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Considering Kickstarters, and the games they support, are all based on popularity, I can see the reason behind teasing kickstarters, especially ones that have pedigree.

I'm definitely looking forward to a new Syndicate style game.

[$450,000 Festivals]

Coop is now officially in (by including the $13,800 they've collected from Paypal).  New Stretch Goals:

$450,000 Festivals: Join your townsfolk as they celebrate popular holidays like Solstice, Harvest, and The Monday of The Twelve Golden Fruit. Properly provisioned festivals produce happy, energetic workers. Forgotten events invite the wrath of greater powers...

“Though color variations make it clear at which point in its cycle the banana ought to be eaten, the proper way to hold the fruit is still debated. Though all scholars agree that the curved, nearly hexagonal shape fits the human fist, accounts vary as to whether the golden peel should be pulled back from the stem (as is traditional) or up from the black nub at the bottom. Either way, so please the gods.”

--Celebrant Jordan, Treatises on the Rituals of The Monday of the Twelve Golden Fruit

$500,000 Alternate Planes: Many dimensions lurk beneath the fabric of reality. Lured by the promise of untold riches and arcane secrets, your bravest townsfolk open portals to previously unknown realms. What could possibly go wrong?

Through the door I saw... the sky. The sky at night, when the stars fill one end of the horizon to the other. Except... the stars were ordered in perfect rows, like corn in the field. And little round plates studded with rubies dashed around between them, jabbing lances of light at each other. One of the plates... flew apart as I watched. In a ball of fire!

...No more mushrooms for me.

-- From the diary of Archmage Twellot

$550,000 Upgraded Musical Score: The Japanese RPGs from which Stonehearth draws its artistic inspiration were as much defined by their soundtrack as their visual style. Help us draw on the talent of a variety of professional musicians to create an enticing score that will stand up to a decade’s worth of play.

$600,000 Three Playable Kingdoms: Hardy explorers and canny traders join our hardworking settlers in their quest to build, farm, and fight their way across the land. At the start of each game, choose one of the three kingdoms, each with its own unique perks.

Healing Crosswinds Caravan, Transcript, Early Summer, Immediately before The Incident

Two part reveal System tomorrow and games during E3. 

The best way I can describe it is, we're really going to tell one story across two events. So we're going to start on the 21 [of May] and really that's about revealing the next Xbox platform and our vision for the future of games, the future of entertainment. We definitely have a lot of surprises planned.

People are going to get a great inside look at the making of the new platform and the team that brought it to life. To be honest it's really about the team, the people here. We've never done this before, so it's really exciting to be able to do that.

I hope they have some games to show, as that sounds rather boring.

[Q: Can we get some clarification on what was done regarding players who had illegitimate currency, and what steps are being taken against said players?]

From the explanation thread in the Neverwinter forums:

Q: Can we get some clarification on what was done regarding players who had illegitimate currency, and what steps are being taken against said players?

 During Sunday’s maintenance, we took action against many players who took advantage of the bug, including but not limited to enforcing permanent bans. Those who took advantage of the exploit were permanently banned, including all "mule" account that were used to transfer illegitimately obtained AD. The rollback also pulled the damage out of the AD Exchange and Auction House. Additionally, we are performing constant ongoing investigations to identify any other accounts that received Astral Diamonds or other high value items via illegitimate means, including mule and alt accounts. Those will be permanently banned, their AD and items dissolved. Finally, we have improved our internal systems to better track the movement of currency within Neverwinter, meaning that we are more enabled to respond quickly to future reports from our users regarding potential illegitimate currency. We take this matter very seriously and would like to ensure our community that we are absolutely committed to ensuring Neverwinter is a fun, fair game for all and that exploiters are dealt with in the strictest way possible. And, again, very special thanks to our community for all the amazing support and feedback.

Blame the exploiters who managed to destroy the in-game economy in a matter of hours.

This exactly! I don't understand why these people aren't held more accountable for their actions.

They are. They have been permabanned for their idiocy, and their ill-gotten gains have been or will be removed from the economy.

ah, that is nice! I just read 3 day bans on another forum, but haven't looked into it at all.

Blame the exploiters who managed to destroy the in-game economy in a matter of hours.

This exactly! I don't understand why these people aren't held more accountable for their actions.

They are. They have been permabanned for their idiocy, and their ill-gotten gains have been or will be removed from the economy.

Blame the exploiters who managed to destroy the in-game economy in a matter of hours.

This exactly! I don't understand why these people aren't held more accountable for their actions.

[Spoiler]

Watched it tonight, and thought it was mostly well-done, except for the last 5 minutes. I didn't like the resolution much. I felt like the film ended by just falling off a cliff.

Spoiler for Hiden:

John Harrison being revealed as Khan didn't bother me. I thought it was neat--Benedict Cumberbatch is a very good actor. The death switcheroos between Kirk and Spock were a welcome twist here. What I didn't like is how the movie just ends with Spock and Khan fighting out on a flying barge over San Francisco.. Kirk being expediently resurrected with Khan's blood.. and Khan shown being stashed away in cryosleep. The whole ending felt rushed. And I know that the Star Trek universe is all about right moralities and such, but I really wanted to see Kahn die. I didn't get a sense that he was defeated at all. Just subdued. You don't make a two hour film as adrelanine-driven and threatening as this one just to have your main villain subdued and stashed away in cryosleep.

Meh. The ending sucked.

Just a quick update from me today whilst I sort out Part #3 of the AI! Indie blogger AngelikMayhem has recently posted about TinyKeep's Kickstarter campaign on his YouTube channel. In his video, he talks about seeds and how he is looking forward to this feature in our game.

So what are seeds exactly? As our response, I thought I'd best get Ben to explain, and also talk about how they affect the level's difficulty.

http://youtu.be/gjZ6EsY0Vvc

We are pretty excited about using seeds - we think it will open up the game to the community and allow you guys to discuss and share the game's secrets.

AngelikMayhem is currently running his blog XBOX Minecraft Seeds, where he regularly shares reviews and videos of seeded Minecraft worlds. He has kindly offered to do the same for TinyKeep when it is released, so we look forward to the many interesting dungeons he will discover!

Seriously?  Now we're getting teaser trailers for Kickstarters?  

just wait until we get Kickstarters to raise the money for a teaser trailer for a Kickstarter