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Is something technically Indie when the studio devs have been living/breathing the industry for decades and using their own network in order to make these things happen and get exposure?

Some might say that's a different argument altogether, but what makes self-published titles different from what's considered an Indie game?

When does a company stop count as being 'Indie' and become seen as a big thing? Publishers like Annapurna Interactive are called Indie too, when will that change?

Sweet! I like to think the lamps in Grubb's room are his eyes.

@bigsocrates: Yeah, that's the version I meant - I don't know why they decided to only release that on Switch. Like at the time it came out the PS4 was still doing gangbusters right? I just wish they'd port more of their games... I'm a guy with a big oomfie setup I'd love to play Virtua Racing at high framerates on a nice big flashy screen and not a handheld like that. Bah.

When I got my Series X on launch, I had to buy a used Xbox 360 just so I could buy Daytona USA and a few of their other XBLA titles (that are all backwards compatible, mind you...) because SEGA didn't make them available for next-gen store either. They just straight up make it a pain to play a lot of these damn games.

I wish SEGA would just put Virtua Racing on PC or at least the other consoles. Bahhhhh

I know some people are expecting some very verbose answers, but this simply cannot be done because you'll alienate someone regardless. Also some people will never be happy and you'll end up having to expose everybody's private life by trying to address every single doubt in the process.

Jeff has stated on his stream today that he wanted to be more direct and in his own words 'fuck shit up', with some serious remarks about the state of the industry. You probably don't want to do that on Giant Bomb when other staff will be affected by this anyway.

Just when Alex, Brad and Vinny left, this hits hard... but if you truly respect these people and crew give them a chance and most importantly their space.

Really good post OP.

I was at one point too afraid to even be using my real voice online - had used a voice changer whenever we talked on TeamSpeak 2 or Half-Life mods on Steam because I was afraid of 'sounding gay' or something. It was all pretty fucked up and still is, but it does seem like fighting back is more feasible in this day and age.

The Amico bumper at the end just has every cheesy sound effect under the sun playing over it

Honestly, I'm still waiting for the content updates before I'm going to even try the game. Otherwise it'd just ruin my overall experience.

What was promised in every promotional material leading up to the game was vastly more interesting to me than what it ended up being, very evidently cut down to get it out the door. They put such an emphasis on some of the things being there that I people feeling deceived is in my opinion justified.

Random encounters! Own different apartments! Choices that bleed through the game progression! Never came to be, maybe one day - and then I sure as hell would like to play it... I'm just gonna spend time in my backlog for the time being.

TimeSplitters 2 BC announcement? REAL FREAKING COOL YO.

I try to mix it up to at least have some variety. When it comes to character creation I also don't really do self-inserts if I can avoid is as I feel I'd make the dullest character imaginable. It's also a lot more fun to go back your old saves and see something random.