Imagine a dystopian future where big corporations sue other big corporations over mobile games, where everyone and their mum is making a PC game, and where eSports makes more money than any of us despite nobody really knowing what it’s for. You’re a small indie dev stuck in the middle of all this. How can you stand out and get noticed, in this picaresque world?
Category Archives: Writing
THE FORBIDDEN CITY
All hail the subversive surrealism of European liberals!
HORSE FACE / PLATE FACE
Here is a game that will ruin your life.
TROUBLE IN THE NORTH
There’s a lot of lusty trembling going on right now at Epic Games.
CECI N’EST PAS UNE GAME
“All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.”
“START WHERE YOU ARE. USE WHAT YOU HAVE. DO WHAT YOU CAN.”
“Retweets are marginally better than not doing anything at all, but real-world acts are better.”
GRAVITY
Have you done much jumping in real life?
/kəˈbal/, Part 3: The Society of Simon
“The Society was intended to ensure that the Church was never left entirely without magical assistance.”
THREE REVIEWS OF GAMES FROM THE YEAR 2035
You can live a reasonably long and productive life with no spleen, no gallbladder, no reproductive organs, one kidney, one lung, and only a left eye and ear. I have first-hand experience of this.
THREE REVIEWS OF UNREVIEWABLE GAMES
“I don’t know how I got to this article and now that I’m here I’m confused and alone. Help.”
