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      Job J Stauffer on May 18

      Hey guys, just checking in here too. T-Shirts ever go out?

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      Joe Minkiewicz on January 17

      You guys ever send out the t-shirts? I never got one...

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      Nick Robinson on December 16

      Did y'all ever mail out the Pawn Shop packs? This was the first Kickstarter I ever funded, but I never received anything. :(

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      Zachary Reese on August 22, 2011

      Have addresses for shirts already been collected? I've moved a few times since this project ended and can't really remember, but I'd need to submit a new address if they have been.

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      babycastles on July 19, 2011

      we have the shirts and we plan to screenprint them this week!

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      Jonathan Miller on July 17, 2011

      Shirts update, again?

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      Bobby Arlauskas on May 17, 2011

      Shirts update?

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      Marty Rabens on October 4, 2010

      Woohoo! 9 grand! Good luck, you guys! Wish I could attend.

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      babycastles on September 27, 2010

      Marty - It looks like THREE Tshirts people have sent me, combined! Pictures should be really really soon, good point :)

      Chris - YAY.

      Rachel - YES. AND THANK YOU

      Everyone - THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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      Rachel Lovinger on September 27, 2010

      I pledged $5 above my chosen level - can I get the pawn shop reward stickers too? :)

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      Chris Bell on September 27, 2010

      now*

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      Chris Bell on September 27, 2010

      Great to see the goal was met, but wow let's obliterate it!

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      Marty Rabens on September 27, 2010

      So what's the t-shirt look like?

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      Chris Bell on September 27, 2010

      Great job IGN! Of course, had I known sooner, I would have waited until today to pledge ;)

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      Job J Stauffer on September 26, 2010

      Go get 'em guys. Do it for gaming. Do it for Ridgewood. Do it for all of us! Can't wait to see it come together!

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      Chris Bell on September 26, 2010

      Lets prove these kickstarter trends and have this last week be a major push past 6k

      http://blog.kickstarter.com/post/1162195899/trends-in-pricing-and-duration

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      Heather Kelley on September 21, 2010

      Yeah more sexy pix! Cindy and I can't agree who gets who. Please include some tape to make post-fight repairs.

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      babycastles on September 20, 2010

      Thank you for your support Heather & Kokoromi!!! I'll see if I can get Arthur Ward Jr. on the sexy picture scene as well as a bonus surprise... Can't wait for you to collect your rewards :) :) :) :) :)

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      Heather Kelley on September 20, 2010

      My pledge is actually from Kokoromi! Can we get signed pix of Syed AND Kunal? After all, there are 4 of us.... it would be perfect.... don't make kokoromi choose! Kokoromi doesn't like it when you make us choose!

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      Aaron Meyers on September 17, 2010

      Make me proud, Babycastles!

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      babycastles on August 25, 2010

      It's going to be very hard to get Oscar Castle to sign so many t-shirts. We'll find a way to encourage him. We'll take a video of the process.

      Thank you everybody so far, so much!

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      Daniel Rehn on August 25, 2010

      This is going to be great—NYC will never be the same.

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      Brian Whiting on August 23, 2010

      I always dreamed of owning an arcade but by the time i was old enough it seemed pointless. you guys have found a way to bring it back. i want to help in any way i can. and luckily i live 20 mins outside of NYC so hopefully i'll get to see it in person. good luck guys.

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      Ari Velazquez on August 23, 2010

      I'm an indie developer from Atlanta (@roxaloxa on Twitter) and this is an amazing idea. I hope you guys are successful! Glad to pledge.

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THE PAWN SHOP OF VIDEO GAMES! /////// 1 Osmos Sticker ///////// 1 Indie Game Fan Art Temporary Tattoo by Kunal Gupta, Syed Salahuddin, or Ivan Safrin //// 1 Pixeljam Glorkian Warrior Sticker /////// 1 Item of Unknown Origin from the Babycastles Pawn Shop

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[[THE MAX'S KANSAS CITY OF VIDEO GAMES!]] ❏ 1 Exclusive Babycastles Neon Rainbow Cow Clicker Cow designed by Ian Bogost! NOTE: This pledge requires a facebook account, and some special instructions. write to: meow@babycastles.com to claim your prize --> instantly! <-- (include your username from kickstarter) ❏ Included in all packages $15 and up - If you claim a larger reward, you are also welcome to take home a Cow Clicker Cow!

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THE T-SHIRT OF VIDEO GAMES! ////////// 1 Babycastles t-shirt (Signed by Oscar Castle! http://epictheatre.blogspot.com/2009/06/oscar-castles-lei.html)

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THE ARLENE'S GROCERY OF VIDEO GAMES ///////////////////////////// 1 Osmos (PC) Download Code //////////// 1 Indie Game Fan Art Temporary Tattoo by Kunal Gupta, Syed Salahuddin, and Ivan Safrin ///////// 1 Item of Unknown Origin from the Babycastles Pawn Shop ////////

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THE LE POISSON ROUGE OF VIDEO GAMES (OSMOS FOR IPHONE EDITION!) ////////////// 1 Osmos (iPhone) Download Code (signed by Eddy Boxerman!) ////////// 1 Different Cloth - Helicoid (iPhone) Download Code //////////// 1 Copy of 8bp050 by 8bitpeoples /////////////// 1 Mushpot Records Collection Gift Pack ///////// 1 Item of Unknown Origin from the Babycastles Pawn Shop ////////

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[[THE CAKE SHOP OF VIDEO GAMES]] ❏ OSMOS FOR IPAD EDITION! ❏ 1 Osmos (iPad) Download Code (signed by Eddy Boxerman!) ❏ 1 Different Cloth - Helicoid (iPhone) Download Code ❏ 1 Copy of 8bp050 by 8bitpeoples ❏ 1 Mushpot Records Collection Gift Pack ❏ 1 Item of Unknown Origin from the Babycastles Pawn Shop ❏

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THE LIT LOUNGE OF VIDEO GAMES! ///////////////////////////// 1 Hemisphere Games - Osmos (PC) Download Code //////////////////// 1 Area/Code - Drop7 (iPhone) Download Code ///////// 1 Different Cloth - Lilt Line (iPhone) Download Code ////////////// 1 Indie Game Fan Art Temporary Tattoo by Kunal Gupta, Syed Salahuddin, and Ivan Safrin ///////// 1 Item of Unknown Origin from the Babycastles Pawn Shop //////// 1 Babycastles t-shirt (Signed by Oscar Castle!) ////////

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[[THE LUCKY CHENG'S OF VIDEO GAMES]] ❏ 1 Pongvaders (PC) download code (signed by Anna Anthropy!) ❏ 1 Jonathan Beilin t-shirt (you don't want to know!) ❏ 1 Mushpot Records Collection Gift Pack ❏ 1 Item of Unknown Origin from the Babycastles Pawn Shop ❏

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THE IRVING PLAZA OF VIDEO GAMES! /////////// 1 You Found the Grappling Hook : Pro Edition CD (signed by Mark Essen!) ////////// 1 Osmos (PC) download code (signed by Eddy Boxerman!) ///////// 1 Babycastles t-shirt (Signed by Oscar Castle!) ////// 1 GDFX Button

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[[THE ADAM ATOMIC & DANNY B OF VIDEO GAMES]] ❏ Pixelblock Canabalt, A signed download code of Gravity Hook, signed download code of Canabalt, and Flixel T-Shirt ❏ 1 Admission to your choice of any ticketed event at Babycastles ❏

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THE ABC NO RIO OF VIDEO GAMES! //////////////////////////// 1 Loud Object Noise Toy /////////// 1 issue of 1UP MegaZine (signed by Raina Lee!) //////// 1 issue of Kill Screen magazine (signed by Jamin-Brophy Warren) /////// 1 issue of Fort90 Zine (signed by Matthew Hawkins!) ////// 1 framed and self-lit Pixelblock rendering of Jizzmakun from Jizzmoppa (a game by Matthew Hawkins / Fort90) /////////// 1 Babycastles t-shirt (Signed by Oscar Castle!) /////// 1 Admission to your choice of any ticketed event at Babycastles /////////////

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THE TANK OF VIDEO GAMES! /////////////////////// 1 Copy of Glorkian Warrior (PC) by Pixeljam ///////////////////// 1 You Found the Grappling Hook : Pro Edition CD (signed by Mark Essen!) //////// 1 Osmos (PC) download code (signed by Eddy Boxerman!) ///////// 1 Gaijin Games Surprise TBA ///////// 1 framed and self-lit Pixelblock rendering of Cream Wolf from Cream Wolf (pixeljam & messhof) ////////// 1 Babycastles t-shirt (Signed by Oscar Castle!) ////// 1 GDFX Pin ///////// 1 Admission to your choice of any ticketed event at Babycastles /////////////

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[[SIGNED KATAMARI OMG]] ❏ 1 Copy of We Love Katamari (PS2) US Edition signed by Keita Takahashi ❏

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[[SIGNED KATAMARI OMG UK EDITION]] ❏ 1 Copy of We Love Katamari (PS2) UK Edition signed by Keita Takahashi ❏

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[[THE CROBAR (R.I.P.) OF VIDEO GAMES]] ❏ 1 Signed, Sexy pose of Kunal Gupta or Syed Salahuddin (you gotta pick) ❏ 1 date with Mark Denardo of Graffiti Monsters + Pixeljam ❏ 1 Pixelblock Rendering of Leigh Alexander of Sexy Video Game Land + Gamasutra ❏

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[[THE ISSUE PROJECT ROOM OF VIDEO GAMES]] ❏ Ian Bogost's Guru Meditation cartridge, for use on the Atari VCS (2600) ( limited edition - 1 of 10 in the world!) ❏

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[[BABYCASTLES!]] ❏ The Original Babycastles Neon (No wait, Argon!) Sign ❏ Babycastles ❏❏Dance Arcade Party❏❏ at a location you choose ❏ 1 Copy of We Love Katamari (PS2) US Edition signed by Keita Takahashi ❏ 1 signed copy each of Osmos (PC), You Found The Grappling Hook: Pro Edition (PC), Osmos (iPhone), Gravity Hook HD (iPhone), & Canabalt (iPhone) ❏ 1 Full 2 Player Production Prize Pack (Blip '06, Blip '07, Blip '08, PAX 2009, Reformat the Planet) ❏ 6 Loud Objects Noise Toys (1 of each kind) ❏ 3 Babycastles t-shirts (Signed by Oscar Castle!) ❏ 1 issue each of Fort90 (signed by Matthew Hawkins), Kill Screen Magazine (signed by Jamin Brophy-Warren), 1UP Megazine (signed by Raina Lee) ❏ 1 regal portrait of yourself mounted forever at the Babycastles permanent location (Artist TBA) ❏ Everything from the Babycastles Pawn Shop ❏ Admission to all ticketed events at Babycastles ❏❏ please write us at meow@babycastles.com! ❏❏

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Babycastles has primarily been an arcade installed inside of a music venue in Queens since November 2009, managed by Kunal Gupta (Loud Objects, Silent Barn) & Syed Salahuddin.

But its grown quite a bit! Here are some of the amazing people who are actively curating, managing, and representing the new Babycastles arcade:

Matthew Hawkins - http://attractmo.de
Leigh Alexander - http://gamasutra.com
Ben Johnson - http://kaosstudios.com
Mark Denardo - http://pixeljam.com
Zach Gage - http://www.stfj.net/art/2009/loselose
Jesse Fuchs - http://www.tic-tac-totality.net
Arthur Ward Jr. - http://quantum-box.com
Ramiro Corbetta
Joe Salina
Kurt Bieg
Sarah Schoemann

and well, so many more!

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