GT writes, "Pachter interviews the self-proclaimed #1 journalist in the gaming industry, HipHopGamer, highlighting the big moments of PAX 2010! Don't forget to bring your questions to the Ask Pach page to get them answered on future episodes!"
"INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series connecting indie game fans all over the world, highlighted more than 150 games during its Saturday broadcast introducing world premieres, new trailers, and updates during its 10th-ever digital showcase." - INDIE Live Expo.
"Following a great event in November of last year, DevGAMM Lisbon is coming back to the beautiful and sunny Cascais region to catch up with old friends, connect with game developers from around the world, hear from seasoned professionals, and have a great time all around." - DevGAMM.
A look into the sad trajectory of indie games from high successful releases to complete irrelevancy in just a few weeks or months.
That's the thing with gaming there's always new experiences to have why spend months or years playing a single game when there's a new experience right around the corner.
Indie or AAA if your building your game expecting long term player counts you'll probably be disappointed as gamers often enjoy something for a few weeks and move on only to return if it's truely a classic.
Out of all the generations I've experienced there's games from 30 plus years ago I still dust off and play like super Mario bros, earthbound, vice city and san Andreas being games I treasure and revisit every few years but I'm not going back to play a game designed to keep me engaged for months on end because it's also designed to milk my wallet in most cases.
Build a great game that people love make it playable offline and ask does it matter if the concurrent player count is under 100 a year post launch more often that not it doesn't
The price of entry is too high to take chances like I used to. Was looking at V Rising and that ranges from $50-$130 CAD. That’s a lot for an indie imo. By the time it goes on sale, the player count might be dwindling. But that’s the trade-off, I guess.
Wow, two of the biggest idiots in the games industry; together at last.
The two biggest idiots in the gaming industry finally meet.
@Pandamobile - Psychokinetic commenting? *switches keyboard ports* :)
Nice interview, HHG & Pach
Vanquish is not 60fps is 30fps(and dips below)... HHG is the "#1 journalist" according to him yet he knows less than half the users in N4G *sigh*
hiphopgamer self-proclaimed #1 journalist - lmao- and that supposed to mean something to us? hell- im self-proclaimed #1 software engineer of my generation. doesnt mean because thats what i do, im the #1. please HHG dont give urself more credit than you deserve. For game reviews and previews, id say you the last guy i come to but u not even on my list! i like honest game reviewers not guys that bullshit because they got a free copy of the game or because their guest happens to be involved in the game. if it sux, it sux! dont go throwing 9/10s when the game is a 6 at best.