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Kickstander: Why Kickstarter Is A Terrible Platform for Video Game Innovation
Kickstarter is a terrible platform for video game innovation. Here’s why. Continue reading
Kickstander: Wildman Is An Example Why Accountability on Kickstarter Is A Joke
This isn’t about wanting Gas Powered Games to close, but here’s a studio seeking crowdfunding for a new project while running low on capital and elects to not mention that as a problem in its pitch, despite it being a clear project risk. Continue reading
Kickstander: Path Finding and Kick Starting, Round 2
I remember the mass objection years ago to pay-for-betas, where players refused to consider having to pay money to access an unfinished title, but now it seems almost accepted that Kickstarter MMOs like Pathfinder Online bundle up beta access as a backer reward years before beta actually starts. Continue reading
Kickstander: Quantifying Hope and Measuring Dreams For Kickstarted Video Games
Is Kickstarter really where the unaware fund the unprepared? Or does it deliver on what it promises? Continue reading
Crisis in Games Journalism Over: Everything Back to Normal
Not using Rock Paper Shotgun to promote Big Robot’s Kickstarter would make it possibly harder for Rock Paper Shotgun journalist and Big Robot developer Jim Rossignol to reach the funding target, but that’s the problem with journalistic ethics – if you ignore them when they present a problem you shouldn’t pretend to follow them at all. 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
Kickstander: Follow-Up Questions & Answers
Following my previous post on an odd-looking Kickstarter video game project, I emailed Kickstarter to get a better understanding of what I was seeing with that particular project. Continue reading
Kickstander: When the Numbers Don’t Add Up
I have worked my way through a lot of Kickstarter pages. To date I’ve come across a few cancelled projects, a few dodgy projects but to date I don’t think I’ve come across a project that’s made me go, “Huh? Wha?”. At least, until now. Continue reading
Kickstander: Do Kickstarted Video Games Actually Deliver? – A Prologue
I was recently challenged about my views on Kickstarter – where was my evidence that problems could exist? Wasn’t I just being a jerk in my cynical theorycrafting about the potential success of Kickstarted video games? Perhaps, but I wanted to see more evidence too. When it comes to Kickstarter, I feel that often the … Continue reading
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