Indie Game The Movie

[Pulsar_t]

It's available for rent/purchase at Amazon.com

Here's hoping it's not hipster extravaganza.

[Erik_Twice]

Here's hoping it's not hipster extravaganza.

I think I read in HG101 that it's pretty much a hipster extravaganza

[Gunstar Green]

Yeah. The preview had already given me that impression.

Going to go watch it now. I'll get back to you.

[Pulsar_t]

Damn

[KillerJuan77]

Phil Fish has suicidal thoughts in the movie. Don't feel bad if you want to watch it because of that .

[Gunstar Green]

I hadn't followed the development of Fez or anything because it didn't really look that interesting to me so I knew nothing about Phil Fish going into this.

After watching this though I can see why his girlfriend left him and his partner abandoned him. I can understand him being upset about the things he was upset about but he's incredibly childish, melodramatic and it's unbelievable that he'd act the way he did when he was knowingly on camera.

I also thought the shots they frequently took at the industry were incredibly lame. I get that you enjoy the freedom you have as an indie developer to make what you want but it doesn't make the industry wrong. The games that they reference from their childhood existed because of that industry.

I especially rolled my eyes when Tommy Refenes (Super Meat Boy) went on a rant about how he doesn't make "shit like Modern Warfare and Halo: Reach." Give me a break.

Some of the game design parts were interesting but nothing that people here don't already know about game design. The documentary is more about the personalities behind the games than the games themselves and for the most part those personalities were a bit insufferable.

Jonathan Blow (Braid) seemed like a pretty interesting individual though. I think it was interesting to look at someone like him who sees all of the positive reviews and how popular his game is and responds, "that's nice but you didn't really get what I was going for" and Phil Fish who revels in having his ego stroked at PAX. I'm not criticizing either of them there, it's just neat to see how differently they approach their work.

[Jrecee]

So. . . Hipsters and people who think they're brilliant. Pass.

[KillerJuan77]

So. . . Hipsters and people who think they're brilliant. Pass.

I saw the movie thinking it would be insightful and interesting and instead it's pretencious and unlikeable.

[ja_le_co]

The documentary is more about the personalities behind the games than the games themselves and for the most part those personalities were a bit insufferable.

I think this is where my love/hate relationship with video game documentaries stems from. I find the subject fascinating, but the subjects can leave a bad taste. Ecstasy of Order seemed to pass the test better, though; I didn't squirm that much.

[KillerJuan77]

The documentary is more about the personalities behind the games than the games themselves and for the most part those personalities were a bit insufferable.

I think this is where my love/hate relationship with video game documentaries stems from. I find the subject fascinating, but the subjects can leave a bad taste. Ecstasy of Order seemed to pass the test better, though; I didn't squirm that much.

The King Of Kong and Discovery's I, Videogame are much better.