Kickstarter

Wow, it’s been a really long time since I’ve promoted a Kickstarter here on the site. This time around the project is for a book about overcoming adversity using superheroes as inspiration (though grounded in personal experience and science). Although I Read More

There’s a new venture that’s attempting to start a sci-fi and fantasy bookstore in Charlotte, NC. You can help make that a reality by supporting this Kickstarter for Worlds of Wonder. And this bookstore will even include a bar for all your Read More

The trend of taking old stories and making them into YouTube sensations is something I am interested in. I’ve covered two of Pemberley Digital’s hits: The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy and, most recently, Classic Alice. Another upcoming series Read More

After two successful albums, Sammus is finally Kickstarting an EP specifically about her heroine and namesake, Samus Aran from Metroid. The title of the album, AN[OTHER M], is a reference both to the game Metroid: Other M and the fact that her own name Read More

The always great Dale Chase is branching out into new territory with a Kickstarter for a game for Android OS (and iOS after launch). The app will feature both karaoke and rhythm games that promise to be both silly and fun. I’m intrigued by the idea of a Read More

This week we celebrate our 250th episode with a brand new theme song! We also talk about the latest news in geeky TV, movies, and games, as well as the recent Kickstarter celebrity backlash. Read More

Fans raised the money for a Veronica Mars movie through Kickstarter. Pundits mused on what it meant for the future of crowdfunding. Hopeful fandoms had light bulbs of ideas clicking on in their collective brains that all began with a tiny but powerful Read More

I’ve only mentioned Kim Boekbinder in passing a couple of times before, but I really enjoy her music. This new album will feature songs about and / or inspired by science and space. The first single, in fact, uses images from NASA processed into sound Read More

I first became aware of Hello, the Future! (aka Nicole Dieker) when she produced the Mink Car Cover CD. Now she is working on a new album (called Giant Robot Album) and needs to raise funds to get real studio time and a band. So what better way to do Read More

I first became aware of Professor Shyguy because he’ll be at Nerdapalooza. He doesn’t have much music released at the moment, but that’s the whole purpose of this Kickstarter. He wants to fund the pressing of the music he already has put together onto Read More

Despite my love for the subgenre, I have not featured much in the way of steampunk music in my column. A large part of that is simply because there are tons of lists already out there, and I feel like I’d just be rehashing them. But whenever I do get a Read More

If Mikey Mason's new album is anything like the last one, I have a feeling this one will end up on my best of 2012. At the moment, however, it is in desperate need of funding, which is one of the reasons I wanted to be sure to promote it here. Read More