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• Double Fine Game Designs

  thewall.com.au | 3:16 am Feb 9, 2012

  • This article talks about video game production
  • This article focuses mostly on a company called Double Fine
  • Tim Schafer supervises
  • 2 Player Productions is documenting the process for Kickstarter

• Double Fine Adventure

  kickstarter.com | 4:40 am Feb 10, 2012

  We did it! 100% funded in just over eight hours. You people are amazing! But it's not over yet. The number keeps going up and now the question is just how much news do we want to make with this? We're getting a lot of attention already and it seems like…

• Kickstarter Project for Adventure Game Raises $600,000 in One Day

  mashable.com | 8:06 pm Feb 9, 2012

  A video game developer’s Kickstarter project has raised more than $600,000 in just 24 hours. When game veteran Tim Schafer put up a Kickstarter Wednesday night, he wanted to answer the question: are adventure games still viable and popular? Adventure…

• Kickstarter racks up over $2 million for two projects

  cnet.com | 6:13 am Feb 10, 2012

  "WoooooooooOOOOoooOoOoooOOooo! We did it! 100% funded in just over eight hours. You people are amazing!, " read the Kickstarter page for Tim Schafer's Double Fine Adventure today. This was one of two projects to hit $1 million in donations today from the…

• Double Fine Kickstarter passes $1 million in under 24 hours, breaking yet another record

  joystiq.com | 4:31 am Feb 10, 2012

  Double Fine will be able to fund at least two and a half adventure games and/or put an awful lot of money into creating an incredibly extravagant one, as the developer's Kickstarter project has just topped $1 million dollars. After being announced late…

• techcrunch.com | 10:08 pm Feb 9, 2012

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• Announcement! Double Fine and 2 Player Productions will use Kickstarter to fund an Adventure Game + documentary! Whoa. http://t.co/GrmDNcjf

  @TimOfLegend - Tim Schafer
  

  2:03 am Feb 9, 2012
• How the Double Fine Kickstarter went down in a nutshell: http://t.co/upg60blp

  @ritzyfoxx - Ritzy
  

  6:24 am Feb 10, 2012
• Kickstarter racks up over $2 million for two projects http://t.co/yk1GvWDd

  @CNETNews - CNET News
  

  5:30 am Feb 10, 2012
• Editorial: Double Fine Kickstarter: Is it fair? http://t.co/paTy7dvL

  @OneOfSwords - Dan Amrich
  

  2:47 am Feb 10, 2012
• Double Fine raises $1m in less than 24hrs on Kickstarter... http://t.co/T527Br7K

  @hackernewsbot - Hacker News Bot
  

  2:42 am Feb 10, 2012
• Wow, Double Fine's kickstarter campaign for their adventure game managed to get 1 million (!) dollars in funding within 24 hours. #amazing

  @zoewi - Zo - ii
  

  2:06 am Feb 10, 2012
• Kickstarter crosses threshold as two projects hit $1 million in donations (@bcbishop / The Verge) http://t.co/5ffThNdr http://t.co/N8xbS0Wy

  @Techmeme - Techmeme
  

  1:55 am Feb 10, 2012
• Does anyone out there know how kickstarter works? What's the best way for my vid/proj to get seen?

  @Ecadia_GN - Nicole McCurry
  

  1:28 am Feb 10, 2012
• Today a Kickstarter project raised over 1 Million in one day. That's going to change things.

  @brubaker - brubaker
  

  1:19 am Feb 10, 2012
• Double Fine is currently $648,224 OVER their goal. Every other unfunded video game project on Kickstarter COMBINED require only $584,365

  @Eeoor - Eeoor
  

  12:47 am Feb 10, 2012
• @TimOfLegend Your kickstarter project still has 32 days on it. How much would you need to raise to turn your project into Psychonauts 2?

  @TruVisionary - Chike Chigbo
  

  12:23 am Feb 10, 2012
• Double Fine's Kickstarter is super interesting. But the more interesting story is what happens to the second big studio who tries this.

  @Willeth - Will Templeton
  

  12:17 am Feb 10, 2012
• News: Activision preparing its own Kickstarter to help pay for the new COD marketing campaign. Winning backer gets to design the poster.

  @lauralovescake - Laura Parker
  

  11:59 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Did we just crash @kickstarter ??? @TimOfLegend http://t.co/odxU00Vq

  @2PProductions - 2 Player Productions
  

  11:53 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Double Fine Adventure just hit $1 million, 5 hrs after Elevation Dock, 22 hrs after launch. CONGRATS! http://t.co/sWcNSWET

  @kickstarter - Kickstarter
  

  11:45 pm Feb 9, 2012
• This Kickstarter Project Raised Nearly $1 Million in One Day http://t.co/JJNrGNMN

  @businessinsider - Business Insider
  

  11:24 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Seems to me that Kickstarter is the most important tech company since Facebook. Maybe more important in the long run.

  @timoreilly - Tim O'Reilly
  

  10:46 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Some people haven't noticed our Kickstarter has a pitch video. The play button is kind of hidden. Watch the video! http://t.co/lZwA58pd

  @TimOfLegend - Tim Schafer
  

  9:36 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Are You People Insane? Addressing The Double Fine Kickstarter Controversy http://t.co/K5J1cIya (by @sebwuepper)

  @stillgray - Ian Miles Cheong
  

  9:18 pm Feb 9, 2012
• The potential to fund projects through Kickstarter has always been there. You just have to prove you're worth it.

  @OfMoshAndMen - Lauren Jacob Poling
  

  8:55 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Kickstarter records so far: Most funds raised in the first 24 hours. Highest number of backers of all time, and growing! Good morning! :)

  @TimOfLegend - Tim Schafer
  

  5:21 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Double Fine Adventure has broken Kickstarter records for most funds raised in 24 hrs & highest number of backers! kck.st/A9k3jH

  @kickstarter - Kickstarter
  

  4:47 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Dylan Carlson of Earth is funding a cool project via Kickstarter - I'll give him some cash... http://t.co/E8X2Lnce

  @roddybottum - Roddy Bottum
  

  3:25 pm Feb 9, 2012
• With Kickstarter you can basically pay as much as you want for a game. Isn't that what some people found "unethical" about freemium?

  @noel_llopis - Noel Llopis
  

  3:20 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Did Double Fine just kill the publisher with its Kickstarter adventure game push? http://t.co/3yjNdAld

  @edgeonline - Edge
  

  3:10 pm Feb 9, 2012
• I choose to assume that anyone complaining about Double Fine's Kickstarter is just John Riccitiello with a fake handle.

  @JimSterling - Jim Sterling
  

  1:57 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Dear joyless folks snarking the Double Fine Kickstarter as 'only a pre-order': You're what's wrong with video games. Shut the fuck up.

  @RaygunBrown - David Rayfield
  

  1:46 pm Feb 9, 2012
• UPDATE--Just hours after launching Kickstarter campaign, Double Fine has hit over $500,000. http://t.co/VAuqt6Ku

  @gamespot - GameSpot.com
  

  1:19 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Isn't the Double Fine pledge the fasest winning Kickstarter or what?! 500k, holy carp.

  @C418 - C418
  

  1:11 pm Feb 9, 2012
• "Oh mah gawd a game journo gave Double Fine $15 on Kickstarter how could that person review the game now?!" Grow up, anyone who said that.

  @JimSterling - Jim Sterling
  

  12:58 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Double Fine Kickstarter hits $500,000. Hopefully that's a Mac port in the bag. http://t.co/Z8ZNPHg5

  @britishgaming - Mark Brown
  

  12:48 pm Feb 9, 2012
• @TimOfLegend 's little Kickstarter project just hit $500,000 in 12 hours. http://t.co/RAb8TIOZ

  @georgeb3dr - George Broussard
  

  12:48 pm Feb 9, 2012
• Kickstarter Projects: Double Fine Adventu - wait, what? Done already? http://t.co/00PYV3zu

  @indiegamescom - IndieGames.com
  

  12:03 pm Feb 9, 2012
• @Shainiel so when are you starting a Kickstarter for Fuzz & Rocket? I GOT MY FIVE BUCKS RIGHT HERE PAL

  @Gazunta - Cameron Davis
  

  11:10 am Feb 9, 2012
• Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert win the Internet. Raise $400k through Kickstarter in 8 hours http://t.co/UHlpF3nJ

  @jantonsson - Jonas Antonsson
  

  10:46 am Feb 9, 2012
• You can almost hear the games publishing industry wince at Schafer's kickstarter success. Crowdsourcing could revolutionise game financing

  @developonline - develop
  

  10:32 am Feb 9, 2012
• Dude, Double Fine just raised $400,000 in less than a day and completely funded a game on Kickstarter.

  @textfiles - Jason Scott
  

  10:22 am Feb 9, 2012
• Inspired by @TimOfLegend and his hugely successful fundraising efforts, I am doing a Kickstarter to raise money for some gummi bears.

  @JhonenV - Jhonen Vasquez
  

  10:22 am Feb 9, 2012
• Double Fine and @TimOfLegend have hit their 400K Kickstarter target in less than 24 hours.

  @lauralovescake - Laura Parker
  

  10:21 am Feb 9, 2012
• Hmm. Are kickstarter funded games the ultimate form of DRM? Impossible to play and impossible to pirate as they don't exist yet?

  @kierongillen - Kieron Gillen
  

  10:20 am Feb 9, 2012
• Hooooly nuts, the Double Fine kickstarter just hit its goal of 400k in.. not many hours.. wow. http://t.co/0pWy7AWr

  @notch - Markus Persson
  

  10:14 am Feb 9, 2012
• There should be a Kickstarter for indie porn.

  @stillgray - Ian Miles Cheong
  

  10:10 am Feb 9, 2012
• After seeing the potential of crowdsourced publishing, Activision are looking to acquire Kickstarter, and EA is launching its own version.

  @JazRignall - Julian Rignall
  

  9:16 am Feb 9, 2012
• It's not "$400k for 4 hours". It's $400k for 22 years of being Tim Schafer and making games, plus a minor technical convenience.

  @ivanassen - Ivan-Assen Ivanov
  

  9:12 am Feb 9, 2012
• By the way, if the @Double_Fine Kickstarter were to keep up its (roughly) $50,000/hr rate for the full 33 days, it'd make... $40.75 MILLION.

  @SamitSarkar - Samit Sarkar
  

  8:27 am Feb 9, 2012
• doublefine's kickstarter is about to explode through the $300,000 barrier after... 5 hours? this is kind of overwhelming to witness

  @ADAMATOMIC - Adam Atomic
  

  7:43 am Feb 9, 2012
• Here's a handy link that will take you directly to our adventure game Kickstarter project! tinyurl.com/doublekick

  @TimOfLegend - Tim Schafer
  

  3:48 am Feb 9, 2012