I forgot to make a mention of this game, asking for $900k and is at 1.7 mil and has 17 days from time of writing before the project is funded

I never played Wasteland, you can't really buy it anymore, there are ways to get it, but don't think its a good idea to post the link here

anyway the original wasteland was done for the C64 then later for PC dos (anyone remember this game?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasteland_%28video_game%29

the people behind WL, are some of the best RPG legends going, and its headed by Brian Fargo (who also founded Interplay) you should all know them right? as they made such classics like fallout, wasteland, MDK and many others, in fact the devs behind WS did the fallout series (1 and 2) and WL was the godfather of the classic RPGs

now Brian is back, he tried to pitch WL2 to the publishers, but guess what? they weren't interested, they don't care about old school games like DFA and WL2

so to try and get a wasteland sequel he has pitched the idea on kickstarter

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2

and a major update has been posted, if the funding level goes above 2.1 million, they will get some people from Obsidian to co develop it, this is for writing and tools, all programming will be done in house, the game will be available for PC, mac and unix (that was the 1.5 mill milestone and the funding has spiked up a fair bit since the announcement was made

Im really looking forward to this game, its a shame how big publishers are treating games and gamers, I think KS is a revolution in the making. OK it won't help to fund every game, but I think it will help to fund a lot of small old school indie games, something that the PC market is in desperate need of

what is more, another statement from Brian, 5% profits from the game will help to fund other KS funded games, and a few devs have signed up to this, I mean profits, so no KS funds will be transferred, this is profits once the game sells and cost of the game has been cleared, thinking of a better way to say this, so once the game is selling and costs of the game has been settled, profit can be made, and its this profit that will go onto other KS funded games

again this won't help to make say skyrim, which costs $100 million or many games needing 20 mill or more to make, but these figures are probably down to advertising, engine costs, sound, wages, and box copies, and more. KS will help to fund smaller indie games, digital downloads and old school goodness like point and click adventures and other old school classics that publishers are no longer interested in

if you like old school games, please pledge, don't matter what that is, lets send the publishers a clear message, that their days of ruining games are over, that thier hand in killing some of the finest developer studios will not be tolerated anymore, (looking at you EA) if you are a true older gen old school player that played a lot of old classics, this should be up your street, and should really be fed up with the way games and the games industry is going

raise up brothers and sisters, and help to bring back old school games, as the PC games industry is dying, but with KS, we can have a new generation of old school classics, and if publishers take up and notice fine, but lets not let them interfere or take these games away from us, as they have done enough damage, its time for the gamer to strike back before its too late

that is my two cents worth, so please help to support this project and other KS games, if you are a true PC player and getting sick and tired of the way games are going, vote with your feet and wallet

thank you