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Wasteland 2 Kickstarter Update

[Mar 18, 2012, 12:05 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The Wasteland 2 Kickstarter Page has a new update expressing enthusiasm for inXile entertainment's upcoming Wasteland sequel. There's also a Wasteland 2 Interview on GameBanshee talking with Brian Fargo about the project and its grassroots support. Here's a bit on that community element from the new Kickstarter update:

One friend of mine who worked with me there said recently he felt that in the beginning of the industry all the nerds were in charge, but then as the industry grew it changed, and now the guys that picked on the nerds got back on top. I think there was some great truth to that. We all hope this movement is bigger than just Tim Schafer or Brian Fargo as we want to get power back into the developers hands again. And the unbelievable Indie scene shows that there is momentum in that direction. The development community continues to pull itself together to ensure their success. They share tools, they share statistics, they share ideas, and the biggest donators in Kickstarter are always developers. All of this reminds me of the freshness the industry had in the late 80′s through mid 90′s in which creativity was being directed only by the gamers. The gamers will always rule at the end of the day.

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Re: Wasteland 2 Kickstarter Update

Mar 18, 2012, 19:51

Cutter

Publishers aren't going anywhere so long as the masses keep buying schlock like Battlefield and COD. Fargo is referring to us old school & real gamers, which will always be a much smaller segment.

The only major problem I forsee with Kickstarter is it getting even more flooded with usesless crap as everyone and his dog holds his hand out for every hairbrained scheme they have thereby minimizing the chances of seeing the good stuff.




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Comment [quote="Cutter"Mar 18, 2012, 19:51]Publishers aren't going anywhere so long as the masses keep buying schlock like Battlefield and COD. Fargo is referring to us old school & real gamers, which will always be a much smaller segment. The only major problem I forsee with Kickstarter is it getting even more flooded with usesless crap as everyone and his dog holds his hand out for every hairbrained scheme they have thereby minimizing the chances of seeing the good stuff. [/quote]

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