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News & ArtsThursday, October 6, 2011
Games Blowing Off Steam
Posted by The Stranger Testing Department on Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:36 PM
Indievania is a new games portal for independent developers that takes zero percent of sales off the top. This could be really big for the mushrooming indie games scene, which has been pretty well ghettoized by tiny marketing budgets and platforms that emphasize the major players. Megaplatform Steam is a great way to acquire and play games, but their indie selection is smallish and drowned out by those with cash to burn. Also, they take a cut from every sale, which hurts the indies quite a bit more than it does the big guys. Before now, if you wanted to support independent game designers, you had to either hunt them down or wait for recommendations from friends or lazy gaming writers. Indievania is well worth checking out and coming back to, as it gives the weird little games we love room to breathe.
The Stranger Testing Department is Rob Lightner and Paul Hughes.
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