KickTraq

Progress report from Dr Fulminare: Denizens of the mortal world, you have made the right choice! Once you have this book in your hands, the micro-instruments I plan to implant in the pages will deliver real-time feedback of the minor effects on your... (Read More)

Last week I was at Rezzed instead of looking at Kickstarter pages but I’ve made up for it by spending most of today browsing through projects. Thoughts of Kickstarter’s purpose have been hanging in the air (on twitter and in chatrooms that I frequent) and I have been pondering how I see the site. I have backed projects knowing that I’m essentially pre-ordering something that I assume will be released and will be as expected, based on the team’s previous work and a comfortable place in a familiar genre. But I mostly back smaller projects that I want to support and to play because they are different, risky and challenging. There’s a great deal of innovation among the nostalgia. (Read More)

Coin Opera 2 is a collection of video game-themed poetry which has just headed to Kickstarter. Dare you pay for its Swedish Munken paper? (Read More)

Hello, backers new and pre-existing! Two new things for you today: First of all, here's Jon over at Sabotage Reviews being interviewed about the campaign and the book by ... Dr Fulminare himself? Secondly, we've channelled our various statements and... (Read More)

Aha! Here's the Mike Stone white cover once more, with a tiny correction to the text. If this doesn't convince them to back my nefarious scheme, nothing will!  (Read More)

Progress report from Dr Fulminare: "More of you! Ah, yes, good, good, very good. Very good indeed. Very, very good indeed. The more of you there are, the deeper this project of mine will penetrate into the very psyche of this planet, producing... (Read More)

Mid-week preview update! Super Treasure Arcade is one of the bonus booklets we're packaging with the deluxe edition of Coin Opera 2. It includes a short poem on a game from every year from 1971 onwards. The form is devilish: one short line, three... (Read More)

Progress report from Dr Fulminare: "The sun rises, albeit in leisurely fashion, upon my empire! The task is under way and a score or more fearless pioneers have dared to join me and my team in our most radical mixing of two unstable elements. You are... (Read More)