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As of Wednesday night, the famed Ouya Kickstarter project has now been fully funded. Actually, it was way past fully funded, as 63,000 backers gave the project $8.5M when the initial goal for the hackable console was only $950K. This includes 46,000 who gave $99 which comes with a promise that they’ll get the console when its released. But when is that? There’s sort of a strange realization now that Ouya has $8.5M of gamers’ money, and they have nothing but a promise. And you can’t play a promise. Read the full story at Forbes.

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Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.

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