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Robert Fearon's Blog   Expert Blogs

I make games with pretty colours. I write about games that might not necessarily have pretty colours. I also stroke my beard. It is a good beard.

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The evolving coverage of indie games  Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Fearon on Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:52:00 EDT in
The way indie games receive coverage and what indie games get covered has changed over the course of the past six years, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. We should be careful to hold on to some things.
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The changing face of Steam  Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Fearon on Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:52:00 EST in Business/Marketing, Indie
A recent Gabe Newell interview gives an intriguing glimpse of possible futures for Steam where democratisation is the key to its future.
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Indie PR on a shoestring  Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Fearon on Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:57:00 EDT in Indie, Business/Marketing
5 ways you can strengthen your indie promotion skills with no money and a little time investment.
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The State Of Xbox Live Indie Games  Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Fearon on Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:47:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Indie
A brilliant idea now overran with avatar games and cheap cash in stuff. Where did it all go wrong? Not listening to developers and not listening to the audience for sure but there's more...
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Lessons From The Lost  Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Fearon on Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:22:00 EDT in
Using the saga of Limbo Of The Lost as a starting point, a discussion on how we can and should be getting more people to create games.
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Robert Fearon's Comments

Comment In: The evolving coverage of indie games [Blog - 03/26/2013 - 09:52]

Yeah, that 'd be nice. ...

Yeah, that 'd be nice. I don 't have time to do this right now for reasons you already know about but if someone else could take up that mantle, it 'd be super.

Comment In: Sony kills concept approval, makes moves to get indies onto PS4 [News - 03/25/2013 - 09:48]

The video game industry didn ...

The video game industry didn 't crash, a tiny segment of it did and for a very brief time. It wasn 't simply a result of tons of low quality content either, that 'd be ridiculous because so many industries are filled with so much low quality content it hurts ...

Comment In: Indie Elitism [Blog - 02/25/2013 - 11:38]

Well, y 'know the problem ...

Well, y 'know the problem with anecdotes... r n r nI 've heard many a studio guy come out with variations on the indie as amateur, cluttering up games. Indie as person who hates AAA or studio devs because we make money or similar and let 's not get into ...

Comment In: I Get These Sales Numbers Every Day [Blog - 12/29/2012 - 10:16]

Really chuffed to see these ...

Really chuffed to see these numbers. Good start and well done

Comment In: GameMaker DRM goes berserk, defaces dev work [News - 11/29/2012 - 10:47]

Yes, obviously. That 's what ...

Yes, obviously. That 's what I meant to say. Thank you for summarising it.

Comment In: It takes all kinds: Video game culture's weird identity crisis [News - 10/25/2012 - 08:37]

I 'm trying to think ...

I 'm trying to think of one reason that would be a bad thing and I 'm entirely drawing a blank. If the hairdo is good, let 's do that

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