http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/forkingpath/the-doom-that-came-to-atlantic-city
― Mordy, Monday, 14 May 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/251414413/tex-murphy-project-fedora
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
is it too late to declare a vintage-game-revival-kickstarter bubble
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
Idk where I got that rumour about Thief 4 from, but it was nonsense. It's still languishing at Eidos Montreal, no news from them since 2009, though they still say it's 'coming soon' on their website. Bum.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Saturday, 19 May 2012 09:57 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/massiveblack/zombie-playground-zpg-3d-action-online-battle-rpg
― Mordy, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
i think a more realistic goal for once they reach $100k would be 'hire a coder', but what do i know
― thomp, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
really wonder how many of these are going to end up with an actual finished game
(let alone a good one)
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:27 (eleven years ago) link
(besides this guy http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/120873716/your-world)
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
man it's a shame because that concept artwork for zombie playground is awesome, but i'm with thomp, 100k seems mad unrealistic
― Nhex, Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
well, they have a good team at least
― jump them into a gang - into the absurd (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 May 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2023800195/the-return-of-tom-vs-bruce
― Mordy, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
$10,000 to write some gaming columns?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
Crowd funding is the new AdSense
― "Holy crap," I mutter, as he gently taps my area (silby), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
They made $500 per article? I need to change careers
― Nhex, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 01:52 (eleven years ago) link
i don't know Computer Gaming World's advertising numbers from then, but $500 per article is not really a shocking amount for a long piece in a big media magazine (of course video game journalism is mostly horrific so even if normative it's generally undeserved...)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
they made $1000 (split), and i was under the impression that it was like, a back-of-book column and not a long feature
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
still even so, raising $10,000 to write 10 wacky video game articles just seems... misguided
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 03:31 (eleven years ago) link
lets start a videogames little magazine
― thomp, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 11:31 (eleven years ago) link
Heard about this one through a podcast I listen to. Think it sounds quite interesting for a $5 investment:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2066438441/haunts-the-manse-macabre
― CraigG, Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:06 (eleven years ago) link
ahah, it looks like ZOMBIE PLAYGROUND is going to make its money. oh god
― thomp, Thursday, 31 May 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
Mmm, lovely people: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/117848-Kickstarter-Video-Project-Attracts-Misogynist-Horde
― emil.y, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
(Not sure this is the right place to put that, really - not a problem with Kickstarter itself... but I guess we don't have a 'Rolling Misogynist Gamers' thread.)
― emil.y, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
"Black people are scum""Jews are cheap bastards""Muslims are the root of all violence"Replace "black people", "jews", and "muslims" with the word "Men" and somehow you get sentences that are socially acceptable within our society.Funny how sexism goes both ways.SuperPastaAisle 23 minutes ago in playlist Uploaded videos
― thomp, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
i think 'rolling misogynist gamers' might be interesting tbh. or 'rolling gamers are the most disgusting savages', for broadness' sake
― thomp, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
i think we DO have a misogynist gamer thread?
― “Argh!” I cry. But I really don’t care. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
it's called ILG HEYYOOOOOO hey no not really.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
i think we did have some kind of gamer disgrace thread? i cannot remember, didn't fat ugly or slutty came up
― Nhex, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.formspring.me/femfreq/q/299052505793303521
― thomp, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
thread started about the reality show where gamers competed and one lady got screamed at about being a fat ugly slut?
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
There was this thread, which mentioned the incident I think forks is referring to (or maybe not - the live-streamed fighting game competition where a female competitor took a whole lot of very ugly trash-talking):
Why is casual racism/sexism more accepted in video games than other forms of media (these days)?
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
yup, that's the one.
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
If Ron Gilbert did a fundraiser for making his version of Monkey Island 3 i would totally kick in $$$. The real one was such a letdown after 2.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 15 June 2012 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
fascinated by this, $99 for a hackable Android console & controller?http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console
― zappi, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ my first Kickstarter pledge ever
― With enduring faith, W. Cunt. (jamescobo), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
meanwhile Penny Arcade want their fans to pay for removing their site ads. i don't even ...http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/575109064/penny-arcade-sells-out
― zappi, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
i see no problem with this - there are several long-running webcomics that survived this way long before kickstarter. good luck to them. (it's just kinda weird that they're doing this after publishing a load of books)
― Nhex, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 04:06 (eleven years ago) link
They come across as dicks in the pitch video. And the items in the pitch are backwards - does anyone care about the advertising on their website? It isn't the intrusive screen filling pop-up blare-y video kind. As I understand it, the real core of this idea is that if they get enough money, they'll be able to turn down corporate commissions and have more time to make additional comics for their website.It's an experiment really. And they're probably the only webcomic that could do this without a lot of risk - if they don't get the funding they'll carry on as before, if they get funded for a first year but not a second, they'll go back to the model they use now.
― second dullest ILXor since 1929 (snoball), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 10:15 (eleven years ago) link
Me too.
― JimD, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
All of the Penny Arcade "joke" gifts are seriously unfunny. It's just like "AHAHAHAHA HE'LL CHASE A DUCK! A DUCK! MY WHAT AN ABSURD NOTION". And I'm having to give them the benefit of the doubt that the "we'll follow you on twitter for a year for $500" is also a joke, because if not... Jesus, man.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
The joke gifts are a reference to this comic.http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/5/23/Not that that makes them any less unfunny.This article explains things a bit better: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/penny-arcade-kickstarter-creators-aim-for-an-ad-free-site--and-dont-sweat-the-backlash-updated/2012/07/10/gJQA0nS4bW_blog.html
― second dullest ILXor since 1929 (snoball), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/misterbrilliant/status/222741109204463617
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
As much as I dislike the Penny Arcade guys, I dislike snarky attention seeking tossers even more.
― second dullest ILXor since 1929 (snoball), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
i backed the OUYA as well. cool idea.
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
I hate Penny Arcade but if nerds want to throw their money away to help make a website they enjoy less visually cluttered, it's fine by me.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
jesus christ almost three million in two days huh?yeah, i'll buy one too. I think OUYA needs its own thread
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
The only kickstarter that should happen is Ron Gilbert making his version of Monkey Island 3.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
Oh well, I guess I am on this hype train. Pledged for the box + 2 controllers.
― CraigG, Thursday, 12 July 2012 08:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/995085580/bring-divekick-to-pc
No way this costs $30K
― abanana, Thursday, 12 July 2012 11:58 (eleven years ago) link
yep, i went for the box. let's see if i regret this.
― This clam, stranded on someone’s floor, is trying to dig itself (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 July 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
that's what he said
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Thursday, 12 July 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1144821177/cultist-simulator-behold-our-end?ref=thanks_email_tweet
― Mordy, Friday, 1 September 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darrenwall/500-years-later-an-oral-history-of-final-fantasy-v
If this was for FF VI, I would pay in a heartbeat. Still, it was a good article.
― Nhex, Monday, 13 November 2017 07:33 (six years ago) link
50k for a printed out Polygon article?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 13 November 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isaacfoursouls/the-binding-of-isaac-four-souls?ref=av8kqj
― Mordy, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 22:50 (five years ago) link
this one is cool:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tommy-maranges/inhuman-conditions-a-game-of-cops-and-robots/description
― Mordy, Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/omariakil/rap-godz-the-hip-hop-strategy-and-storytelling-boa
$4k away from their goal
― Mordy, Thursday, 20 September 2018 04:07 (five years ago) link
thank god
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 September 2018 05:43 (five years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/of-pawns-and-kings/of-pawns-and-kings
probably won't make its goal, but I like the look of it - it looks like a 2D graphic adventure but the screen transitions prove it's 3D.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 26 July 2021 10:51 (two years ago) link