Monthly Archives: March 2014

Thanks To The Press! (James – Journey of Existence)

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Over the last few months, various forms of media and press have been kind enough to write about me and my indie game “James – Journey of Existence.” For personal reference and for the rest of you, I’ve decided to post some of the sites here. If you find others, feel free to let me know so I can add it. If you’ve mentioned my game in the past, I’d love to add you here. This article may be updated with press relating to “James,” and not to other games which I (may) make in the future.
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Some Cool Crowdfunding Projects (March 2014)

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I’m going to start a new habit of listing some cool Crowdfunding projects you should check out every month. Not all of them get the press they desparately need, so why not tell the four people who read my blog about them?

Only games. Not MMORPGs or table-top games, I never liked them and there are way too many of those on Kickstarter to begin with.

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4k Resolution: Does It Matter?

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I’m sorry, it’s silly that I make a post about 4k resolution here (a blog about game development and crowdfunding), but I’ve wanted to talk about this for months.

If you don’t know, 4k refers to the next revolution in television displays. We’ve already seen 3D tv as a failed experiment, we’ve seen Smart tv slowly get bargain prices, and now 4k is coming along. It refers to roughly four thousand horizontal pixels in the screen, which comes out to roughly 4x as many pixels as 1080p, our current max resolution. 4k tv has actually been around for almost a year, but hasn’t caught on yet either, due to a lack of content.

Is 4K worth it?

Personally, I say yes… sort of.

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The Modern Definition of “Indie”…

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Being “indie” was always a small trend of people thinking they were cool (most of them are cool, but not because of “being indie” like some hipsters would try, but what they do that makes them “indie”). The “indie” lifestyle is present in almost every aspect of creative culture. “Indie” music, “indie” films, “indie” writing (blogs or self-published), “indie” comics, and of course, “indie” games.

But what exactly does “indie” mean?

Of course, it stands for being “independent,” which according to Wikipedia, is simply being free from any government or corporate interests. If no big publisher is paying you for you to make something, or if you aren’t doing what you are told, then you are technically an “indie” artist.

But does this definition still hold today?

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