Posts Tagged ‘indie’

Cory Doctrow’s Idea for Digital Licensing

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Cory Doctrow has a very interesting article up on Internet Evolution.  In it, he puts out an idea he thinks could help resolve the issue of internet makers creating things that infringe on other people’s intellectual property, said IP holders then bringing onerous lawsuits to bear, etc.  His idea is to do a hybrid Creative Commons license for your content.

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The Post-GDC Buzz

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

I just flew back from GDC.  And boy, are my arms tired.

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Screw Art (Or, Passion & Indie Game Dev)

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Fine art.  But is that what you wanted?The past couple years has given us a growing chorus of people cajoling game makers to take it up a level, imploring us to make Great Art – and a growing number of indies are doing it.  Games like Passage and Flower, amongst many others, are making us think.  This is A Good Thing.

Paying attention to this zeitgeist as an indie dev, though, can screw you over hard.  Here’s why.




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