Ahmad Khan, Author at Cliqist

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Ahmad Khan grew up playing video games. A fan of RPGs and Post-Apocalypse games, Khan instantly fell in love with crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and IndieGogo that made games like Wasteland 2 and Project Eternity a reality. He also ended up being sort of a whistle blower for suspicious crowd funding project, believing that the venue of crowdfunding should be reserved for the honest and the passionate, not for the dishonest and dubious. You can stalk Ahmad on both Twitter and Facebook if you feel so inclined.

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

When Veteran Game Developers Launch Bad Kickstarters

Ahmad Khan - August 18, 2014

When Veteran Game Developers Launch Bad Kickstarters By Ahmad Khan The last few weeks have been interesting because of three Kickstarter projects: Umdlalo, Auraspark and of...

There Was Something Wicked About Umdlalo

Ahmad Khan - August 11, 2014

There Was Something Wicked About Umdlalo By Ahmad Khan A premature Kickstarter launch by an apparently fractured game studio filled with industry veterans, that is what...

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