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[HypocrisyGalore]

Does anyone else get the feeling that the current, constant praising of Indies is a fad that'll have its bubble burst soon enough?

Not to say Indie games are good or bad (or that the entire spectrum of Indie games can be classified so easily; obviously they can't), but I can't help but feel this is just another stage of the video game's industry's long obsession with being seen as an equal with books and movies as an "art form."

"Indies aren't mass market and are 'weird' (many of the ones that get a lot of attention are), so they prove video games are art!" seems to be the feeling get from a lot of the Indie evangelists.

 

[hawk2025]

aww man, Super Time Force is May or June? I figured it would come out any week now.

Below has to be a 2015 title.

 

[wildfire]

Wait. So that was just the warm up band, IGF.

Bring on the GDC!

 

[Cartman86]

Does anyone else get the feeling that the current, constant praising of Indies is a fad that'll have its bubble burst soon enough?

Not to say Indie games are good or bad (or that the entire spectrum of Indie games can be classified so easily; obviously they can't), but I can't help but feel this is just another stage of the video game's industry's long obsession with being seen as an equal with books and movies as an "art form."

"Indies aren't mass market and are 'weird' (many of the ones that get a lot of attention are), so they prove video games are art!" seems to be the feeling get from a lot of the Indie evangelists.

No

 

[SwiftDeath]

Does anyone else get the feeling that the current, constant praising of Indies is a fad that'll have its bubble burst soon enough?

Not to say Indie games are good or bad (or that the entire spectrum of Indie games can be classified so easily; obviously they can't), but I can't help but feel this is just another stage of the video game's industry's long obsession with being seen as an equal with books and movies as an "art form."

"Indies aren't mass market and are 'weird' (many of the ones that get a lot of attention are), so they prove video games are art!" seems to be the feeling get from a lot of the Indie evangelists.

lol indie games are cropping up because of the failure in the AAA industry to encourage and instill continued creativity

It is not some big effort to make video games look more like an art form. That's ridiculous

 

[jett]

Hilarious.

 

[kassatsu]

I can't.

 

[aly]

Pls stop with the woman jokes.

 

[hawk2025]

eerrrr what's going on here, exactly? I'm confused.

 

[J-Rzez]

What terrifying boss design artwork... oh, it's a vagina, nvm.

 

[Slavik81]

This... is awkward.

 

[GalacticToast]

This is kind of painful to watch...

 

[SwiftDeath]

I don't like this host that much but I can't tell if it's me being sexist

All right that woo thing worked much better than I thought it would

 

[ReplacementPelican]

Women in the video game industry seem very self-righteous about being women in the video game industry.

Why is she acting like they'll be scared of her? I get that it's a joke but it seems odd. Maybe it's because I'm European? Is it an American thing? I don't understand!

 

[Freeman]

Does anyone else get the feeling that the current, constant praising of Indies is a fad that'll have its bubble burst soon enough?

Not to say Indie games are good or bad (or that the entire spectrum of Indie games can be classified so easily; obviously they can't), but I can't help but feel this is just another stage of the video game's industry's long obsession with being seen as an equal with books and movies as an "art form."

"Indies aren't mass market and are 'weird' (many of the ones that get a lot of attention are), so they prove video games are art!" seems to be the feeling get from a lot of the Indie evangelists.

Not really. Many of them are great, that its all that matters. Looking back in the past few years I have more indie games on my list of favorite games than AAA and I don't even play that many indies.

 

[Makai]

Does anyone else get the feeling that the current, constant praising of Indies is a fad that'll have its bubble burst soon enough?

Not to say Indie games are good or bad (or that the entire spectrum of Indie games can be classified so easily; obviously they can't), but I can't help but feel this is just another stage of the video game's industry's long obsession with being seen as an equal with books and movies as an "art form."

"Indies aren't mass market and are 'weird' (many of the ones that get a lot of attention are), so they prove video games are art!" seems to be the feeling get from a lot of the Indie evangelists.

Not if the AAA studios keep going out of business. :|

 

[TomShoe]

~~~~~woo~~~~~~

She was trying too hard on that one.

 

[Hupsel]

This is... this sounds like something a host from a Disneyland ride would ask of the audience.

 

[astrogamer]

and Papers, Please wins yet again

 

[SwiftDeath]

Papers Please - Innovation Award

Lucas Pope to start free style rapping if he wins 2 more awards and runs out of things to say

 

[aly]

Papers is sweeping tonight!

 

[Makai]

Best Audio: Papers Please

 

[Freeman]

Why isn't TLoU on this category?

 

[aly]

Tearaway was robbed for Audio award

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

This... is awkward.

Women in the video game industry seem very self-righteous about being women in the video game industry.

Why is she acting like they'll be scared of her? I get that it's a joke but it seems odd. Maybe it's because I'm European? Is it an American thing? I don't understand!

In some place, Patrick Klepek nervously laughs in the same manner that did when he cheerfully called Nolan North an asshole.

 

[beast786]

MS with only a single exclusive nomination for audio in FORZA .

360 really lacked in exclusive in its end life

 

[Jinfash]

OH BOY I DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING!

 

[SwiftDeath]

Best Audio - Bioshock Infinite

Think they misspelled Papers Please

 

[ckohler]

I think BioShock deserves that award. The sounds was very good.

 

[Xena]

Tearaway was robbed for Audio award

I have to agree...

 

[Slavik81]

Where can I find a list of the winners thus far?

 

[Visualante2]

Well that was diplomatic.

 

[HardRojo]

I played BS:I a month or so ago and the only thing about audio I remember is that song Elizabeth sings :/ Tearaway had great music but the game didn't take advantage of it, playing it only during certain parts.

 

[hawk2025]

I played BS:I a month or so ago and the only thing about audio I remember is that song Elizabeth sings :/ Tearaway had great music but the game didn't take advantage of it, playing it only during certain parts.

Tearaway took full advantage of it. Its best moments work because of the fantastic soundtrack, like everything during the ending and final segments.

 

[Nafai1123]

<3 KSP

 

[ckohler]

Where can I find a list of the winners thus far?

I'm editing the OP.

 

[wildfire]

Does anyone else get the feeling that the current, constant praising of Indies is a fad that'll have its bubble burst soon enough?

Not to say Indie games are good or bad (or that the entire spectrum of Indie games can be classified so easily; obviously they can't), but I can't help but feel this is just another stage of the video game's industry's long obsession with being seen as an equal with books and movies as an "art form."

"Indies aren't mass market and are 'weird' (many of the ones that get a lot of attention are), so they prove video games are art!" seems to be the feeling get from a lot of the Indie evangelists.

Game developers will be more discerning about actual game design. For example the awards for Actors by Actors is vastly different from the Academy Awards which is more populist.

 

[GalacticToast]

She's easily one of my least favorite hosts.

 

[Chavelo]

Man, this host is just trying too hard to be memorable.

 

[HardRojo]

Tearaway took full advantage of it. Its best moments work because of the fantastic soundtrack, like everything during the ending and final segments.

There were parts with no music playing at all, the parts with background music were great and I really wanted music to be there all the time :/ The ending was great and I loved the game but not having music all the time is my only complaint.

 

[ckohler]

Host rule #1: don't tell your audience what to do.

 

[Cyriades]

She's easily one of my least favorite hosts.

But her body is banging! Damn dat booty!!

 

[aly]

How hard is it to say the winner and move on?

I did'nt like Gone Home, but congrats to them I guess.

 

[KumaJG]

Abbie Heppe hosting status probably up there with Felicia Day, cringeworthy.

 

[Metalingus5150]

Dem dreadlocks tho.

 

[SwiftDeath]

Wow this video really paints video games and fans of video games in a brilliant light for all those onlookers

 

[Visualante2]

Find it hard to find this funny when so many people are using food banks /nofunpolice

 

[Toxi]

Does anyone else get the feeling that the current, constant praising of Indies is a fad that'll have its bubble burst soon enough?.\

No, because there clearly isn't a constant praising of Indies happening right now.

 

[shwimpy]

this just might be worse than the VGAs.

 

[GalacticToast]

That Bioshock spoof was kind of funny at first, but it's dragging along now. Talk about overkill.