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Old Jan 25th, 2009, 09:16 PM       
Oh god, I played Starfox Adventures about 70% of the way through, and went 80 hours on Tales of Symphonia. And those are probably the worst games ever.
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Old Jan 25th, 2009, 09:37 PM       
Its like I am reading an artsy film and music forum. Videogames must truely have arrived as a legitimate media if its starting to fill up with pretentious indie fags too.
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Old Jan 25th, 2009, 09:47 PM       
To be fair, video games are the only media where indie stuff is actually good.
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Old Jan 25th, 2009, 10:27 PM       
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To be fair, video games are the only media where indie stuff is actually good.
There is always good indie everything to be found, I just wish it didn't enlarge the smug and shrink the dick of 30% of everyone who discovers that.
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Old Jan 26th, 2009, 12:44 AM       
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To be fair, video games are the only media where indie stuff is actually good.
this may be the most insipid thing anybody has ever typed. independent anything is usually better than the commercialized version because it exists for it's own sake.
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Old Jan 26th, 2009, 01:53 AM       
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this may be the most insipid thing anybody has ever typed. independent anything is usually better than the commercialized version because it exists for it's own sake.
I'd say it's 50/50. You've got the games that are charming and fun and are made just to be fun (and not to be marketed as a product). Some are traditional games, and some are totally off-the-wall. When you play a good indie game that was made with love, it's impressive.

Then you have games made by people who..I dunno. The XNA community, for instance, gets a bad rap. Some aspiring developers get wrapped up in this "Games as art wankery" (the creator of Everyday Shooter confesses to falling into this trap during the early development stages). Others try to make this super huge, super epic game and forget basic design principles or set their goals too high. And others just aren't that good at making videogames.

Personally, I'm really hesitant to try new indie games. Bob's Game, for instance, doesn't have a bright outlook.
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Old Jan 27th, 2009, 02:50 PM       
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What the hell is this? It's like the Timecube website
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Old Jan 25th, 2009, 10:16 PM       
Like Spelunky and Cave Story :D
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Old Jan 26th, 2009, 12:22 AM       
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Old Jan 26th, 2009, 03:33 AM       
God, GW is the most pretentious dick ever.

If you think popularity devalues a product then you're obviously prioritising "looking like a faggy nerd" over playing good games. True gamers play games for the sake of playing games not as some kind of lame status symbol.
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Old Jan 27th, 2009, 09:47 AM       
I think it's far easier and more common to make a great film or book on a low budget than it is to make a great game on a low budget. Of course both exist.
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Old Jan 27th, 2009, 01:25 PM       
I think we can all agree that GW is an idiot.
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Old Jan 27th, 2009, 01:45 PM       
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Old Jan 27th, 2009, 03:24 PM       
This guy (Bob) spent years working on a game for the DS. He wants to sell it instead of making it freeware, but needs a DevKit in order to make physical copies, which Nintendo won't give him (for several good reasons.) So Bob locked himself in a room for 100 days with nothing but a webcam and a phone for Nintendo to call him. 'Round day 30, he tore apart his entire room and was rolling on the floor in a fetal position, at which point the police came.

Then he made posts about how he's better than any developer because he made a game by himself, which "no one else has ever done". He posts videos of the main character walking around a town doing absolutely nothing, showing off how cool it is when cars stop if you walk into the street. Also, the main character is Yuu (har har) and he always spells "you" as "Yuu" on all of his sites and videos, because he thinks that's cute. Bob is also the final boss of Bob's Game.

He's still trying to get Nintendo (specifically, Reggie) to give him a devkit, making more and more insane posts. I remember when he was a normal person...somewhere along the way, he went totally bonkers. Now he says he's underground and in an alien spaceship or some shit. I think he's trying to be funny but it's just getting creepy now.

The best part about independant games is that anyone can make them. The worst part is that anyone can make them...
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Old Jan 29th, 2009, 03:18 PM       
But is there actually a game that you can play? Or is it just him talking about it?
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Old Jan 29th, 2009, 05:15 PM       
He doesn't want to release a demo. He wants to surprise players and just sell the game. For all we know, the game is just walking around a town.
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Old Jan 29th, 2009, 06:15 PM       
I don't imagine he'd make much money by himself even if he did get a devkit, not just on the fact his game doesn't look all that appealing. What was he planning to do about manufacturing and marketing? If he really wanted to see it on a system he should probably try to sell the thing to a game company that'd know how to make and market it.

If he sold it as software right now a few folks would probably end up buying it out of sheer curiosity, that might be his whole reason for this gross stunt.
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Old Feb 1st, 2009, 10:20 AM       
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lol Nintendo invasion. Isn't it illegal or something for them to be walking around the store and handing it to people and employees while they're conducting business? I thought that's why people always handed out fliers and crap outside of store entrances...
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Old Feb 1st, 2009, 11:03 AM       
as lame as the game most likely is, putting sealed "copies" of your game in the nintendo world store is pretty ballsy and awesome
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Old Feb 1st, 2009, 11:16 AM       
He could just nab the thing for a couple thousand bucks on the black market.
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Old Feb 1st, 2009, 11:48 AM       
Bob's not really smart enough to take a hint from Nintendo. I'm not sure if he's smart enough to figure out where to get the developer's kit. But I have to wonder if those cases actually had game cards inside them at all. And if so, how was he able to manufacture copies of the game? I'd be pretty funny if they were all flashcards.

Also, he looks really creepy. This is closing in on Grandma's Boy territory here.
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Old Feb 1st, 2009, 01:06 PM       
i've been working on a new game

how's it looking?

it's... the future of gaming
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Old Feb 1st, 2009, 02:29 PM       
Couldn't he just distribute that crap on Steam or using the XNA studios thing?
Maybe even beg Sony to let him distribute it on PSN?
It doesn't even look interesting-like a bad version of pokemon
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Old Feb 8th, 2009, 03:05 PM       
Holy shit, Killzone 2 is bad. I copped the PAL demo and whoa.

I don't enjoy the pacing of it all, I felt like I was swimming in molasses and the enemies were on speed. The controls ranged from sluggish to unbearable and everything is completely and utterly grey*. I didn't play the multiplayer because I deleted it as soon as I was done with going a little ways into the mission(s). The explosions looked bleh.

In the game's favour, the engine made everything look and flow very nicely; the animations were pretty good as a result. Everything moves well, but you.

All in all, get Resistance 2 or Uncharted if you want good PS3 exclusives. Then again, I don't know what the fuck your bag is, anyway, so get whatever the hell that makes you happy.

I'm waiting for stuff like Noby Noby Boy.

*I understand that it's supposed to be industrial and shit like "AWWWW THE BRUTALITY AND BLEAKNESS OF WAR" but I've never enjoyed that aesthetic.
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Old Feb 8th, 2009, 06:05 PM       
WAIT 'TIL MICROSHOCK HEARS ABOUT THIS :X :X :X

and noby noby boy looks great, but thats probably just because i have a boner for alternative game design :indiefag
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