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Podcasts - Indie Game: The Movie - Audio Review

A documentary that follows the journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world.

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50 Comments for Indie Game: The Movie - Audio Review

July 19, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Stephanie said ...

Wow, trailer looks heartbreaking they have so much passion. Need this listen to the review still.
July 19, 2012 at 1:55 PM, said ...

Guys it's 4.99 ON SALE NOW :)
July 19, 2012 at 9:58 AM, said ...

@stiver thx for that link, watched a bit of the interview and its pretty interesting so far
July 19, 2012 at 5:13 AM, said ...

Lol, the Murph......
July 19, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Hade Shoup said ...

MORE JASON IN REVIEWS.

And Jeff, too! And put them in LEOG more.
July 18, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Mr.Dandy said ...
July 18, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Mr.Dandy said ...

LOL, I would never have guessed you guys would make the Megamania reference! That's got to be my favorite video game commercial.
July 18, 2012 at 2:08 AM, said ...

Yes, they should have mentioned minecraft more, I was playing minecraft while you guys were talking. In fact, I play minecraft while I listened to all the podcasts, maybe minecraft hadn't quite become the big sucess that we now know today when this was filmed. Or maybe they thought minecraft had become too big by that point that they didn't considered it because they were focusing on the guys in the film. I have tried to watch people play Fez, but when the game changes perspectives, it gives me a headache. Meatball is too hard for me. I'll stick with minecraft. Good review guys. :3
July 18, 2012 at 12:32 AM, John Michaels said ...

I second (or third, or fourth, or whatever) the idea of bringing Jason and Jeff on for the Wreck it Ralph review! That said I would be happy no matter what you guys chose to do.
July 17, 2012 at 4:57 PM, John said ...

This was absolutely a great film and i really think these are the type of films that should be shown before any individual decides too go down this sort of career path whether it be indie or working for a large studios that caters to the mass market and not a niche audience.

One thing that i just have never quite understood though is the benefit of working on an indie game. These are deffinelty just success stories for the most part but leon is absolutely correct, they really need to show the negative outcome of this as well.Making an indie game as apposed to working on a large scale title for a present state financially stable company is different then you throwing your life/money away into a passion project that if it fails what do you really have to show for it, yeah you put it out there and it "Expressed yourself" but did that positive really out weigh the negative that came from it ? Their are plenty of games studios that work on games for years and sells terribly and that leads to a lay off of a portion or even the whole studio, and their are even studios that make successful titles that make millions but unfortunately the game still went over budget and you still have to fire employees but at the LEAST you are still getting paid through the project.I guess personally i would never want to go indie or honestly even recommend it. As these guys are artist and want to express themselves and don't want to give into working on mass market repetitive titles that's great but unfortunately we can see it in films and games that the games that are so to speak "Carbon copy clones" are the ones that are the most financially successful...im just ranting now..

anyways review was awesome, i bought the movie great job as always guys.
July 17, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Michael Stiver-Balla said ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDDSYnZfxTM#t=31m50

Anyone has the time or patience, watch the Ed McMillen interview. It is really, really interesting in the same way this movie was.
July 17, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Armitag3 said ...

Steam = The best thing ever. ^_^

Or like they said "crack". :P
July 16, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Claudia Lomelí said ...

@Paul Walker: That would be awesome, yes get Jeff and Jason for the Wreck-It Ralph review please.
July 16, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Alex Thompson said ...

8:40 - Man... whew, lol. I'm still TRYING to find the balance of career/industry and living life.
July 16, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Alex Thompson said ...

7:00 - This... sounds like a scary, but interesting character!
July 16, 2012 at 5:55 AM, said ...

@Paul Walker

Actually that would be perfect, i'm sure the spill screw won't get most of the references so it would be great!
July 16, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Nick Kroboth said ...

Also, Jeff is now a Minecraft addict. Our job is accomplished.
July 16, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Nick Kroboth said ...

Cyrus with a TIME HATERS reference. Points man.
July 15, 2012 at 8:14 PM, said ...

I think there is a bit of a misunderstanding about indie games. It means that the product doesn't have a publisher (EA, Microsoft, Sony, 2K), if one is attached it's no longer an indie title. However, they do have to meet sales quotas to aquire royalties. The business side of any industry is a lot more unpleasant than we like to admit.
July 15, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Fungusmonkey said ...

@Synethesiak - It's under The Loading Bar.
July 15, 2012 at 1:12 PM, said ...

@Paul Walker

Not a bad idea actually.
July 15, 2012 at 10:49 AM, said ...

Probably a long shot, but it would be awesome if Jeff and Jason came back to review Wreck-It Ralph.
July 15, 2012 at 8:45 AM, said ...

Full Price for me I really enjoy this and I got for $4.99 totally worth it
July 15, 2012 at 6:18 AM, said ...

This isn't listed on the Audio Reviews tab for some reason. Just letting the Spill Crew know.
July 15, 2012 at 5:16 AM, said ...

If you want to try these games out now is the time steam is having a crazy sale almost everything is 50% off. Download steam right now if you do not have it already. PC gaming is just as good as console especially when you can plug in a 360 controller to play the games the exact same. Be careful with the steam sales my bank account took a hit this week.

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