The finefolks at Kornhaber Brown asked me to come into the studio to talk about indie games for their PBS Offbook series. What they created is one the finest primers on the potential of indie games staring Zach Gage, Leigh Alexander, Eddie Boxerman & Andy Nealen, and Darren Korb. Fun stuff!
This is like Babe Ruth getting traded to the Yankees. [Tom says it’s like Michael Jordan leaving the Bulls and an argument ensued.]
Titled “The Most Retro Video Game System Ever,” comedian Adam Conover walks unsuspecting friends through the gas-powered machinations of the Skaris One-Bit. It eerily reminds us of every awful lo-fi project that we find. Indie or just awful? You make the call.
It’s easy to get lost in the sea of indie games these days. At this year’s Independent Games Festival, I found myself treading water when I came across Brighton-based dev Reece Millidge who was nominated for Excellence in Visual Art. It’s a smaller category, but one of my favorites. I’m fan of aesth
From an interview in the Atlantic this week: The Atlantic: It sounds like you’re saying that literary “talent” doesn’t inoculate a writer—especially a male writer—from making gross, false misjudgments about gender. You’d think being a great writer would give you empathy and the ability to understand