Interview "How Kickstarter Saved Obsidian" - Kotaku interview reveals cancelled Obsidian RPG Stormlands

[Excidium II]

So, when are we gonna interview Sawyer and/or Obsidian? We got PoE, PoE's expansion, Kickstarter, MCA and Stormlands to talk about, and they clearly are on a PR tour, trying to raise awareness...

Assuming the codex isn't blacklisted

 

[felipepepe]

Well, 1/3 of our PoE reviews are positive. Half of them, if you count Prime Junta's. IT'S BALANCED, I'm sure they love us.

 

[ColCol]

So we have to thank Josh for PoE in the end.

I was considering naming the post "How Josh Sawyer Saved Obsidian" but I chickened out

Saved them, now they can help the world by making tank rpgs.

 

[Kz3r0]

if you count Prime Junta's

Apropos, where is it?

Spoiler

Don't answer, I don't care just laughing at the joke.

 

[Athelas]

So, when are we gonna interview Sawyer and/or Obsidian?

they clearly are on a PR tour

I believe you just answered your own question.

Though they do say there's no such thing as bad press.

 

[Fairfax]

Re: Obsidian management not believing in Kickstarter

It's tempting to pin it all on Feargus (and he is the boss, so the responsibility is ultimately his in any case), but do note that there's evidence that another co-founder of Obsidian, Chris Avellone, was also pretty skeptical of Kickstarter at one point. He was skeptical of it even after Wasteland 2 was funded - he's said a bunch of times in interviews that only when Torment was funded and Star Citizen started racking up really big bucks was he convinced of Kickstarter's long-term viability.

Wasteland 2 is still a reason to be skeptical, to be honest. InXile had to double the game's budget out of their own pocket. The Fig thing proves they don't believe it's a long-term solution themselves.

 

[Infinitron]

When I said "Kickstarter", I really meant crowdfunding in general.