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Re:Neal Stephenson wants to revolutionize sword fighting vid... by dasil003 on Saturday June 09, 2012 @05:08PM (#4089288)
Stephenson is no doubt an extremely successful writer, but that doesn't confer the type of resources that being an extremely successful entrepreneur does. And game development doesn't come cheap either, especially not innovative game development.
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Re:Neal Stephenson wants to revolutionize sword fighting vid... by Camillo on Saturday June 09, 2012 @11:50PM (#4090118)
He already has wealthy game entrepreneurs on board. Did you notice the big guy smithing a crowbar? That's Gabe Newell, with a personal net worth of 1.5 billion dollars. His company, Valve, is thanked on the Kickstarter page, as well as Bungie.

These people already have the resources and industry support to do what they want to do (the exquisitely produced videos are themselves a testament to their resources!), but for some reason, they're asking the man on the street to carry a share of the financial risk in exchange for no share of the returns.

As interesting as the idea is, if you contribute to this Kickstarter you're a chump.

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