{"id":2122,"date":"2012-02-14T07:30:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T07:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hip97.com\/wp\/?p=2122"},"modified":"2012-10-31T23:55:22","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T15:55:22","slug":"pick-of-the-litter-kickstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2012\/02\/14\/pick-of-the-litter-kickstarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick of the litter: Kickstarter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been looking around Kickstarter lately and I&#8217;ve found a few projects that are too fantastic not to share!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">DOUBLE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">FINE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ADVENTURE<\/span> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/4377.jpg\" class=\"image\" title=\"Double Fine\" alt=\"Double Fine\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first one is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/66710809\/double-fine-adventure\">Double Fine Adventure<\/a> \u2013\u00a0a new point and click adventure game by industry veteran Tim Schaefer who brought The Day of the Tentacle to our screens. I&#8217;ve been making squealing noises at the mere thought of having Tim bring back the genre back from the dead \u2013 the\u00a0point-and-click adventure game is my favorite computer genre. <span class=\"caps\">EVER<\/span>. If you have any doubts about my geekiness at this point, I think it&#8217;s safe to say I&#8217;m a full-on game nerd who insists on playing only a particular type of game genre. And it appears that I&#8217;m not the only one \u2013\u00a0they&#8217;ve surpassed their goal <span class=\"caps\">AND<\/span> quadrupled their asking figure within a mere few days.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">GOLDEN<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">MOTH<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ILLUMINATION<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">DECK<\/span> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/4375.jpg\" class=\"image\" title=\"Aijung Kim\" alt=\"Aijung Kim\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next up: Aijung Kim&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/51647073\/the-golden-moth-illumination-deck?ref=pikaland\">Golden Moth Illumination Deck<\/a> \u2013 that comprises 68 symbolic cards illuminated by the <a href=\"http:\/\/aijungkim.com\">artist herself<\/a>. The deck is used much like tarot cards to give insight to one&#8217;s subconscious mind. The images then become alert to your thoughts, actions, and emotional patterns; and you can decipher them however you wish. <\/p>\n<p>According to Aijung: <br \/>\n<em>Using the cards can help people to become more conscious and empowered about the choices they make. It is also a tool to develop your intuition and keep your mind open to seeing things from a new perspective.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can get a deck of cards over at her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/51647073\/the-golden-moth-illumination-deck?ref=email\">Kickstarter page<\/a>, or alternatively, you can get a reading from Aijung directly!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">OBOS<\/span> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/4376.jpg\" class=\"image\" title=\"Obos\" alt=\"Obos\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remember those interchangeable plastic toys with parts that you can swap out for another? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/obos\/obos\">Obos by the Really Brothers<\/a> is another Kickstarter project that aims recreate the experience with a more eco-friendly method. The entire toy is made up of recycled paperboard \u2013 everything is included within the box, and it&#8217;s fully recyclable!<\/p>\n<p>The only thing hampering me from backing them is the price of their international shipping (which costs more than the toy itself!)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">KIBUN<\/span> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, if you&#8217;re into plush, you should check out the Kickstarter campaign for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/rawemotion\/kibun-toy?ref=live\">Kibun<\/a> by Andrew Lum. He intends to produce a range of toys for a character named Kibun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"Pick of the litter: Kickstarter\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2012\/02\/14\/pick-of-the-litter-kickstarter\/\" aria-label=\"More on Pick of the litter: Kickstarter\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_generate-full-width-content":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32033,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122\/revisions\/32033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}