KickStarter does have a 5% fee for all funds earned IF AND ONLY IF a campaign is successful. If a campaign is unsuccessful, the project creator gets $0, and KickStarter takes 5% of $0.

Precisely why I ranted like a mad man (and I am still quite angry) in the comment I made.

He did. He pledged all he could.

Thank you.

Reading some of these comments really infuriates me. How is it that almost a full year after KickStarter really began to get noticed that people STILL don't get how it works?

You are right that I am generalizing here. To issue a blanket statement saying that all art critics are uptight snobs is a foolish thing to do; there's bound to be exceptions and I may be so off the mark that the majority of art critics are actually rather down to Earth people.

It should also be noted that while there really is no point in debating whether video games are "Art" or not, what COULD be argued is which video games are "Masterpieces". (Which is why I included the picture of the late Alistair Cooke up there in all his Masterpiece Theater glory.)

"Art Critics" can be summarized in one single word:

Waaaait a second...

True that!

Whether you're Bronie, Pegasister, or not; it's hard to argue against the fact that MLP:FIM has had a rather significant cultural impact on children and adults. But while many either embrace or decry it, few seem to take an academic approach to figure out why it's as popular as it is.

Here's my entry to get the Meme rolling! Let's see what you guys can do!

LET'S GO CRAZY!

Hmm... this might be a job for "Know Your Meme"!

2nd character from the right. Either the shortest of the 5 "PC Master Race" or just looks that way because of perspective. Also, I find it quite frightening when pecs become inseparable from boobs. That's just not right!

Curious to see how many folks recognize this as essentially "Zero Punctuation" fan art of sorts. Then again, given that Yahtzee Croshaw is the one who started all this, I suppose that also makes him the person to leer and jeer at.

The first game was released on N64, PS1, and Dreamcast if I recall correctly. Then there was the sequel: Gauntlet: Dark Legacy...

Such a game does exist, and as an arcade cabinet too! It let you create characters and save them by using unique 3 character names and 3 character passwords. Each time you entered that info at the start, all the characters (Warrior, Valkyrie, Wizard, & Archer) would have the same stats, keys, potions, runes, and…