Indie games are the only things that give me hope for any form of enjoyable gaming to continue to exist.
Minecraft was a stroke of genius. Kudos to Notch for that one, still pissed at Bethesda over the Scrolls bullshit.
Slender was short smart and simple, though the sequel wasn't nearly as great. Whoever made it is obviously going places though I can unfortunately smell mainstream with them.
Zun w/ Team Shanghai Alice has made the ultimate approach for an independent game though. PC only is nice but the big thing is his marketing strategy. He makes his money off of his games and aside from that he lets anyone do anything that they want with his characters/world/games under one condition, they have a set limit of profits and are not allowed to go through mainstream distribution.
What started in 1996 is still going strong with regular releases virtually every year from the parent company and I've yet to meet a fan of his work who tries to make the claim that he's 'sold out', 'jumped the shark' or 'lost his touch'.
I remember when companies like ID software and Blizzard were like that too.
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