Driving a bus hundreds of miles from Tucson to Las Vegas may not be some people’s idea of fun. But that’s what players do in “Desert Bus VR,” a video game released Monday by Gearbox Software.

Desert Bus-- the "best" of the six -- set players the arduous task of driving a bus between Tucson, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada. The journey takes eight hours in real time to complete.

All told, Desert Bus for Hope raised $677,188 over its six-day, 15-hour span, beating last year’s $643,242.58. Since 2007, ...

Finally, a Desert Bus Sequel Has Been Announced. Sequel is being developed for VR with help from Randy Pitchford. By Tamoor Hussain on January 13, 2016 at 7:05AM PST. 25 Comments.

This morning, Desert Bus for Hope projected they still had another 15 hours to drive. The most Desert Bus for Hope has raised in a single marathon was $695,242.57 in 2016 .

In Desert Bus, an unreleased video game from 1995 conceived by the American illusionists and entertainers Penn Jillette and Teller, players must complete that journey in real time.

First created in 1995 for the Sega Genesis and now – finally! – launched as a smartphone app, the game requires players to drive a bus along a desert road from Tucson to Las Vegas. The real ...