Games made by people I know
I know the people (perhaps even just one) responsible for the development of these games. Typically means I've met them & hung out with them in real life.
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Christine Love is a mean Cards Against Humanity player.
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I am so damned happy this game got Alex so much deserved recognition. The kid is a genius.
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Matt and Jaime are cool dudes. This game has progressed SO MUCH since I saw it first made at the 2012 Global Game Jam.
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Same colleague was lead multiplayer tester on this game. So much love.
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This was the game that got me into online multiplayer, and I recently learned that a colleague of mine was the lead tester on this game. I hugged him.
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I got a copy of Anna's book, Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, in which she had signed "make a game where you cut off your finger." I will one day, Anna. I will.
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Fun fact: I got to play a build of this game at Gamercamp 2011. It was freaking awesome back then.
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This game also features friend & Canadian media darling Sean Hatton, a.k.a. DJ Finish Him, being eaten by a blob.
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The Drinkbox guys were the first and only developers I interviewed in my brief career as a Reviews Editor for PSNStores.com
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Will's a cool guy, capable of great things.
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I got to spend some time with Zoe when she was living in Toronto. She's awesome.
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Shawn McGrath has the most epic facial hair of any game dev in Toronto, and possibly the most monitors used by a single person as well.
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One of my most nervous moments was when Raigan sat down to try a game I had JUST completed after a three-day game jam. Thankfully no bugs cropped up!
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Jon is really, really shy.
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D'uh, I know myself.
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Christine introduced me to Twine. I probably wouldn't have started making interactive fictions if she hadn't.
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Did I mention Christine rocks at CAH? Seriously, there are new levels of horrible and she introduced me to all of them.
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Cassie is pretty awesome. Her dad's kind of a jerk sometimes but he makes excellent adventure games and taught me Flash.
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"droqen" is super-talented and hugs me a lot.
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Miguel just plain rocks (he's a cornerstone of Toronto's indie community), and Shaun lays down the sexiest jams when he's not reviewing mobile games on Canadian TV.
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Craig Adams inadvertently got me into gamemaking. True story.
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Kris told me the story of how this was almost called "Little Big Battle" but they were pitching it at the same E3 where LittleBigPlanet was announced so that changed.
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When I was interning at Untold Entertainment, Capy was in the office next door.
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I ALMOST got to see this game direct from their offices, but Nathan was packing up to head to Shanghai.
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I once ate pho with Jon Mak.
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Mare & Raigan are another two cornerstones of Toronto's indie dev scene.
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I am a horrible person for not having played all of Anna's games yet.
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An earlier build of this game had some scenarios written by me in it; sadly they got cut from the final version. Still, Damian is a wunderkind.
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Merritt is awesome. We haven't met in real life, but I hope to change that soon.
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LOL SPOILERS OLD *MUTE DIES!!!
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Anna hates that dys4ia is the one game she seems to get the most recognition for. I don't blame her, she's made a ton of other games.
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I am sad that this is coming to Xbox One first, but I am still so happy for CAPY. They bust their asses hard.
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Being a game developer in Toronto, it's pretty hard to not know anyone working at Ubisoft Toronto.
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