Just saw a visible indie game dev griping about how AAA games shouldn't get praise for stuff indie games have done already 1) indie game devs have been some of the worst harassers in my life 2) AAA games are a fundamentally different thing from someone's Twine game
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Like, I truly don't mean to dismiss the work that goes into something like a Twine game, but OBVIOUSLY underrepresented voices will be visible in those, because you don't need a budget of any kind The point of praising AAA representation is some stuff needs a budget
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Now there are indie games somewhere in between "Twine" and "AAA" obviously, and visual novels have been innovative in LGBT content in particular, but not every gaming preference can be sated by visual novels either.
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This person posted that those of us praising AAA games are "telling on ourselves" that we don't think indie games are real games... I mean, no, I don't think a game with no graphics or very retro graphics is the same kind of game as a big budget game, or even a medium one
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You want to hold up certain indie games as absolutely equalling big budget games in impact, I'm willing to listen on Oxenfree, Analogue, Night in the Woods, To the Moon, Always Sometimes Monsters, etc. But even in that range LGBT rep is rare (although those have it)
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Replying to @PossibleCabbage
Maybe... I think it's more resentful indies griping at AAA and sniping the happiness of those of us who get joy from AAA games, and then A/AA/funded indie games sort of hanging out and basically doing what AAA does but a bit less fancy
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Yeah, bluntly, this is sure as shit what I see: A bunch of indie publishers resentful that their efforts go unrecognized
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Replying to @loudpenitent @BootlegGirl
Yeah if the indie scene were actually as thriving as advertised the envy wouldn't be so pronounced (And I really think that while obviously everyone wants money it's envy for attention as much as it is sales)
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(Like unlike the famous quote about how "Hardly anyone bought the Velvet Underground's albums but everyone who did started a band", I feel like the backlash is because the current indie game scene is pretty damn sure the AAA scene just completely ignores them)
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