Fraudster: 2a: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Today’s Crowdfunding Fraudsters sucks, and not because of the content but the subject itself. I’ll be the first to admit that I had, and despite this piece, still have a lot of admiration for Jeremy Soule and the career and artistic … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: Jeremy Soule and The Northerners, a Five Year Ballad”
It’s been a while. Crowdfunding Fraudsters is a recurring column here at MMO Fallout where I look at campaigns on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Gofundme that, in my opinion, need a good going over with a fine tooth comb. The use of the term fraudster does not imply malice, but rather the idea that the creator is … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: Save Asheron’s Call Gofundme”
Mighty No. 9 has been out since June 21st, long enough for the internet to blow up in anger and then mostly forget about the title at least until the ‘most disappointing games of 2016’ lists start coming out, to the tune of $4 million in wasted crowdfunding cash via Kickstarter, and while the fire … Continue reading “[Column] Six Months Later, Mighty No. 9 Is Still An Unmitigated Disaster”
One thing I’ve been trying to do every year is to go back to the stories that MMO Fallout never followed up on, and to try and bring you all up to speed on whatever happened to the guy or the game or the thing. With that in mind, here are the five stories that … Continue reading “2016 Wrapped Up: Finishing Stories”
The news on Pathfinder Online has been dead for the better part of the last year, and for pretty good reason: Nobody is left. It has been one year since we learned that everyone on the development team, sans three people, were laid off with CEO Ryan Dancey resigning his post and user acquisition virtually nonexistent. … Continue reading “One Year Later, Pathfinder Online Still Hasn’t Secured A Buyer”
Divergence Online is the Early Access game by Ethan Casner, a man whose abilities as a programmer and businessman I showed no faith in three years ago and who still hasn’t managed to disappoint me to this day. Since its launch, the unofficial Star Wars Galaxies 2.0, complete with interface clones, has completely floundered and … Continue reading “Unfinished Early Access Game Divergence Online Spawns New Unfinished Early Access Game”
Fraudster: 2a: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Gather around, students, for it is time for another Crowdfunding Fraudsters courtesy of MMO Fallout and a never ending legion of people whose motivations are, shall we say for the sake of legal liability, questionable? The reason we call this … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: Legend of Zelda On Unreal”
Fraudster: 2a: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Good day everyone! I’m going to keep this short and sweet, since this is an obvious one. Today’s project of note is for an 8-bit MMO by Pixels of the Night. Is Pixels of the Night the name of the … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: 8-Bit MMO”
Cliff Bleszinski, developer known for Unreal Tournament and Gears of War, is the latest big name to join crowdfunding platform Fig. Bleszinski joins Tim Schafer and Brian Fargo in heading up the platform that hopes to differentiate itself from the likes of Kickstarter and Indiegogo by offering backers the chance to actually invest in projects and … Continue reading “Not Massive: Cliff Bleszinski Joins Fig”
Fraudster: 2a: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Dear potential content creators: Stop using unlicensed content as the basis of your projects. It is not only misleading from a consumer standpoint, it is illegal and will result in your campaign being shut down faster than you can say … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: League of Legends MMO”
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