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 […]
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 […]
“Veronica Mars” is Back! How Does It Shape Up For Newcomers and Fans?
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq1R93UMqlk] Veronica Mars Release Date: March 14, 2014 Cast: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Krysten Ritter, Ryan Hansen, Chris Lowell, Tina Majorino, Enrico Colantoni Director: Rob Thomas Studio: Warner Bros Digital, Spoondolie Productions Distributor: Warner Bros Pictures Genre(s): Crime, Comedy, Drama Based On Veronica Mars (TV Show) Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia “A long time ago, we used […]
Kickstart Round-Up: RPGs, Running, and Reading!
I’m now well-versed in the world of Kickstarter, thanks to making these weekly updates as I scour through the projects, so I thought I’d drop this little bit of knowledge on all of you: as of March 4, 2014, Kickstarter has received a BILLION dollars in pledges with the help […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Music, Cards, and Drinking (It’s a Party)!
In the latest Kickstarter drama, John Campbell (whom you may know from picturesforsadchildren.com, which is now just a blank page) updated his Kickstarter to say he wouldn’t be sending out any more books from his successfully funded venture in 2012. This article highlights the important bits, if you don’t want to […]
Kickstarter Round-Up: Clothing, Costumes, and… Cecil Baldwin?
In case you missed it, this past week Kickstarter was hacked. They put out a press release strongly urging users to change their passwords, but insist that only two accounts showed any kind of fraudulent activity. No credit card data was accessed, but it’s a good idea to keep an […]
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 […]
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