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[Golds]

This is a cute little essay on indie games, created by taking this NYTimes essay, and substituting 'indie game' for 'short story'.

"The independent video game is always ducking for cover.  The Triple-A game buys up the land, cuts down the trees, puts up the condos. The independent video game scampers across a lawn, squeezes under a fence."

I think it works really well!

Found via kottke.

[Farbs]

Things To Do:

• Find short story author
• Hug

Nice find Golds.

[Zaphos]

I don't think it works really, since they seem to be talking about modern short stories which do not try to provide a complete story, and which a lot of people read and say, "where is the ending?  what did I just read?"  But they do try to capture a moment or an epiphany, something larger, instead of telling a 'complete' story.

Indie games don't specialize in that way really ... the only common point with short stories is that they're not as popular as the other form.  I do want to see games which try to be to long-form games what the modern short story is to novels.  But indie games in general are not that.

[Golds]

Yeah, I guess it really applies better to the short-form game, which is something that only indies seem to make these days, even if some AAA games are just short stories with a few select paragraphs copied and pasted ad infinitum to pad them into a 60 hour package.