The Nexus: Arcade and Gaming Lounge

A project in Waterville, ME by Mark Joseph Blaschke
000days 
:
00hours 
:
00minutes 

Funding Successful

New generation arcade with retro & modern options, tabletop, and other geek culture services and products.
Backers: 63
Average Pledge Per Backer: $242

Funded: $15,220 of $15,000
Dates: Mar 21st -> May 10th (50 days)
Project By: Mark Joseph Blaschke
Tags:
Aw shucks, no tags yet. +Suggest

Suggest Tags

Begin typing to search or pick from a list. You can add multiple tags at the same time!
  • 2-player
  • 3d
  • 3d printing
  • action
  • action rpg
  • adventure
  • africa
  • african american
  • aircraft
  • aliens
  • android
  • animals
  • animation
  • anime
  • anthology
  • apparel
  • arduino
  • art
  • audio
  • bedding
  • beer
  • bees
  • big band
  • bluetooth
  • board game
  • books
  • camping
  • candy
  • card game
  • casual
  • cats
  • chocolate
  • classical music
  • clothing
  • cnc
  • coffee
  • comedy
  • comics
  • community project
  • component
  • conservation
  • console
  • cooperative game
  • country
  • craft
  • craft beer
  • creative commons
  • cyberpunk
  • cycling
  • dance
  • dice
  • dice game
  • diy
  • documentary
  • dogs
  • dragons
  • drm-free
  • dungeon crawler
  • dystopian
  • e-reader
  • eco
  • educational
  • ergonomics
  • expansion
  • fantasy
  • fashion
  • festival
  • fiction
  • film
  • first person shooter
  • folk music
  • food
  • furniture
  • gadget
  • game design
  • gardening
  • geocaching
  • gizmos
  • graphic design
  • graphic novel
  • handcrafted
  • headphones
  • health and fitness
  • hip hop
  • historic
  • home automation
  • horror
  • housewares
  • illustration
  • indie
  • indie rock
  • indigenous
  • instrument
  • ios
  • ipad
  • iphone
  • irish music
  • jazz
  • jewelry
  • kids
  • knit
  • lgbt
  • lighting
  • linux
  • locally sourced
  • lovecraft
  • mac
  • machining
  • magic
  • magnetic
  • maps
  • miniatures
  • minimalist
  • mmo
  • monsters
  • music
  • music video
  • native american
  • nature
  • ninjas
  • noir
  • non-fiction
  • oculus rift
  • open source
  • opera
  • organic
  • outdoors
  • ouya
  • painting
  • parody
  • party game
  • pc
  • pens
  • perceptual computing
  • periodical
  • pets
  • photography
  • pin-up
  • pinball
  • pirates
  • platformer
  • playing cards
  • podcast
  • point and click
  • pop music
  • post-apocalyptic
  • prehistoric
  • present-day theme
  • prints
  • programming
  • ps4
  • psvita
  • pulp
  • puppets
  • puzzle
  • racing
  • rap
  • raspberry pi
  • real time strategy
  • repurposed
  • retro
  • robots
  • roguelike
  • romance
  • rpg
  • sandbox game
  • scandinavian
  • science
  • science fiction
  • simulation
  • single-player
  • sleep
  • smartwatch
  • soccer
  • software
  • space
  • speakers
  • spiritual
  • sports
  • steampunk
  • stop motion
  • strategy game
  • stylus
  • superhero
  • survival
  • suspense
  • tabletop game
  • tarot
  • television
  • terrain
  • theatre
  • tile placement
  • timepiece
  • tower defense
  • toy
  • trading cards
  • travel
  • turn-based
  • uspcc
  • utopian
  • vehicle
  • video game
  • voxel
  • wallet
  • war game
  • watch
  • web series
  • wifi
  • wii u
  • wireless charging
  • world music
  • ww1
  • ww2
  • xbla
  • zombies
SubmitCancel
Saving your suggestions...
Suggestion Saved Successfully
Thank you for your help! The Kicktraq gnomes will get to work on your suggestions very soon.

Please keep in mind not all suggestions may be used, and repeated re-submissions may result in being rejected automatically (and we don't want that to happen).

If you have any questions, have a good idea for a tag, or a more in-depth suggestion - please feel free to let us know!

Ok
Hrm... something went wrong.
Hey, bad things happen to the best of us. Don't worry, the gnomes have been dispatched. Maybe try again in a little while.

Ok

$15,220

current pledge level
Last Updated: May 10 @ 09:15 -0400 GMT

101%

of goal
funding period ended

$0

trending toward
Trends are not projections. Read More >>

0%

of goal

(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
Latest News

Last Day!!!

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone! I wanted to post one last text update before the last video update hits tomorrow. I'm at a loss at how generous this community has been, and Nick and I just want to say THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts. No joke, we both teared up... (Read More)

BIGGEST UPDATE YET!!

April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank everyone so much for all your donations thus far! Can we hit $16,000 now?! You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00  (Read More)

New Video Update Tomorrow

April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, sorry for being silent on the actual Kickstarter page for a bit, we've been terrorizing our personal social medias with posts! Super exciting video update coming tomorrow morning, so stay tuned!  (Read More)

Don't Worry, It's Just Water

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey guys, pretty awesome announcement in today's video update! Keep up the sharing and donations while we approach our final 20 days!! You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00  (Read More)

VENDOR MEETING

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We'll definitely talk about this in tomorrow's video update, but we have our very first vendor meeting with possible partner, Liquid Death, tomorrow at 3:30!!  (Read More)

Tuesday!

April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Video update inbound on Tuesday with some cool news!  (Read More)

A Wild Video Update had Appeared!

April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone! We've hit a bit of lull and need some helping sharing our project! If anyone has any ideas please feel free to comment!! You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00  (Read More)

Our Maybe Home!!

April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday we went to tour a possible space for the Nexus, and we instantly fell in love with this space! It may not look like much but we saw it for what we’d turn it into. Methinks it’s time for a Letter of Intent!!  (Read More)

Video Update 2!

April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 Hey guys! We made some updates so the rewards! One thing we couldn't add is the Coasters to the $25 tier because we can't edit the wording... (Read More)

Hey, a Video Update!

April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00  (Read More)

Milestone!

April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We hit $2,000!!! Let’s keep her rolling. Video update coming soon!  (Read More)

Milestone

March 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
We've officially hit $1,000!!! Thanks so much for your contributions everyone! We're hard at work on the reward designs and promoting the Kickstarter! We'll have some more updates soon! Love you all!  (Read More)

We're so Happy and Excited!

March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
What's up everyone? We're less than 2 hours into the 50 day runtime and we're ALREADY over $200 in donations! Thanks to the backers and also thanks to everyone who is sharing the page! Our social media feeds have been popping off with shares! We'll... (Read More)

If you have additional news that doesn't appear here, shoot us a link!