Except the site is still running, same as usual. I don't see this having much of an impact on content or viewership as all content is still accessible at any time, just as Totilo outlined in the article. My thinking is that this is designed mostly to attract the attention of those who don't already check out Kotaku…

This is correct.

Best. Day. Ever.

As opposed to the US, where I assume you're from (due to being a US citizen myself)?

I can't imagine it'll keep up this pace for the rest of the way. It has to lose steam at some point. If it doesn't, then I wonder how many of the donations are coming from actual adventure game fans and how much of it from people just looking to do a nice thing, doing it for a good cause, or just hopping on the train…

It's too much of a coincidence. Schafer and Notch must have planned this out. Notch already had people giving him millions for an unfinished game. Schafer wanted to see if he could take that further, getting rich from a game which doesn't even exist.

How exactly has Blizzard "treat(ed) DoTA so poorly?" The MOD, from what people here have posted and that I can see on-line, has had full support from Blizzard. Hell, DotA Allstars is hosted on Battle.net.

What hurts Valve here — from my Internet lawyer perspective — is that Valve branded it a sequel, and despite the patent reacharound, the game is clearly derived from the original DOTA based on name, gameplay, and hiring of a founding contributor. I don't think that can even be reasonably questioned that Dota 2 is a…

No no no... We must be fair and slice the original modders and their MOD's name in half to divide them equally. Blizzard will get torsos and "DO" while Valve will receive legs and "TA."

Rights, granted or implied, do not magically disappear after five years. It is the holder's to decide when and where it can apply those rights. I can't just start making new ToeJam & Earl, Streets of Rage, Uniracers, Shining Force, Jumping Flash, and tons of other properties just because their respective companies…

Bandai holds the rights to "RPG" in Japan.

I'd imagine piracy concerns will still keep Japanese developers away from Android, even if they come to terms with the lack of a standardized hardware platform. Too easy to grab an .apk and install. Maybe the same holds true for iPhone and WP7 though. I've no experience with them.

Well, it would have been much more than I would want to spend, but I figure if I could manage it and be a difference in a game I want getting made or not, then it'd be my call. Thankfully, tons of other people's money flooded Double Fine's coffers, so I no longer felt the need to take on such debt to help fund the…

Dick Cheney has a gay daughter. You were saying? :p

When I saw him tweet the concept yesterday, I kept debating on what I'd do. This is definitely a "put your money where your mouth is" moment, so I knew I'd have to pledge something. Initially I thought I'd do $1,000 to support seeing the game made, but in no time it was up to about half its goal. I ended up backing…

Huh? Strategy games are still out there, including major studio efforts like Jeanne D'arc, Operation Darkness, Tactics Ogre, and more, along with solid indie efforts like Miamsa, Storybook Tactics, and Kingdom. Meanwhile, the only company even bothering to put out adventure games for the past decade is Telltale. I'm…

He's already made that joke on Twitter, at about the $300,000 mark I believe.

Notch says he has that covered. Only time will tell if he was just blowing smoke.

Oh, if Sega wanted to release a big to do that can compete with Mass Effect and other AAA titles as Shenmue once did, of course it'd take a ton of money. That project doesn't get off the ground. However, a couple of million for an XBLA/PSN release a la the new Alan Wake that's enough to resolve the story to fans'…

I notice that, too, and I'm not fond of how he blasts the current system as "broken" with nothing to back up such a claim, even after acknowledging that the publisher is taking the risk by investing the capital so that the game gets made, period. Let's not forget that there would be no Double Fine were it not for a…