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by stripe 5075 days ago
At first I thought - Jonathan Blow, just another hipster indie game developer - but boy was I wrong. His 'rants' are pretty spot on. The whole market is moving too fast for those Dinosaurs to keep up with competitors. Where Apple and others improved the user experience I hope to see that the Ouya tackles TV based console gaming without the whole baggage of cert, closed platform and super strict rules that limit innovation business and gaming wise.
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kitsune_ 5075 days ago
He is the exact opposite of a "hipster". He is a very smart (and in my opinion humble) guy.

I don't know where his portrayal as an arrogant guy comes from.

He held an amazing talk / presentation at Rice University called "Video Games and The Human Condition": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqFu5O-oPmU

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stripe 5075 days ago
Great talk! Thank you for the link.
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jyap 5075 days ago
Jonathan also made the game Braid and is in the Indie Game documentary that can now be purchased/viewed online: http://indiegamethemovie.com/

I thought this quote was great from the article which puts everything in perspective: [Next generation consoles] have to compete with the iPad 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

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unimpressive 5074 days ago
>I thought this quote was great from the article which puts everything in perspective: [Next generation consoles] have to compete with the iPad 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Not to mention whatever they have to compete with.

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