Dear kickstarters, indiegogos and all other sourcers of crowds,
I am kickstarted out. I have funded or attempted to fund quite a few game revivals, getting the band back togethers, retro projects and other, however noble, attempts to capitalize on my nostalgia. Many of you no doubt have the best of intentions (and a few have even delivered!), but I am “stick a fork in me” done.
So if you have a great new idea for bringing back something old, a new old something that could only exist through kickstarter…wait. Wait until next year when, hypothetically, my current “backed” projects will either deliver, or flame out in spectacular fashion. Until then, I will have to ignore you, however potentially awesome you may seem. (Unless you are finally making Addams Family pinball, I will totally be a sucker for that!)
Your pal,
Ben
I’m with you, man. It could just be my perception, but somewhere down the line those sites went from “I have a great idea in mind, I just need some financial backing to make it happen” to “Man wouldn’t this be cool to do, now gimmie some money!”
I actually prefer the ones that take my money and go away. At least I’m not reminded that they didn’t deliver anything on a regular basis. I have a fairly bad memory and the sting goes away. The ones that are starting to irk me are the ones that don’t deliver but e-mail me once a month with an update informing me why not, or worse, what they spent the money on other than what I funded. It’s like loaning somebody $20 for gas and then having them call you every night to tell you about all the cool things they recently bought… oh yeah, and they are still out of gas.
Yeah, pretty much Rob. BTW, I am really enjoying Sprite Castle! I hadn’t even heard of the Berzerk port.
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