Lately I backed Jeremy Soule's first symphony http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/499808045/from-the-composer-of-skyrim-soule-symphony-no-1 He needed 10k$ but the stretch goal was set at 100k to record it a recording facility. The community was able to gather more than 120k. Another project I am interested in is the one where they try to create glowing plants. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antonyevans/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit What projects do you support (if any)?
I've supported a few smaller types of things like specific licensed tables for Pinball Arcade (Twilight Zone, Star Trek) and some visual artist projects. A bit skeptical about it in some ways though...the potential for scams is rather high.
Red Thread Games set a goal to raise $800,000 through Kickstarter for Dreamfall Chapters. They weren't sure they would reach that goal but in the end they got $1.5 million. I meant to donate but I forgot and missed out.
I missed Consortium, the spiritual sequel to System Shock 2 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/idgi/consortium-0
Well, their "replace street lights with trees" sounds exagerrated but still that would be great to have glowing trees. Something else bothers me - how do you turn them on/off on demand.
He has said hints about the rights being buy-able and his favourite part of the Shenmue saga has not been shown yet, so there is a glimmer of hope.