Vicki Dolley writes: "Indie Game: The Movie can be seen as the flipside of the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters – whilst the latter was about the obsession of video game fans, Indie Game: The Movie is about the obsession of independent developers. These are people who are full of amazing creative ideas and passion, who have absolutely no intention working for a giant corporation (Super Meat Boy developer Tommy Refenes believes that popular modern big-budget games like Halo: Reach and Call of Duty are terrible and that working for big companies like EA and Epic Games would be his worst nightmare)."
If you're bored one day and want to be stimulated, these geek documentaries are available now on Netflix, which should make for some interesting viewing.
TQ writes: Today we are going to take a look at something that showcases a topic so near and dear to my heart, independent game development. The film that I am referring to showcases the trials and tribulations of this process, and it goes by the name of Indie Game: The Movie.
After the blockbuster spectacular that was episode 5 Dr Dogbert goes independent this time with the filmmaking duo Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky's Kickstarter funded Indie Game - The Movie which follows the development life of three video games. Braid by Jonathan Blow, Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes's Super Meat Boy and Phil Fish's award winning Fez
