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Phanatic posted:And a 2-year employment contract and a $5 per-unit royalty . I mean, we've made fun of technically financially successful garbage in this thread before. Also, I hadn't had the sound on for that video the first time, and it's hilarious that he brought in a record with a simple drum beat to attempt to disguise how bad the sound quality is. Holy poo poo, Robert got duped if that deal actually went through after the show.
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Zaphod42 posted:How much computering would you rather do on that thing as opposed to a smartphone? Or a full desktop? Let me break it down for you: Smartphone: Portable; Does not run Windows Full Desktop: Not portable; Runs Windows GPD Win 2: Portable; Runs Windows The small form factor and full windows support is what almost convinced me to purchase the GPD Win 1 when Newegg had it on sale a while back (I ultimately purchased a 3D printer with the money, but that is neither here nor there). Do I think they are overstating the capabilities of the system? You bet. Do I think its 'pants-on-head' stupid like so much of the other things we've seen in this thread? Not even close. CollegeCop has a new favorite as of 16:15 on Jan 24, 2018 |
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Phanatic posted:And a 2-year employment contract and a $5 per-unit royalty . I suppose it's a failure on the part of the consumers. I'm also curious whether they could be sued for misrepresenting (or flat-out fabricating) the performance.
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Harveygod posted:I suppose it's a failure on the part of the consumers. I'm also curious whether they could be sued for misrepresenting (or flat-out fabricating) the performance. No, you can't sue them over the fact the sound sucks.
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Dylan16807 posted:I'm completely enamored with how it's so bad at keeping speed it's rendered useless, while the decades-old toy version works fine. I posted Techmoan's videos on it when it first came out, in his follow-up vid he takes it apart and the one big difference seems to be that the classic record runner toy propelled itself forward while the RokBlok actually pulls itself along which generates a ton more force and also requires that the stylus be backwards. CollegeCop posted:Let me break it down for you: So basically when you absolutely, positively have to make sure you get Steam cheevos from your on-the-go gaming.
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That's what I'm thinking now, too. I can envision a netbook with some extra buttons and an anolog stick. They're not making some new ecosystem like Ouya. I am a bit dubious at how well they'll manage "AAA" games, but it may be fine enough. While I'm at it, Modobag eventually shipped and seems to have not been a scam afterall, so I don't know what to believe anymore. Airlines just seem to want the batteries removed before boarding. 
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Phanatic posted:And a 2-year employment contract and a $5 per-unit royalty . He sold whatever remained of that cash to the Shark Tank dude as part of the $500K, I suspect.
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Not being a climber, I had no idea what a "nut tool" was until seeing this https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/820736357/retracto-a-nut-tools-best-friend?ref=category_newest&ref=discovery I am, however, familiar with retractable keyrings https://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Duty-Retractable-Chain-Stainless-Cable/dp/B00416DLOQ Don't think this one is going to last long.
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Guy Mann posted:An American board game company raises over $4 million on Kickstarter to make a game about feudal Japan, is still so loving lazy that they do all their research on Wikipedia and wind up building an entire playable race out of a piece of Wikipedia vandalism. "This is the most exciting thing to happen in Dannevirke (tiny rural town) since someone tried to open a brothel there in 2008 and it lasted precisely 3 weeks." I loving love this, and I'm glad it didn't turn out the kiwi farmer's character isn't some anime death tentacle rape monster.
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CollegeCop posted:Not being a climber, I had no idea what a "nut tool" was until seeing this I've got a nut tool for you right here
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I was really confused because I thought you meant Kiwi Farm, the weird offsite dedicated to that Sonic dude
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Guy Mann posted:An American board game company raises over $4 million on Kickstarter to make a game about feudal Japan, is still so loving lazy that they do all their research on Wikipedia and wind up building an entire playable race out of a piece of Wikipedia vandalism. value-brand cereal posted:"This is the most exciting thing to happen in Dannevirke (tiny rural town) since someone tried to open a brothel there in 2008 and it lasted precisely 3 weeks." I really want to hear more about Doobie's Whore House, frankly.
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The Glumslinger posted:I was really confused because I thought you meant Kiwi Farm, the weird offsite dedicated to that Sonic dude It took this post fir me to realize that myself, so thank you.
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Oh you're going to have to put in some real work if you're planning on competing in the terrible board games crowdfunding stakes. There's some fuckin' doozies out there. Marriage License Reality Board game Holy poo poo this guy has some issues about marriage and he decided to 'educate' everyone about them using a board game quote:This exciting, challenging, and educational Board game developed to educate people about the laws involved with marriage. Intrexgames the 'Company', our goal, would like to greatly reduce Domestic violence at home.This Board game is great for marriage preparation courses, college students who are interested in discovering more about all aspects of marriage, for family's to play for fun at home while educating themselves or even their children, anyone at all interested in playing a game that is both fun and educational!  Why are there so many spiders??? Why are there so many puzzles? Why is the game board so incredibly complex?  His sizzle video is 14 minutes long, the middle 6 minutes is just footage of him opening the game box and slowly taking out each game piece and holding them in front of the camera while Fallin' by Alicia Keys plays in the background twice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAuzi5e9MyE He was trying to raise $25,000 but he only got a single pity pledge of $25 which wasn't even enough to get that backer a copy of the game. Or maybe lovely low effort game kickstarters are more your jam? Sports based board game Here's the entire pitch for the project: quote:About Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 15:20 on Jan 25, 2018 |
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Oh god The Last Free American Board Game. quote:The Last Free American is a physical and digital platform board game that inspires, provokes and informs knowledge-based conversations about political issues from gun ownership to freedom of religion, economic freedom and beyond. promo videoEdit: and here's a lovely low effort project Turning a unique board game into a virtual masterpiece. quote:Funds needed to hire game developers to produce my vision. Would like to create a online version first than develop the original board game, due to production costs. When playing online you will travel through the board on foot experiencing the world around you. Being able to watch each battle and spell take effect. This will be a brilliant site to see. Imagination brought to life in this magnetic "Epic" game.  He's a loving board game ideas man who wants to hire people to do all the boring work of creating the actual game for him. His fundraising goal was $10,000 and he had a single reward tier of $10,000 for "Earn a meeting with me to discuss business." Edit: oh drat I can't stop looking at these lovely, lovely games Treasure in Heaven Family Bible Board Game It's like something that Rod and Tod Flanders would get excited about quote:Who loves the Treasure In Heaven game? quote:Pledge US$ 10,000 Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 16:03 on Jan 25, 2018 |
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Awful Kickstarters: Older people just like it!
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unpacked robinhood posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1831792426/ullothe-wine-purifier Filters out preservatives? What?
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fondue posted:Filters out preservatives? What? Yeah. You know. Preservatives like alcohol.
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Trabant posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poptheatr/poptheatr-the-personal-theater-for-watching-comfor So it's a laundry basket designed to make it easy for somebody to steal your phone while making you look like the one that needs punishment? Neat. At first, I thought it was a joke, but it really seems like they're serious…
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You know how lying flat on your back, without a pillow, and with your arms on the side of your body is the most comfortable position? Well imagine lying like that with a hamper on your head and looking at your phone on the opposite side of the hamper. Now imagine doing that for the length of a TV show, or typical feature-length film, and maybe even doing so in public. Do I have your attention? Good. For the shocking price of 60 goddamn dollars, this stupid thing could be yours with another $10 in shipping. Act now, because I'll somehow be charging 120 fuckin' dollars for this thing once it hits retail. SpacePig has a new favorite as of 21:57 on Feb 1, 2018 |
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If you really want to lay still on your back and watch your phone with your head in a isolation chamber thing instead of just laying down and putting it on a stand and dimming the lights or something like a normie, you can literally make a better, cheaper version of this out of the box it will ship in and some tape, fine for using in your bedroom. LOL if this is something you'd actually use in public.
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Trabant posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQQHD5tGCu0 Of all the projects I've seen from this thread, this one gave me the biggest price shock. 120 dollars for that? I guess maybe the bluetooth speaker adds a fair bit to it, but that thing looks like something they sell at the counter at 7-11.
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mds2 posted:People could still see you jerk it. You buy a second poptheatr to put over your crotch, or you could invest in the poptheatr plus which is just a tent that you construct to masturbate inside.
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Jerry Seinfeld posted:Of all the projects I've seen from this thread, this one gave me the biggest price shock. 120 dollars for that? I guess maybe the bluetooth speaker adds a fair bit to it, but that thing looks like something they sell at the counter at 7-11. Well its not 7-11 but: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/AEC...2787473447.html
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Trabant posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQQHD5tGCu0 It looks exactly like the tunnel I got for the cats.
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Trabant posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQQHD5tGCu0  yeah, well...  there is no such thing as bad publicity I suppose
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Trabant posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQQHD5tGCu0 This is especially dumb as gently caress when things like Daydream View etc already exist, which do the same job like 1000x better and only make you look slightly stupid.
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mds2 posted:People could still see you jerk it. It's a feature, not a bug.
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SpaceGoatFarts posted:
Two of the three press quotes are literally just parts of sentences describing how it physically works. 
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kemikalkadet posted:Two of the three press quotes are literally just parts of sentences describing how it physically works. Well with glowing reviews like these, I'm sold!
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