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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Wasteland 2 launches Kickstarter funding.

    24 years after Wasteland's release, some of the gang behind the classic post-apocalyptic RPG and the series it inspired, Fallout, have reunited at inXile Entertainment to make a sequel. They're hoping to fund Wasteland 2 through Kickstarter, seeking $900,
    Mar 13, 2012 12:00pm PDT
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Wasteland 2 launches Kickstarter funding.

    24 years after Wasteland's release, some of the gang behind the classic post-apocalyptic RPG and the series it inspired, Fallout, have reunited at inXile Entertainment to make a sequel. They're hoping to fund Wasteland 2 through Kickstarter, seeking $900, : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      $900! what a bargain. the worlds best flash based rpg : kbnerdThis person is cool!
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        Err... $900 might get you a nice Flash banner ad set for an RPG. : aasyranth
        • maybe they should set their bar a bit higher then. =-D : kbnerdThis person is cool!
    • Bringing AND giving! : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
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      I'm funding every kickstarter that is remaking old games. period. On principle. I'll cum rainbows i... : icedcoolThis person is cool!
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        did you fund this one? (because no one else did, lolz) http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/355932838/... : deathofratsThis person is cool!
        • I guess publishers are good for something. : BillPaxtonator
      • Ask and ye shall receive: http://baldursgate.com/ : MondayJBlack
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      I guess I don't understand Kickstarter. Is there no risk of losing money? Is it not a traditional inves... : amrbeanThis person is cool!
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        kickstarter is not an investment, it's venture capital that they don't actually get unless they meet thei... : R@zzle
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          If they run out of time without enough funding then no one who pledged gets charged. If they meet the fun... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
          • Kickstarter's cut is 5% I believe. : Haxim
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          What if they reach their goal in the right amount of time, but never deliver a product? Or deliver a pro... : amrbeanThis person is cool!
          • I foresee many second rounds of kickstarter funding in the next few years. : givemesnacks
          • They pretty much committed career suicide then : Mecha Tofu Pirate
      • It's purely a donation system and you get no protection if they take the money and run or if they squande... : LilCrypto
      • Really it's an answer to the chicken-and-egg issue. There may be some game you really want to play, b... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
      • Think of it as a patronage system, like in the olden days of yore where Shakespeares and Michaelangelos r... : Memphis-Ahn
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        It's purely based on, "I'm a fanboy. Take my goddamn money and make this." It's good to promote what you ... : thebigbeefsandwich
        • I remember back in the PC Accelerator days, right when the magazine announced it was being canceled, they... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
      • Your looking for something that I've only seen from http://www.wmdportal.com/ Project Cars is awesome ... : thejay247
    • I threw $30 in the hat. Let the awesomeness begin. : baron calamityThis person is cool!
    • $50 for a large box, actual cloth map, and instruction BOOK (they specifically do not say manual in the d... : jacobvandy
    • Amagad this is awesome, I never played wasteland (for shame!), but I've spent lifetimes in Fallout 1 & 2.... : xlartiThis person is cool!