For projects funded from 2009 through to the end of 2012, the majority of successful Kickstarter video games remain undelivered to the people who helped finance them. Continue reading
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Steam Controller: Just As I Guessed
I said previously that if Valve wants to move PC gamers to the couch, they’d need to give them a controller that could replace keyboard and mouse. That’s what Valve announced on Friday. Continue reading
SteamOS + Steam Machines: Fighting The (Last) Land War in Asia
In going with a new operating system (OS) and its own licenced pseudo-PCs, Valve seems to be fighting an old batter rather than looking ahead. Continue reading
Kickstander: When Things Go Macabre
A big issue to remember here is that a successful Kickstarter doesn’t mean a successful project – it just means that the studio raised some money from a crowd of people. Delivery of what has been promised is a whole separate issue. Continue reading
Ouya: Outcast
Oh, a ‘new’ kind of console that is being made by a start-up and is aiming to tie mobile Android gaming to a television? And you want a lot of people to gift you money to make it happen? Why? Continue reading
Embers of Caerus: If I’m Snarky About Kickstarter, At Least I’m Consistent
Another day, another Kickstarter in the gaming “press” (which loves it, let’s be honest – it’s super-easy content to write regardless what happens). What caught my eye about the Embers of Caerus Kickstarter is that it is so that a group of 50 volunteer, amateur developers can develop an investor prototype that may eventually be … Continue reading
Path Finding and Kick Starting
As previously discussed, I’m fairly cynical of Kickstarter for video game development. Backers see it as supporting something they are interested in; I see it as companies leveraging off their previous reputation and gamer hope to get money gifted to them. Because that’s what the money is: a gift. Once the pledge target is met … Continue reading
Newbie Blogger Initiative (#MMONBI) – Because There Aren’t Enough Video Game Blogs Yet
Syp over at Bio Break has been behind the coordination of the Newbie Blogger Initiative, which seeks to encourage those people on the cusp of blogging by giving them a little push. So: *push*. If that hasn’t convinced you (and why would it?), there’s a Newbie Blogger Initiative forum that’s been set up to provide … Continue reading
GJAIF: Not Wanted, But Desperately Needed
Back in January, Game Journalists Are Incompetent Fuckwits (GJAIF) (also called GameJournos for a while) ended its run. Ben Paddon, the man behind it, called it quits after nearly two years because his “heart just isn’t in it anymore” and is moving on to other things. This is sad, because GJAIF – or something like … Continue reading
My Blog Stats – 2011 in Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 34,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 13 sold-out performances for that many … Continue reading
World Class Villains 