indie games – Obsolete Gamer

We talk with Miami native, Aaron Varkonyi, developer of, Aliens go Homerun an innovative and interesting take on the classic game, Breakout. We talk with Aaron about his game, being a developer in South Florida and his upcoming game, Wonder Wickets.

The Obsolete Gamer Show

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The Obsolete Gamer Show: John Robert Matz

We’re talking video game music with award-winning composer, John Robert Matz. He recently earned at GANG award for the indie game, FOSSIL ECHO and has worked on a number of games such as Artemis and Gunpoint. A lover of games both modern and classic, we personal enjoyed discussing his work on Final Fantasy Tactics.

The Obsolete Gamer Show

J.A. Laraque

The Obsolete Gamer Show: Aaron Varkonyi (Aliens go Homerun)

The Obsolete Gamer Show

J.A. Laraque

The Obsolete Gamer Show: The Bloom Family (Battle for Candora)

We talk with the Bloom family on creating games and the learning experience it gives their children and what it feels like working with mom and dad on creating a video game.

Pure Gameplay

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Zolg: Initial Gameplay

Gameplay from a interesting indie game with fun levels and good music.

The Obsolete Gamer Show

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The Obsolete Gamer Show: Pedro Guerra (Good War Games)

We chat with Pedro Guerra, designer/programmer for Good War Games an indie studio based in Miami, Florida and one of many developers that was at the recent GaCuCon gamer cruise. We discuss how the cruise went, starting and being part of an indie game studio and some of his favorite games.

You don't get the show

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You don’t get the show #9: Lawsuits, Fake Kidnapping & a Dog Hadoken!

We have a game company suing a game reviewer as well as gamers, a Pokemon Go player facing 5 years in a Russian prison for playing in a church, a dog that was taught to shoot hadoken’s and a woman who faked a kidnapping to test her boyfriend’s loyalty. That’s a show!

The Obsolete Gamer Show

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The Obsolete Gamer Show: Anthony Gowland – Ant Workshop (Binaries)

We talk with Tony about his time working on AAA titles like GTA: Chinatown Wars and Red Dead Redemption and his move to creating his own studio and about his latest game, Binaries, a unique look at the PC puzzle platformer.

The Obsolete Gamer Show

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The Obsolete Gamer Show: War of Rights

This title intends to bring the gameplay and authenticity that not only gamers would expect but Civil War reenactors as well. We talked to the team behind War of Rights about what player can expect from the game.

Pure Gameplay The Gameplay Channel

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ROOT PC Gameplay

Step into the inexpensive loafers of expert hacker Edward Summerton. Roll up your sleeves, pop your collar and brew a pot of coffee, because today you’re going to breach the networks of a mysterious and powerful corporation.

Beyond the Game Trailer

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Beyond the Game Trailer of Root

Beyond the Game Trailer

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Beyond the Game Trailer of 20XX

We go beyond the game trailer of 20XX, the Mega Man X style platformer with random levels, random power-ups, permanent death, oh and multiplayer too! We spoke with Eitan Glinert, president of Fire Hose Games about what players can expect from this Roguelike game.

Interviews

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The Obsolete Gamer Show: The Omega Imperative

The Gamer Profile Show is back and we are talking The Omega Imperative. This retro inspired game is currently on Kickstarter and caught our attention not only because we love classic games but because of the uniqueness of combining the top down adventure of a Zelda type game with a space shoot-em up game. We sat down with Mike Bonafede and Mike Lamark two guys who have been playing games since the Atari 2600 about their gaming background, their inspiration to get into game development as well as the challenges of getting their work out there.

Pure Gameplay The Gameplay Channel

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First Steps: Celestian Tales: Old North Gameplay

We went Beyond the game trailer of Celestian Tales: Old North and talked with producer, Cipto Adiguno now check out the first fifteen minutes of the game in our gameplay theater.

Beyond the Game Trailer

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BGT: Celestian Tales – Old North

We go Beyond the game trailer of Celestian Tales: Old North a more character and story driven turn based roleplaying game created in the traditional JRPG style. We spoke with Cipto Adiguno, Producer for Ekuator Games on the art, music and stylings of Celestian Tales: Old North and what players can expect when stepping their world.

Beyond the Game Trailer

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BGT: Exploit: Zero Day

We search for social justice in our latest episode showcasing Exploit: Zero Day and featuring game designer Gregory Avery-Weir of Future Proof Games.

Interview Clips

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The Gaming history of Loris Malek

President of Moon Spider Studios Loris Malek tells us about his video game background including the numerous console and computer systems and games he has owned and played. What was really interesting in this clip was when he talked about getting a NEO GEO and setting up a game testing, purchasing and sharing system in his little hometown in France.