The pitch: Time-traveling, super-powered scientists (Freud, Einstein, Tesla, Darwin & Tapputi) travel through time fighting Nazis, renegade soviet cosmonauts and assorted scientific nemeses. The talent behind it: Tinman Creative Studios in Toronto. The Kickstarter page.
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