Nostalgia is turning out to be a powerful business model on Kickstarter, although nostalgia might not be the right word for original IP built largely in a modern game development engine.

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If hype and quality translate to sales, Bethesda will have made the right call banking on a new IP.

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Another concern is that BP will get significant intellectual property rights to the work being done at Berkeley, including the right of first refusal to a flood of IP that could result.

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If Congress ever decides that IP rights have swung too far in one direction, it can always rebalance them by changing the law, right?

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