Star Citizen: A Crowdfunded Universe Fuelled by Promises
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Star Citizen represents an extreme of the virtual economy, an enormous speculative bubble inflated by hope and hype. But how did we get here, and what is powering this seemingly endless funnel of goodwill?
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Star Citizen Preview - Interview: Chris Roberts Charts A Course For Star Citizen - Game Informer
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Inside the hardcore fanbase keeping the Star Citizen dream alive
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Why I Didn't Get Off The Ground During Star Citizen's Free Fly Week - Gameranx
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Star Citizen - Chris Roberts, lots of spaceship porn, lots of promises - #11334 by Wendelius - Games - Quarter To Three Forums
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Star Citizen Preview: An Ambitious Space Sandbox - Fextralife
Star Citizen's $49M crowdfunded budget isn't outrageous, but the risk to the industry is real - Polygon
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Star Citizen: Will big budget space game satisfy its backers? - BBC News
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True : r/starcitizen
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Star Citizen's pace of funding has accelerated, and it's powered by new backers : r/pcgaming
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Inside Star Citizen's grey market
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Star Citizen Site Has Now Raised Over Half A Billion Dollars, star citizen
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Star Citizen – RetroNeo Games
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Starfighter Inc.' Promises VR Space Combat Sim Built on a Hard Sci-Fi Foundation