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One year ago in Germany, a young woman (my wife) was baking cookies and realized she was short one very important ingredient: eggs. Off she went to the convenience store located across the street - a very busy street, two lanes each way with a bike lane, to boot.

Her German being at a novice level, she asked the cashier at the store if he had any eggs, "Hast du Eier?" - which, to those who know German, actually means "Do you have any cojones?" (Cojones is, to those who know Spanish, testicles). And thus was born the inspiration for the Frogger-esque, street-hopping, car-dodging game, Hast du Eier.

# ¿ May 8, 2012 00:59

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 19:31

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Penny Arcade wants to go ad free for a year:

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People don't like advertising almost as a general rule; Advertising is simply The Way It Is. People who make content learn to like it, because they want to make content, and they also want to eat food and sleep under a roof, and the opportunity to do both at the same time seems like a pretty good idea.

After the "dot com bubble," we ran the site entirely on donations for over a year. The word crowdfunding hadn't been invented yet; back then, people simply called it "begging," but I think it's clear that those days are long past. We look back on that period with incredible fondness, and I don't think we're the only ones. It was just two of us then, not the juggernaut that it is now; we have mouths to feed, as it were. I think we had assumed it wasn't possible to do it that way anymore - to operate a site at this scale without advertising dollars - but it occurred to us that we'd never actually asked. People often want to know how they can support the site in a way that doesn't involve t-shirts or looking at advertising, and I think we may have a way. What I'm saying is that we want to sell out, and we would love to sell out to you.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2012 16:23

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It looks pretty cool, but $55 for a boardgame? Is he out of his loving mind?

# ¿ Sep 30, 2012 01:54

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I stand corrected.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2012 05:43

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The Robot Boat Mark VI.

# ¿ Oct 1, 2012 14:54

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TetsuoTW posted:

Why is one person going to buy 100 lens caps?

For resale?

# ¿ Oct 19, 2012 03:40

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This Light thing looks pretty cool.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2012 22:10

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Resonance is a pretty cool-looking art type thing, and for as little as they're asking, it should succeed.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2012 20:55

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Wanna fake a marathon?

# ¿ Nov 7, 2012 00:25

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How about funding a documentary about African-American women in World War II?

# ¿ Nov 28, 2012 00:16

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How about a poster featuring every product made by the ACME Corporation?

# ¿ Dec 3, 2012 21:15

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Now Bill Nye has a project too.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2012 20:19

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SCIENCE: Ruining Everything Since 1543 (an SMBC Collection):

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SMBC (short for "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal") is a daily-updated comic strip about all sorts of topics. Its author, Zach Weinersmith, is a giant dork who also has many other geeky projects such as producing SMBC Theater, writing for Snowflakes, his science blog the Weinerworks, and his science-themed podcast The Weekly Weinersmith (which he co-hosts with his wife, the parasitologist Kelly Weinersmith).

So it will come as no huge surprise that this, the third SMBC printed collection, is a compendium of his finest science-related strips. Like these!

Theory of Revolution: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2703
Periodic Table: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2349
Flowers: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2594
Science Reporting: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1623
Skeptic: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2581
War: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2138

This was posted yesterday with a goal of $20,000 dollars in 30 days and stretch goals out to $50,000. It's been running a little over 24 hours and is coming up on $105,000 pretty quickly.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2013 17:32

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The internet's going to hate this one: CatZapper - Get cat litter off your social media

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We love cats - but on your lap, not your laptop. Use image recognition to hide photos of catty cuteness from your Facebook newsfeed.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2013 19:36

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Ralph Bakshi is trying to crowdfund his next movie.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2013 19:27

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Educational materials for data journalism

# ¿ Feb 19, 2013 05:16

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This is amazing: 3Doodler: The World's First 3D Printing Pen

# ¿ Feb 21, 2013 00:39

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tinaun posted:

Story War, a card game where you and your team try to argue why the cards you played would defeat the opposing teams cards.

It sounds fun, has already been designed, and they are not asking for much.

Story War is having a crossover special with Machine of Death where backers of both projects get cards that reference the other games. Both games look pretty cool and are already fully funded, so this is a nice little reward for pre-ordering both games.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2013 06:32

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Machine of Death has the single greatest reward tier I've ever seen:

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$299 � "GOAT STARE" � Any lesser tier that you want (except EARLY BIRD), PLUS we show your copy of the game to a goat before we ship it to you. (Photographic proof provided.)

# ¿ Mar 11, 2013 01:56

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Somebody actually bought the GOAT STARE package.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2013 15:14

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Kickstart Cobra:

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We are COBRA, a worldwide organization devoted to making advancements in science and defense technology.

Recently our home and secret base of operations was destroyed in an attack by the terrorist militia known as GI JOE.

So after discussing a plan of action with my colleagues DESTRO, DR. MINDBENDER, and our business analysts TOMAX and XAMOT, we reached the conclusion that we need $94 billion to fully restore COBRA ISLAND and the COBRA organization.

Thanks,

COBRA COMMANDER

# ¿ Mar 19, 2013 16:49

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Build a library with a sustainable business model in Africa.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2013 17:35

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Fuel: The world's smallest cell phone charger. It's a keyring accessory that can power a cellphone for an extra 30 minutes. $20 through the campaign, or $25 afterwards.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2013 21:08

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Build a team of robots to repair coral reefs.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2013 16:59

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Some random guy managed to secure the movie rights to Jack Chick's infamous Dark Dungeons, and now he's raising money to make the movie.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2013 21:17

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I dunno. It's not the first underwater robot project on Kickstarter: there's this one and another which have already been funded.

# ¿ May 7, 2013 20:27

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Yeah, Kickstarter's just as depressing as the rest of the internet. The good news is that they relaunched on indiegogo with a flexible funding campaign and a lower target.

# ¿ May 28, 2013 21:06

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Anybody here read the webcomic Digger? If not, you should--the series is completed, it's not that long, and it won a Hugo last year.

Anyway, they want to take the six volumes it was originally printed in and make a single book out of them.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2013 03:50

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Fund a musical in Rwanda.

# ¿ Jun 17, 2013 23:07

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Dropsy! If you're not familiar with him and you have archives, go here. There's a current thread as well.

# ¿ Jun 26, 2013 05:36

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How about some really lightweight shoes?

# ¿ Jul 5, 2013 22:55

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FOIA Machine:

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To make government accountable, people have to know the facts. But prying secrets out of Washington is hard. FOIA Machine can help.

Some of America�s top investigative reporters are building a sophisticated and open online platform to give people a legal way to get these secrets from the government. It�s called FOIA Machine, it's almost ready to launch and we need your help.

OFF Pocket:

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The OFF Pocket� is privacy accessory for mobile phones that blocks wireless signals.

To use the OFF Pocket simply place your phone inside the case and close it. Your phone is now OFF. Untrackable. Unhackable. Undistractable.

# ¿ Aug 6, 2013 15:35

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The creator of Mega Man is making a game that's totally not Mega Man.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2013 03:42

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Remember River City Ransom? They're trying to make a sequel.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2013 08:22

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Dropsy's back. It's about 33% funded less than a day in, so it's looking good.

# ¿ Oct 24, 2013 03:31

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 19:31

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Nevermind: A Biofeedback Horror Adventure Game

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Nevermind is a biofeedback-enhanced horror adventure game that takes you into the dark and twisted world within the subconscious minds of trauma victims.

As you explore surreal labyrinths and solve the puzzles of the mind, a biofeedback sensor monitors how scared or stressed you become with each passing moment. If you let your fears get the best of you, the game will become harder. If you�re able to calm yourself in the face of terror, the game will be more forgiving.

Nevermind�s goal is to create an unforgettable gameplay experience that also teaches players how to be more aware of their internal responses to stressful situations. If you can learn to control your anxiety within the disturbing realm of Nevermind, just imagine what you can do when it comes to those inevitable stressful moments in the real world�

# ¿ Feb 9, 2014 01:13

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