The foundation of this idea all started with Steam and the communities that live there. After spending enough time on TF2 and CS:Source, I eventually heard of a site that gives away games for Steam, SteamGifts.com. Free games for Steam?
The site is such a beautiful idea: you accumulate points as time passes, then you use those points to enter giveaways. AAA titles cost more points to enter, cheap-o indie games use as little as five points. Simple.
It wasn't long before I discovered my real draw to the site: giving away games. I bought games on sale and used leftover keys from indie bundles to create giveaways, then I thought of something.
Kiva.org is a microloan site that allows people to loan small amounts (as little as $25) to people who traditional banks won't touch: people who live in third-world countries or those who are here in the United States but deemed to risky to loan to (too 'poor').
MvukeUnity is an attempt to join micro-lending with free videogames. With so many people entering the public giveaways on SteamGifts.com, the odds are quite low to win. With a closed group, you can maintain much higher odds to win.
Will this spur people to loan more on the platform or will this create a group of one and done-ers? The hope is once people see how easy it is to use the Kiva platform, they'll become long-time users.
And that's it. Free games if you lend at least 25 dollars on Kiva.org. I hope it seems simple enough.
I'll see you on Steam,
Stephen
No comments:
Post a Comment