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Ojiro Fumoto

New documentary hopes the “indie” game invasion of Japan is a good thing

New documentary hopes the “indie” game invasion of Japan is a good thing

8 min read News
One of the first things that Anne Ferrero says to me is that her new documentary isn’t “Indie Game: The Movie [2012] in Japan.” She tells me this as she’s aware that many people will assume that to be the case. But it’s not just a matter of a director looking to ensure that her potential audience is
The tricky brilliance of Downwell’s gunboots

The tricky brilliance of Downwell’s gunboots

3 min read News
“Shit, this game is hard.” It was the jesting gripe heard ‘round the panel room at the Game Developer’s Conference on Monday, March 14th. A grievance that, surprisingly, came from game developer Ojiro Fumoto himself while playing a live tech demo of an early prototype of his own game: Downwell. Fumo