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[sexybeastfareast]

Just wondering if anyone knows anymore information on the launch of this site. It's been like a year and I haven't heard much

[TeeGee]

Man, it's like a WHOLE website, and with a shoestring budget of $100k it's bound to take time. Have you ever seen a website done for so little in under a year? Duh  .

[sexybeastfareast]

I had no idea it takes that long to build a site. this is coming from the perspective of a comp sci student building crappy little websites/blogs in a week or so.  

[TeeGee]

I was being sarcastic . Honestly, I have no idea what's up with Venus Patrol, but it's hard not to be cynical when it encompasses a lot of what I think is wrong with kickstarter.

[Nix]

Can someone explain to me what this website is supposed to be? All I've been able to figure out is it's a "video game website."

[Ashkin]

Can someone explain to me what this website is supposed to be? All I've been able to figure out is it's a "video game website."

It's a spiritual successor to Boingboing Offworld.

[Gainsworthy]

Here's the kickstarter page, with all you need to know.

I'm a little confused myself. Been 10 months.

Also, is it in some way related to Pishtaco's Venus Patrol? I figure it is - the branding and name is more than co-incidental, but...

[deathtotheweird]

I dunno but I'd be pissed if I was one of the 12 $3k+ donors.

and I think he just liked the name/brand of Venus Patrol and asked the guy to use it.

[PowRTocH]

shoestring budget of $100k

wat

e: Oh, I see, this was sarcasm. Carry on.

[moi]

IGF Chairman

lol

I remember when game websites didn't need money to bbe started.
Now if you need to find $100k before you even start the website, then there is something wrong.
Maybe I'm going to start a kickstarter to fund my career as a casual Tigsource-poster ?

[Manuel Magalhães]

I disagree. I got all of the Venus Patrol stuff I backed for, and as for the site I'm sure they are working on it. (they have shown the site's logotype a few days ago)

[TeeGee]

Yeah, a logotype for a wordpress blog may take a year and $100k to make. Maybe they should run another kickstarter to place the logo on the website? Should take less than $50k. Also, how can it be a scam if all these celebrities in the video said this nice bearded guy is videogame Jesus? Jesus wouldn't lie to me.

[retrohelix]

someone else do the exact same thing for less than $100, quickly gogogogo

*edit

call it venusvitriol

[Manuel Magalhães]

Yeah, a logotype for a wordpress blog may take a year and $100k to make.

I said the logotype thing not to justify the time and money that is going to the site, but to show that they are *still* working on it.
100K and a year for a logo is crazy, although there are logo jobs that are a lot more expensive than that, and the results aren't always pleasant. (e.g. London Olympics 2012's logo)

[TeeGee]

Okay, I may be more vitriolic about it than I usually am (or maybe even should be), but this seriously rubs me the wrong way.

I mean, take this: http://www.pixelprospector.com/. Super-useful blog on indie games, with a huge library of resources, tutorials, and links to good articles. Updated frequently. Looks cool. Actually exists. No kickstarter, no $100k, no videogame celebrities behind it. Just good old effort and indie love.

[Udderdude]

But that site isn't populated entirely by ridiculously overhyped "High profile" indie game developers, so it sucks.

As far as I can tell, even if the site is made, it's not going to be anything more than a giant advertisement/closed circuit circlejerk for him and his buddies.

[Schoq]

Why would people give money to a project like this? The fact that it costs this much to get started means it will be a profit driven site (ie. horrible)

Overly wordy articles with bad wacky writing.
Copy-pasted press releases with a controversial spin.
Ads everywhere.
Stuff broken up on as many pages as possible.
A ton of other annoying shit that comes with SEO sites.

Video game news sites only get worse the more money you throw at them.

[moi]

I disagree. I got all of the Venus Patrol stuff I backed for

all the kickstarter rewards seem to be leftovers they got at conventions or sthg.


As Teegee pointed out, pixelprospector puts the shame on them

[SirNiko]

100K and a year for a logo is crazy, although there are logo jobs that are a lot more expensive than that, and the results aren't always pleasant. (e.g. London Olympics 2012's logo)

In theory this money is spent doing market studies to determine the target customers and design something that will increase sales or avoid confusion and pevent incidents where a logo that seems innocuous in one country looks like something obscene in another.

I highly doubt this kickstarter intends to do any such thing.

[VDZ]

I disagree. I got all of the Venus Patrol stuff I backed for

all the kickstarter rewards seem to be leftovers they got at conventions or sthg.

The $25 reward was three exclusive games. I don't know about the other two games, but the Vlambeer game (Gun Godz) has remained unavailable for anyone who didn't fund the kickstarter. From what I recall there will be some way to obtain the game after the site launches, though. I don't really care about the site (still don't see what's so special about it compared to other gaming sites) but I'm still looking forward to it simply because I want to play Gun Godz.