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Adrian Hon

London, United Kingdom

I'm the co-founder and Chief Creative at Six to Start, a games company that creates next-generation stories; plus I write about technology for The Telegraph. Previously, I was a neuroscientist at Cambridge, Oxford, and UCSD, and author of a NASA award-winning website on astrobiology. And I spoke at TED about Mars exploration.

  1. on May 16
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    Word Realms by Asymmetric

    A roleplaying video game where words CAN hurt you.

    • 46% funded $46,889 pledged
    • 1,179 backers
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  2. on May 16
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    Tour for GHOSTS WITH SHIT JOBS, a Lo-fi Sci-fi Feature by Jim Munroe

    If you buy our completed mockumentary now, we can go to different cities to start discussions about the future. And giant spiders.

    • 399% funded $19,999 pledged
    • 820 backers
    • Funded May 18, 2012
  3. on May 8
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    Drifter: A Space Trading Game by Celsius Game Studios

    Drifter is a sandbox space trading game with thousands of stars for you to explore. You can be a trader, a mercenary, or even a pirate!

    • 106% funded $53,223 pledged
    • 1,942 backers
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  4. on April 25
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    Flint and Tinder: Premium Men's Underwear by Jake Bronstein

    Luxuriously rugged yet refined Premium Men’s Underwear; Sparking a revolution in American Manufacturing the old fashioned way.

    • 971% funded $291,493 pledged
    • 5,578 backers
    • Funded May 22, 2012
  5. on April 11
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    Awesome idea - but please put in Bluetooth 4.0 if you can!
  6. on April 11
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    Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android by Pebble Technology

    Pebble is a customizable watch. Download new watchfaces, use sports and fitness apps, get notifications from your phone.

    • 10,266% funded $10,266,845 pledged
    • 68,929 backers
    • Funded May 18, 2012
  7. on April 8
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    Shadowrun Returns by Harebrained Schemes LLC

    Shadowrun Returns brings back one of our most original & cherished game settings as a 2D turn-based RPG for tablets & PC.

    • 459% funded $1,836,447 pledged
    • 36,276 backers
    • Funded Apr 29, 2012
  8. on March 21
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    The Banner Saga by Stoic

    A mature, story-driven, turn-based strategy game steeped in viking culture, by three game industry veterans.

    • 723% funded $723,886 pledged
    • 20,042 backers
    • Funded Apr 20, 2012
  9. on March 13
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    Wasteland 2 by inXile entertainment

    Wasteland 2 is a sequel to the amazingly popular 1988 RPG Wasteland and the post-apocalyptic predecessor to the Fallout Series.

    • 325% funded $2,933,252 pledged
    • 61,290 backers
    • Funded Apr 17, 2012
  10. on February 28
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    FTL: Faster Than Light by FTL Team

    FTL is a spaceship simulation roguelike-like. Its aim is to recreate the atmosphere of running a spaceship exploring the galaxy.

    • 2,005% funded $200,542 pledged
    • 9,818 backers
    • Funded Apr 01, 2012