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Ken Gagne

Framingham, MA

Ken is the senior associate online editor at Computerworld.com, as well as webmaster of the Showbits, Gamebits, Wordbits, and Apple II Bits hobbyist blogs, and editor-in-chief and publisher of Juiced.GS, a quarterly retrocomputing print publication. Forme... view more

  1. 3 days ago
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    Ken Gagne
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    Luminance: Open Source Reactive Lighting Platform by Naim Busek

    Luminance, an Arduino compatible hardware platform to enable anyone to easily explore interactive illumination.

    Funding Unsuccessful (05/25/2012)
  2. on May 8
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    Epic Mario by Zachary Pollock

    I am recreating the entire first level of Super Mario Bros. out of LEGO® bricks, using one LEGO® brick per pixel!

    Funding Unsuccessful (05/10/2012)
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    Ken Gagne
    commented on a project

    Any updated ETA on The Present?
  4. on April 30
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    PhoneSoap: Simultaneously Charge and Sanitize Your Phone by Wesley LaPorte & Dan Barnes

    Smartphones are dirty. 1/6 have fecal matter on them. PhoneSoap enhances your nightly charge by simultaneously sanitizing your phone.

    • 352% funded $63,478 pledged
    • 1,211 backers
    • Funded May 02, 2012
  5. on April 30
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    Make Leisure Suit Larry come again! by Replay Games

    Leisure Suit Larry using Kickstarter to hit on everybody at once

    • 131% funded $655,182 pledged
    • 14,081 backers
    • Funded May 02, 2012
  6. on April 30
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    Ken Gagne
    commented on a project update

    CONGRATULATIONS! You seem like someone who will do his best work when committed full-time to your passion. I'm confident it will work out. Your closing quote sounds like something Captain Kirk would say. Full sail ahead!
  7. on April 27
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    Zelda vs. Jesus by Lucas M. Thomas

    A book exploring the collision of Christianity and Nintendo's Legend of Zelda video game franchise.

    Funding Unsuccessful (05/08/2012)
  8. on April 27
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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
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    Ken Gagne
    commented on a project update

    One of your lovely assistants gave me hundreds of postcards to include in a mailing to modern-day Apple II users. Win!
  10. on March 30
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    SUPER-POWERED REVENGE CHRISTMAS! by Bill Corbett

    A graphic novel where classic TV Christmas special characters are transformed into comic book superheroes! Exclamation point!

    • 132% funded $30,540 pledged
    • 733 backers
    • Funded Apr 28, 2012