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How Kickstarter Lets Fans Control the Future of Video Games
document Crowdfunding

Kickstarter, the crowdsourcing website dedicated to the idea that "a good idea, communicated well, can spread fast and wide" and powered by an all-or-nothing format (you meet your goal...

Fritz SchaeferMay 31, 2012 04:25 am GMT954 views
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How Kickstarter Lets Fans Control the Future of Video Games
Smithsonian's Crowdsourced "The Art Of Video Games" Exhibition Comes Under Fire
blog Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

The Smithsonian American Art Museum's final list was the result of a crowdsourced effort where the museum called upon the gaming community to narrow down its list of 240 games over the...

Pablo BracciniSep 05, 2011 08:16 am GMT1604 views
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Smithsonian's Crowdsourced
A Video Game Where Players Help Real Doctors Diagnose Malaria
document Distributed Knowledge

But UCLA isn't alone in the pursuit of crowdsourced science. At the University of Washington, developers have created a game called FoldIt, where players wrestle with ways in which proteins...

Tonya Van Dijk May 04, 2012 10:50 pm GMT1442 views
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A Video Game Where Players Help Real Doctors Diagnose Malaria
Syracuse man creates video game with help of crowd funding site
document Crowdfunding

To date, Kickstarter's website boasts 24,000 successfully funded projects with many surpassing their goals, others generating millions of dollars. Quest for Infamy co-founder Steven...

Luis Enrique MoralesJun 29, 2012 04:53 am GMT709 views
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Syracuse man creates video game with help of crowd funding site
Teach the Children Well: Through Video Games
document Distributed Knowledge

The NoNameSite social platform will leverage this advantage as it continues to grow and expand the very ways kids digest, compete, collaborate and learn crucial aspects that are the DNA building...

Claire MackayOct 18, 2011 02:32 am GMT1182 views
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Teach the Children Well: Through Video Games
Kiwi video game Path of Exile crowd-funds $US200,000 over Easter
document Crowdfunding

The makers of role-playing video game Path of Exile, New Zealand-based Grinding Gear Games, have launched a "crowd-funding" campaign where players can pre-purchase game currency and...

Rebecca GutierrezApr 11, 2012 07:45 am GMT902 views
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Kiwi video game Path of Exile crowd-funds $US200,000 over Easter
Video Game Character Aims to End Climate Change Through the Power of Playsourcing
document Distributed Knowledge

Tilt World utilizes playsourcing to create real world impact. Playsourcing occurs when the fun of games is used as a source of human motivation to help people change themselves and change their...

Jayne AnnApr 19, 2012 05:30 am GMT1440 views
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Video Game Character Aims to End Climate Change Through the Power of Playsourcing
Kickstarter Helps Video Game Developers Reboot Old Titles
document Crowdfunding

To fund the documentary project, Schafer turned to Kickstarter, a website that uses crowdsourcing to churn up modest amounts of cash(anywhere from a hundred to, in rare cases, a few hundred...

Fiona MaresMay 29, 2012 06:33 am GMT680 views
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Kickstarter Helps Video Game Developers Reboot Old Titles
Gambitious Launches as the Definitive Crowdfunding Platform for the Video Games Industry
document Crowdfunding

Gambitious today launched its unique hybrid crowdfunding platform for video games,accepting both fan donations and equity investments.Gambitious' launch portfolio includes seven new projects...

Pablo BracciniSep 25, 2012 12:15 pm GMT714 views
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Gambitious Launches as the Definitive Crowdfunding Platform for the Video Games Industry
9-Year-Old Girl Raises $15,000 to Make Video Game
article Crowdfunding

The Internet has redeemed itself somewhat after throwing its collective support behind a Kickstarter campaign that'll help a 9-year-old girl build her very own role-playing game. With the...

Harshida PatelMar 23, 2013 02:26 am GMT1025 views
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9-Year-Old Girl Raises $15,000 to Make Video Game
GameLaunched debuts its international crowdfunding site dedicated to video games
article Crowdfunding

After opening up its beta site back in December 2012, GameLaunched has now properly launched its international crowdfunding platform for video games of all genres. In order to further...

Fritz SchaeferMar 28, 2013 04:25 am GMT1228 views
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GameLaunched debuts its international crowdfunding site dedicated to video games
OUYA Raises $15 Million In New Funding; Kleiner Perkins Partner And Video Game Executive Bing Gordon Joins Board
document Crowdfunding

"We want OUYA to be here for a long time to come," said Uhrman. "The message is clear: people want OUYA. We first heard this from crowdfunding website Kickstarter backers who...

Luis Enrique MoralesMay 09, 2013 12:21 pm GMT680 views
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OUYA Raises $15 Million In New Funding; Kleiner Perkins Partner And Video Game Executive Bing Gordon Joins Board
Video Game Sales Fall for Sixth Consecutive Month
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

The current scenario of the video game industry paves the way for the crowd's bigger, brighter, creative, and innovative ideas that will revolutionize the industry.

Benjamin FosselJan 13, 2011 10:34 am GMT3493 views
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Video Game Sales Fall for Sixth Consecutive Month
Video gamers unravel drug discovery riddles
document Distributed Knowledge

Developed at the University of Washington, Foldit has generated buzz in the scientific community for its success in using crowdsourcing via the online game to make key discoveries. For example,...

Jayne AnnApr 17, 2012 02:40 am GMT936 views
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Video gamers unravel drug discovery riddles
Gaining STEM Skills Via Video Games
document Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

EDWorks has been partnering with TopCoder to bring educational games to three of their schools. Over the course of a four week period, students at three EDWorks’ partner schools are competing in...

Pablo BracciniMay 04, 2012 01:41 pm GMT1246 views
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Gaining STEM Skills Via Video Games
Single Dad Building Sequel To “Jetpack” Video Game He Built As A Teenager
document Crowdfunding

Pedersen, now a single dad, is belatedly working to deliver on a promise “Look for Jetpack 2 in 1995”. He has taken to Kickstarter in an attempt to raise $40,000 by the end of July for “Jetpack...

Sebastian BlancaJul 03, 2012 11:51 pm GMT690 views
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Single Dad Building Sequel To “Jetpack” Video Game He Built As A Teenager
Organ Trail adds zombies to our favorite educational video game
document Crowdfunding

The Men Who Wear Many Hats, who created the original Flash game, are currently running a Kickstarter to raise money for Organ Trail: Director's Cut. Like the "original" Organ Trail,...

Samuel BennettJan 09, 2012 01:00 am GMT1105 views
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Organ Trail adds zombies to our favorite educational video game
Double Fine Raises $950,000 in 24 Hours for Crowdfunded Video Game Project
Crowdfunding

Double Fine Productions, the San Francisco-based video game developer behind Psychonauts and Brütal Legend, today broke a number of crowdfunding records in its wildly successful effort to fund a new point-and-click adventure game.

Using Kickstarter, the game development studio raised $950,000 USD in the 24-hour window following the project posting — well over its initial goal of $400,000. At the outset, Double Fine allotted one month of time to reach that funding goal. At the time of writing, the total amount raised stands at $1,001,988 from 26,000 backers.

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Eric BlattbergFeb 09, 2012 11:37 pm GMT3372 views
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The DeanBeat: Crowd-funding gives hope to mid-size game developers
document Crowdfunding

“This could bring a wonderful dynamic change to our industry,” said Brian Fargo, chief executive of InXile Entertainment, in an interview. “It is a very exciting time to be a developer...

Fritz SchaeferFeb 17, 2012 09:46 pm GMT1191 views
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The DeanBeat: Crowd-funding gives hope to mid-size game developers
Game changer: This video game just raised a record of $3.3 million on Kickstarter
document Crowdfunding

Today a new message was sent out, after a video game project from Double Fine Adventure passed $3 million in financing from Kickstarter. The total figure for the game is a record breaking...

Adam FrazerMar 14, 2012 05:56 am GMT1404 views
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Game changer: This video game just raised a record of $3.3 million on Kickstarter
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