If you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past couple of years and have no clue about the crowdfunded beast that is Star Citizen, a new article at Wired will bring you up to speed.
Not in a hurry, mind you, since it’s a lengthy piece featuring everything from an interview with a dude who’s spent over $22,000 backing the game to tidbits including the fact that Cloud Imperium asked Denis Leary to provide the voiceover work for its latest in-fiction spaceship commercial. The company ultimately declined due to Leary’s $100,000 fee.
What about the whale, though, one Wulf Knight of Madison, Wisconsin? Does he have any regrets about his pledges given the fact that Star Citizen has yet to ship? “Some people think, ‘I put a hundred bucks into this game and you owe me this and this and this,'” Knight says. “No. Your $100 entitles you to just as much as my 22 grand does, which is zero. You gave them money to make this game. You’re not buying anything; it’s a donation.”
[Source: Wired]
