Kickstarter games have raised over $100M (and other fun stats)

Newsbrief: Money pledged toward the Games category on dominant crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has surpassed $100 million, according to the company. The category -- which includes both video games and board games -- has seen 1,476 games successfully funded by 633,242 backers. Games took off on the platform, as many know, following Double Fine's successful "Double Fine Adventure" campaign last year. The $83 million pledged toward games in 2012 is over 25 times the a mount pledged in 2011. More info and stats at the Kickstarter Blog.