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The Independent category is antiquated, started in an era where it was quite obvious if a creative work was outside the normal pipeline. The Game Awards adopted
by madrox 3y ago
The Independent category is antiquated, started in an era where it was quite obvious if a creative work was outside the normal pipeline. The Game Awards adopted this category the way it adopted many trappings from awards in other industries. However, there's so many ways to make and distribute games now that it's simply impossible to define this category without making it either highly controversial or effectively meaningless.
Let's stop trying to define what indie means and just retire it as a 20th century idea. Stop trying to be like the Oscars and go your own way.
- adra 3y agoSorry, but "games that haven't shoveled sequels or a bunch of prior art" just doesn't have the same je ne ces quoi to me... Even then, sea of stars would still be considered largely derivative in style. Cocoon looked like a pretty novel game though.
- madrox 3y agoI can’t tell how serious you’re being here or what you’re implying. This is a weird straw man. There have been excellent AAA and big budget games. If you’re saying you’d like a category for originality I’m sure there’s a way to put that, but that wasn’t the indie category either.