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[As previously trailed, Andy Baio from Waxy.org is attending GDC as a guest ‘Web 2.0/geek culture/game culture crossover’ observer, and blogging about it on his popular blog and GameSetWatch. Here’s a Thursday update on the state of the conference.]
I’m mostly a casual spectator of the gaming industry, with my experience limited to being a fan, so it’s been a delight to meet the people behind the games I love at GDC. At the same time, I’ve felt a kinship with these indie developers, having worked as a developer (and accidental entrepreneur) in the web industry for the last ten years.
One of the most jarring and frustrating differences I’ve seen between the web and gaming worlds is the dominance of middle-men: publishers and platforms trying to control the distribution of games. In the web industry, there’s nobody controlling distribution and I don’t need anyone’s authorization to launch a […]
Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Carless) and software by Elliott Back
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