lethargic wrote:Breaking news. Harry Knowles of Ain't it Cool News has just announced a Kickstarter so that he can make a podcast.
He's trying to raise $100k to make a PODCAST.
This big fat idiot was making nearly a million a year off of AICN and he lost it all through moronic business decisions, now he's trying to ask people to donate money to him to make a hundred thousand dollar podcast. If he can't generate enough money from AICN to make a podcast, that's just pathetic. Why would I want this guy to play with MY money?
Oh, and this reminds me of how Penny Arcade tried to pull the same crap. A Kickstarter to fund a podcast. For a website that sells buttloads of merchandise somehow needs money to buy a microphone? Oh, no, not really. Because they only asked for 10 dollars. Basically what they said is we don't actually need money to do this, but we'll be happy to take advantage of fools and their money. They ended up making 230k off of gullible idiots.
Kickstarter has become a way to trade social currency in for real currency.
Yes, the behavior of Penny Arcade is disgusting. They claimed that they were doing something to "help" their readers. Well, as far as I can tell, their readers are now paying for what the advertisers used to give them. I don't see how that is even remotely helping them. It seems like taking their money for the site to look the same if you had Adblock.
However, let me give you a case in point. I have spent money making my next game by hiring actors and licensing songs. I would like to license many songs! If I do a Kickstarter and get a few grand, then that game really would be better for it.
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:STILL FUCKING BEING FUCKING ABLE TO CONTROL ALL THE OTHERS.
I played through an entire game of XCOM and had ONE (1) mission where panic came into play, and it wasn't even that big a deal. You are a fucking drama queen who is terrible at games and just waits for that one thing to LATCH ONTO so you can justify your own terrible opinions that you had going into it.
I had no opinions going into Shadowrun. Now I do. I agree with Retro. It's a great game ONCE ANYONE ACTUALLY WRITES A GREAT GAME FOR IT.
pinback wrote:I played through an entire game of XCOM and had ONE (1) mission where panic came into play, and it wasn't even that big a deal.
I died in one mission of Shadowrun Returns and it wasn't even that big a deal.
You are a reprehensible garbage person that can't allow yourself to like anything recommended to you. You feel that you are "smarter" than everyone else, thus your big purple brain would have "discovered" it first if it were any good. You complained about it being a "baby" game and then died three straight times in a mission, which makes you a ass-grabbing hypocrite.
lethargic wrote:However, let me give you a case in point. I have spent money making my next game by hiring actors and licensing songs. I would like to license many songs! If I do a Kickstarter and get a few grand, then that game really would be better for it.
Oh, didn't you say you were going to use one of my songs? Now you're talking money?
lethargic wrote:However, let me give you a case in point. I have spent money making my next game by hiring actors and licensing songs. I would like to license many songs! If I do a Kickstarter and get a few grand, then that game really would be better for it.
Oh, didn't you say you were going to use one of my songs? Now you're talking money?
*Ahem*
I did, but that was before I thought I would do a Kickstarter.
We need to talk before I launch the Kickstarter, because what I would like to do is get an entire album of Draven songs and then, when the player enters the game's arm wrestling bar switch from dubstep (which is the music in the rest of the game) to your music.
And pay you appropriately.
That is what I would like to do. I just don't know when I am going to launch the Kickstarter or for how much.
lethargic wrote:Breaking news. Harry Knowles of Ain't it Cool News has just announced a Kickstarter so that he can make a podcast.
He's trying to raise $100k to make a PODCAST.
This big fat idiot was making nearly a million a year off of AICN and he lost it all through moronic business decisions, now he's trying to ask people to donate money to him to make a hundred thousand dollar podcast. If he can't generate enough money from AICN to make a podcast, that's just pathetic. Why would I want this guy to play with MY money?
Oh, and this reminds me of how Penny Arcade tried to pull the same crap. A Kickstarter to fund a podcast. For a website that sells buttloads of merchandise somehow needs money to buy a microphone? Oh, no, not really. Because they only asked for 10 dollars. Basically what they said is we don't actually need money to do this, but we'll be happy to take advantage of fools and their money. They ended up making 230k off of gullible idiots.
I bought a Blue Yeti mic to record my podcast with. It cost me $150. I really should have done a Kickstarter for it. Now I am on two podcasts, so really it's $75 each if you average it out.
I think if you step back and look at it we are really the dumb ones for not getting in on this train before it derails.
BTW Harry Knowles' kickstarter has not even met half the goal yet. And it's only as high as it is because one idiot donated 10 grand. I can not wait to see this thing fail. Please, please fail.
The friggin perks for donating are so horrible.
1,500 dollars get you a dinner with Harry Knowles. This is also the usual price of Harry Knowles' dinner.
For 2,000 he will come to your house and watch a movie with you. But only if you live in Austin, TX. And have wheelchair access.
The vast majority of the perks are only valid if you live in Austin or are willing to go there.
If you donate 3,000 dollars Harry Knowles will read your script and give you notes. Awesome, you get notes from a guy who has never made a movie.
For 5,000 you get to sit with Harry as he interviews somebody at SXSW.
For 8,000 you get to go to a party with Harry. In Austin of course.
For 10,000 you get to be an "executive producer" on the podcast's IMDB page. Worth every penny!!
