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Game Tunnel's Final Independent Game Review Panel

Posted by Zonk on from the less-indie-for-you dept.

cyrus_zuo writes "As of last month Game Tunnel's Indie game review panel is no more. The July panel will be the final piece reviewing what's new in Independent games. The monthly review panel has run just over 3 years with the July panel marking the 37th panel. Having reviewed 468 games over its life, the panel has had a variety of writers giving a plethora of opinions about what has been great and what hasn't been so great in the world of Indie games. The final panel features Derek Yu from TIGSource (and IGF winner Aquaria fame), Greg Costikyan from Manifesto Games, John Bardinelli from Joystiq, and Caspian Prince from Puppygames."

11 comments

  1. Jerk by sykopomp · · Score: 0, Troll

    Good riddance

    1. Re:Jerk by aichpvee · · Score: 1

      Prince, Capsian? I do hope that isn't a real name.

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  2. hey I've got an idea by ILuvRamen · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Instead of a few people pretending they know what they're talking about, how about we make a panel called "people who play the games" and see what they think of the games. I think that might be a little more effective

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    1. Re:hey I've got an idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Preposterous!

    2. Re:hey I've got an idea by hanako · · Score: 1

      um... who's stopping you? GO AHEAD! Feel free to make your own panel featuring whoever you like, or post your own thoughts! I fail to see the problem here... :)

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      I've gotcher 'Women In Gaming' RIGHT HERE!
  3. Indygamer blog by islisis · · Score: 4, Informative

    I would recommend this blog for very comprehensive coverage of the independent scene globally, they seem to have been in to it for a decently long time too
    http://indygamer.blogspot.com/

    1. Re:Indygamer blog by Phoenix00017 · · Score: 1

      Thanks for the link. I find it very sad that this feature is disappearing from Game Tunnel. Indy gaming is one of the best places to find new ideas and innovations in computer games. So many of the big games these days, while very polished with high production values, are still just sequels and licensed material: safe bets in a market of ever-increasing development costs. Computer games are admittedly a little better than console games these days in terms of innovation, but I think a lot of that is because of independent developers who "free" themselves from development costs (i.e. nights and weekends) and thus are able to experiment with gameplay ideas. Long live the indy developer and the indy gamers! Game Tunnel, your review panel will surely be missed.

    2. Re:Indygamer blog by Je-Tze · · Score: 0

      You should note that game tunnel is not stopping their coverage of indy games. Gametunnel is dedicated to indy computer games of all types; that's what the site is FOR. They are just ending that particular format of having 3 or 4 indy authors/publishers/industry people doing a combined review of new indy releases. No big deal really.

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    3. Re:Indygamer blog by Phoenix00017 · · Score: 1

      Ah, that's good news! I used to read the panel discussions but hadn't explored much more of Game Tunnel (obviously, I suppose). Then yeah, I kinda agree...why is this such big news?

  4. That answers that by El_Smack · · Score: 1

    Wow. A front page story, up for over 12 hours and the comments, including this one, are still in single digits.
    No one cared when they were around, and no one cared when they left.

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  5. WOOT by Shabadage · · Score: 1

    May Derek bring a voice of reason to gametunnel's mysterious high scoring of everything. Plus, you know he's representing TIGSource, so I'm biased.