Miniature Mondays: Quintuplets
Worst Yahtzee roll ever?
No, just our weekly theme. This week in our Miniature Mondays column, our content comes in fives: five projects that need mentioning and the final miniature in our five week challenge. I’m not saying that this week’s new projects fumbled a critical roll or anything…
Let’s just say that none of the miniature project’s covered below were able to convince me to give them money. (more…)
News Flash: Shark Jump in Progress?
Jumping the shark (per Wikipedia🙂 Jumping the shark is an idiom created by Jon Hein that is used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in quality that is beyond recovery. The phrase is also used to refer to a particular scene, episode, or aspect of a show in which the writers use some type of “gimmick” in a desperate attempt to keep viewers’ interest.
No reader of this blog could accuse me of hating on crowdfunding, but I cannot believe that Kickstarter is walking down this road, and worry that the escalating cycle of ridiculousness could in fact mark the start of Kickstarter’s downhill slide. Want to know why? Read on.
Dispatch from Shanghai
Endless buildings.
You’ve no doubt noticed that David does the heavy lifting on our blog. I average about a post a week, but this week my post is coming in a bit late. My work has been known to make me travel from time to time, which really screws up the posting schedule. On this occasion, I find myself in Shanghai. Paris of the East. Pearl of the Orient. It’s a hell of a place.
(And I’ve been here for quite a lot longer than one night.)
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Impossible Dreams
Kickst
arter is all about impossibility if you think about it. Creators show up, and know they have it in them to do a great and unbelievable thing if only people, backers like you and I, will give them the resources. It is their job to explain to the rest of us, clearly and credibly, how they will accomplish this, and it is our job to judge the credibility of the creator, the feasibility of the business plan and the possibility of the project. All these things settled, all that is left to do is pay our money and take our chances; Kickstarter is not a store, and nothing is guaranteed.
So what should we do – what should Kickstarter itself do, when the project proposed is quite literally impossible?
I’m A Backer… of my Backers
Last week I had no new projects to scream from the rooftops about. In a sad exception to the rule, I had to interrupt my long running segment on projects I thought were too awesome not to share, and instead offer a look at a tangential concept: why I didn’t recommend any of the projects I’m backing. This week I’m forced to do something similar. I want to tell you about a project I am backing, AND about another semi related concept.
Mainlining Content
Though my preferred content is comic books or novels, I’ve been known to abuse any form of storytelling when I get desperate. My storytelling drug comes it plenty of flavors, and is known by many names. I’ve shot cable, silver screen, ink (black and white or color), and I’ve even chased the paper dragon. Everyone loves a good page page turner, but I have particular weakness for them bordering on support-group-worthy. There is something about storytelling, great storytelling that keeps me from doing anything but turning said pages, until I’m out all out.
If you have a similar problem, than the words that follow will be nothing new to you. If you don’t know what I’m talking about than prepare to take a walk on the wild side.
Miniature Monday’s: Rivet Wars Wrap Up
This weekend I didn’t get much painting done, but then – that was part of the plan. This was supposed to be because I was going to buckle down and spend the weekend writing. I’ve fallen a little behind my goals in that area for the year and I was going to make inroads on that, but sadly my weekend was hijacked, so I suppose I now know what I am doing next weekend, instead.
Hijacked by what you ask? That’s a story for another day.
Today is for mini’s and I have a lot to share, so let’s jump right in.
Repeat Offenders
Note: Due to a scheduling error, some of you read this post yesterday as a double post. It was intended for today. If that means you have already read today’s post, then feel free to read this blast from the past instead.
In America the Recidivism rate for men in prison is more than 50%. It has to be at least that high on Kickstarter.
Everywhere you turn on Kickstarter you see the same kinds of projects, the same people launching projects, and sometimes even the same exact projects being relaunched. (In fact, on a pretty regular basis, you can see the same projects show back for a second or third chance in the crowd funding lottery.
Well, today I discovered a doozy.
Writers on Kickstarter: Do’s and Don’ts
As each year comes to a close, many people in the United States take a few moments to ponder what they are going to make a priority for the coming year. Many of those people then promptly give up on said resolution, and another gym membership sadly goes to waste.
I’m talking of course about New Years resolutions. My own resolutions are going well – 2 are ahead of schedule, 2 have substantial progress made, and only one is behind; between work and painting, I have not been devoting as much time to writing, specifically not blog related writing as I should be. I’m not here today to talk about my resolutions today though, I’m here to talk about what I can only assume are other peoples.
I’m a Backer of … Not that Much
Every week for the last few months, I have discussed a project I am passionate about in this space. Though those articles tended to cover games being launched on Kickstarter, they would occasionally cover a wider sphere of topics. It has been my pleasure to share with you these projects that I really believe in with you – my loyal readers.
Though I am still backing a couple of projects, today we must buck this trend.
Caffeineforge 