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Press Pass: Going IndieIn his new Press Pass, Kyle Orland looks at the game press' coverage of indie games -- or lack thereof.
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Great PressPass. There are some great indie games out that deserve better coverage than they are getting.
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From my point of view it's a matter of user-interest. The average gamer (let alone the average person with a passing interest in games) couldn't give less of a fuck about what Jonathan Blow is doing, even after I explain over and over again why Braid is amazing and a must-buy, but they'll spend 100 comments telling me that World of Warcraft sucks in a review of its latest expansion. Those same people generate a site's cash, and thus determine its content.
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A while back I wrote for a site that covered indie games but it seems to be gone now. Was called DIY games. Shame, was a fun place.
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I'm a big Game Tunnel fan. That site has put me onto all kinds of great games -- Darwinia, Weird Worlds, etc. etc.
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Indie gamers exist and do seek out reviews, so a coverage can increase traffic. But the indie community is so huge - RPGs/adventures, wargames, casual games, political games - that it's very difficult to know what's out there unless you dedicate a good portion of time to it.
Gillen notes in his article that indie game makers need to seek out coverage, and that's part of the problem. A lot of writers would be happy to talk about a good game of any size, if only someone would tell them.
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"'I think independent games are "in vogue" right now, which can be great for indies, and that does mean that in some cases, they get covered a lot more,' says Carless."
I agree, but in my opinion it's only the most mainstream indie games that get pushed. Sure Jason Rohrer is getting some love, but he's really pushing the genre, which a game like The Spirit Engine 2, as good as it is, isn't.
World of Goo and Braid look better than The Spirit Engine and as such probably get more coverage, i
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The end of my comment was supposed to be "imho". Anyway.
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Can someone better define Indie game for me? Are there a lot of Indie games out there? Are they mostly free games or are they for sale but just don't get shelf space at Best Buy and Gamestop?
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