Tootfinder

1) indie studio created
2) indie studio bought
3) hire workers
4) indie studio closed / merged
5) layoff workers
....
x) indie studio created
.....

I've been talking to some local bands for an article and out of interest found them on Spotify.
I was only thinking the other day that I don't really discover much new music any more. As somebody whose brain somewhat stopped at 90s indie music and political / riot grrrl / queer stuff (I do listen to other things, but those are my defaults), I do get in a rut.

🎸 How Deregulation Destroyed Indie Rock Across America
#music

How Deregulation Destroyed Indie Rock Across America
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted by the 104th Congress on January 3 and signed into law by President Clinton on February 8. It was a big overhaul of American telecommunications code—t…

😵‍💫

„Die schwedischen Künstlerinnen und Künstler warfen der EBU nun Doppelmoral vor. Sie wiesen in dem Brief darauf hin, dass nach Russlands Angriff auf die Ukraine im Jahr 2022 keine russischen Musiker am ESC teilnehmen durften,…“
Die wissen aber schon, dass Israel den Krieg nicht begonnen hat, oder?

Imagine if game studios would open source models of real world buildings, sites, etc. which they have researched for their games (Ubisoft).
Even if they are a decade old data, I wonder if such models could help indie dev studios.
#gaming #gamedesign

Indie Halen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aMTR2_u4Uo

My gaming needs are pretty simple. I enjoy old-fashioned dungeon crawlers, turn-based battles and a chance to build my party with treasure, weapons and experience. Also, since I am often playing while other things are going on around me, I need to be able to put it down at a moment’s notice and go do something else. Also, I mostly play on my iPad.
By far the best games I’ve come across are the offerings from Spiderweb Software — the Avernum series and Avadon series. Both offer many, ma…

#otherPeoplesBlogs
I really want to play #stonetop. I also have a rule of not reading the PDF of a book I got a physical copy of until I got the physical copy
Unfortunately the game doesn't seem quite the style that my usual PbtA/FitD group is into

Stonetop AP Part 3: The Eternal Grasslands - The Indie Game Reading Club
This is part 3 of our 10-part text AP of Stonetop. We posted part 2 last week. If you want to see what all the fuss is about, here’s the deep dive on Stonetop I posted a few weeks ago. Enjoy! Our heroes finally, finally got to deal with their gwead-spirit problem and all it took was a… Continue reading Stonetop AP Part 3: The Eternal Grasslands →

😵‍💫

„Die schwedischen Künstlerinnen und Künstler warfen der EBU nun Doppelmoral vor. Sie wiesen in dem Brief darauf hin, dass nach Russlands Angriff auf die Ukraine im Jahr 2022 keine russischen Musiker am ESC teilnehmen durften,…“
Die wissen aber schon, dass Israel den Krieg nicht begonnen hat, oder?

Indie Halen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aMTR2_u4Uo