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Andy Baio

Portland, OR

Hi! I helped build Kickstarter and am a long-time advisor to the team. I've written about Internet culture on Waxy.org for ten years, like making geeky things (see: Playfic, Supercut.org, Kind of Bloop, Upcoming.org), and write a weekly column for Wired.

  1. MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone by Jay Silver

    Ever played Mario on Play-Doh or Piano on Bananas? Alligator clip the Internet to your world and start inventing the future.

    • 1,090% funded $272,677 pledged
    • 5,942 backers
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  2. The Historical Williamsburg Living Narrative by Hap Aziz

    The Historica Williamsburg Living Narrative is an Interactive Fiction computer game about the city's history and American independence.

    • 117% funded $1,761 pledged
    • 72 backers
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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
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    US AND THE GAME INDUSTRY by common dreams ltd

    This film follows several independent developers exploring why they make games.

    • 101% funded $20,256 pledged
    • 373 backers
    • Funded Mar 18, 2012
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    Wonder Valley by Andrew van Baal

    The acting debut of musician Tom Brosseau - a lonesome, hallucinogenic trip to California desert town Wonder Valley.

    • 103% funded $7,756 pledged
    • 92 backers
    • Funded Mar 28, 2012
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    Nubuwo Debut Bundle: adventures in videogame audio by Jeriaska ジェリアスカ

    The Nubuwo debut bundle brings together music by twelve international artists inspired by videogames.

    • 133% funded $16,051 pledged
    • 731 backers
    • Funded Mar 02, 2012
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    Idle Thumbs Video Game Podcast by Idle Thumbs

    Idle Thumbs was a podcast that ran for two years. People liked it, and we liked doing it. We want to bring it back, better than before.

    • 456% funded $136,924 pledged
    • 2,602 backers
    • Funded Mar 21, 2012
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    A Show with Ze Frank by Ze Frank

    In 2006 I created a show called "The Show with Ze Frank." With your help I'd like to start a new show. Same, same... but different.

    • 293% funded $146,752 pledged
    • 3,900 backers
    • Funded Mar 09, 2012
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    This is Not a Conspiracy Theory by Kirby Ferguson

    A True Story About Why We Are. From the creator of Everything is a Remix.

    • 113% funded $54,610 pledged
    • 2,231 backers
    • Funded Mar 16, 2012
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    Code Hero: A Game That Teaches You To Make Games by Alex Peake

    Code Hero: a game that teaches you how to make games! Your Code Ray shoots Javascript in Unity 3D. Hack the planet: Become a code hero!

    • 170% funded $170,954 pledged
    • 7,459 backers
    • Funded Feb 24, 2012
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    Diesel Sweeties eBook-Stravaganza 3000 by Richard Stevens

    Help me collect twelve years of webcomics into a complete ebook form while still keeping the files free to all.

    • 2,006% funded $60,209 pledged
    • 1,520 backers
    • Funded Mar 09, 2012
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    Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions

    An adventure game from Tim Schafer, Double Fine, and YOU!

    • 834% funded $3,336,371 pledged
    • 87,142 backers
    • Funded Mar 13, 2012
  13. You Are Listening to Los Angeles by Eric Eberhardt

    Want to help support an iPhone version of "You Are Listening to LA" and get some cool rewards in the process? Donate here!

    Funding Unsuccessful (03/01/2012)
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    The Phantom Tollbooth Turns 50 - A Documentary by Hannah Jayanti

    Join Norton Juster & Jules Feiffer, Milo & Tock, and many others to celebrate the now and then of the classic 1961 children's book

    • 195% funded $31,226 pledged
    • 419 backers
    • Funded Nov 13, 2011
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    VENUS PATROL: charting a new course for videogame culture by Brandon Boyer

    Venus Patrol is a new videogame website in search of beautiful things, from former Offworld.com editor and IGF Chairman Brandon Boyer.

    • 210% funded $105,398 pledged
    • 1,785 backers
    • Funded Oct 07, 2011
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    STRIPPED: The Comics Documentary by Small Fish Studios

    A feature-length documentary highlighting the world's best cartoonists...talking about the art form they love, and where it's going.

    • 187% funded $109,025 pledged
    • 2,601 backers
    • Funded Sep 22, 2011
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    ME AT THE ZOO by Me at the Zoo

    Me at the Zoo is a feature documentary about Chris Crocker and the phenomenon of Internet celebrity.

    • 156% funded $29,741 pledged
    • 228 backers
    • Funded Aug 31, 2011
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    The Impossible Tour - Portland by Kim Boekbinder

    The Impossible Girl redefines the rock tour. One show at a time.

    • 110% funded $1,106 pledged
    • 36 backers
    • Funded Sep 06, 2011
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    MC Frontalot Music Video Extravaganza by MC Frontalot

    Front has a new album out August 23rd. He'd like to do it up proper with some fancy-ass music videos. Become a producer!

    • 314% funded $31,400 pledged
    • 323 backers
    • Funded Aug 05, 2011
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    SMBC Theater Goes TO SPACE! by zach weiner

    The creators of SMBC Comics and SMBC Theater are making a brand new webseries with dirty jokes, spaceships, and EXPLOSIONS!

    • 512% funded $76,918 pledged
    • 2,451 backers
    • Funded Aug 13, 2011
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    Longshot Issue #2 by mat honan

    Longshot Magazine is a raucous experiment in harnessing new tools to erase media’s old limits. We create a print magazine in 48 hours.

    • 226% funded $17,007 pledged
    • 473 backers
    • Funded Jul 24, 2011
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    Keep On Keepin' On Documentary by Alan Hicks & Adam Hart

    "Keep on Keepin' on" is a feature length documentary about 3 young musicians & one master musician, the great Clark Terry.

    • 124% funded $43,406 pledged
    • 305 backers
    • Funded Aug 08, 2011
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    Julia Nunes would be nothing without me by julia nunes

    a ton of songs, written by me, Julia Nunes, put on a piece of plastic and/or intangible digital files

    • 519% funded $77,888 pledged
    • 1,685 backers
    • Funded Jul 11, 2011
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    "Viva Amiga" - The Documentary Film by Zach Weddington

    Journey back to 1985 to explore a future of personal computing that never quite came to pass. A film about the legendary Amiga system.

    • 118% funded $29,656 pledged
    • 457 backers
    • Funded Jul 20, 2011
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    The Doris Encyclopedia by cindy crabb

    The Doris Encyclopedia! Boating down the Mississippi! Coming Out! Farming! Death! Girl Gangs! Overcoming Shyness! Survival! Love!

    • 118% funded $4,741 pledged
    • 152 backers
    • Funded Jul 15, 2011
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