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My Thoughts on Indie

Started by KrakaJak, June 18, 2009, 07:11:57 PM

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KrakaJak

June 18, 2009, 07:11:57 PM
Now, this isn't me in this video. It's also ranting about indie video games. However, it sums up my thoughts nicely about indie RPGs (indie anything really).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-1oXLZmT3M&feature=player_embedded

For those of you to lazy to watch (which is, by far, the greatest height of laziness one can acquire): Matt Birch basically says that indie games should be held to the exact same standards as full blown AAA commercial games. They shouldn't be given a pass just because "It was made by one dude by himself." Or other "well it only took 24 hours to make."

Bad games are bad, good games are good. End of story.
-Jak
 
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June 18, 2009, 11:31:11 PM
Very true, yes.
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June 20, 2009, 03:48:04 AM
Said it before, I'll say it again: the whole 'indie' moniker is so fucking dated-sounding. So horribly 90s, conjuring up images of shitty wannabe alternative-rock bands in geek glasses and corny retro clothes.

That's how I picture these 'indie' game designers, too, except they're probably all fatbeards.
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