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Greetings, backers, We hit stretch goal #3 late Saturday night/early Sunday morning! With this stretch goal, all backers of the Veteran ($30) tier and any others that include physical books will receive an autographed Monsters in the Dark bookmark.... (Read More)

Hello again! A few hours after I wrote this week's first update, my cover artist submitted his first pass at Monsters in the Dark's new cover artwork for the book's digital and paperback standard editions. We spent yesterday and this morning ironing... (Read More)

Hey, backers, We're over $20,000, which means we've unlocked Monsters in the Dark's second stretch goal! Once the campaign ends, those of you who pledged to the campaign at the Veteran ($30) tier or above will receive a coupon code from Boss Fight... (Read More)

Good morning, backers, I'm hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) about Monsters in the Dark and my writing on Reddit's Games channel. The event kicks off at 12 Eastern/9am Pacific, but the thread is live now if you'd like to visit the thread and leaving a... (Read More)

Good evening, backers, Earlier today, we reached over $17,500 in funding. That unlocked stretch goal #1! Per the stretch goal rewards, backers of the Veteran ($30) tier and above may choose between a digital copy of Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I or... (Read More)

A Kickstarter campaign has been launched for a new book that will tell the story behind the development of 1994's X-COM: Enemy Unknown, (released in North America as X-COM: UFO Defense and also as UFO: Enemy Unknown in Europe), the first release in the genre-defining strategy series that is still zapping aliens and fending off intergalactic invasions to this day. (Read More)

X-COM is a legendary game for a lot of reasons. This alien invasion research, turn-based strategy, and earth defense management sim featured a wealth of gameplay mechanics and design that would influence further games across various genres for decades to come. That’s likely part of why Long Reads Editor David Craddock has chosen it as his next subject of interest with his upcoming book, Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense, available for backing now on Kickstarter. (Read More)