Dodd launches obscure crowdfunding campaign

Pete Dodd, an amateur gamer best known for moving to Utah to convert to Mormonism, has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to start a new video game website. The website, according to Dodd, will be the greatest video game media outlet ever to exist on the Internet. He also hints that he may aim even higher, at also taking the crown as the Internet's best-ever NFL news website:

"I want to do everything that a gaming website shouldn't." 

While Dodd's goal of becoming the best gaming website ever may be feasible, a quick analysis raises troubling questions about the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign's backer rewards. At $15, Dodd proposes to offer his supporters the following:

1. A weekly (or more often) email newsletter (that you can easily unsub from)  
2.  Four podcasts run and owned by you
3.  A private forum.  

 Dodd extends those same rewards to backers at every funding level (except $1,000) above $15. While Kickstarter crowdfunding offers a unique approach to the creation of new ventures, a frequent criticism has been that many creators back themselves into corners by offering extravagant rewards they can't possibly fulfill. This may be one of those cases.

Back at your own risk: Dodd may be hard-pressed to release a weekly newsletter without significantly surpassing his fundraising goal.We also respectfully submit that Dodd will be hard-pressed to surpass this website in terms of uncovering industry news. Still, if you're into that sort of thing, the campaign can be found at kickstarter.com/doddscientifics http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dodd-scientifics?show_todos=true