I backed a game for my SO

[Hollandia]

The man is impossible to buy for. I had asked him, his parents and been wracking my brain to think of a gift for him. Then it hit me, there is this new game in development, he refreshes the page a hundred times a day and searches for updates on it. I decided to back the game for him. Not a huge backing, just enough to get him instant updates, a digital copy of it when done and a signed t-shirt from the development team when project is funded. There are some other cool perks and I pushed mine to get a copy of it myself, so now we will be able to play it together. I did go ahead and tell him about it early so he could really enjoy the gift now before the funding deadline is up, but I am not sorry, he was very very very happy with his gift. He is like a little child on Christmas morning literally.

I kinda feel bad about this being his only gift and having nothing to open but overall I think it was the best choice for him.

For any curious gamers..............It is called Godus.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../project-godus

[stephanieaz]

Oh, that's an awesome idea! Seems like you found the perfect gift for him.

Thanks for sharing.

[Hollandia]

Thanks, he just got home from work and it actively watching it like a hawk now.

[Verojoon]

Last Christmas SO and I both backed a movie (I had already bought his presents, or I would have done it for him!!) It was great later that year when we received an advance copy of the movie. We both loved it!

[enemey96]

I think that this is an awesome idea, I would love to do this for my boyfriend as he's very into games!

[Amelia]

What do you mean by backing a game or movie? Never heard of it before

[Yaaamiii]

Nice! At least you finally got something! I think I just finally thought of something for my SO. He's kind of a hard guy to get stuff for, but not entirely.

[Hollandia]

Backing a game means you make a pledge of financial support. They took as little as 10 pounds in this case. They offered different reward levels for depending upon how much you pledged. The project did reach it's goal by the deadline and they are moving forward. He and I will both get a copy of the game, some fun game perks and he will get a signed T-Shirt from the creators of the game in our case.

They gave him 3 days of updates and access to backers only comments sections. They posted live feeds during the final hours. It was truly a perfect gift for him.