Board games have raised $265 million on Kickstarter, putting the fun in fundraiser

Jun 20, 2016 | Geek & Sundry

Kickstarter has been raising money for entrepreneurs and wannabes since 2009, funding such fascinating projects as an ostrich pillow and, um, potato salad. All told, Kickstarter has put the fun in fundraiser by raising $2.4 billion since its inception. And it turns...

Omni Gaming Treadmill: Kill Some Monsters, Burn Some Calories

Jun 4, 2013 | Forbes

It’s hard for a gamer to get some much-needed exercise, particularly PC gamers, who are usually stuck behind a monitor, where the only way to burn calories is to play a championship game of Starcraft. Now the Omni, a unique gaming treadmill and currently a...

Hate Sexual Harassment In Videogame Culture? So Does This Kickstarter Project

May 1, 2013 | Forbes

Shannon Sun-Higginson isn’t a gamer, but when a friend told her about the Cross Assault incident, where competitive gamer Miranda “Super_Yan” Pakozdi was harassed on camera by her own coach, she was shocked. Then her friend told her, “This is the tip of...

GaymerConnect (formerly GaymerCon) Turns To Kickstarter To Fund Documentary

Mar 7, 2013 | Forbes

Last August, a group of LBGTQ gamers created a Kickstarter project to fund a gaming convention for people of all colors on the rainbow flag and their allies. With a $25,000 target, GaymerX 2013 raised $91,000. Now GaymerConnect is back [UPDATED] producer Anne Clements...

Anita Sarkeesian’s ‘Tropes vs. Women’ Videogame Documentary Gets a Release Date

Mar 4, 2013 | Forbes

Remember the Anita Sarkeesian kerfuffle from May 2012? That was when blogger Sarkeesian created a Kickstarter project to fund a five-part series of short films about women’s roles in videogames…which led to a tidal wave of Internet hate. Good news for those of us who...