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ReelBigLizard posted:It started as an art/fashion/political project a couple of years ago IIRC (I remember reading about the launch). Basically they're selling a message as well as a product. Well I hope everyone who pledges to this project gets taken out in drone strikes. 
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Elissia posted:While Shadow of the Eternals was mentioned before a number of pages back (they cancelled because yeah they ain't getting 1.35m), it appears that Dyack isn't going to let this dead horse lie. So now we have Shadow of the Eternals... redux. Now with less pedophiles, who apparently had a salary of $600,000? Either that or they made that much from their own crowdfunding attempt on their site. (I kind of doubt this, however.) quote:“Precursor has been able to leverage some of the major features of the CryENGINE for use within their game and they've been able to apply their skill, talent and speed to produce already very high quality assets as well as gameplay.”
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Xandu posted:Shadow of the Eternals How many times has this game been canceled and relaunched on Kickstarter?
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Ville Valo posted:Why are all of their rewards anti-drone camouflage? The bigger question is why the hijab images look like day-glo fetish porn. Sono has a new favorite as of 01:47 on Aug 6, 2013 |
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Ville Valo posted:Well I hope everyone who pledges to this project gets taken out in drone strikes. "According to our infrared scans, the building was empty before we dropped that Hellfire missile on it."
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ReelBigLizard posted:It started as an art/fashion/political project a couple of years ago IIRC (I remember reading about the launch). Basically they're selling a message as well as a product. Their message isn't helped by the fact that their product looks like a giant tin foil hat.
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DancingPenguin posted:How many times has this game been canceled and relaunched on Kickstarter? This is the second Kickstarter and third total attempt.
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ReelBigLizard posted:It started as an art/fashion/political project a couple of years ago IIRC (I remember reading about the launch). Basically they're selling a message as well as a product. Yeah, when someone was bring up the "anti-drone hijab", I didn't even need to see a picture to recognize that it was Adam Harvey's work. He's done a lot of art/fashion/political projects such as this, the anti-paparazzi clutch embedded with LEDs that fire off counterflashes when hit with the IR-based autofocus sensors of digital cameras, and the CV dazzle camo makeup and hair combo that defeats facial recognition software and also totally makes you look like an '80s cyberpunk at the same time. Young Freud has a new favorite as of 03:31 on Aug 6, 2013 |
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FrozenVent posted:What if the FBI can remotely turn your phone back on? They can record with your phone even if it is "off," but you kind of have to give them a huge reason. Unless you're a suspected terrorist, spy, or the such then these people have nothing to worry about. So, basically, a good product for anyone who lives in the middle east! 
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/907595041/inovative-game-of-year?ref=home_location This man has a plan. A plan to educate the folks of my fair state of Texas. What will he teach us about? Birds. Bodacious Birds.
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PrinceRandom posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/907595041/inovative-game-of-year?ref=home_location This is false advertising. Those birds are neither skateboarding nor surfing, so they can't be bodacious. And if they're girl birds they aren't nearly stacked enough to qualify as bodacious. Vince MechMahon has a new favorite as of 04:39 on Aug 6, 2013 |
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TheJoker138 posted:This is false advertising. Those birds are neither skateboarding nor surfing, sot hey can't be bodacious. And if they're girl birds they aren't nearly stacked enough to qualify as bodacious. Agreed. I'd almost feel sorry for the dude, but then I saw that he's from loving Southlake, which is a really wealthy exurb here in D/FW, so he's probably retired and still makes more money than anybody I now. To get the picture, Glenn Beck lives in and hosts his radio show from Southlake.
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Young Freud posted:Agreed. But he only has 30 Facebook friends
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FrozenVent posted:What if the FBI can remotely turn your phone back on? "Yeah govt out of my rear end in a top hat!" *gets scammed by protective cover maker kickstarter* "govt use PRISM to find this guy's rear end in a top hat!"
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Manifest posted:Credit to goon Jedit for finding this horrific gem in The Misery Index: Terrible Games about Terrible Realities quote:Welfare Queens is a role-playing game about a not-so-distant future America where white collar professionals spend their nights in back alley arcades, living virtual lives of poverty and desperation. Bored and overwhelmed by their day jobs, the stock brokers, accountants, and mid level executives of the late 21st century find adventure and catharsis through their experiences as hookers, drug pushers, trailer trash, and panhandlers.
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^---I guess the KS police are asleep at the wheel againElissia posted:This is the second Kickstarter and third total attempt. I want to see a kickstarter just to maintain their kickstarter in limbo. Call it Shadow of the Eternals Forever. After Duke Nukem no game's lack of completion has been able to give me more entertainment than the actual game itself.
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Young Freud posted:Yeah, when someone was bring up the "anti-drone hijab", I didn't even need to see a picture to recognize that it was Adam Harvey's work. He's done a lot of art/fashion/political projects such as this, the anti-paparazzi clutch embedded with LEDs that fire off counterflashes when hit with the IR-based autofocus sensors of digital cameras, and the CV dazzle camo makeup and hair combo that defeats facial recognition software and also totally makes you look like an '80s cyberpunk at the same time. Oh man, this guy rules. Where's his kickstarter?
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OatmealRaisin posted:Oh man, this guy rules. Where's his kickstarter? It's this cell phone privacy pocket that blocks RF signals which we've talked about as either superfluous and counterintuitive since you can't use your phone while it's in the pocket and the FBI/NSA/PRISM can track calls when you do use it out of the pocket or kinda recommended for the ultimate privacy nut since the FBI and NSA can still use your phone to listen in even if you have turned it off. The thing is that the anti-drone, anti-IR T-shirt and "hijab" are being given away as incentives for this, so it makes me wonder if that's the real goal. I know art is expensive, especially the stuff he's doing with RF and infrared-blocking fabrics, so it's likely more as a way to raise funds for future products by giving people something to buy. Young Freud has a new favorite as of 07:19 on Aug 6, 2013 |
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Ville Valo posted:Well I hope everyone who pledges to this project gets taken out in drone strikes. Yeah man, gently caress art. Young Freud posted:The thing is that the anti-drone, anti-IR T-shirt and "hijab" are being given away as incentives for this, so it makes me wonder if that's the real goal. I know art is expensive, especially the stuff he's doing with RF and infrared-blocking fabrics, so it's likely more as a way to raise funds for future products by giving people something to buy. Possibly. Like you said (in the bit that I cut from your post) this anti-RF pocket is cumbersome, wildly imperfect for its advertised function, and totally defeats the purpose of having a smartphone. Knowing what I know about Adam Harvey, the point to this project was never to give the buyers something convenient or useful. The products are inconvenient by design, because in order to fulfill their prescribed function they'd have to be. The point behind this isn't to get a bunch of  Alex Jones listeners to buy into his products or for everybody on the planet to walk around wearing reflective burqas while keeping their cellphones in toaster bags. They're art objects.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:The point behind this isn't to get a bunch of I think is the reason why the OFF Pocket KS has earned about 2/3 of $35K it's goal while Rapp It Up has made only $500 out of it's $23K. I also notice that the actual OFF Pocket is being sold at the $75 mark (of which only 50 at the lowest tier level you can buy them at), but the drone T-shirt costs $40 dollars. Anything less than that is just some thank you notes. So, yeah, I really think it's to monetize his previous works. Oh, Jesus, I'm right. I was looking at the pledge tiers (which are setup at as limited rewards) and if he fills all his the tier levels, he's technically selling pre-orders for 422 of the OFF Pockets, meaning that he's selling almost $32K for the pockets themselves. But, combine all those limited tiers together, it's twice that. So, yeah, it looks like it's a way to sell stuff like the anti-IR hijab to his fans. I'm really disappoint that he hasn't developed the Camoflash further. I know at least one person who would love that.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:The point behind this isn't to get a bunch of Thank you, this is what I wanted to articulate last night but I was in desperate need of sleep. That said, I do like the idea of Alex Jones listeners funding the lie-beral arts, so...
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Young Freud posted:Yeah, when someone was bring up the "anti-drone hijab", I didn't even need to see a picture to recognize that it was Adam Harvey's work. He's done a lot of art/fashion/political projects such as this, the anti-paparazzi clutch embedded with LEDs that fire off counterflashes when hit with the IR-based autofocus sensors of digital cameras, and the CV dazzle camo makeup and hair combo that defeats facial recognition software and also totally makes you look like an '80s cyberpunk at the same time. While I'm not as aggressively opposed to Adam's work as some other posters in this thread, you're making him out to be a greater inventor than he is. His Camoflash is nothing more than an optical slave flash, it has nothing to do with IR or autofocus. Most of his work is derivative, he just re-purposes existing technology as fashion statements.
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Tzar posted:While I'm not as aggressively opposed to Adam's work as some other posters in this thread, you're making him out to be a greater inventor than he is. His Camoflash is nothing more than an optical slave flash, it has nothing to do with IR or autofocus. Most of his work is derivative, he just re-purposes existing technology as fashion statements. I just think it looks cool is all. I know that IR-defeating and RF-blocking materials has been around. I don't like the concept of the OFF Pocket, but, as a struggling artist myself, if it gets people buying his work and allowing him to use the profits to fund future projects, I can't blame him for making it. And you're a bit wrong about the Camoflash: The patent he filed under the title "Anti-paparazzi/identity protection system" says otherwise. quote:A method and apparatus described herein uses sensors to detect illumination indicative of an active auto-focus system in the IR, near IR, and visible light spectrums. This signal is used to trigger a light in the visible spectrum that disrupts a contrast differencing, passive auto-focus system. You're right that it's just LEDs flashing in response to an IR sensor, similar to one's used to counteract flash photography, but it's designed to be wearable.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Yeah man, gently caress art. If that's the case, then I stand corrected.
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Young Freud posted:It's this cell phone privacy pocket that blocks RF signals which we've talked about as either superfluous and counterintuitive since you can't use your phone while it's in the pocket and the FBI/NSA/PRISM can track calls when you do use it out of the pocket or kinda recommended for the ultimate privacy nut since the FBI and NSA can still use your phone to listen in even if you have turned it off. I was hoping he had an actually good art Kickstarter
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Young Freud posted:I just think it looks cool is all. I know that IR-defeating and RF-blocking materials has been around. I don't like the concept of the OFF Pocket, but, as a struggling artist myself, if it gets people buying his work and allowing him to use the profits to fund future projects, I can't blame him for making it. Unfortunately that just shows how uninformed he is. All current cameras use passive, phase-detecting or contrast-detecting auto-focus. Further, professional cameras (like the ones used by paparazzi) have decoupled focusing and shutter control, allowing them to focus well in advance of actually taking a picture. In fact, since his own website for the Camoflash specifically mentions "attacks from flash cameras", chances are his only working model is nothing more than one of these with the casing removed for wider coverage. I kind of wish he had a kickstarter up for them instead of this stupid wallet, I'd love a couple of wearable slave flashes 
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Butts McGee posted:Not sure if this has been posted, but it's something. Watch the video for the full experience. This guy barked (heh) up the wrong tree, I'd easily pay 30K to have this chill guy making a feature length movie of nothing but his animal sounds.
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Tzar posted:Unfortunately that just shows how uninformed he is. All current cameras use passive, phase-detecting or contrast-detecting auto-focus. Further, professional cameras (like the ones used by paparazzi) have decoupled focusing and shutter control, allowing them to focus well in advance of actually taking a picture.  I don't think the point was to make a fully functional product for manufacture/retail. I'll cut him some slack for accuracy.
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Alan Smithee posted:Why do you guys want it, the paparazzi don't care about you I am Kanye.
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Bad Munki posted:I am Kanye. While I don't think Kanye would carry a clutch bag (that's more Kim's style), one of the possibilities mentioned in the patent was clothing. A goddamn LED-flashing jacket or suit would be Kanye's style.
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Oh hey I forgot all about the Megatokyo Kickstarter let's see how it's doing! ... $299,184 of $20,000. People gave this guy over a quarter million dollars for this shlock that he can't even update on a regular schedule.
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Elissia posted:Oh hey I forgot all about the Megatokyo Kickstarter let's see how it's doing! loving weeaboos. To co-opt a phrase from another thread- Reddit delenda est.
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Elissia posted:Oh hey I forgot all about the Megatokyo Kickstarter let's see how it's doing!
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Why did Kickstarter turn anti-GMO?
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bowmore posted:I'm tempted to fund it for nostalgia's sake since I used to read megatokyo about 6 or 7 years ago. I ended up kicking in a dollar so I can watch Fred not work on it.
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Question for you guys. I'm very likely going to do a kickstarter soon. The question is, Kickstarter or Indiegogo? Indiegogo looks much better on paper with the flexible funding and long donation windows, but it seems that indiegogo is perceived as "off brand" and that kickstarter is more credible somehow. Any thoughts on this and why I should choose one over the other?
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Bobo the Red posted:Why did Kickstarter turn anti-GMO? About a week ago: quote:Projects cannot offer genetically modified organisms as a reward. (Updated 7/31/2013)
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