Comments on: Top 5 Incredible Indie Game Cliches

By: Eufloria Coming To PlayStation Network | DIYgamer

Eufloria Coming To PlayStation Network | DIYgamer — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:27:28 +0000

[...] to see this morning’s news that the indie PC game will be coming to PSN next year. (Sure, Geoff says it’s a an indie game cliche, but I could grow my deathray flowers and take over other planets all day long!) The ambient [...]

By: Not Getting Enough Zombie in Your Life? Here's Four New Zombie Games | DIYgamer

Thu, 06 May 2010 15:39:46 +0000

[...] 6, 2010 | Geoff Gibson A little while ago I wrote up a, slightly, controversial humor piece on the top 5 indie game cliches you’ll ever see/play. One of my points, as it turned out, was zombies. Rightly so too, as [...]

By: SS

SS — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:17:26 +0000

I don’t know if it’s an emerging trend, or one that’s been around for awhile, but I’ve seen a whole lot of rougelikes lately.

By: Geoff Gibson

Geoff Gibson — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:38:12 +0000

*sigh*

It was a joke article. For fun. Just stuff we notice. Come on guys, don’t take things so seriously. Are there an abundance of puzzles, platformers, and zombies in indie games (not to say that’s a bad thing necessarily)? Absolutely. If you say there aren’t clearly you haven’t played independent games for very long. Hell, thats the point of almost every “list” article isn’t it?

You’re entitled to your opinion, but lighten up. This wasn’t to be taken as a well thought out, researched article on real cliches for indie games. If you thought it was, you misread my intentions entirely.

By: Boris

Boris — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:18:58 +0000

A bunch of vague points ended with an apology. Lovely. At least pick a topic and run with it – half of your list isn’t just for indie games.
Hell, “platformers” and “puzzles” are cliches now? While you’re at it, why don’t you just go full circle on the whole horribly-uninformed-media-attention shtick and add “violence” and “blooping noises” to the list.

By: Yakatori

Yakatori — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:57:30 +0000

LOL @ games journalism

There’s a reason why no one respects this profession.

By: Rick Throndson

Rick Throndson — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:30:26 +0000

nice but I come across this blog looking for totally other things. Probably that this page has visibility for a keyword that actually doesn’t seem to be appropriate to the subject you are writing about in your blog

By: L

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:05:58 +0000

You’ve done an injustice to Barf and Beer’s completely appropriate cover art by including it with all those actual examples of hideousness.

Also Braid has amazing gameplay what are you talking about.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:52:44 +0000

fail

Moderator says: Please don’t link to adult sites. Next time you’ll be IP banned.

By: Alien Zombie Death Gets Release Date | DIYgamer

Alien Zombie Death Gets Release Date | DIYgamer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:24:18 +0000

[...] have decided that instead of using normal, boring zombies — you know the kind that are featured in every other indie game — they are going to throw us a slight curve ball and, instead, give us some alien zombies. [...]