GamerBUS provides mobile Xbox 360 LAN parties

If you're incensed about wasting your weekend (and part of last week) cruising around in futility trying to locate a Playstation 3 or Nintendo Wii, the GamerBUS can provide the ultimate painkiller -- provided you live around the Virginia Beach area, that is. If you've got 63 friends or so, and you're not claustrophobic, you can pack your posse into the 37-foot customized RV and get your game(s) on. Sporting a bevy of comfortable seating options, sixteen Xbox 360 "gamer stations" (pictured after the jump) with their own 23-inch Philips HDTV, and all the CAT5 cable / electricity you could ever need, this redefines the party on wheels. Essentially offering a mobile gaming LAN, the bus operators will gladly wire up a 16-person system-linked round of Halo 2 (or a variety of other titles) while you provide the Cheetos and air fresheners. Although weekday hours boast an understandable discount, weekend rates range from $125 to $150 per hour, depending on how long you occupy the vehicle. Notably, no connection has been drawn between this newfangled gaming service and the Va Beach entrepreneur trickster hitting it big on vulnerable ATMs.

[Via Digg]

[dominic @ Nov 19th 2006 12:27PM]

How much is it to buy the bus!

[Scabrous Vermicelli @ Nov 19th 2006 12:31PM]

Have you ever smelled the inside of an old RV? The regular variety without 64 sweaty nerds inside? Even with three AC units on top, I�m skeptical that they can keep the Gamer Funk� at bay.

[Robin Moncaster @ Nov 19th 2006 1:21PM]

So this is what the who meant by "Magic Bus"!

[Wonderer @ Nov 19th 2006 1:59PM]

If you are going to lan, why use a horrible game like Halo 2? Use a real game. :)

[Zeke @ Nov 19th 2006 2:40PM]

Wait a minute... gamers go outside?
Last time I checked, they were happy in their basements. Also, how are they going to have sufficient power? I hear that most big LAN parties have to manage power carefully, often running extension cords from neighbors' houses to help the immense power bill.

[Alex Digitalphoto @ Nov 19th 2006 2:58PM]

:)

[Alex Digitalphoto @ Nov 19th 2006 3:02PM]

So this is what the who meant by
"Magic Bus"!

[Scott @ Nov 19th 2006 3:20PM]

Use a Real Game like Company of Heroes, Counter Strike 1.6, or Total Annihilation

[Hugh Jass @ Nov 19th 2006 4:09PM]

So this is what the who meant by
"Magic Bus"!

[KineticOnline @ Nov 19th 2006 4:53PM]

At that price it better have a bar too :) either that or a massive fridge to fit in everyones carryouts

[Juaquin @ Nov 19th 2006 6:32PM]

What I want to know is how they handle sound - each of those TVs has integrated speakers, but you can't have 16 sound sources that everyone can hear. That would be chaos. Headphones anyone?

[Intrepid @ Nov 19th 2006 6:42PM]

I can only presume they have headphones... maybe the screens were not any cheaper without speakers so they thought - "why not?"

[word @ Nov 20th 2006 3:11AM]

Dudes, I had one of these at my Bar Mitzvah, 23 years ago. We played space invaders !

[Paula @ Nov 20th 2006 7:00AM]

All of this makes Virginia Beach seem like a cool place... where you can trick an ATM then go rent a XBox 360 RV with the proceeds. *shakes head* Trust me, it ain't that good around here.

Of course, it would be funny to cut the power on that RV right in the middle of the game... imagine how lost the fanboys would be!

*lights out*

"Where'd the pretty lights go?"
"Dude, get off my ****!"
"I thought it was a Wiimote!"

*lights come back on and blind the sun-deprived*

"Aiiiiiiiiiiii!"

You know... I'm actually starting to like the idea now...

[Gamerbus @ Nov 21st 2006 2:52PM]

Wow, I was wondering why my web stats went crazy.