As Phil Fish postes up his comments on gamers taking ad-revenue from developers via YouTube videos, is he right in what he has to say? Or is he in fact not understanding the concept?
A writer and editor turned game developer who has previously worked for websites such as Destructoid and the Escapist, TechRaptor was lucky enough to talk to Allistair Pinsof for a series of interviews about the current state of the gaming media.
This is a great interview, pretty much reminds you why GamerGate was set up in the first place, to counter "fishy" stuff like this in the industry
I mean this is just Indie stuff can you imagine the situation with big developers and what sites do to get on their good side.
Totally disgusting that the industry has come to this.
Im not surprised to be honest but let this be a lesson to all those people smearing #gamergate as a hate group and a misogynistic movement. This is what we fight for and this is the sh*t that needs to stop.
Phil Fish is a thief and the reasons as to why Fez 2 will never come to fruition is because he is a talent less hack
Both of the interviews with Pinsof have been fantastic. Hope this gets all the exposure it can.
most publications seem to be ignoring it hoping it disappears
im looking at you giantbomb r/games r/gaming polygon gamasutra and all you corrupt fools
(CriticalIndieGamer) Indie gaming is a serious business these days, but it is sometimes a little too serious for my liking. An industry that was started for fun has become the domain of a few sanctimonious, self-aggrandizing, and downright annoying developers. Admittedly, some small part of me secretly enjoys the controversy courted by these mavericks, so let’s take a look at five of my favourite game developer meltdowns.
From EGMR, "Indie games can be amazing experiences where quality truly shines through, but many a time the same cannot be said of the developers behind some of these games. Over the past year, I had my own experiences and witnessed a lack of PR sensibilities, and in some instances professionalism when indies communicated with members of the press. What I have noticed quite frequent is the lack of tact some developers have when communicating in a public forum, which needs to be highlighted. It is quite evident that some developers don’t realise that their social media feeds are a public forum, and that what you say in a public online context can have some real consequences."
Depends on how you look at it. One would say that people doing lets plays is actually free advertising which opens up to people buying said game. Another way you could look at is that people doing lets plays just enables people to not purchase said game because they can just watch in it's entirety for free on the internet. It all depends on the game to be honest.
In the case of Phil Fish he should be glad people are doing let's plays of his game. We all know that when it comes to indie games that let's plays actually help the game sell more. There is a endless flood of indie games which can cause some games to get lost in the fray.