It seems there's a lot of "free money" and easy attention flowing through kickstarters that I also find troubling.

Especially with anything video game related that kind of comes off as just "online begging." You have companies like "River West Brands" that "acquires, redevelops, and monetizes iconic brand intellectual property" and has put out a kickstarter to remake the Colecovision http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rantmediagames/colecovis...

It's slowly evolving into a very very specific niche of billing not well-handled by PayPal- collecting one lump sum from a large number of customers.