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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Curiosity soliciting donations to help with servers.

    "What's inside the cube?" the world cried as one, tapping furiously at its many touchscreens. The cube did not answer, for the cube is all overloaded> and a bit wonky right now. Peter Molyneux and his 22Cans studio are now soliciting donations for the tap-tapping experiment to beef up Curiosity's servers so people can continue the quest to uncover the hidden secret at the core which we're fairly confident will be massively underwhelming but still are pretty well, curious, about.
    Nov 12, 2012 6:50am PST
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Curiosity soliciting donations to help with servers.

    "What's inside the cube?" the world cried as one, tapping furiously at its many touchscreens. The cube did not answer, for the cube is all overloaded> and a bit wonky right now. Peter Molyneux and his 22Cans studio are now soliciting donations for the tap-tapping experiment to beef up Curiosity's servers so people can continue the quest to uncover the hidden secret at the core which we're fairly confident will be massively underwhelming but still are pretty well, curious, about. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • Haha, what? : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
    • :[ : geedeckThis person is cool!
    • also, they need to show how much donation they have gotten to date. i think many people want to see how y... : theDrMikey
    • http://i.imgur.com/yFtfY.gif : EricZBA
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      Based on Wired's interview, they wanted 100 million daily Curiosity users... so they can't say the usual ... : zehh
      • and yet, in the video, they say exactly that. that they expected a few thousand, which turned into a f... : theDrMikey
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        No the 100 million users thing is for their actual big project that is still being worked on. I read that... : XevoThis person is cool!
        • Ah I see. I was actually confused whether it was about that or the "big project" but in the end assumed i... : zehh
    • lol fuck no. : xxiv
    • Hahaha, wtf. : spazzium
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      Molyneux is off is rocker. : one random winner
      • More for your lol'ing pleasure. http://www.bluesnews.com/s/136671/one-more-defining-game-for-molyneux : capt trippsThis person is cool!
    • ugh... : DeBurgoThis person is cool!
    • I really thought this would turn out to be a cool experiment and hoped we'd get some neat insight about m... : icecreambus
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      "We are a small independent developer and due to popular demand we now offer the option for kind people t... : kwperleyThis person is cool!
      • That game is free... so... you don't have to pay for anything unless you want to. : GwyndionThis person is cool!
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        It's free you dingus : DrWaffles
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          yeah but can't you buy things to help you along? Maybe this is them saying that they aren't making as mu... : deathofratsThis person is cool!
          • There is only an in-game currency. There are four inactive items in the store that could be in-app purch... : DrWaffles
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          Sorry, I never had any interest in a game where I touch a box over and over, nor do I own an iOS device. ... : kwperleyThis person is cool!
          • ya gotta try it- it's magical! : aasyranth
      • Way to fail you big failure : CheesePlatter
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      I have to admit, I probably spent 45 minutes this weekend tapping little squares to chip away at the cube... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
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        I totally agree, but it's dumb that they're asking for money, now. : DeBurgoThis person is cool!
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          like, they probably should have figured out a revenue stream besides "hey please give us money :( please ... : DeBurgoThis person is cool!
          • I agree, it doesn't seem extremely well planned out. But, I am actually "curious" to see where it's goin... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
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            Their planned revenue stream was people paying to be able to chip faster. Why they thought that would ... : ArcanumThis person is cool!
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              I didn't know that. Actually that's pretty reasonable, if you've played the game. However, it's not funct... : DeBurgoThis person is cool!
              • Oh wow, I didn't know that wasn't working yet. WTF. : ArcanumThis person is cool!
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          It's not dumb. It's genius. It reduces their costs. I think all developers are going to jump on this a... : Lucy LabiaThis person is cool!
          • There are already developers that do this, but most of them put out a good, working piece of software (or... : DeBurgoThis person is cool!
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        I still haven't been able to sign into the game :( : Mecha Tofu Pirate
        • Same. : Dusty_SlimThis person is cool!
        • It took me several tries. I got it on Friday and had no luck. I tried randomly throughout the weekend a... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
    • Thanks, I'm not that curious. : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
    • hahahah fuck you : JINKYThis person is cool!
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      I love how video games are going to snake oil style sales. HOWDY HOWDY step right up gimme ur money and ... : DownforceThis person is cool!
      • what's in the box ladies and gentlemen it could be anything and it could be YOURS : Arceihn
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      Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahæ : at0micgardenThis person is cool!
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        at0mic? : CrustaRThis person is cool!
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          we are way beyond the simple HEH threshold on this one, br0 : DownforceThis person is cool!
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            he also has a neat little char at the end there : bitchesbecrazy
            • I like that! : CrustaRThis person is cool!
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          C->R ? : GloriousCowThis person is cool!
          • G -> C!!! 0hhh yeah. : CrustaRThis person is cool!
        • http://chattypics.com/files/PR_lnf2frkxdv.jpg : at0micgardenThis person is cool!
    • my money doesn't save for some reason. ill never be able to afford any of those items :( : v1ctoly
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      Peter Molynoob : spiderfill
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        Moneynoob : jim bone
        • Pewter MoneyNewb : spiderfill
    • If this was any other studio no one would give a shit and it would be seen as a cool, interesting social ... : CheesePlatter
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      oh shi guys we forgot to not make it free : scatterblack
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        Do i really need to post the definition of "donation" here for you? : CheesePlatter
        • it is like a fucking post kickstarter : scatterblack
    • social experiment; he's collecting data to send back to his home planet. : ModulusThis person is cool!
    • Nope. : Zero Hoki
    • I can understand this but I bet he could have avoided some of the backlash by making the donation an in-a... : Professer12
    • fuck your ass molyneux : rtrson
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      41 Angry Birds? : ZizThis person is cool!
      • oops wrong thread. : ZizThis person is cool!
    • Molyneux should have budgeted more monies for his grand experiment. : Ride-My-RocketThis person is cool!
    • Half drawn cocks are on that white board,. : onsokumaru