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06-24-2012, 06:32 AM
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By now, everyone knows what Kickstarter (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/kickstarter/) is. Crowd-funded video games are all the rage nowadays, and unsurprisingly, I've found that some gamers are sick of reading about them.
Let's take a moment to appreciate just how wonderful crowd-funded gaming is. When indie developers take to Kickstarter to fund their projects, the relationship between the consumer and producer is a personal one. Players can pay up-front for developers to create expressive content free from any potential ties a publisher could bestow on said creators. A crowd-funded game creates a clear path of communication between producers and players, cutting out the middle-man.
Better yet, funding projects also shines a spotlight on individual designers. The intimate feeling of the crowd-funded indie scene results in talented developers being rewarded for their work. Personally, I'd rather know an artist by name than shake my fist at a monolithic company. There are some amazing video game projects in the crowd-funding space right now, and many could be considered "risky" by the industry's standards. Supporting the crowd-funding initiative might be just as important as supporting the games themselves.
I encourage you to support our featured webcomic artists by checking out last week's comics and voting for your favorite after the break!
Survive (Ctrl+Alt+Del (http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20120622))
Battletoads 2013 (No Line of Sight (http://www.nolineofsight.com/?p=130))
Going Bananas (The Gamercat (http://thegamercat.com/2012/06/going-bananas/))
Nintendo Fun Club (Magical Game Time (http://magicalgametime.com/post/25577836467))
Drop on in (Virtual Shackles (http://www.virtualshackles.com/323))
Dichotomy (Penny Arcade (http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/06/22))
Great Debate (Legacy Control (http://legacy-control.com/2012/06/20/great-debate/))Continue reading Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is fully kick-started (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/23/weekly-webcomic-wrapup-is-fully-kick-started/)
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By now, everyone knows what Kickstarter (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/kickstarter/) is. Crowd-funded video games are all the rage nowadays, and unsurprisingly, I've found that some gamers are sick of reading about them.
Let's take a moment to appreciate just how wonderful crowd-funded gaming is. When indie developers take to Kickstarter to fund their projects, the relationship between the consumer and producer is a personal one. Players can pay up-front for developers to create expressive content free from any potential ties a publisher could bestow on said creators. A crowd-funded game creates a clear path of communication between producers and players, cutting out the middle-man.
Better yet, funding projects also shines a spotlight on individual designers. The intimate feeling of the crowd-funded indie scene results in talented developers being rewarded for their work. Personally, I'd rather know an artist by name than shake my fist at a monolithic company. There are some amazing video game projects in the crowd-funding space right now, and many could be considered "risky" by the industry's standards. Supporting the crowd-funding initiative might be just as important as supporting the games themselves.
I encourage you to support our featured webcomic artists by checking out last week's comics and voting for your favorite after the break!
Survive (Ctrl+Alt+Del (http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20120622))
Battletoads 2013 (No Line of Sight (http://www.nolineofsight.com/?p=130))
Going Bananas (The Gamercat (http://thegamercat.com/2012/06/going-bananas/))
Nintendo Fun Club (Magical Game Time (http://magicalgametime.com/post/25577836467))
Drop on in (Virtual Shackles (http://www.virtualshackles.com/323))
Dichotomy (Penny Arcade (http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/06/22))
Great Debate (Legacy Control (http://legacy-control.com/2012/06/20/great-debate/))Continue reading Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is fully kick-started (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/23/weekly-webcomic-wrapup-is-fully-kick-started/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is fully kick-started (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/23/weekly-webcomic-wrapup-is-fully-kick-started/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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