When I attended the lovely Beyond Tellerrand 2012 conference, I was lucky enough to catch Andy Baio‘s keynote.
He covered many things in his talk, but the one that really stuck was his demand that we all watch two documentaries immediately:
Indie Game The Movie tells the tail of three independent developers, and their attempts to make their own dream game, outside traditional EA style game development.
The three games featured are:
We are Legion tells the story of the beginning of Anonymous, operation AntiSec and LulzSec. They also made lovely timeline.
I can’t recommend each film enough, and you can download them both through VHX.
The final story that Andy told was that of his festival, XOXO (Kiss Hug Kiss Hug), for independent makers of all kinds. You can see all the videos from the festival for free here.
I am truly excited about the future for all independent makers – the devils bargain that was previously necessary to distribute your work has evaporated.