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Is Fall of Freya a Kickstarter Scam?

Josh Griffiths - October 5, 2016

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Fake Friday the 13th Website Infects Dreams with Malware

Josh Griffiths - June 10, 2016

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Buy This Guy a Laptop And He Pinky Swears to Make...

Joanna Mueller - May 3, 2016

Stalker Apocalypse is a new game that's crowdfunding on World Wide Funder from West Games, the creators of the controversial Areal Kickstarter.

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Stalker Apocalypse Update – North Korea, Spying, and Expulsion.

Ahmad Khan - December 22, 2014

The Last Year Kickstarter is an attempt to raise money for a multiplayer horror game. Is it a Kickstarter scam, or something worse?

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Is Last Year a Kickstarter Scam, or Worse?

Greg Micek - December 17, 2014

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Stalker Apocalypse. Worth The Risk?

Ahmad Khan - December 15, 2014

Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform where people can donate money in order to help make video games get made. This is the story of 5 of the most terrifying video game Kickstarters.

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5 Terrifying Kickstarter Video Game Campaigns

Greg Micek - October 31, 2014

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Battletoads, And The Worst Of Kickstarter

Greg Micek - September 5, 2014

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Knuckle Club & ConEx The Latest Kickstarter Scams? Not So Fast.

Nathaniel Liles - July 21, 2014

Dungeon Panic is a Kickstarter funded roguelike that raised $13,000 in 2012.

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Don’t Panic! Dungeon Panic! On Hiatus

Nathaniel Liles - June 20, 2014

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Is Dark Skyes The Latest Kickstarter Scam? Updated 3/30

Greg Micek - March 14, 2014

Kickstarter is a platform for crowdfunding various products, but we focus on video games.

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Maybe Crowdfunding Isn’t All Bad

Greg Micek - January 18, 2014

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From Fan Art to Film Crew: RJ Palmer Talks Detective Pikachu
The recent quality and appeal of CG-heavy films like the upcoming Cats, and Disney’s remakes of The Lion King and Aladdin have been called into question. The film adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog has experienced tumultuous development, with a universally reviled design undergoing revision. A desire for a return to 2D animated cinema has been […]
Women in Gaming: Borderlands 3 Mission Designer Kate Pitstick
In the veritable shadow of larger-than-life statues of new Borderlands 3 characters at E3 2019, mission and level designer Kate Pitstick got to see her work showcased to thousands. During the bustling exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Pitstick took the time to talk about her career and work on the latest entry in […]
Equipping Your Emotions in Crystar
Though action RPG Crystar is already available in its native Japan, it will be heading to North America and Europe later this month. Along with promising action-packed gameplay, Crystar carries its own philosophy on emotions. Published by Spike Chunsoft and FuRyu, and developed by Gemdrops, Crystar follows Rei Hatada’s efforts to revive her dead sister, […]
A Community’s Lifespan in Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies
Embodying the spirit of encompassing all gaming, the IndieCade showcase at E3 2019 featured tabletop games too. This included Thorny Games’ Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies. But before players can reach the destruction of a language, they have to create it first. Communally Created Words “For every turn of the game, […]
#Voices4Devs: Voice Actors Give Online Support for Game Unionization
As more people working in video games try to form their own union, they’ve recently gotten another burst of online support. Apparently starting on April 2, voice actors united under the #Voices4Devs hashtag on Twitter to call attention to the developers they work with on games. A wide variety of voice actors from AAA titles […]

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