It does look gorgeous, thanks for posting it. XD

Tangiers, a surrealist stealth game inspired by The Looking Glass Studios's Thief and the avant-garde of the 20th century.

Oh FFS, looks like it could only be tangentially related to Thief. Goddamn name-dropping is out of control, at least have some of the original developers of a game involved before you namedrop works you had nothing to do with.

What part of inspired by is so difficult to understand?

The influence from Thief is pretty damn heavily apparent: http://youtu.be/tErsrNgLkqg

pledged

and also worth to note they mention they will try to put the game on Gee-Oh-Gee

Someone looking for a sci-fi RPG with turn-based combat?
Space Shock

Looks like Minecraft in space:
Spacecraft: Galaxies

I'm happy Ziphius is going to fund (29 hours to go). I'm broke so I can't pledge anything substantial and I don't (currently) have a use for it, but nice to know anyway.

Ubuntu Edge smart phone project at Indiegogo is probably largest crowd-funding project in history of crowd-funding with the goal of whopping 32 MILLION DOLLARS (over 3,7 million raised with 29 days to go).


Ubuntu Edge

The Ubuntu Edge is the next generation of personal computing: smartphone and desktop PC in one state-of-the-art device.

Technical specifications

- Dual boot Ubuntu mobile OS and Android
- Fully integrated Ubuntu desktop PC when docked
- Fastest multi-core CPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage
- 4.5in 1,280 x 720 HD sapphire crystal display
- 8mp low-light rear camera, 2mp front camera
- Dual-LTE, dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4, NFC
- GPS, accelerometer, gyro, proximity sensor, compass, barometer
- Stereo speakers with HD audio, dual-mic recording, Active Noise Cancellation
- MHL connector, 3.5mm jack
- Silicon-anode Li-Ion battery
- 64 x 9 x 124mm

Anyone else skeptical about this one? It's fixed funding campaign so they get the money only if funding goal is reached but still...

YYESSSS Backed Space Shock....

Skeptical in what way? I don't doubt it's Canonical doing it, I don't doubt that such a phone can be designed, and that Canonical has a prototype for it and can produce such a phone. I can't be sure how well it will turn out (though I have some trust that it will be okay+), and I have some doubts that it will get the $32m.

Personally for me it's the beginning of the future. I've been thinking about phones as desktop replacements for a while, and this is the first one designed for that. I'm not going to spend $830 on one though, especially up front, nor am I likely to buy it when it's released, because I don't really like big phones, and though this one isn't huge it's still bigger than I like (and expensive). But I might throw a token $1 their way just because I like the concept, and if this project gets funded I'll follow it to see how it turns out.

I think it is a bit shabby by Canonical to get the funding in this way without any real obligations. Being a relatively successful company with foundation money in the background they should have an easy time to find commercial investors for such a device. But of course it is convenient if you can (ab)use the fandom to get money without any real obligations. An investor would want to have a share of the profit. While the fans only get an overpriced phone.

Also the price progression is very strange. $830 for one phone, $700 per piece if you pre-order two and $800 per piece again if you pre-order 100 phones...

But are there circa 40,000 of them who are willing to shell out $830 for their conviction? $3.7m is a lot of money, but it's a small percentage of the goal, and I'm not at all convinced that it will grow fast enough to reach that goal.

Me neither. It does seem a very linux focused project and unless the mobile itself turns out to be fabulous i cant see anyone except linux fans or people who like gadgets buying in.. yes 830 is a bit steep....

I think Eterium deserves a push.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1989266212/eterium-a-space-combat-sim-for-windows-pc