Apologies for the late posting this week, we were a group spread thin with Awesome Con and Wondercon coverage! Check out our Facebook and Twitter for the latest updates on con coverage and enjoy these amazing (but expensive!) Kickstarter projects we love, but are too poor to enjoy! The Mini […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Noir, Girl Gamers, and Online Storytelling!
Last Life [vimeo 88592346 w=500 h=281] This is the coolest concept! A strategy game that mixes sci-fi and noir into an adventurous storytelling game that lies in the same vein as Telltale’s Walking Dead series and Kentucky Route Zero. You are murdered P.I. Jack Parker, who has been brought back through […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Dinos, Secret Films, and Space (again)!
Kickstarter has already seen $112 million in pledges in the first quarter of 2014, with each day averaging over $1 million in pledges. The Kickstarter blog breaks down those numbers, as well as providing updates for some previously funded projects, in a recent blog post found here. The varied projects that […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Bears, Love, and Tiki!
Bear Simulator The TL;DR is “It’s like a mini Skyrim but you’re a bear.” If that one glorious line didn’t sell you on donating, then you’re going to have to do a lot more reading to see all the hilariously fascinating things they’re trying to put into a game that […]
What Message is Nerd HQ Sending with its Crowdfunding Campaign?
“I Want My Nerd HQ 2014” is a crowdfunding campaign that Zachary Levi and his company, The Nerd Machine, launched with the goal of collecting $1,000,000 to finance this year’s Nerd HQ, which has run in San Diego at the same time as San Diego Comic Con since 2011. Since […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Spaaaaaaaaace!
PeriAreion I can’t play action games to save my avatar’s life, but I have such fond memories of Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri that this Kickstarter is bringing back. PeriAreion is a real-time strategy game that plops you and your team of colonists down on Mars, where the goal is to […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Sprinkles, Comics and Punderwear! Oh my!
Kickstarter released it’s Year in Review for 2013 to let all of us nerds reminisce on some of the great things that have come out of crowd-sourcing funds. We’re big fans of projects like the Pebble Watch, Goldiblox, and the Veronica Mars movie that have come out of Kickstarter and […]
Spider-Man Teams Up With Earth Hour for a Good Cause
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZhbIyrx4AQ] This year for Earth Hour the World Wildlife Foundation program and the cast and crew of the Amazing Spider-Man 2 are teaming up to help the environment and save the world. If you’re not familiar with Earth Hour, first, where have you been for the past like five years? […]