Newsmakers 2012: Game vet Jordan Weisman shows the power of crowdfunding

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2012 will be remembered as the year that crowdfunding came into its own — letting creators of all sorts tap the power of online communities to provide a new funding source to projects that otherwise wouldn’t see the light of day. In the Seattle region, there was no better example than the revival of the classic… Read More…

Game experts debate: Is Microsoft Kinect a passing fad or here to stay?

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The gaming panel today at the WTIA’s TechNW conference featured some well-known names from the industry talking about a wide variety of trends and technologies: Bungie‘s Pete Parsons, veteran game designer Jordan Weisman, and Big Fish Games CEO Paul Thelen, moderated by former Microsoft games chief Ed Fries. One audience question toward the end, from Kevin… Read More…

Videos: Why Seattle’s tech community is so awesome (in the words of Seattleites)

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Nearly every week there’s a new survey or study out showcasing how Seattle’s technology community ranks among the top in jobs, wages, venture capital or some other metric. Just today, in fact, the Interactive Advertising Bureau ranked Washington state as having the third most number of employees working in businesses associated with Internet advertising. (Behind New… Read More…

Jordan Weisman: ‘Warning: Startups may be dangerous to your health (and ego)’

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Jordan Weisman is a veteran game designer who made headlines this year for an epic Kickstarter campaign, raising $1.8 million for Shadowrun Returns, a revival of the franchise from his current company, Harebrained Schemes. The serial entrepreneur is known for startups including FASA, Virtual World Entertainment, Wizkids, 42 Entertainment, and Smith & Tinker. Weisman shared… Read More…

Startup Day: More great speakers on board, and last chance for early bird tickets

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Today we’re excited to announce several new speakers for Seattle 2.0 Startup Day, the one-of-a-kind entrepreneurial boot camp to be presented by GeekWire on Sept. 22 in Bellevue. And a quick reminder: Early bird rates for the conference end tomorrow, so be sure to grab your tickets now. This annual event, now in its fourth… Read More…

Introducing Startup Day: Top entrepreneurs provide a roadmap for success

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We love telling the stories of startups here at GeekWire, chronicling the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial voyage. Heck, we’re taking that voyage ourselves as newbie entrepreneurs, and I know GeekWire wouldn’t be where it is today without the guidance, insights and lessons of other  startuppers. That’s why we’re so excited to introduce Startup… Read More…

Shadowrun Returns ends Kickstarter campaign at $1.8M

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We’ve been having fun tracking the progress of Jordan Weisman’s Kickstarter campaign for Shadowrun Returns, watching in amazement after it blew past its original $400,000 goal in 28 hours. Now, the Kickstarter campaign for the classic video game franchise has officially concluded. And while it was not the top grossing campaign of all time on… Read More…

Shadowrun Returns breaks through $1.5M on Kickstarter

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Shadowrun Returns, the revival of Seattle-area game designer Jordan Weisman’s classic franchise, broke through the $1.5 million mark overnight in pledges on Kickstarter. That’s more than three times the original goal of $400,000 in pledges — not the biggest Kickstarter project ever, but right up there with some of the most successful campaigns on the… Read More…

Shadowrun blows past $1M: Could this become the biggest Kickstarter campaign ever?

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We’ve been closely tracking the amazing response to the Kickstarter campaign for Shadowrun Returns, the revival of Jordan Weisman’s popular role-playing video-game. And we thought it was impressive when the project reached its initial funding goal of $400,000 in less than 28 hours. Well, the money just keeps rolling in. Amazingly, as of today more than… Read More…

Halo 4 game designer turns to Kickstarter to bankroll dystopian game Republique

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Ryan Payton, a former video game designer at Microsoft who worked as a narrative designer on Halo 4, is the latest Seattle area gaming veteran to turn to Kickstarter to help get his newest project off the ground. The game, dubbed Republique, debuted on the community-oriented fundraising platform this week and has already attracted more than… Read More…