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At first I thought - Jonathan Blow, just another hipster indie game developer - but boy was I wrong. His 'rants' are pretty spot on. The whole market is moving

by stripe 14y ago

At first I thought - Jonathan Blow, just another hipster indie game developer - but boy was I wrong. His 'rants' are pretty spot on. The whole market is moving too fast for those Dinosaurs to keep up with competitors. Where Apple and others improved the user experience I hope to see that the Ouya tackles TV based console gaming without the whole baggage of cert, closed platform and super strict rules that limit innovation business and gaming wise.

kitsune_ 14y ago
He is the exact opposite of a "hipster". He is a very smart (and in my opinion humble) guy. I don't know where his portrayal as an arrogant guy comes from. He held an amazing talk / presentation at Rice University called "Video Games and The Human Condition": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqFu5O-oPmU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqFu5O-oPmU
- stripe 14y ago
  Great talk! Thank you for the link.
- sweenster 14y ago
  Funny because he had a mediocre talk/presentation at UC Santa Cruz where he came off as an arrogant dick to a bunch of game design majors. And he is definitely not humble.
jyap 14y ago
Jonathan also made the game Braid and is in the Indie Game documentary that can now be purchased/viewed online: http://indiegamethemovie.com/ http://indiegamethemovie.com/ I thought this quote was great from the article which puts everything in perspective: [Next generation consoles] have to compete with the iPad 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
- unimpressive 14y ago
  >I thought this quote was great from the article which puts everything in perspective: [Next generation consoles] have to compete with the iPad 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Not to mention whatever they have to compete with.