John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss the OUYA Android-based TV gaming console Kickstarter project, the unprecedented Penny Arcade Kickstarter project to remove ads from its web site for a year, and the Kickstarter phenomenon itself. Also, check the show notes to find a poll about doing an episode all about the PlayStation 3 game Journey.

Links for this episode:

• The reality of the OUYA console doesn’t match the hype: why you should be skeptical - The PA Report
• Tweet from Minecraft creator Markus Persson about Minecraft on OUYA
• Penny Arcade's Kickstarter
• Community Guidelines - Kickstarter
• Penny Arcade's comic for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Poll: Journey on Hypercritical?
• At $152 in cost, Google’s Nexus 7 leads way for cheaper tablets - Mobile Technology News
• Hypercritical duration trend (scatter plot)
• Hypercritical duration spreadsheet
• The Pipeline #30: Markus "Notch" Persson
• Hypercritical Length - 2000 Nickels
• OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console - Kickstarter

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