Hmm, then again, I agree, the kickstarter outline really does make all the right noises.
I think one of the reasons I loved the original so much was that it genuinely made me feel like I was immersed in something that was cleverer than me, that I couldn't really ever hope to understand it entirely. The kickstarter page is giving me a similar feeling
Edit: Also, I checked out some of the Wasteland 2 progress for the first time. I wasn't actually expecting much, but holy crap! It's Fallout 3!... the proper one, not that fan-fiction horsecrap Bethesda knocked out.
Yup, I think it might be time to get backing inXile