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Neal Stephenson Reinventing Computer Swordfighting, Via Kickstarter
New submitter toxygen01 writes "Neal Stephenson, sci-fi writer mostly known for his books Snowcrash and Cryptonomicon, takes on revolutionizing virtual sword fighting with help of crowdfunding. Inspired by the little-known fictional universe of 'Mongoliad,' an interactive book he is collaborating on, his company is trying to develop hardware (low-latency motion controller) and software for realistic medieval sword fighting. From what is promised, it will try to be open for other developers by having API and SDK available for further modding." Very few Kickstarter drives have a steel longsword as one of the rewards for investing.
Can we please stop advertising for Kickstarter?
Kickstarter is a scam.
ZionEyez stole $344,000 and have not delivered anything in 11 months
Diaspora received $200,000, 20x their $10k goal. Suppose to be finished end of summer 2010, still in alpha but is "quite usable for some purposes".
When customers complain, Kickstarter says "no refunds"
Why are we still promoting them? Might as well burn your money and put it on youtube
my karma will be here long after I'm gone