped Sega CD minigame 'em up Smoke and Mirrors, Desert Bus has players drive a bus from Tuscon to Las Vegas in real time. That takes about eight hours, during which they must correct it slightly veering to the right. The game never officially came out, but did…
10 years ago
Apparently we're "always a little late to the party" about Desert Bus For Hope, the charity play-a-thon of Penn & Teller's notoriously and horrifically cruel/tedious driving sim. Sniff. Well, let's get it right this time. It kicks off in about nine hours, and the current plan is for five drivers to do a 24 hour shift each. Previously, shifts were four hours. So it's safe…
11 years ago
The Wheels On The Bus Go Round and Round and Round and Round and Round and Round
RPS despise Children. Yet - as aficionados of PC games with terrain - we love boredom. So we're a little conflicted on whether or not to link to the third yearly Desert Bus for Hope, which has been bumping along for over three days now. As with every year, the idea is endurance playing of one of the most famously tedious games of all time.…
12 years ago
For the second year running, we're late to the party on this one. It's almost as if human suffering moves us not and we cackle at weakness. Thanks to everyone who kept on prodding our vestigial consciences. Anyway - The Desert Bus For Hope has been rolling for the Good of Humankind for 3 days 8 hours 38 minutes and 15 seconds at the time…
13 years ago
We're late to this party, but we better link to it before they reach the final stop. To raise funds for the Child's Play Charity, seven brave gamers are playing the infamous Desert Bus Subgame from Penn & Teller's infamously unreleased Smoke and Mirrors. Playing it non-stop. In shifts. For days. Four days, eight hours and 54 minutes at the time of writing. This is…