http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drmikey/the-indie-console?ref=category "The Indie Console!" If that name has you thinking "WTF is that supposed to mean," you aren't alone. Reading through the comments section shows the guy who wants to do the project doesn't have a clue either.
Because apparently $70,000 and 1 guy whose made some obscure but award winning games is enough to make not just a competitive desura/steam-like but also hardware which appears to be just a PC after you've connected it to a TV and plugged in a controller, but he somehow thinks it's different from that? Also from the first ($3) reward it appears he's charging money for the software. He talks about steam not approving every indie game, but desura seems like it accepts most things and it supports mods on top. You can sort of see some good ideas he's passionate about, but I don't think it could be done well enough to justify it's existence by anything that's not fairly big and experienced- at the very least you need lots of games on board and that could be hard to do.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sonnylopez/mitank-paintball-tanks-by-rti?ref=category
Paintball tanks. Aside from being a god-mode which makes the game terrible for anyone else playing, all I can think of is what would happen when you accidentally drove over someone taking cover in a bush. Squish.
I don't think you are giving the project enough credit, the idea is so the wheelchair bound can experience paintball. Because apparently the best way to help those less fortunate then yourself is to put $22,000 into two tanks. It's definitely not a good idea, but they have good intentions.
EDIT: Just had a look at the 'ultimate computer' concept art for the finished product. It looks like someone who just learned how to use some crummy freeware 3D modeller would make. And they put their name on it because of course people would want to steal that brilliant design.
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