"Camelot" is not IP for a number of reasons. The first reason would be that the idea of Camelot dates back to the twelfth century, roughly five hundred years prior to the first modern copyright laws. The second is that Camelot is not even in what is considered to be the public domain. Much like Norse mythology, what people know of them is not traceable to any specific work with an identifiable author. Some things do have identifiable authors, from about nine hundred years ago, and those few stand in fierce contrast to the overwhelming majority of the information that comprises each mythology. These sources are essentially so far from anything that can be called intellectual property that to use them as an example of a work in the public domain that he may as well refer to them as abandonware. The word he was looking for is, "setting." That being said, I will probably buy this game.
Welp. The Kickstarter went up yesterday and they've raised $700,000. In my [largely uninformed] opinion, the KS page could use a lot more concrete information re the game; I think they're trading too much in brand recognition and nostalgia. OTOH, lol Torment: Tides of Numenara. So what do I know? eta: They've got a cloth map at the $250 level. Intriguing.
While I don't think Mark Jacobs deserves it, and while I thought they wouldn't succeed, I'm glad they did.
A group of my friends that were hardcore DAOC fans kicked in over $1k total despite the misgivings i expressed... They are definitely cashing in DAOC loyalty that they really haven't earned.
Adree pointed this out, and frankly everyone should get to enjoy this. While the jury's still out on the potential of the game, there's no question the fanbase is AWESOME. Just skim the Kuchera article and go straight to the comments. OH MAN. Maybe the other guy had a point about the 100 words thing. Hahaha. And that's just skimming off the top. Great SPEC OPS media campaign, fans!
To be fair Computer Shopper is about on par with Penny Arcade Report in terms of journalistic integrity.
